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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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Yugoslavia’s iron fist: the life of Josip Broz Tito
13 January 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
It’s no secret that we at YPT are somewhat enamoured with everything communist and Soviet, but one does not always necessarily imply the other – from Red China to North Korea and Cuba, some communist countries did not fall under the Soviet aegis and we …
Through the Lightest and the Darkest: A journey to India’s Sacred Royal Bathing Day
13 January 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
How do I describe my feelings about my journey to India? There and back again? Not quite. There was a ways to go before I returned home. I left the house as early as I could. I kissed Isis goodbye and I arrived at the minivan station before the drivers …
CONIFA World Cup 2020 profiles: United Koreans in Japan
13 January 2020 / by
The United Koreans in Japan are a pretty self-explanatory bunch. They are a group of Zainichi Koreans who have lived and worked in Japan for decades. The word ‘Zainichi’ is a Japanese word which means “foreigners who stay in Japan” and both North and S …
The Roman Ruins of Timgad in Algeria
11 January 2020 / by Pier Doyon
The roman ruins of Timgad are a well-guarded secret of Algeria. While the ruins of Baalbek in Lebanon, Leptis Magna in Libya and Palmyra in Syria are well known, few people have ever heard of Timgad. This is surprising since the ruins of Timgad are the …
The Top 6 Exclaves to Visit
10 January 2020 / by John McGovern
There are numerous exclaves and enclaves around the world on a national or subnational level, many of which are in the US and Canada or Western Europe, so we won’t bother you with those except to plug our Microstates of Europe Road Trip where we visit …
The YPT Guide to Exclaves and Enclaves
10 January 2020 / by John McGovern
Here at YPT we love a bit of odd geography and international politics, from borderlands and autonomous regions to unrecognised countries, terra nullius and of course micronations. So it is that we’re pretty obsessed with the phenomenon of exclaves and …
The Mongolian ger: the traditional Mongolian tent
9 January 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
The Mongolians are historically a nation of nomads. This was true in Genghis Khan’s time, and it’s still true for 40% of the modern population. But being a nomad does not exempt someone from the need for shelter – particularly with the harsh Mongolian …
Ulaanbaatar: capital of Mongolia
8 January 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
Great for a Scrabble hand with a few too many vowels, Mongolia’s capital of Ulaanbaatar (sometimes spelled as ‘Ulan Bator’) is the capital city of a country that, sadly, doesn’t see as much tourism as it should. We give you the lowdown on this quirky c …
Gobi Desert Facts: the ‘waterless place’
8 January 2020 / by Gareth Johnson
The Gobi Desert is Asia’s largest and most iconic, covering over 1600km (1000 miles) of China and Mongolia. It has long been a region that acted as a natural barrier between the various countries of the area, limiting the movement of troops, ordnance a …
