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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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Kangso Yaksu Sparkling Water Factory – DPRK Guide
3 August 2020 / by Simon Haywood
Introduction For many people visiting North Korea for the first time, their first taste of the country comes from the refreshment carts wheeled out at Sinuiju station after completing customs and immigration. As well as the ubiquitous Taedonggang beer …
Tae’an Friendship Glass Factory – DPRK Guide
3 August 2020 / by Simon Haywood
Introduction Located outside Nampo, a coastal town and seaside resort to the south of Pyongyang, the Tae’ an Friendship Glass Factory was opened on October 9th, 2005 by Comrade Kim Jong-Il, and is a modern factory in the socialist-style. The ‘friendshi …
Hazarjat
3 August 2020 / by YPT Team
Introduction Hazarajat is a historical region right in the centre of Afghanistan. The centre of Afghanistan is known for one thing and that’s its mountains. The traditional inhabitants are, surprise surprise, the Hazara people. At different points duri …
How to get to Andorra
3 August 2020 / by
Introduction How to get to Andorra? Finally, the nightmare that is COVID-19 seems to be slowly fading and travel in Europe is steadily picking up again. With this in mind, we have recently announced our brand spanking new Microstates of Europe Road Tri …
Languages of Transnistria
30 July 2020 / by Joel Vostok
The Transnistrian Civil War was largely fought over language and cultural rights. Naturally, Russian is the dominant language in the country but there are a range of languages spoken in this fascinating strip of land due to the amount of people and emp …
Map of Transnistria
30 July 2020 / by Joel Vostok
Alongside Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia, Transnistria is one of the many grey zones on the map of Europe that appeared in the turbulent years after the fall of the USSR. Transnistria’s territory roughly corresponds to the territory betw …
What to Pack to Travel to Transnistria
30 July 2020 / by Joel Vostok
A common question many people ask us when visiting such a lesser-visited destination like Transnistria, is what to pack? We’ve visited the country in the baking heat, snowstorms, and all seasons of the year. So we have a good amount of knowledge on wha …
Sample 9 day itinerary for Transnistria
30 July 2020 / by Joel Vostok
The following sample 9 day itinerary for Transnistria marks what we would call our standard Transnistria Tour. This has us start and finish in Bucharest, although this can e swapped with Chisinau, or combined with one of our other Soviet Tours. The fol …
The flag of Transnistria
30 July 2020 / by Joel Vostok
The flag of Transnistria is one of the few flags still functioning with a hammer and sickle on it, just another time warp aspect of this fascinating breakaway state. To understand the story of the Transnistrian flag, we need to go back to the history o …
