CGOAB has a wealth of information about touring destinations all over the world. There are literally thousands of trip reports on the site. As a planning tool, it is superb. I have used it when planning tours in Asia and South America, for example. It's great to be able to get first-hand information from other touring cyclists who have been there. When I toured in Sri Lanka about 10 years ago, I could only find minimal information from other touring cyclists. I see that CGOAB now has quite a few recent trip reports about that beautiful country.

A lot of the negative comments I've seen in this thread have come from folks who only bike in the usual places. If those folks ever decide to venture to less common destinations, they'd probably appreciate CGOAB to a greater degree.