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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30 June 2025 / by Gareth Johnson
Dhaka is chaos in motion. Ferries crashing into jetties. Rickshaws weaving through goat herds. Men carrying entire wardrobes on their heads. Somewhere in all of that, there is the Pink Palace, the so-called Ahsan Manzil, gleaming absurdly in pastel pin …
29 June 2025 / by Morgan Bourven
When planning travel to West and Central Africa, even the most seasoned adventurer can get a little confused by the trio of countries that share the same name: Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, and Equatorial Guinea. So what’s the story behind this confusing nome …
29 June 2025 / by Gareth Johnson
Nepal is famous for Everest and trekking but deep in its mountains lies something far stranger mad honey. This is not your usual sweet honey but a powerful natural hallucinogen harvested by locals risking their lives hanging off cliffs to collect it If …
29 June 2025 / by Gareth Johnson
You do not stumble across the Aeta. You go looking for them. Up the spine of Luzon through ash and jungle past wrecked trucks and army checkpoints is where you start to see them. The hair is coiled the skin is darker than most Filipinos the eyes sharpe …
29 June 2025 / by Gareth Johnson
You have probably heard the idea that humans might have come from the ocean and that some of us might still be built for it. Most of that is science fiction. But the Bajau people of Southeast Asia make it look real. While most of us gasp for breath aft …
28 June 2025 / by Gareth Johnson
The Sundarbans is not only the biggest mangrove forrest in the world (by far), but also one of the most intense and off the beaten track places that you can visit pretty much on the planet. This is not some pretty jungle. It is a swamp that kills peopl …
28 June 2025 / by Gareth Johnson
Asia is full of buzzing cities, fast trains, and street food so good it ruins you. But hidden behind the chaos are isolated places so remote that even Google Maps throws in the towel. These are the dead zones of the continent, the places where roads di …
28 June 2025 / by Gareth Johnson
There are remote beaches. There are quiet towns. And then there are isolated places. The real ones. The kind where the post takes months, the people all have the same last name, and your phone becomes a useless brick. If you’re the type who hears “no s …
25 June 2025 / by Gareth Johnson
Ever wondered how international dialing codes work, as in how they are distributed rather than how to make an international call? For example why is the US +1 and the UK +44 even though it was a Scot who invented the telephone? Well, it turns out that …