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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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Least Visited Countries – the Prequel
30 January 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Micronesia waterfall We have now been running tours to the least visited countries in the world – all located in the Pacific – for three years now, and remain the only company to do so. Each iteration of our Least Visited Countries itinerary has been t …
10 best Communist relics in Bulgaria
28 January 2020 / by Joel Vostok
Despite siding with Fascist forces in WW2, after a Soviet-backed coup in the 1940s Bulgaria operated as a communist state under the reign of the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP) for 44 years between 1946 and 1990. Whilst not part of the Soviet Union, th …
10 Facts About North Korea
28 January 2020 / by Dominic Perry
Let’s face it, North Korea is an inherently interesting place. It’s one of the few places on Earth we can’t just load up Google and start digitally walking its streets. We can’t even talk to its citizens for the most part, so how the Hell do we know wh …
Nouadhibou : A City Guide
28 January 2020 / by Pier Doyon
Nouadhibou is the second most important city of Mauritania. Located at the north of the country, less than an hour driving from the wild border between Morocco and Mauritania, controlled by Western Sahara, it is an important fishing port of the west co …
Birdwatching in North Korea
27 January 2020 / by John McGovern
When it comes to a trip to the DPRK you may be thinking about political and historical sights, factories and collective farms, the border with South Korea at the DMZ. You may even be thinking about a trip to the beach at Wonsan or a hike in the Kumgang …
Mansudae Grand Monument – DPRK Guide
27 January 2020 / by Rowan Beard
Introduction The Mansudae Grand Monument or also known as Mansu Hill Grand Monument (만수대대기념비) is one of the most iconic spots in North Korea and features two large bronze statues of the former leaders, President Kim Il Sung and General Kim Jong Il. The …
CONIFA WORLD CUP 2020 GROUP STAGE DRAW
27 January 2020 / by
As we continue our coverage of the CONIFA World Cup 2020 in Skopje, the group stage draw for the finals were made this week and it’s thrown up some absolute corkers! It’s difficult to argue against Group D being the so called ‘Group Of Death’, pitting …
Travelling to the USA after a tour to the DPRK… getting a tourist visa is easy!
27 January 2020 / by YPT Team
Guest blog by Pioneer Joseph Harrison, a British guy living and teaching in China with an exotic taste in travel! He describes his experience getting a US tourist visa after his tour to the DPRK meant he couldn’t use the ESTA. Read more in his blog Des …
Socialist Countries: Past, Present and Future
25 January 2020 / by Dominic Perry
Monument to Lenin Communist countries? Socialist Countries? Which countries are still socialist and are there any communist countries left in the world? We take an in depth look at the contemporary situation of left-wing countries, socialist countries …
