TRAVEL WEBSITE OF THE MONTH
DecemberSite: First Christmas Tree URL: www.firstchristmastree.comHistory of Christmas Tree indicates that the home of the first Christmas tree was Riga Latvia in year 1510. NovemberSite: The Degree Confluence Project URL: www.confluence.orgA project which aims to visit each of the latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world, and to take pictures at each location. OctoberSite: NationMaster.com URL: www.nationmaster.comWell presented sites on statitics of the world. SeptemberSite: Sergio Pessolano URL: www.sergiopessolano.itHigh-quality images around the world, mostly from Asia and Africa. People, cultures, lifestyle, religions, festivals, portraits and archeological sites. AugustSite: EscapeArtist URL: www.escapeartist.comA huge directory of international real estate, overseas jobs, living overseas and other expatriate resources. JulySite: Athens 2004 URL: www.athens2004.comThe official website of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games. JuneSite: Unclaimed baggage URL: www.unclaimedbaggage.comThis store in the U.S sells unclaimed baggage. Over one million items pass through the store annually. Items include clothing, cameras, electronics, sporting goods, jewellery, books and, yes, luggage. MaySite: Digsville URL: www.digsville.comDigsville is a home exchange travel resource and guide. If you have a home you can join this exchange club and Search for other members looking for accommodation in your area. AprilSite: BookCrossing URL: www.bookcrossing.comI just discovered this website and it looks like fun. Book swapping with a twist. The general idea is that you register (free) and then once you are done reading a book register them at the website, write down the URL and the allocated ID number inside the cover, and then give them away or leave them where someone will find them. This is a great outlet to share with the world your favourite books and you get to track where they go, for the life of the book. Hopefully you will end up with a collection of well travelled books. MarchSite: Famous Locations URL: www.famouslocations.comIf you are planning a movie related pilgrimage (Middle Earth anyone?) or if you are just curious as to where film scenes are shot, then with this site you can find 1000's of Famous Locations across the world. FebruarySite: The Man in Seat Sixty-One. URL: www.seat61.comMark Smith has captured the adventure and romance of train travel without the train spotting geekiness found on most personal rail sites. The site details how to travel From London to everywhere in Europe by train, as well as other places around the world. JanuarySite: Bagophily. URL: www.bagophily.comOne man and his obsession with Airsickness bags. Paul Mundy, with the help of bag enthusiasts around the world, has put together a massive collection of bags from current and defunct airlines. |
