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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8 October 2021 / by YPT Team
Did you hear the story of Data Papa? Be honest I think all of us at some point have dreamed of going to sleep and waking up in a different world with a new life, countless films have been made about this subject. For some though this is not a fantasy t …
7 October 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
The tourist island of Bali open to tourism from mid-October, but before you get packing, not only is it to a limited degree, but comes with more than a few caveats. When will Bali open to tourism? According to the announcement some international flight …
5 October 2021 / by Dominic Perry
When the Bolsheviks enacted the October revolution of 1917, the promise was of a new society with no precedent in history. A society distinct from what came before, where the barriers of class would be dissolved, where divisions of all kinds would be s …
5 October 2021 / by
The flag of the Plurinational State of Bolivia is a tricolor. It contains a color scheme that makes it easy to misindentify as an African flag. To put it simply, the flag consists of three horizontal bars in the order of red, yellow, and green. To prev …
4 October 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
China will not reopen to tourism for the Winter Olympics, according to an announcement by International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday. While the move is far from a surprise, it does shed light on when the country, and by proxy when North Korea w …
3 October 2021 / by Dominic Perry
During the Arab Spring of the early 2010s, the popular news consensus was that the Syrian government was on its way out. The rapid collapse of Muammar Gaddafi’s government in 2011 was a clear blueprint and the rapid rise of anti-government forces in Sy …
1 October 2021 / by Gareth Johnson
Syria to reopen borders to tourism! So, the good news is that you can go on a group or individual tour again very soon, with one of the few people to have experience in taking you to Syria. As soon as the opportunity arose back in 2018, we were there, …
1 October 2021 / by Dominic Perry
The current flag of Saudi Arabia has been in use since 1973 and it sure is an interesting one. It’s in that rare school of national flags to have words on it, as well as a big sword! You might notice that 1973 is not a long time ago. The country itself …
1 October 2021 / by Dominic Perry
Covering the majority of the Arab peninsula and encompassing some of the most holy ground in Islam, Saudi Arabia is an incredibly important country with a long, rich history. It was in what is now Saudi Arabia that the Islamic prophet Muhammad was born …