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5 creepiest cemeteries around the world

Sunday, October 31st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | View Comments

There something about cemeteries that are inherently creepy, but these five in particular are particularly spooky. Highgate Cemetery , London England Photo by Joel Formales (jiformales) on Flickr Home to numerous catacombs, mausoleums, vaults and obelisks, Highgate Cemery is a Victorian Style cemetery ...

Win a $12K trip to the Galapagos Islands!

Thursday, March 25th, 2010 Posted in Bradt Author, Contests, Uncategorized | View Comments

There's never a bad moment to think about travel, and here's another sweet trip that can get you dreaming again. :) We are giving away a ten day trip for two to the Galapagos worth $12,000, courtesy of iExplore and Peregrine.  ...

GeckoGo just joined Peace Dot!

Friday, December 11th, 2009 Posted in Announcement, Uncategorized | View Comments

Peace Dot is an initiative promoting the message of peace on the web by encouraging websites to create a “peace dot page”.  It all started when some folks at Stanford University’s persuasive technology lab starting thinking about how innovation could ...

The Mira River Basin: Ecuador’s forgotten corner where forms of slavery persisted as late as 1965

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | View Comments

We recently got to sit down with David Dyer – founder of the End of the Rainbow Foundation. EotRF is an organization that helps Afro-Ecuadorians from the Mira River Basin in Ecuador, an area where forms of slavery still existed ...

It’s volunteer month on GeckoGo!

Sunday, April 5th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | View Comments

Hi guys, Since April is National Volunteer month in both the US and Canada, we've decided to make Volunteer Month on GeckoGo. :)  If you've always wondered about what volunteer travel is like, what's involved or how you can do it, this is ...