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a ton of links that should give you a hand in the planning stay of your trip
and hopefully some general surfing enjoyment. Directly below is what are
consider to be the most essential and useful links in a Java script, that may
or may not work properly for you. Then below that is a very long, hard to maintain
list of hundreds of other links that maybe helpful to you. The link of the minute
is
Do us a favour and e-mail (address at bottom of this page) notice of broken links or if you think I should
link up with your site (click here, fill out the
form) plus any new links you know of. Please note commercial sites cannot
be listed unless truly worthy, this is a page of links to sites like this one:
by travellers for travellers.
 
Highlighted & Recommended Links
Art of Travel
Boots N' All
Google Earth
Lonely Planet
Travel Budget Calculator
Pass Planet
Randy's Travel Page
Round The World - FAQs
Seat 61
Travel on the Really Cheap
Wikitravel
World Heritage
World Nomads
Site Map
Return To Travel Index.
General / world-wide
Please note excellent highlighted links contained within
the script above.
Travellerspoint Travel Community:
www.travellerspoint.com
Pass Planet (Central America and SE Asia):
www.passplanet.com
The Man in Seat 61 (train focused - excellent):
www.seat61.com
Go Budget Travel (blog, advice, info): www.gobudgettravel.com
Rough Planet: www.roughplanet.com
One Bag (the name say it all, good packing advice/lists): www.onebag.com
Ubertramp, travel blog, advice & articles: www.ubertramp.com
What's on when; plan you trip around a festival:
www.whatsonwhen.com
World Nomads, free MP3 language guide downloads:
journals.worldnomads.com/language-guides
On-line travel guide:
www.professionaltravelguide.com
Learning about the world through photography:
www.trekearth.com
Travelholic (Europe, Oz/NZ):
www.travoholic.com
Share experiences and get tips on message board:
www.trekshare.com
Travel advice in a similar vein to this site:
www.hectoryague.com/traveltips.htm & www.startbackpacking.com
Backpacking forum, photos, blog:
www.backpatters.com
World Climate - If you're not heading off for another
six months, this site gives you the average temperature and rainfall for
any time of the year just about anywhere in the world: www.worldclimate.com
Nice looking resource
for all the popular destinations:
www.backpacker-planet.com
& www.worldbackpackers.net
Virtual Tourist (great info & forum): www.virtualtourist.com
Travel resource for independent travellers: www.thebackpacker.net & www.the-backpacking-site.com
Which plug in which country?:
http://users.pandora.be/worldstandards/electricity.htm
Just For Fun
The Fabulous Adventures of Mister Wombat:
www.wombattravel.com
Great travel game to test your Knowledge: www.travelpod.com
Test your Geography Knowledge:
www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/
Historical Country Names:
www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/hist_country_names.htm
Golden Plungers, the world's best toilets:
www.thebathroomdiaries.com/goldenplungers.html
Spud Travel's:
www.spudstravels.com
Guide to sleeping in airports:
www.sleepinginairports.net
Far-flung journeys of the Monkey:
www.monkeytravel.org
How many country have you been to:
www.world66.com/myworld66/visitedCountries
How far is it?
www.indo.com/distance/
The Big Mac index:
www.oanda.com/products/bigmac/bigmac.shtml
Which side of the road do they drive on?:
www.brianlucas.ca/roadside
Let your books travel and catch up later, great idea:
www.bookcrossing.com
Where is Matt? (quirky video of Matt's dancing on his
travels):
www.wherethehellismatt.com
Five Steps for Doing Laundry While Backpacking: www.theworldisnotflat.com/laundry
Travelogues and blogs - General (ones we liked):
Globetrotter extraordinaire:
http://berclo.net/inden.html
Heinz Stücke - cycle around the world, not once, but ten
times:
www.bikechina.com/heinzstucke1z.html
Alby's Travels - nice format great photos:
www.albytravel.com
The Savage Files:
www.thesavagefiles.com
The Chicken Bus:
www.chickenbus.com
Some cool tales:
http://travel.to/weecheng
Stories, advice and photos (S. America, M. East and Asia):
www.gorustic.com
Interesting Asian photo travelogues:
www.travelspot.be
Great travelogue:
www.edouard.com/travel
Blurry Travel. Nice personal travelogue with detailed
tip filled diaries (SEA focus):
www.blurrytravel.com
Wired to the world (travelogue and practical tips):
www.wired2theworld.com
Angiedarren's Travel Blogs:
www.travelpod.com/members/angiedarren
Day-by-day travel diary through Asia, Oz & N.America:
www.yearinthelife.org
Current: London to NZ overland:
www.thewanderyears.net
Accommodation:
Southern Africa travel bible (hostels): www.coastingafrica.com
Latin America info/hostel guide: www.hosteltrail.com
Hostels in USA, Canada: www.hostelhandbook.com
Bug Europe: www.bugeurope.com
The best directory of hostels in NZ: www.backpack.co.nz
General: Meet people, get a free place to stay: www.couchsurfing.com
and www.hospitalityclub.org
Budget Airlines
This is tough to keep updated with new up-starts and
close-downs happening all the time. Please feel free to help, in fact please
help!:
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Ryan Air - Everywhere
from everywhere
Easy Jet - Almost
everywhere to a lot of places
Fly Be - UK-wide
to Europe
Vueling and Clickair- Spain-wide to Europe
Excel Airways - UK wide to Europe. Plus charters further
BMI Baby - UK-wide
to Europe
MyTravelLite - Birmingham
& Manchester to Europe
Jet2 - Leeds & Bradford
to Europe
German Wings
- Germany-wide to Europe
Air Berlin.com
- Germany-wide to Europe + Turkey & Egypt
Transavia
- Stansted to Amsterdam & Holland Europe-wide
Iceland Express
- Stansted to Iceland
Volare - Stansted
to Italy
Duo - Birmingham &
Edinburgh to Europe
Aer Arann - England
& Scotland to Ireland
Planet Air - Leeds/Bradford to Malta, Tenerife and Lanzarote
Virgin Express
London City to Brussels
Norwegian Air Shuttle
Stansted to Oslo & Bergen
Air-Scotland.com
Glasgow & Edinburgh to Europe
FlyGlobespan.com
Edinburgh & Glasgow to EU
Hapag-Lloyd Express
Manchester & Newcastle to Germany
Sky Europe -
Stansted to Bratislava & Budapest
Airtraffic.eu - is by far the best overview
Virgin Blue
- Australian staple
Skywest - Western (inc. Darwin & Bali) Australia
Regional Express - South East local Australian routes
Jetstar &
Freedom
Air - Across Australia and to New Zealand
Africa:
Atlas Blue
- Morocco to Europe
Kulula &
Mango -
South Africa
Fly540
- Nairobi to Mombassa and others soon
Precision Air - Tanzania domestic
Middle East:
Air Arabia
- UAE based, wide network &
Jazeera
Airways
Also see:
www.attitudetravel.com/lowcostairlines/mideast/
SkyScanner- the easy way to search the above: www.skyscanner.net
Probably the best low cost airlines directory: www.attitudetravel.com/lowcostairlines/
Air Ninja is another useful budget airline search.
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South East Asia (SEA)
Air Asia
- great & cheap flight network based in SEA
Tiger Airways - as above, excellent
SEA (inc. Singapore to Darwin)
Nok
Air - Thai based, predominately domestic
One-Two-Go
- Domestic arm of Thai Orient. Thai domestic only
Jet Star Asia - Again excellent.
Singapore based; Indian, SEA and NEA capital connects
Vietnam
Airlines - Local and international connections (mainly from
HCMC) inc. Oz
Lion Air - Indonesian based,
domestic and connects with SEA capitals
Laos Airlines - domestic, Cambodia and Vietnam. Not the most efficient
Valu Air - Singapore to Jakarta and Bali
South Asian
Sri Lankan Airlines
- cheap flights to India, Thailand, Malaysia and beyond.
Jet Airways
- India based, predominately
domestic, not the cheapest
Air India
- National carrier, again not the best value
India Airlines
- State owned domestic
airline, best value, but book early
Air Sahara - Now
part of Jet Airways
Kingfisher
Airlines - Only in India,
beer airline! Domestic network
IndiGo - Go network, inc. Delhi to Goa
For
Indian domestic flights schedules and which airline flies which
route the following link is recommended:
www.mapsofindia.com/flight-schedule/
Focus around USA, Mexico and Brazil. South America lacks behind in terms
of budget airlines.
USA (internal):
South Western,
Jet Blue,
Frontier
Airlines, Ted,
Song,
AirTran Airways
Aviacs
- Mexico internal and USA connections
Mexican/Central America (internal):
Click Mexican,
Inter Jet,
Avolar
TACA -
Tikal to Guatemala City and others domestic/international
Brazilian (internal):
Varig,
TAM,
Gol,
BRA,
Ocean Air,
Web Jet
Pantanal Linhas Airline (Pantanal only)
 Please note, there are many more not mentioned
here with smaller networks, for more information please see getting around by air in the on the
road section.
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 For international flights try:
The recommended Sidestep. It searches various airlines and
bargain agents like orbitz in the US, ebookers & Opodo in UK and expedia. It
then allows you to sort the results according to a sliding bar for price,
and many other variables:
United
States version UK & Ireland
version.
See full advice and more links
for international flights
here.
Working Abroad
Find Volunteer work that doesn't have you paying for the privilege: www.truetravellers.org
Organising you own Volunteer Tip: www.gobudgettravel.com/category/volunteer-abroad/
South American free and low-cost volunteer work:
www.volunteersouthamerica.net
- (see comments)
Work for accommodation exchange:
www.workaway.info
Light in Africa: www.lightinafrica.org
Volunteer International work camps:
www.vfp.org
More volunteers work:
www.workingabroad.com
Teaching English:
www.tefl.com or www.onlinetefl.com
or www.englishjobmaze.com
Studying abroad:
www.studyabroad.com
Volunteer Latin America: www.volunteerlatinamerica.com
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is the second part of this links page. They get a little more disorganised from
here on - please e-mail us (address at the bottom of this page) notice of broken
links or if you think this site should link up with any other site (click
here, fill out the form). These links are mainly travelogues, homepages and
tourism ministry sites, but can be helpful and most have at least some interest.
Latin America
Excellent Colombia and Latin America info/hostel guide: www.hosteltrail.com
Argentina Cafe - independent travel guide to Argentina: http://www.argentinacafe.com
Colombia information: http://poorbuthappy.com/colombia/
South American Explorers Club:
www.samexplo.org
Links for cycling in South America:
www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Island/6810/index.html
Amazing mountain biking ride from La Paz: www.gravitybolivia.com
Peru, more photos and general information: http://perutraveller.cjb.net
Peru's conservation travel organization:
http://inkanatura.com
Archaeology information (in Spanish):
http://sipan.perucultural.org.pe
Easter Island: www.netaxs.com/~trance/rapanui.html
Chile Info Project:
www.chip.cl
Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
Ticket to the World, dedicated to backpacker's to Australiawww.tickettotheworld.co.uk
The best directory of hostels in NZ:
www.backpack.co.nz
Travelling NZ:
www.backpackerboard.co.nz
Travelling Oz:
www.backpackeressentials.com.au
Settling in and visiting Oz:
www.immi.gov.au
Uluru information:
www.crystalinks.com/ayersrock.html
Finding work in Australia:
www.jobaroo.com
Climate averages in Australia:
www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/
Backpack New Zealand: Backpacking & Hiking in NZ:
www.backpack-newzealand.com
Kakadu national park:
www.ea.gov.au/parks/kakadu/
Virgin Blue (budget OZ internal airline):
www.virginblue.com.au
Independent travel resource about Vanuatu:
www.positiveearth.org/bungalows also see: www.positiveearth.org
USA and Canada:
Hostels in USA, Canada:
www.hostelhandbook.com
Hire car relocations:
www.driveaway.com
SouthWest USA: www.canyontocanyon.com
Budget Internal Airlines:
www.southwest.com &
www.jetblue.com
Accommodation swapping:
www.swapnow.com
& www.stay4free.com
Europe
General travellers information:
www.oldcontinent.com
www.bugeurope.com
www.guideforeurope.com
www.eurotrip.com
www.backpackeurope.com
www.backpackingeurope.com
www.euro-backpacker.com
Free guides for Eastern European cities:
www.inyourpocket.com
Train times all over Europe:
http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en?ld=107&newrequest=yes&
Car sharing in Europe:
www.hitchhikers.org
Air travel:
www.europebyair.com
Trains travel:
www.raileurope.com
Photos:
www.raingod.com/angus/Gallery/Photos/Europe/
Travelogue:
www.johnbowman.btinternet.co.uk
Free to do:
www.freetodo.net
Great opinionated guide to sleeping cheap:
www.eurocheapo.com
Live-in Jobs for backpackers in the UK:
www.livein-jobs.co.uk
Moldavia Info:
www.marisha.net
Free events, attractions and gems in Dublin:
www.freedublin.com
Guide and resources for Rome: www.2rome.it
 Asia
Due to the sheer number of listable links for this continent,
it has meant I have shied away from the task a little. Will come soon, but for
now, most information, can be found listed in the essential links at the top
of this page - most sites listed have very good links
pages themselves.
Excellent page of Asia links:
http://home.pi.be/travelspot/travel.htm
Asiaphoto:
www.asiaphoto.de
Japan on the Cheap: www.japan-cheap-travel.com
Peter M. Geiser's Internet Travel Guide: www.pmgeiser.ch
SEA Travel FAQ, basic easy to follow - good info:
www.chaskemp.googlepages.com/asia_travel
Myanmar Mike: http://myanmarmike.com
Tourism Authority of Thailand - information on festivals,
destinations, activities:
www.tourismthailand.org
Very informative site about Thailand:
www.into-asia.com
Guide to Thailand by Thai students, great site! (over 5000
pages):
www.thaistudents.com
Thailand FAQ:
www.geocities.com/studentinsd/ttfaq.html
Good source for Chiang Mai / Chiang Rai information:
welcome-to.chiangmai-chiangrai.com
Keng's Thailand travel experiences - stories, photos, links,
"Ask Keng", etc:
www.keng.com
Good info on Gem scam and others:
www.geocities.com/thaigemscamgroup/Intro/Scam.html
An independent and very polished site about travel to and
within India: www.indiamike.com
Along the same lines as above, a well polished LP TT alternative
for India: www.theindiatree.com
Webyatra India, great homepage type resource:
www.geocities.com/webyatra
Good maps and information on planes, trains and
automobiles:
www.india.mapsofindia.com/
Excellent Thailand, Laos and Cambodia info: www.travelfish.org
Malaysia Travel Guide: www.travelmalaysiaguide.com/
Myanmar Travel Guide: www.myanmar-travelnet.com
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