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Bed Weters in The Netherlands

Irregular Guest Author — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:43:52 +0000

Every day life in the Netherlands has brought me many more a giggle over the past year than I had initially expected, and this was, and still is my number one! Every country suffers from badly translates signs, poorly marketing gimmicks and naturally a different way of addressing their culture, but this surely [...]

From the Diary of Great Uncle Melville: A Beginning to His Travels

Team GT — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:05:14 +0000

Our good colleague andyfied is not the only member of his family to be a seasoned travelist. He has found and transcribed some of the letters and journals of his Great Uncle Melville. Many of these papers are in a poor state and most of the dates on them seem to be obscured by blood, [...]

Travel Can Kill

Captain Oats — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:26:22 +0000

I was settling down for an afternoons drinking in an unremarkable bar on the sweaty tourist hellworld of Khao San Road, Bangkok, when I met the most travel-beaten individual I encountered during my long trip.

This shell of a man hobbled towards me, accompanied by my friend who had met him [...]

Spain and the Sea | Part Two

Baron AzA — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:04:43 +0000

If you missed part one you can read it here – Spain and the Sea | Part One

…and now to the heart of the thing dear friends.

Ah yes, culture. Finding culture in a place like this is hard let me tell you. The closest we got was [...]

Spain and the Sea | Part One

Baron AzA — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:02:18 +0000

There are many things in this world that scare me, even terrify me to tears, and let me tell you the wonders dear reader of the Spanish coast. Somewhere between Torremolinos and Banalmadena sandwiched between the cruel salty sea and the dusty red mountains lays the real Wild West. These are frontier towns where [...]

Chinglish, Amusing Signage and Products | Part One

Captain Oats — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:20:27 +0000

Looking through my travel photos I realised I had a quite a few examples of amusing ‘Chinglish’, (that’s poorly translated, grammatically incorrect signage or product packaging which oft-times has humourous connotations). Now, we are not mocking here at Gonzo Tourism; the end result of us trying to write a sign in Mandarin would [...]