Ulan Ude is not exactly Ibiza, here’s a dark tourism tale. We walked around in this seemingly dystopian area and heard two children scream, or maybe laugh. We couldn’t tell if they were terrified or just happy. But we walked towards the sound and saw t …

The flag of Iraqi Kurdistan is not only the flag for the Iraqi region but it’s also the flag for Kurdistan as a whole. The flag is seen as the most important symbol of Kurdish identity and represents the concept of a future independent Kurdistan. What …

Canada has been a go-to destination for tourists worldwide and tourists tend to visit it again after their first visit with positive reviews. Now after more than a year of lockdown many people are looking ahead to book their next holiday. Canada no dou …

When it comes to traveling, many people get overwhelmed because they can easily get rid of the work routine and let themselves loose. After all, traveling is supposed to be fun and enables you to go on a social detox. However, ever since the pandemic l …

Svalbard has only small towns scattered around the islands. The capital, Longyearbyen, is where more or less all tourists (and locals) start their Svalbard journey when they arrive at the airport. Since the road from Longyearbyen stops after no more th …

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 …