Travel


I want to go almost everywhere in the World, but here're a few of my dream destinations. Many of them are related largely to diving these days...


Some places that I'd like to go to (despite horrendous travel time)

  • Just about anywhere in Polynesia and Southeast Asia

    South Pacific

    Lonely Planet — Destination Indonesia

    Lonely Planet — Destination Malaysia

    Lonely Planet — Destination The Philippines

    Lonely Planet — Destination Thailand

    Lonely Planet — Destination Vietnam

    Travel Asia Net

    South Pacific

    Kiribati

    The Official Bikini Atoll Web Site

    Federated States of Micronesia — CIA Factbook

    Micronesia

    Solomon Islands

    Palau

    South Pacific Tourism

    Condé Nast Traveler: South Pacific

    Tahiti Web

    South Pacific Dictionary

    Down Under Traveller

    Destination: Oceania

    Tom's Pacific Page

    Oceania Information

    Pacific Islands

    Orbit — Pacific Islands

    Orbit - Asia

    Document Collections & Resources

    Fiji

    Fiji virtual tour

    Fiji — CIA Factbook

    Fiji Discovery Page

    Rob Kay's Fiji Islands Guide

  • The People's Republic of China

    Hubei

    Beijing — The Great Wall of China

    China — A Trip Along the Silk Road

    Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties

    Travel in China

    Wulingyu

    Chinese martial arts

    Chinese culture, history, food, and philosophy

  • The Caribbean and a few parts of Central America

    The Green Arrow Guide to Central America

    Lonely Planet — Destination Belize

    Lonely Planet — Destination Eastern Caribbean

    Lonely Planet — Destination Panama

    The Civilized Explorer
    ...links to the Caribbean area

    Caribbean and Cruise Travel Magazine

    Belize On Line Tourist Guide

  • Antarctica

    Virtual Antarctica


    Other cool places (literally, sometimes)

  • Himalayas

    The Everest Page

    Himalaya from Space

    Images of Nepal

  • Germany, Austria, and Switzerland


    Places I've been (and I even want to go to most of them again)

  • New Zealand

  • Papua New Guinea

  • Bermuda

  • Australia (the small island off New Zealand's West Coast)

    Lonely Planet — Destination Australia

    The Land Down Under

    Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

    The Great Barrier Reef

    South Pacific Dictionary

    Orbit — Australia

    Down Under Traveller

    Great Barrier Reef
    ...a compilation from rec.travel newsgroups

    Great Barrier Reef (James Cook University)

    Great Barrier Reef and Islands
    ...around Cairns

    Kakadu National Park (World Heritage Area)

    Kakadu National Park

    Lord Howe Islands (World Heritage Area)

  • The United States of America

  • Disneyland! (when I lived in LA I had to go twice a year or I got grumpy..and sneezy...and dopey)

    Disneyland

    Walt Disney World

  • The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (hey, that's what it's called...)

    Lonely Planet — Destination Britain

    Offbeat Britain

    Oxford information

    Oxford photographs

  • The Turks And Caicos Islands

  • Canada

    British Columbia

    Victoria, BC


    General travel information and useful tips

  • General information sources

    Starting Point — Travel
    ...exhaustive links to travel resources

    Travelocity

    City.Net

    MapQuest

    International travel tips

    The Virtual Tourist

    The Universal Currency Converter

    CNNfn Currency Converter

    US State Department Travel Advisories

    Lonely Planet

    TravelASSIST

    Tourist Guide

    Travel Matters
    ...from the people behind Moon Guidebooks

    Moon Travel handbooks

    Footloose

    Place

    Atlas travel magazine

    Expedition Link

    Travel Weekly

    Protected Areas Virtual Library

    1993 United Nations List of National Parks and Protected Areas

    Small Islands Information Network

    Planet Earth Home Page

    Youth hostels

    The Student and Budget Travel Guide

    Shoestring Travel

    Vagabond Monthly

    LL Bean
    ...includes a lot of information on outdoor activities and locations

    Outbound Traveler's Online Sextant

    Orbit

    rec.travel Library

    PHOAKS Index for rec.travel newsgroup resources

  • Healthy travel

    International Society for Travel Medicine

    Travel Health Online

    CDC Home Travel Information Page

    CDC information on the South Pacific

    Malaria information from the CDC

    Prescription Drugs for Malaria

    Malaria Weekly
    ...fun reading for the whole family!

    Malaria Menace
    ...a diver-focused article that discusses the risks involved with using Lariam prophylaxis (commonly prescribed in the US — British and Australian divers tend to avoid it). I used Lariam for two months in Papua New Guinea and was fine, as are most others I've known who have used the drug, but there's still the risk of adverse reactions...as I found out when I went back to PNG with Lariam. Stay away from the stuff — it's evil.

    To Lariam or not to Lariam
    ...more about this antimalarial, including lots of links (and information about Malarone, a new alternative recently okayed for the US market)

    User Acceptability Patterns For Mefloquine And Doxycycline Malaria Chemoprophylaxis

    The Malaria Foundation

    Insect Repellents

    Australia/Papua New Guinea Snakebite First Aid

  • More travel information and travelogues

    Condé Nast Traveler

    Storyboard
    ...lots of travel writing

    Web Travel Review
    ...by Philip Greenspun

    Islands

  • Air travel

    Yahoo: Airlines

    Delta Airlines

    United

    American

    Continental Airlines

    Air New Zealand
    ...for outbound from the US

    Air New Zealand
    ...for the World

    Mount Cook Line

    Qantas Airways

    Singapore Airlines

    Virgin Atlantic Airways

    Around-the-World Airfares & Adventures

    Resources for rec.travel.air

  • Relocation

    The Best Places To Live (in the US)
    ...from Money magazine

    Rent Net

    International Salary Calculator

    International Student Guides

    Visiting communities around the World

    Travel Document Systems

    Insiders' Guide to Relocating

    CrownWWWeb
    ...more on international relocation


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