Most people need a good map when they travel.
So Travel Notes tries to map out the websites that
could be worth visiting when you cruise the Information Highway; with links to airlines,
car rentals, cruise lines and hotel chains.
Quick Links
Airlines - Car Rentals - Cruise Lines - Hotel Chains.
Sub Categories
Airports:
Find out more about the airport that you are flying in or out of. Three letter codes and
links to the airport.
Budget Travel:
A fortnight's budget for some might be a couple of thousand dollars, for others only a few
hundred.
Campus Travel:
The major supplier of travel services to the UK Student and Youth population.
Consular Sheet:
Many travellers tend not to take travel warnings too seriously, but there really is some
valuable information here.
Currency Converter:
This is the original. You can view any exchange rates among the 164 currencies for any day
since 1 January 1990 through today. The currency converter is updated daily at 8:00 p.m.
EST.
Earth and Moon
Viewer:
View a map of the
earth showing the day and night regions at the moment. there are many more options
too. Interesting satellite imagery.
Ethnologue:
Languages of the World is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228
countries. The Ethnologue Name Index lists over 39,000 language names, dialect names, and
alternate names; and organizes languages according to language families.
International Living:
A monthly publication that identifies and reports on opportunities for living, retiring,
investing, traveling and buying real estate overseas.
Library of Congress:
At present, some 85 book form materials are available under the Country Studies/Area
Handbook Program. If it's deep background information you're seeking, try here.
Magellan Geographix:
Better known as maps.com. A great place to search for maps before you travel. They're
pricey to order and use on your page, but browse to your hearts content for nothing.
Motoring
Overseas:
A problem, especially if you are not properly prepared. The Bush Telegraph covers many of
the safety and security issues that might seem obvious, but would most probably slip your
mind before you started out.
National Anthems:
Just choose the country from the alphabetical list.
National
Geographic:
Their Map Machine presents maps, and historic backgrounds for countries of the world and
the United States.
Online
Dictionaries:
An outstanding resource for wordsmiths of the world, linked to over 400 dictionaries, in
more than 130 different languages.
Search Engines:
Some specialized search engines from around the world to help you drill deeper.
Subway
Navigator:
Find routes on subway systems in various cities around the world.
Translations:
Babelfish is not good quite enough for sending business documents in a foreign language.
Travel
Check-List:
Make the most out of your trip through prepartion before you go.
UNESCO:
The official World heritage site.
Weeno:
Learn how to do things and teach others what you know, by reading articles that interest
you or submitting one of your own.
Working
and Living Abroad:
Hundreds of guides to choose from. Think about the social, cultural and practical
considerations that need to be taken into account if you are to make a comfortable
adjustment to a new environment.
World Heritage:
Els Slots has visited a good number of World Heritage sites around the world and offers
you descriptions along with a personal review.
World Landmarks:
360-degree virtual tour around the world. Currently limited to select locations from:
North America, France, Holland, Ireland, UK and Israel.
Zoo and Aquariums:
Find a zoo or aquarium by name or state.
Specialised
Language Courses:
Whether you need to learn a language for professional reasons, to prepare for an exam or
simply because you like the language, SLC could have the course you're looking for.
Learn Spanish Online:
Spanish programs offer free online primers in the art of pronounciation through shockwave
combinations of audio, mouse-over effects and clip art images.
Travel Spanish:
If you like to travel to Mexico, Spain, or South America
for business or pleasure, the free Spanish travel phrases on these Shockwave pages will
help you with the basics.
Learning Foreign Languages.
ACE Study Tours:
ACE runs tours and courses across the globe that educate and entertain in the fields of
art, archaeology, history, music, drama, literature, geology, ecology and wildlife.
AdventurePro:
Australian and New Zealand outdoors resource for adventure travel. Includes biking,
climbing, canyoning, hiking, kayaking, canoeing, skiing and whitewater rafting.
American Immigration:
Do-it-Yourself products, information and services for visa, greencard and citizenship
applicants.
Cultural Experiences Abroad: 
Provides college study abroad programs to American students in 14 countries and 24 cities
across the globe.
Cyber Cafes:
Where to pick up your e-mail on the road, or meet like minded people in another town or
city.
Global Volunteers:
Each year Global Volunteers coordinates more than 125 teams of volunteers who participate
on short-term human and economic development projects in 21 countries.
Home And Away:
Magazine features on popular destinations, presented by Judith Chalmers of the UK
television series: Wish You Were Here.
Incredible Adventures:
Fly the legendary MiG-29! Experience zero-gravity flight, train like a cosmonaut or a
secret agent, fly to the edge of space.
Visa
Requirements:
This list is from the US State Department and only applies to US citizens visiting
foreign countries for business or pleasure.
Working Abroad:
Information on volunteering opportunities all over the world.
America's Doctor:
Although the doctors don't diagnose, prescribe, or treat over the Internet, there's a
wealth of information on health-related issues with access to a range of products,
services and programming.
City
Health:
Information on healthcare services in the world's most popular destinations. Useful for
people doing pre travel health planning.
Cyber Docs:
Consult a physician from home, from work, while on vacation, or while at school, and do so
from almost anywhere in the world.
Trip Preparation:
Are you at risk? View the country profiles.
Travel Insurance.
Travelogues:
Some personal travelogues start with a Round the
World flight ticket while others are a collection of trip reports that make up
something called Nomadic Gatherings.
Babylon
Travel Mag:
Adventure travel writing and photography from around the world for the independent and
culture conscious traveller.
Backpacker Essentials:
Inspiration for independent travellers - from YHA Australia.
Been There,
Done That:
Have you ever thought about how many countries you've visited? Try out this excellent
interactive check-list. Tick off the countries you've been to and press submit at the
bottom to get your total.
Cleo Paskal Slept Here:
Cleo Paskal's varied (and often twisted) print, radio, television and film assignments
have taken her from Timbuktu to the largest ball of twine in Minnesota. Along the way, she
has slept in an enormous number of (mostly terrible) beds.
Don & Linda's Travelzine:
Don and Linda's travelogues from Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland and the USA.
Includes planning tips and packing hints.
Etravel:
UK-based organisation, established in 2003, which has grown from a small collection of
avid travellers into a successful team producing up-to-date travel news, advice, features
and destination guides aimed at independent travellers across the globe.
Getting
Stoned:
If your interests are in visting stone cirles and the like, then this is the worldwide
links listing for you. Brief descriptions of what you're likely to find on the websites
are also given.
Off Yonder:
Seeing the world for what it is! Cameron Martindell likes to travel around and tell you
all about it. Includes China, Japan, Australia, Nepal and various US road trips -- with
photos.
Planet Go Go:
General travel site aimed primarily at backpackers and independent travellers, with
contributed articles.
Romar Traveler:
A interesting collection of travel journals that gives you a more personal view of some
interesting places in the world you might like to explore.
The Globetrotters
Club:
There are over 1,000 Globetrotters worldwide, who network, exchange information and help
each other to get the most out of their travels and venture off the beaten track.
Trailfinders
Magazine:
Not an online zine, but a great free magazine to get in the post to help with round the
world travel ideas. One of our favourites.
Travellady Magazine:
Most people think professional travel and food writers are some of the luckiest people in
the world. They visit exciting destinations and taste some of the best food. Now, the
Travellady experts will share some of their glorious times, but, they will also tell you
about the places you want to avoid, the things you don't want to try, and the meals you
never want to eat.
Travel Writing:
There are travellers who have returned to write a great book, and then there are great
writers who travel.
WorldWide Panoramas:
Contains links to websites with panoramics on offer. The majority of these panoramas are
QTVR panoramic images and to see them you need to have QuickTime installed on your computer.
Travel Accessory Guide:
For everything you may need when you travel. Including: travel guides, maps, luggage,
health information and cell phone accessories.
If you like to travel, have pets, but can't leave home without them,
then it's handy to know which places allow cats and dogs. Perhaps snakes are another
matter.
Pets Welcome:
Your dog will be wagging its tail here. As well as accommodation listings, there are tips
to make your pet comfortable, and a guide to emergency clinics in the United States. Good
to be on the safe side.
Pet Vacations:
Similar service to Pets Welcome, with a much smaller database on the searches we made. Pet
Vacations' intention seems to be a searchable forum, but they're going to need some more
material. If you travel with pets, why not add your tips and help them along.
Diving The World:
Angelique is a Padi Master who lives in the Netherlands, where the water is cold and the
visibility poor. Because she loves good diving conditions, Angelique chooses tropical
waters: the Caribbean, Indonesia and the Red Sea in Egypt.
PADI:
Find out the latest news below the surface, from the Professional Association of Diving
Instructors, and plunge into a whole new way of life.
Skinny Dippers:
Join the Naturist Society for a clothing-optional lifestyle.
Fishing
Adventures:
If you're hook line and sinker for rod and line cast-off here.
River Search:
An interesting concept and site layout, but there's still a long way to go to cover all
whitewater rivers. Upon clicking on a river name (in red), the river's outfitters are
presented in one box and a description of the river in another.
Raft Info:
White water rafting information including guides, outfitters and destinations in the U.S.,
Canada, Central and South America.
iAgora Forums:
The aim of iAgora is to bring people of the world together.
Her Mail:
Connecting females so that they can help each other as they move around the world. Built
in security system ensure women’s e-mail addresses never appear on the site; with all
the connecting done behind the scenes.
Hitchhikers
Organisation:
This is a fairly new site from the Netherlands, but it looks promising if the word gets
out. We hope it does. If you're looking for a ride in Europe, or you're a driver with
empty spaces and would like to have company, this could be for you.
Independent Traveler:
A community of travelers who enjoy the fun of planning their own trips and the adventure
of independent travel -- put together with the American traveller in mind.
Just Ask Eva:
The premise is to answer Eva's questions on your vacation needs and she will provide you
with a list of perfect vacation packages. Only works with departures from Canadian cities.
The Experienced
Traveller:
They say they'll answer your questions within 24 hours.
Antartica:
Antarctica as it is today reflects the on going clash of continent with a conquering
introduced species - human beings. What matters now is to ensure a sound future for the
Antarctic wilderness, so that the heart of Antarctica - the intrinsic values that make it
special - remain unchanged, forever -- OneWorld Magazine.
Fun Hunter:
The lowdown on some of the worlds highs for adventure addicts and party animals.
Ghost
Tours:
Spooky tours, places and happennings of the supernatural and directory of ghouly links.
Party
The Globe:
Party travel resource for the student traveller in search of good times around the globe.
4 Corners Club:
Adventure tours worldwide, specialising in overland expeditions.
Embassy Pages:
Contact details for embassies, high commissions, consulates and other diplomatic missions
worldwide.
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