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 Team GT, on 4th March, 2009
Welcome weary traveller – why not put your feet up, enjoy our travel and backpacking stories; read shockingly ‘informative’ articles from our handsome authors; discuss matters of travel in our forums or on our Gonzo Tourism Twitter; submit your own article or just have a browse around.
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By Team GT, on 18th February, 2009
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 [...]
By Captain Oats, on 31st December, 2008
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 [...]
By Captain Oats, on 24th December, 2008
This time last year I and my comrades were heading back to Ulaan Baatar, huddled in the back of our Russian Built version of a VW camper van, which we affectionately named ‘Nastia’. This was after a week long expedition into the Gobi Desert; we were reeking of various odours, weary and very much looking [...]