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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.
You can also check out our sister publication YPT Life.
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Mass Games – Romania Style
2 April 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
If you are lucky enough to go for beers in the Old Quarter of Bucharest, to places like Care Cu Bere, it would be easy to think that communism had never been a feature of Romania. But stroll along for 10 minutes, or so and then it hits you: Ceausescu-e …
Direct flights to DPRK from Vietnam to begin in June
1 April 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Following a surge in bookings following the March DPRK-USA summit in Hanoi, a Vietnamese travel agency has entered into a deal with the Korea International Travel Company (KITC) to charter flights direct from Vietnam to Pyongyang. The official memorand …
Top DPRK officials proclaim the Last Jedi ‘the best of the Star Wars movies’
1 April 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Pyongyang, April 1st 2019 In a development sure to add fuel to the fire of Star Wars debates worldwide, the DPRK today proclaimed, after mammoth 20+ hour sessions of Star Wars marathons by top government officials, that ‘The Last Jedi is by far t …
North Korean Restaurants in Shanghai
1 April 2019 / by Pier Doyon
A question we often get at YPT is : Where can you find North Korean restaurants outside of the DPRK? It’s an understandable question; DPRK restaurants offer an experience that is often very intriguing, a great standard of service and allow you to scrat …
Children’s Day in North Korea
28 March 2019 / by Rowan Beard
Children’s Day was not originally named as such, but was instead called the ‘International Day for Protection of Children’ by the Women’s International Democratic Federation. The holiday was originally established in Moscow during the days of the USSR, …
First impressions: Vietnam
27 March 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
I moved to China in the summer of 2006, largely because I’d always loved visiting new places and because my previous job of ‘debt recovery agent’ (the phoning people up and threatening legal action kind, not the door-kicking kind) was absolutely terrib …
The history of the Cutud Lenten Rites
26 March 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
Christianity, for better or worse, has travelled far and wide throughout the world, and one of the places it has reached is the Philippines. Adopted by the South-East Asian country due to their recognition of the One True God and in no way a tool of co …
5 places that should be on your Middle East bucket list
26 March 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
The Middle East gets a way worse rap than it should, and as a result remains criminally under-visited. But this fascinating region remains a wealth of history and culture, and from the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran to the Indiana Jones photo ops …
The Yanggakdo Stadium
25 March 2019 / by Gareth Johnson
If you have more than a passing interest in North Korea or football stadiums you will have probably heard of the May Day Stadium and you may even have heard of the Kim Il Sung Stadium, but you need to be on a whole other level of geek to know anything …
