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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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Khmer New Year Water Fights
19 April 2024 / by Gareth Johnson
At YPT we most famously deal in Dark Tourism and taking you to places where your mother would rather you stayed away from. There are though some exceptions, with Khmer New Year Water Fights being such a thing! So, why do we indulge in Khmer New Year wa …
Understanding North Korea at Night: Illuminating Insights into a Closed-Off World
19 April 2024 / by Webmaster YPT
North Korea is predominantly dark at night, a stark contrast to East Asia’s bright, bustling cities. This darkness, visible from space, is the entry point into a country cloaked in mystery after sundown. Our article sheds light on how North Korea …
Cosmonautics Day 2025 – Why should we celebrate it?
14 April 2024 / by Ravi Mistry
On the 12th April, 63 years ago, Yuri Gagarin left our blue planet becoming the first human to orbit the earth in outer space. The brave cosmonaut instantly became an overnight sensation and celebrity during the peak of the space race between the Unite …
The Paoay Sand Dunes
14 April 2024 / by Gareth Johnson
The Paoay sand dunes have long been a mainstay of both my own and YPT’s trips to the Philippines. Why is this? Well despite the fact that it might not be seen as classic YPT, it does make a great break from a regular tour, as well as push the adrenalin …
Visiting Banaue Rice Terraces
14 April 2024 / by Gareth Johnson
Known as one of the wonders of the world and on most “must see” lists we recently added the Banaue Rice Terraces to our Extreme Philippines Tour. Was it worth it though and are they really a wonder of the world? We can only speak for ourselves and our …
Exploring The Ferdinand Marcos Museum in Batac
14 April 2024 / by Gareth Johnson
Increasingly one of our most sought after tours, the Extreme Philippines Tour takes is to some truly bizarre places, chief among them being the Marcos Museum. Located in the self-styled “Home of Great Leaders” in Batac, this museum is there to showcase …
The 2024 Cutud Lenten Rites Festival in Pictures
14 April 2024 / by Gareth Johnson
This year YPT attended the 2024 Cutud Lenten Rites Festival in San Fernando, Pampanga. This was our second since the end of the pandemic, as well as marking ten years since we first attended? So, was it any good, how as it different and what about 2025 …
Staying at the Tamok Guesthouse
14 April 2024 / by Gareth Johnson
As part of our Cambodian Dark Tourism Tour tour this year we stayed at the Tamok Guesthouse. Now for the uninitiated Ta Mok was one of the leading figures of the Khmer Rouge, even being its last leader. Now this obviously leads to the question, why nam …
Siem Reap War Museum
14 April 2024 / by Gareth Johnson
Siem Reap War Museum is a slightly understated, overpriced and weird museum, BUT it is still worth a visit if your tourist needs are about more than a few old temples. Officially the Cambodia War Museum it was initially built in 2001 and has had variou …
