Links

 

Some useful links

General Information

UK Foreign Office travel advice: http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/

US State Dept travel advice: http://travel.state.gov/travel/travel_1744.html

US State Dept warnings: http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_1764.html

CIA World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

Money

OANDA forex: http://www.oanda.com/currency/converter/

XE forex: http://www.xe.com/

Weather

Weather Underground: http://www.wunderground.com/

Weather, Timezones, Calendars etc: http://www.timeanddate.com/

Other practical bits

CDC travel health: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/

Translations: http://translate.google.com/

Maps: http://maps.google.com/

Travel sites

LP Thorntree: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/

The source for train travel: http://www.seat61.com/

General information: http://www.tripadvisor.com/

People whose trips we follow (or followed)

Ivonne and Edwin: http://babakoto.eu/ (Dutch and English)

Claudine et Olivier: http://www.anouveausurlaroute.fr/ (mostly in French)

Annemarie: http://www.bikeworldtour.com/ (German and English)

Emmanuel: http://routesoie.ifrance.com/ (mostly in French)

Thomas' old travel pages

http://thomaslauer.com/travel/

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