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Welcome to the Young Pioneer Tours Blog, the place where we we keep you informed about everything YPT, from current tours, to future tours and a whole lot of eclectic stuff in between.
YPT first started blogging in 2008 and are considered the best North Korean Travel blog that there is.
But, as Young Pioneer Tours have expanded our locations, so have we expanded our blog. Now we have one of the best travel blogs in the world!
And while most of our content is about the numerous destinations we go, including travel guides and what to pack, we also delve into more serious subjects such as the safety of certain destinations, as well as how LGTBQ+ friendly the places we visit are.
While the vast majority of our content is produced in-house, we are always on the look-out for guest bloggers and writers. Want to write for us? Then simply get in touch.
You can also check out our sister publication YPT Life.
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8 Best drinks in Papua New Guinea you have to try
10 October 2022 / by Gareth Johnson
What are the best drinks in Papua New Guinea? Well we have already covered the best dishes in the country, so here are our suggestions for what to drink in the summer months in Mount Hagen. To read about the best Papua New Guinea food lick here. The 7 …
Best Papua New Guinea foods you have to try
10 October 2022 / by Gareth Johnson
Papua New Guinea foods might not be the first thing you think about when traveling to the country, nut the quality of PNG cuisine may well surprise you. Here’s the YPT guide onw hat to eat in PNG. To see what is the Mt Hagen Festival click here. Best F …
What is it like to take the train in Vietnam?
9 October 2022 / by Gareth Johnson
At Young Pioneer Tours we love a truly good train journey, from Mauritania to the Trans-Siberian. Some are obviously better than others, so what is it like to take the train in Vietnam? To read about best guide to worldwide train travel click here. The …
Khao San Road – The Original Backpacker Mecca
9 October 2022 / by Gareth Johnson
When it come to so called “bcakpacking” there are few places that bring up as much controversy as Khao San Road. Known as the original backpacker mecca, some deride it as being part of everything that is bad about travel, while other love it. So, which …
22 Interesting Facts About Visiting Antarctica
6 October 2022 / by YPT Team
By Marshall Mayer and Morgan Bourven In December, YPT will take you back to the frozen continent. We have been running trips to Greenland and Svalbard in Arctic waters, but for anyone with an adventurous spirit, this Antarctica cruise is not to be …
Can you move to North Korea?
30 September 2022 / by Gareth Johnson
Can you move to North Korea? The short answer is that yes you can, but it is not easy at all, nor is it particularly common. To read about if you can visit North Korea click here. How can you move to North Korea? There are actually a number …
Worst Dictatorships in the World – 2024
30 September 2022 / by Gareth Johnson
What are the worst dictatorships in the world? This is a very difficult question to answer, particularly if you add the question “what is a dictatorship”?. And of course there are many metrics to gauge this. One metric we can though use is that of the …
Is Bougainville a country?
23 September 2022 / by Gareth Johnson
As you might know at YPT we are definitely country collectors, with us even having our rules for what counts as one, so is Bougainville a country? The short and sharp answer to this is no, it is not, but it probably will become one. To read about what …
The Papua New Guinea Flag
22 September 2022 / by Caitlin Graham
As we know, flags are an important symbol in countries’ identity domestically and internationally. But why do some flags look so distinct and others so similar? Continuing our series on flags of the world, we are taking on a nation we recently immersed …
