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Travellers'
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lots of useful links to help you plan your escape |
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Basics |
Working
Overseas |
| journey planner |
Volunteering |
| Red
Tape & Visas |
Sustainable backpacking |
| Travel
Health |
Low-carbon Travel - The Debate |
| Weather |
Trees |
| Maps |
Greener Guidebooks |
| Events
& Festivals |
Kit & Photography |
| News
& Radio stations |
Some other sites we like... |
| Communication |
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| The
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Distance
calculator
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How far away
is your next destination..
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World
times
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...and what time will it be when you get there?
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Currency
convertor
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How much is that in Zambian Kwacha?
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International
Dialing Codes
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Is +226 Burkina
Faso or Bolivia?
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| Journey Planner |
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Country Guides |
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National Geographic
Travel
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Crammed with
travelogues and, of course, stunning photography
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CIA World
Factbook
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Wow. There's
nothing those cheeky agency boys don't know
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Foreign &
Commonwealth Office
website
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Featuring the
British
FCO's travel advice and contact information for British
embassies overseas
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The FCO's
gap-year travel site
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The FCO's
gap-year advice site
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How to get there |
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The Man in Seat Sixty-One |
Probably the web's most exhaustive list of train and boat
schedules and routes - just brilliant. |
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Round the world flights |
But before you contribute another 4 tonnes of CO2 to the atmosphere through your journey,
check out our Low-carbon Travel section |
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| Red Tape & Visas |
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Worldwide directory of embassies |
Where's the British high commission in Delhi and where's the US embassy in La Paz? |
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The Australia Tourism Commission |
The ATC's official site for those wishing to visit Oz. i.e. everyone |
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Australian tourist and working visas |
Australian immigration information |
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Destination New Zealand |
The official Kiwi tourism site |
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New Zealand tourist and working visas |
NZ's immigration information |
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| Travel Health |
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The travel Doctor |
Excellent guide to travel health. Search by country and/or things that will bite/kill you... |
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Travellers' Health |
The UK Department of Health's advice for travellers |
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Masta travel clinics |
Immunisation clinics across the UK |
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| Weather |
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BBC Weather Centre |
International weather forecasts from the BBC. Rather graphics heavy but comprehensive |
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| World Weather
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another good, comprehensive weather site with weather guides by destination |
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Average weather conditions |
Average monthly temperature, rainfall and humidity by city |
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Snow Forecast |
Weather reports for skiers and snowboards |
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US-based weather service |
In fahrenheit! |
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| MAPS |
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Google Earth |
Still fun. Download the free version and kiss goodbye to the rest of your day. |
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Google maps |
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National Geographic's map machine |
The second best map site we've found. Interactive and excellent |
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Mappy |
Turn left. No, you're other left. |
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| Events & Festivals |
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Festivals and events worldwide |
UK based site featuring a wide range of events and festivals |
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More festivals and events worldwide |
US based site doing the same |
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Full Moon Calendar |
Is there a full moon party when you're in the area? |
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UNESCO World Heritage sites |
A complete list of heritage sites for you to go and photograph |
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Major exhibitions and museums worldwide |
Take in a bit of culture, or just get out of the rain |
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A guide to the world's religions |
What to wear to a mosque. And where not to say "Jehovah" |
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| News & Radio stations |
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Online news sites |
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BBC World news |
The BBC. It just feels better |
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Amnesty International |
Whose pockets are your tourist dollars going to end up in? |
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The Onion |
"Satire afflictes the comfortable, and comforts the affllicted" |
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Who Owns What? |
The key to reading the news is to know who's writing it. Excellent resource from the Colombia Journalism Review |
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PBS Frontline |
Superb documentaries from pbs |
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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart |
Briliiant aaaand brilliant. |
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Online newspapers |
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Online newspapers... |
To really learn about your next destination, put down your guidebook and go to the local media |
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The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, Australia |
Australia's biggest selling daily |
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The New Zealand Herald, Auckland, NZ |
New Zealand's biggest seller |
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Online radio stations |
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Triple J (Australia) |
The station that launched every Aussie band you've ever heard of |
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rdu (New Zealand) |
Excellent student radio from Christchurch, NZ |
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| Communication |
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Wordreference online dictionaries |
english, french, spanish and italian dictionaries |
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Translators |
A lot better than they used to be |
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