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Women Travelers
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Other Fun Travel Sites

Other Entertaining Travelogues:

www.notesfromtheroad.com Join Erik Gauger as he travels throughout the USA, the West Indies, Mexico and beyond.  Stunning photos and useful information.

www.ourwildride.com  Newlyweds, Michael and Lisa, leave in September 2003 for their RTW adventures.  It looks exciting!

www.diblings.com  Join Tom Dibbling and his family as they travel to the Galapagos Islands and beyond.  A great website to learn about Around The World  Travel with a family.  The Dibblings show us it CAN be done.

www.travelhog.net  Provides a listing of hundreds of travelogues (like ours) and travel books organized by country with direct links. 

www.thetravelyear.com  Tim and Michelle travel through Central America, Hawaii, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, India, Nepal and Europe during 2000-2001.  Enjoy their very professional and entertaining web site!

www.wired2theworld.com.   Kristina and Dave traveled for 9 months to 19 countries in 1999.  Their stories are great and their photos colorful.  They have continued to update their site, as they continue to travel to exciting places.  We met Kristina while we were in Bangkok

www.worldwidewanderings.com.    Scott and Laura are also from Atlanta.  They traveled around the world during 1999-2000.  Their site is both informative and entertaining.  You must see it.

www.worldtraveler2000.com  Shane and Courtney travel through many of the same countries that we do.  They have great photographs and great lists of what to see and what not to see, as well as favorite hotels.

www.y2k2go.com  We met Jim and Maggie while we were in Cairo, Egypt.  They are also traveling around the globe for one year.  They are fun loving and road wise.  

www.geocities.com/teamschwarz/trip/trip.htm   Richard Schwarz has put together a very entertaining site on his travels to Southeast Asia.  He is moving to Taipei and Taiwan, so you can look for photos, helpful information and witty comments for those locations as well.

www.allaroundtheworld.de  Thomas is preparing for his round the world trip.  If you have an interest in warm places and water sports, this will be the site to visit.

www.southpoint.com  Rhonda and Carl Burnham have traveled through 27 states in the USA and also to Canada and Mexico by RV.  Their very professional and informative site provides a camp ground directory as well as a journal with photos, reviews of national parks, historic sites and campgrounds.  For those of you who enjoy outdoor traveling in the Americas, this is your web site.  

www.geocities.com/gersh2k.htm  Read about Gersh's adventures in Egypt, among other places.  We met this crazy Canadian in Egypt, and we know that we will meet up with him again..someday, somewhere.

www.ourlifejourney.com  Join Leanne and Keith as they travel through Southeast Asia, India, Nepal, Australia and much more.

www.hotbunk.com  Robert Fells has done an excellent job in compiling photos, helpful travel information and fun facts about many countries.

www.immell.com is another great travel web site.

http://geocities.com/northwest27  Exciting travel photos of India from Calcutta to Kullu.

Travel Gear  

www.llbean.com   We ordered a lot of our travel gear on line.  It was often cheaper and easier to find the sizes and colors that we wanted.  LLBean was one of our favorites!  Other great travel gear sites include:
www.rei.com   
www.danadesign.com  
www.marmot.com  
www.thenorthface.com  
www.bcoutfitters.com

Great Planning Travel Sites:

www.lonelyplanet.com for great information and comments from fellow travelers go to the Thorntree!
www.travigator.com a travel directory for all of your travel information.
www.fodors.com and see the travel forums for information by other travelers.
www.ricksteves.com for great information about traveling through Europe.  We also highly recommend Rick's books:  "Europe through the Back Door",  "Mona Winks", and more country specific books.
www.globalbum.com has great budget travel information, including a list of hostels, when to go, passports, customs, packing, eating, how to get cheap airfares, and much more.
www.globalfreeloaders.com for a list of free accommodation all over the world.
www.timeout.com for information on major cities around the world.  Handy schedules and restaurant/hotel information.
www.roam-magazine.com

www.artoftravel.com

www.outsidemagazine.com
for the outdoor-adventure types.
www.nationalgeographic.com  Learn a little about where you are going first!  See photographs.  We also purchased the CD-ROM set which includes every issue and took them with us.  We learned so many interesting things about the places and people and sites to see.  
www.world66.com   A worldwide travel web sitemade up of recommendations from other travelers.  Includes tips on adventure, trekking, accommodations, events, and much more!
www.travelerstales.com A great directory and place to order books about travel stories around the world.  

www.tripadvisor.com  unbiased reviews of hotels, resorts and vacations.

www.adventurelinktours.com  The name says it all.

Hostels

www.hostels.com  World wide database on travel hostels
www.iyhf.org  Hostelling International
And of course, up to date Travel Books (including Lonely Planet, Footprint, Fodors, Let's Go, etc.  are unbeatable and provide a wide range of possibilities.  

Europe-Specific Web Sites

www.ricksteves.com
www.raileurope.com

www.backpackeurope.com

www.ideamerge.com/motoeuropa  Helpful information about driving through Europe
http://  For links to travel sites about Germany, including Berlin and its famous wall.  

www.oldcontinent.com  Great site for those planning on backpacking through Europe.  Informative and Entertaining.

www.santorini.net  Useful information about our favorite Greek Island:  Santorini.

 

Foreign Language Study

www.studyspanish.com to learn Spanish online.  This handy web site also has an online translator and will translate phrases in English, French, Spanish, German, Portugese, and Italian in a jiffy.

www.juansisay.com O.K.--here we shamelessly put in a plug for our favorite Spanish language school in Central America.  Juan Sisay is located in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.  It was an amazing experience and a wonderful way to learn the language.  For more information on Quetzaltenango--see www.xelapages.com

www.studyabroad.com for information on foreign language study in other countries.

www.machupicchuschools.org for Spanish studies in Cusco, Peru.

Women Travelers:

www.passionfruit.com

Working/Volunteering Abroad

www.workingabroad.com

www.lonelyplanet.com See the Thorn Tree for latest updates.  Also, ask your question on-line and wait a few days for feedback.

U.S. Government Sites

www.cdc.gov/travel  Learn about the latest health risks and necessary vaccinations from the CDC.
www.travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html  Where Not 2 Go.  Learn about the latest travel warnings.
www.customs.ustreas.gov/travel/travel.html  U.S. Customs Travel Service

Funny Money:

www.finance.yahoo.com for current foreign exchange rates.
www.mastercard.com for a complete list of Cirus ATM machines worldwide.  Very Handy information as we obtained most of our money as we traveled from these magical machines. 

Other Fun Travel Sites:

See famous travel destinations live!!  For example, go to  www.aish.com/wallcam to see up to the minute shots of the Western Wall in Jerusalem.  For a list of these live web cams around the world, see:  www.dove.net.au/~punky/world.htm .  Perhaps you can arrange to see a friend at one of these spots on the web cam.  Thanks to David Schaefer for this information.

See also www.inyourpocket.com and www.virtourist.com  

See www.foot.com for information on foot care during your travels.

 

 

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