Travel musings and other random articles from the GeckoGo gang

Archive for July, 2008

How to get into North Korea

Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Places to See | 3 Comments »

Stevo from Asian Ramblings had a question that is quite practical in relation to the post on Six things to see in the Axis of Near Evil. He asked about how easy it was to get a visa for North ...

7 more reasons to hike Kilimanjaro

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in Places to See, What to do | 1 Comment »

I've always been fascinated by the continent of Africa. I also happen to like to climb tall things (my fear of heights notwithstanding :p.) So when I first saw the IMAX Movie about Kilimanjaro, I was hooked. Four years later, ...

Kill some time during airport layovers

Monday, July 28th, 2008 Posted in What to do | 5 Comments »

aka 6 things to do during airport layovers Background: I have a tendency to miss my flight. I have flown <100 times in my life, but have managed to miss >10 flights. The result? The dreaded sleepover chez aerogare. Add to that ...

Don’t Go There - indeed!

Sunday, July 27th, 2008 Posted in Cool sites | No Comments »

Have you ever been to a place that absolutely blew your mind in terms of how bloody awful the experience was? Boy have I had my fair share. So I was delighted to come across this site. Check it out :)  

So you wanna see a sea turtle?

Saturday, July 26th, 2008 Posted in Places to See | 8 Comments »

(aka best places in the world to view sea turtles) So you wanna see a sea turtle or two. Or more. Where best? Good question! I suppose top turtle sighting locations depends a lot on how you wanna see your turtle. Here are ...

Six things to see in the Axis of Near Evil

Thursday, July 24th, 2008 Posted in Places to See | 16 Comments »

In honor of North Korea’s recent downgrade from the Axis of Evil to the Axis of Near Evil, I decided to highlight six (an appropriate number ;) ) of their top attractions should you decide to go there. While it is ...

Welcome world!

Thursday, July 17th, 2008 Posted in Random | No Comments »

Hi everyone! :) Once upon a time we had a blog. It disappeared into oblivion so here we go again. For those of you who are just now joining in, let me catch you up -- I know most of the time, ...