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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28 May 2020 / by John McGovern
In December 2021 YPT is heading back to the frozen continent of Antarctica for the first time in more years than we would have liked. What’s more, we’re going to be sailing on our good friend the m/v Hondius, the same ship that took us around Greenland …
28 May 2020 / by John McGovern
In 2021, YPT will be heading back to the frozen continent of Antarctica on one of the most epic voyages you can do. Starting in Ushuaia, Argentina, at Tierra del Fuego on the edge of the world, we’ll be sailing for 10 days there and back. On the trip w …
28 May 2020 / by John McGovern
Photo by David Stanley Ushuaia is a city in Argentina, the capital of the Province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands. Tierra del Fuego, or the Land of Fire, only became a province in 1990. While the province includes outlyi …
28 May 2020 / by John McGovern
You can travel by train around much of the Korean peninsula, there is an extensive network of train trips in South Korea and the most famous of Korea train trips is the Train to Busan. It is not, however, what we refer to when we want to talk about Kor …
28 May 2020 / by John McGovern
Today we’ll have a look at a relationship that rocked the Socialist world, Fidel Castro and Diego Maradona. Fidel Castro Fidel Castro was a Cuban lawyer cum revolutionary, becoming the leader of Cuba from the revolution in 1959 until his retirement in …
28 May 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
YPT’s founder Gareth Johnson recounts his first tour to North Korea In 2008, I was lucky enough to lead my first of what to be many tours of North Korea. Preparation I was working as an English teacher at EF English first in Xi’an when I first dreamed …
28 May 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Young students of Taekwondo are practicing in Rason, North Korea When it comes to East Asia martial arts are an integral part of the regions culture. China has Kung Fu, Japan has Karate, and Korea has Taekwondo. Of course, there are multitudes of other …
28 May 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Pago Pago is the capital city of the American overseas territory of American Samoa. If you charter a flight with Talofa Airways then it is possible to stop here for two hours, before boarding again and flying onwards to Tonga. We fully appreciate that …
28 May 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Shenyang not only lies on the train ride from Beijing to Pyongyang, but is also the only Chinese city other than Beijing to have direct scheduled flights to Pyongyang. Its location and importance in North-East China (Dong-Bei) also means it has a big N …