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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.
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Just For FunThe Fabulous Adventures of Mister Wombat: www.wombattravel.com
Great travel game to test your Knowledge: www.travelpod.com
Atlas of the real world: www.telegraph.co.uk/.../The-Atlas-of-the-Real-World.html
Test your Geography Knowledge: www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/ and www.jetpunk.com
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
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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
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
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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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Working AbroadFind 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
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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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Here 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 AmericaExcellent 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 PacificTicket 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/
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
EuropeGeneral travellers information:
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
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AsiaDue 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
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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