Can I travel to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan? In short no you cannot and the current situation is that people are trying to rush out of the country rather than visit on a sojourn. To read about our last trip to Afghanistan click here. Unless you’ …

Arriving at the northernmost (they do love that term for a lot of things up there) airport in Longyearbyen I was struck by a snowstorm and complete darkness. It was noon, but since it was the dark season I could barely make out the city. The temperatur …

What would end up being YPT’s last tour in Afghanistan was actually a last-minute decision and one of the luckiest I’ve ever made. North Korea was the original destination which I had booked for April 2020 but due to Covid-19, that trip was cancelled. …

Russia to open to tourism by August 9th according to a report by “Traveling Lifestyle”, although as yet there is scant other corroborating news. If the information proves to be correct it will be great news for our Soviet Tours , although with China cl …

Chuoni Football Club finish 9th in the Zanzibar Premier Legaue, thus avoiding relegation in what can generally be considered a successful season! Why do we care? Because even during these tough Covid-19 times, YPT proudly sponsor this fine football clu …

Saudi Arabia to reopen for tourism as of August 1st according to a report from Reuters. In a statement released by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Tourism they stated; “Vaccinated tourists will be allowed to enter without having to be institutionally qua …

Paid vaccinations for Covid-19 have of course existed since a vaccine was first made. There were initially anecdotal stories of people paying thousands in the Middle-East for example. Of course in theory the world was going to be altruistic and everyon …

So it’s that time of year… Again. Should have happened last year, but with a certain disease going around royally screwing up everyone’s travel plans, things got delayed. And hell, they’re saying the Olympics could be delayed again! Nightmare. But an …

What are the rules for traveling to green, amber and red list countries? The UK has finally allowed people to travel again, but with no travel passport in place yet and almost algebraic equations now here you can and can’t go things are certainly a lit …