Travelers and couch potatoes
Resources for a transient world
Whether you like to travel or simply read about it, I hope you’ll enjoy the resources I’ve collected here. .
Nomad Planner: links to help you travel
The Lonely Planet
Perhaps the best travel site on the web, publisher of those famous travel guides
http://www.lonelyplanet.comThe Travel Library
Another great place to start
http://www.travel-library.com/rtw/html/faq.html
Yahoo Travel
One of the most extensive portals for planning and pricing
http://www.yahoo.com/travel/
Traveldocs.com
A treasure trove of visa info.
http://www.traveldocs.comTrip Advisor
My favorite search engine. Find hotels and other things. Hear other travelers’ reviews.
http://www.tripadvisor.comMaporama
Get driving directions to anywhere in the world, even download them to your PDA
http://www.maporama.comVirtual Nomads: technology links to keep you in touch
Bablefish
Read any website or text in your own language!
http://babel.altavista.comEkno
Here you get cheap international phone rates, a voicemail and fax service that
you can access from any internet-connected computer, and a Travel Vault to
your critical travel information accessible, should you lose your paper copies.
http://www.ekno.lonelyplanet.comNet Cafe Guide
Here’s where to find the nearest place to log on
http://www.netcafeguide.comThe List
Worldwide list of internet service providers.
http://thelist.internet.comWorking Nomad: links to help you help others overseas
InterAction
A hub for Voluntary agencies based in the U.S.
http://www.interaction.orgIagora
A city-by-city community on the web. Jobs, information and contacts for young internationals
http://www.iagora.com/Real Nomads: links about people who, well, actually ARE nomads
Global Nomads
A network of trans- or third-country kids
http://www.globalnomad.cc/Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads
Collection of literature, research, and links
http://www.csen.org/