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The Worst Hostel in the World – Little Fir – Harbin

Maybe not the WORST, we haven’t been to them all – that would be retarded/unfeasible but this one is pretty shit, as well as being indisputable PROOF that monopolies are EVIL, as it’s the only hostel in Harbin – Northern China. So the ‘good’ news is that if you’re planning to go there [...]


Guangzhou Tourism

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 [...]


More Bangkok Nights

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 [...]


Everything is 200 OK in China

You may or may not be aware of the ‘Great Firewall of China’ – it’s the mechanism the current government use to prevent its people learning certain facts protect its citizens from the evils of the interweb.

Anyway, we just ran a quick test using this site and it turns out that the Chinese government [...]


Chinglish, Amusing Signage and Products | Part One

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 [...]