It was the 14th indeed, of year 2003, that I joined the site ! Not long after voyd, Diorama and Canadian dude, and a little before Worldwidemike, Sijuki and Rozza. I was then planning my trip in Asia. I lured for one day and started posting on the 15th, to share my few tips about Eastern Europe.
My member number is 133, and there was only about 10 regular members on the boards, so it felt like a tiny family. And we lacked travel infos out of experience, so in order to respond to info request, we needed to search the net.
Ages ago...
Travelpunk.com has become one of the best travel sites, and certainly the friendliest and the most efficient time-quality in our answers to travellers !