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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12 December 2018 / by Pier Doyon
Sudan is amongst the least visited countries in East Africa and is often described as unsafe. The truth couldn’t be farther than that; Sudan has some of the best stats amongst African countries, with one of the lowest crime rates in the continent and v …
12 December 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
It’s fair to say that the Khunjerab Pass is one of the most stunning border crossings in the whole world. Situated on the Karakoram Highway, this is the border crossing between Pakistan and China, and it is also, at over 4500 metres’ altitude, the high …
11 December 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
Discovering the Asian world is always an amazing journey for students from all over the world because it is an experience that helps an individual grow as a person and as a professional. Once an average college student makes a choice in favor of yet un …
9 December 2018 / by Gareth Johnson
Tourism is a funny old business these days. Famous destinations around the world are becoming packed full of people. Locals are becoming increasingly frustrated at tourists and as the world become smaller, so do our experiences while travelling. Likewi …
9 December 2018 / by Paris Hailwood
What happens when you put a post-soviet nation and lots of oil money together? Chances are you end up with something like Turkmenistan, where the heads of state have decided to build some of the world’s most incredible pieces of architecture. In this t …
9 December 2018 / by Paris Hailwood
Central Asia, with its past of soviet satellite states and frivolous dictatorships, has a wide collection of buildings with incredible architecture. You might not have heard of them before but trust us when we say these are the top 10 coolest buildings …
9 December 2018 / by Paris Hailwood
Uzbekistan’s currency is the Uzbek Som (UZS), and until September 2017 there were two exchange rates – the official rate and the black market rate. Unlike in neighbouring Turkmenistan though, the black market was for a long time the commonly used rate …
9 December 2018 / by YPT Team
I’m not an economics expert, but like most people I get the general idea of why black markets exist: A country has a fixed exchange rate which is on the slightly optimistic side, to say the least, but the real value of the currency and the goods it is …
9 December 2018 / by Paris Hailwood
There is a new evisa system for Uzbekistan which has made the process much simpler, cheaper and generally more accessible compared to the old soviet-era way of doing things. Get up to date with the cool kids and learn how to get this visa online in thi …