June 2012 Archives - 2/2 - The Gonzo Traveller

Travel Bragging: Why Counting Countries Visited is Like Measuring Your Dick – Nobody Cares About the Result But You

Counting countries visited is a lot like measuring your penis. The lead-up is exciting, you get dizzy anticipating the number, and heck, if you’re particular sick, you might even get a little bit hard as well. The crucial differentiator between country counting and measuring your ever-so-disappointing length of course, is that instead of pulling your [...]

Another Solo Female Travel Blog? I Think I Might Just Kill Myself

Solo female travel blogs. As commonplace to the travel blogging world as Bangkok is to ladyboys. And just as hard to read also. Yet everywhere I turn on the web the problem just gets worse. There they lurk, oozing, ever so vivaciously, on the surface, urging me to click their flashy content and messages of [...]

The Travel Bloggers Guide to Dealing with Travel Blogging Groupies

Hangers on. Gold diggers. Bedpost notch carvers. Whatever you want to call them. Groupies are the sure-fire sign of having made a mark in the travel blogging world. They send us personal emails, harass us on Facebook and Twitter, even turn up at our doors late at night shimmering resplendently with metal chains in one [...]