By Team GT, on 30th October, 2009
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, [...]
By Z-Man, on 1st October, 2009
Through a set of random and completely and utterly uninteresting events I ended up in Douala, the largest city in Cameroon with a spare day before my flight home in the evening. So rather than waste the opportunity by spending a day on the internet in the hotel (or indeed [...]
By andyfied, on 21st June, 2009
Some visitors to this site are using the search terms “gonzo china” because they don’t know how to spell “Guangzhou”. This isn’t a problem for us, as we at Gonzo Tourism are happy to get any links we can, but I think I should give the people what they want. So, due to [...]
By andyfied, on 17th May, 2009
After travelling through Russia, Mongolia and China during winter, and especially after the worst snow storm China had seen for 50 years, I was ready for some warm weather. Thailand seemed to be a good choice to hang out while I organised gainful employment. I was really running low on money at this [...]
By andyfied, on 15th March, 2009
Continuing the story that starts here.
Our hero JC was not a happy bunny. He was very hungover and quite worried about visiting a Thai police station as I’m sure you can imagine. The Thai police, especially in the touristy areas are actually very helpful to farang and do let a large amount of [...]