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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.
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Third Trump-Kim Summit: where might it be held?
19 June 2019 / by Alistair Riddell
Following the success of the Singapore Summit (and the slightly less successful Hanoi Summit), there has been no small amount of speculation about a third Trump Kim summit taking place in the not-so-distant future. In fact, North Korean leader Kim Jong …
Intourist: The Soviet State Travel Agency
19 June 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
For those of you who have travelled to North Korea – whether with Young Pioneer Tours or with one of the less fun DPRK travel agencies – you will likely be familiar with the requirements for visiting the country. The two most important of these require …
North Korean language: is it different?
19 June 2019 / by Alistair Riddell
It has now been 74 years since the Korean peninsula was split through the middle following the end of World Word II in 1945. Since that time the two countries have not only been completely estranged politically and geographically, but also linguis …
The Ultimate Somaliland Guide
18 June 2019 / by Pier Doyon
Young Pioneer Tours have now been running tours to Somaliland for 4 years. Usually, we like to time it to coincide with the unrecognized state’s Independence Day on May 18th. When we heard the CONIFA World Cup would be held there in June 20 …
Korean peninsula tours – The All Koreas Tour
18 June 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Five years ago, our team at Young Pioneer Tours ran our first borderlands research tour. The trip had us driving along the North Korean and Chinese border, much of which used to be part of the historic Koryo nation. We had also had a lot of interest in …
Yiwu International Trade City
18 June 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
About 9 years ago, English football team Arsenal came to play a few matches in China for their pre-season tour. Obviously this had zero to do with money, as they ended up playing against Hangzhou not in their home ground, but instead in Yiwu City. Bein …
Unrecognised Countries – Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
18 June 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
At Young Pioneer Tours we have more than a passing interest in unrecognised countries, with my passion running so deep that I even spent a month living in Transnistria literally for no other reason than the sheer sake of it. We run tours to almost all …
Visiting Sariwon, North Korea
15 June 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
The “Sariwŏn Folklore street” was constructed during Kim-Jong-il’s rule. Built to display an ideal picture of ancient Korea, it includes buildings in the “historical style” and a collection of ancient Korean cannons. Although it is considered an inaccu …
Soviet Batman: what if Batman had been a Soviet citizen?
14 June 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Batman is someone who needs precious little introduction – he’s a Randian billionaire genius playboy who inexplicably spends billions on brutalising mentally ill people instead of funding social welfare programmes – and there are probably Tibetan ascet …
