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Here’s some links to some other stories of mine you might enjoy, the way Tabasco enjoys an oyster, or a baseball enjoys being caught, or a politician enjoys lying, or….you get the point.

5 Danger Zones Worth A Visit

Here’s a cool gallery and story on MSN about places that frequently get bad press, but that shouldn’t stop you from checking them out. Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Colombia, Ethiopia and Albania - fantastic adventures all!

15 Things to Do Before You Die

A definitive list, perhaps better titled: 15 Things I Did Before I Died.

Condiments Around the World

It’s no secret I love my condiments, these are some of my favourite.

A Love Letter to Canada

This column, written for Sympatico, was passed around like a good case of flu on Canada Day

Julia Dimon Interviews me for METRO

A little Q&A with my Word Travels co-host published in her Travel Junkie column in Canada’s METRO.

From salsa dancing to speed dating, tuning car shows to comparing the new seven wonders of the world, there’ll hopefully be something here to pique your interest on one of those bored Tuesday afternoons when you’re desperately looking for something to make you look busy in the office.

Modern Gonzo Does the Salsa - In which I get lost climbing a mountain in Patagonia, but find myself at a Salsa Bootcamp in B.C. Since Salsa is a sexy celebration of life through dance, I decided to learn a few steps from the pros, finding out more about this worldwide phenomenon as I maim my partners with my two left feet.

The World of Speed Dating - Load up on calamari and listen for the “bing!”, my time as a fill-in speed-dater is rife with humour and tragedy, kind of like normal dating with your finger on the fast-forward button. My past as a International Frisbee Oil consultant might come back to haunt me, but dating 75 women in three nights was a little more than I bargained for.

Hot Daze in San Diego - Porn stars and tuning cars roll up the United State’s obssession to reinvent itself, under the hood and under the bra. This hot weekend finds me sandwiched by playmates, line dancing with rednecks and recklessly endangering Marines with my ragged Mule. Viewer discretion is advised.

The Truth, and other Lies - A conspiracy theory convention in London reveals the truth behind Princess Di’s murder, the paradigm of disinformation, and where strange little men with computer tans spend their time. When facts don’t add up, people create theories, and those theories create nutters with disturbing facial hair.

Dodging Kooties in the Kooteneys - I’ve drowned in mud at Glastonbury, but Salmon Arm’s annual Shambhala music festival is a hippie-biker mecca all its own. Originally published in Terminal City, this report was later used by the organizers for their documentary, and features the now-legendary, 100% true anal probe scene.



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  • Facing a Bone Crusher on Prince Edward Island

    Lobsters are like prehistoric aliens with giant claws capable of crushing a man’s gonads to dust. They’re also delicious, which is why I set out one morning to pull in 300 lobster traps and stand knee deep in fish guts.

  • Flying Doctors and the Migration of the Wildebeest

    This week in East Africa, I discover two sides to a coin. The luxury, beauty and exotic wildlife of the ultimate safari, complete with butlers, five-star tents, and the migration of the wildebeest. In Nairobi, a different story, as I take to the air with the Flying Doctors, participating in a medical evacuation, and seeing the human cost of violence. This is Africa, and there is nowhere else like it.

  • Heat, Dust and Dirt Bikes in Egypt

    The traffic, chaos and 3000 years of bureaucracy take their toll, but I manage to Belly Dance over the Nile anyway. After clocking in at the pyramids, it’s off to the Sinai to rock the desert by ATV, dirt bike and dune buggy. Egypt has stayed much the same since my last visit 16 years ago. I haven’t.