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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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The Roman Ruins of Timgad in Algeria
11 January 2020 / by Pier Doyon
The roman ruins of Timgad are a well-guarded secret of Algeria. While the ruins of Baalbek in Lebanon, Leptis Magna in Libya and Palmyra in Syria are well known, few people have ever heard of Timgad. This is surprising since the ruins of Timgad are the …
The Top 6 Exclaves to Visit
10 January 2020 / by John McGovern
There are numerous exclaves and enclaves around the world on a national or subnational level, many of which are in the US and Canada or Western Europe, so we won’t bother you with those except to plug our Microstates of Europe Road Trip where we visit …
The YPT Guide to Exclaves and Enclaves
10 January 2020 / by John McGovern
Here at YPT we love a bit of odd geography and international politics, from borderlands and autonomous regions to unrecognised countries, terra nullius and of course micronations. So it is that we’re pretty obsessed with the phenomenon of exclaves and …
The Mongolian ger: the traditional Mongolian tent
9 January 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
The Mongolians are historically a nation of nomads. This was true in Genghis Khan’s time, and it’s still true for 40% of the modern population. But being a nomad does not exempt someone from the need for shelter – particularly with the harsh Mongolian …
Ulaanbaatar: capital of Mongolia
8 January 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Great for a Scrabble hand with a few too many vowels, Mongolia’s capital of Ulaanbaatar (sometimes spelled as ‘Ulan Bator’) is the capital city of a country that, sadly, doesn’t see as much tourism as it should. We give you the lowdown on this quirky c …
Gobi Desert Facts: the ‘waterless place’
8 January 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
The Gobi Desert is Asia’s largest and most iconic, covering over 1600km (1000 miles) of China and Mongolia. It has long been a region that acted as a natural barrier between the various countries of the area, limiting the movement of troops, ordnance a …
CONIFA 2020: the final 16 revealed!
8 January 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
January 8th, 2020 Our partners at the Confederation of Independent Football Associations (CONIFA) — AKA the Other World Cup — recently announced the 16 teams that have qualified for this year’s World Cup. Taking place between May 30th and June 7th 20 …
Update on YPT Tours to Iraq and Iran
8 January 2020 / by Nicolas Platt
On the 3rd of January, a US drone strike killed top Iranian general Qassem Suleimani. In the early hours of the 8th of January Iran launched ballistic missile attacks on US bases in Iraq and Kurdistan. Iraq has also been experiencing months of protests …
What is the Eurasian Adventure?
7 January 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Here at YPT we have a few tours that we’d consider flagship – May Day in North Korea, the Least Visited Countries tour, Chernobyl/Transnistria – but by far our biggest and most impressive is the Eurasian Adventure. But what, exactly, is the Eurasian Ad …
