JAPAN TALK

Japan Talk

"Japan Talk was started back in 2003 when John Spacey first moved to Japan from Canada. Back then social networking wasn't what it was today and Japan Talk was a simple penpal and language exchange service. Over the years it has evolved into a guide to Japan."

BROOKLYN NOW

Brooklyn Now
"The printed BrooklynNow Guide continues to be the best resource to unique and extraordinary businesses in the near-city neighborhoods of Brooklyn. Every six months a new printed issue is organized allowing us to update current business subscriber information, and allow newly opened fantastic businesses the chance to be included. There are two cycles per year - the Spring & Summer edition - and the Fall & Winter Holiday Season edition."

PANORAMSTERDAM

PanorAmsterdam
"Panoramsterdam.com offers you a large collection (1000+) panoramic pictures of the city centre of Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands (Holland)."
ps. the pitcures above aren't Panorama property. I 've just taken them from internet."

LITERARY TRAVELER

Literary Traveler
"Literary Traveler is dedicated to the exploration of the literary imagination. We hope to bring you inspiring, informative articles about writers, creative artists, and the places that they lived and traveled. Literary Traveler has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal."

MEET WAYS

Meet Ways
"MeetWays.com was created to allow users to find a point of interest between two addresses. Let's say you need to meet a friend or client for lunch on the other side of town. MeetWays.com allows you to enter two locations and the type of restaurant you are looking for. MeetWays gives you the exact halfway point and a list of restaurants in that area. Save hours trying to figure out the halfway point on a map and instead find it in one simple click!"

501 PLACES

501 Places
"501 Places is a travel site owned and managed by Andy Jarosz. In between travelling I have been an optometrist, a company director and a consultant, but have never lost that passion to explore new places and to tell stories about the adventures that result from those journeys.

501 Places was created as a travel blog with two simple aims: to share the many years of experiences that I have enjoyed while travelling to over 70 countries, and to inspire others who reach this site to explore the world around them."

WORKING YOUR AWAY AROUND THE WORLD

Working your way aound the world
"This blog grew out of the work I did in writing Working Your Way Around the World. In turn, that book grew out of my own experiences working from places all over the globe. I’ve run my freelance writing business from a Georgian townhouse in Dublin, a motel off of I-70 somewhere in Indiana and all over the world. It’s taken a little work to make sure that I could travel with my business, but it’s been worth it — and it comes in handy."

TAXI ME

Taxi Me
"taxime is a nifty widget that uses Google Maps to estimate how much your cab fare will cost. All you need to do is enter your starting address and your final destination! Combining an estimation with taxi contact information, taxime is the all-in-one package."

CURIOUSE EXPEDITIONS

Curiouse Expedition
"We are D and M - Dylan Thuras and Michelle Enemark. We, your humble explorers, are devoted to unearthing and documenting the wondrous, the macabre, and the obscure from around the globe."

AROUNDER

Arounder

"AROUNDER gives travelers a vivid sense of what a city has to offer: historical cathedrals and works of art, museums featuring famous artists, local cafes and stores, breathtaking mountain-top views, quiet parks and gardens. Each issue contains a series of panoramas in a selection of formats - QuickTime Full Screen, QuickTime Medium and Java - so that both dial-up and high-speed Internet users can participate. Navigation is easy with Google maps of the city and surrounding area. Every issue also links to local merchants with virtual tours of hotels, restaurants, spas and stores."

TREKHEART

TrekHeart
"TrekEarth is dedicated to fostering a global community interested in photography from around the world.
TrekEarth members strive to provide engaging photographs and useful critiques for each other and the entire internet community. "

THE AMATEUR TRAVELER

The Amateur Traveler
"My show is about travel and travel stories. It is intended for people who love to travel or at least dream about travel. Since I don’t do enough travel myself, the show often features an interview. The guest might be a personal friend, a fellow podcaster, a listener, or a travel professional. We share travel tips, things you would not learn from the guidebook, funny travel stories and surprises."

EUROPEAN HOSTEL GUIDE

Ejuropean Hostel Guide
"The following pages will give you information on hostels all over Europe and help you to find the right place for you. We offer easy access to all necessary hostel details."

PANORAMAS

Panoramas.dk

Panoramas.dk is created by Hans Nyberg a commercial photographer in Denmark

My intention with this site is to make immersive panoramic images also called VR Photography more known among the general public.

Interactive panoramas is a young media and as such it has for many years been known among entusiastic photographers and multimedia creators. An interactive VR panorama can not be seen in a book or on a printed image. If you print the panorama it gets a completely different expression.

TRAVELISTIC

Travelistic
"Travelistic is a video site for travelers.
Explore 8840 free travel videos, share them with friends, or upload your own!"

AUSTRALIA

Australia Maps
"Virtual Map Australia is also the provider of Street-directory.com.au, Online, Interactive, Location Centric, Mapping Services. Stret-directory.com.au has become Australia's best choice to put your organisation on the map."

National Public Toilet Map
"The National Public Toilet Map (the Toilet Map) shows the location of more than 14,000 public and private public toilet facilities across Australia. Details of toilet facilities can also be found along major travel routes and for shorter journeys as well. Useful information is provided about each toilet, such as location, opening hours, availability of baby change rooms, accessibility for people with disabilities and the details of other nearby toilets."

IGOUGO

IgoUgo
"IgoUgo travel reviews and photos will spark your wanderlust and help you plan your next adventure. With more than 500,000 travelers on IgoUgo sharing trip stories and pictures, they've built a library of honest opinions, tips, and experiences that you won’t find in any guidebook. To date, their travel community has contributed hundreds of thousands of reviews and photos of everything from cheap eats to luxury hotels in 8,000 destinations worldwide."

LOW BUDGET TRAVEL

IStopOver

"Guests (Travelers) use iStopOver to find accommodation in someone’s home as an alternative to paying high hotel rates. Usually priced well below average hotel rooms, renting a room on iStopOver offers real value. You won’t find impersonal check-in, loud noise from other guests, and extra charges at every step. In many cases, it gives you the opportunity to “live like a local”.

Hostel Bookers
"HostelBookers began in 2003 with a very simple idea – to provide customers with a way to book the best budget accommodation all over the world with absolutely no booking fees!"

WiseBread
"In the more than two years since we published our first article, we've found quite a few resources that can save you money and headaches.

Here's the ultimate guide to 190 of the best budgeting tools, deals & coupon sites, rate comparison engines, and personal finance resources online. This list has everything you need to start saving money immediately."

PICTURE OF ENGLAND

Picture of England
"Welcome to Pictures Of England.com - a unique website exploring the most beautiful towns, villages and countryside of England with countless photographs of the most beautiful and historically interesting places to visit in England."

and if you are in London look to this link:
Free London List
With full free festival listings, a huge list of free places to visit and new events loaded up daily this exciting new resource will show you the nearest free events at the touch of a button.

BACKPACKING TRAVEL

BackPacking Travel

"Welcome to the new Start backpacking.com!

Learn everything you need to know about backpacking travel and vagabonding around the world. We can help you escape death by cubicle. If you are one of the many that believe there is more to life than climbing a corporate ladder, you've found a new home."