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Updates & Links !!!SELECT 'COMPATIBILITY SETTING' TO VIEW THIS WEBSITE!!! INTERNET EXPLORER - TOOLS - COMPATIBILITY VIEW SETTINGS Links listed under - GUIDE BOOKS/WEBSITES; NEWS/TRAVEL INFORMATION; GOVERNMENT TRAVEL ADVICE; SEARCH ENGINES; AIRLINES; LOW COST AIRLINES; MISCELLANEOUS; PARTNER LINKS UPDATES I'm creating pages dedicated to Street Art, which I'll build up over the coming months. Street Art 1 uploaded! Street Art 2 uploaded! Street Art 3 uploaded! Freestyle 1, Freestyle 2 uploaded! I've added a freestyle page, a jumble of anything quirky/humorous I've stumbled on. November 2021: Back from gorgeous Turkey, where I travelled from eastern to western borders. I'll eventually be trying Wordpress to upload these new pages (Serbia & Turkey) September 2021: I've completed Serbia 1 - Nis, Novi Pazar & Priboj, Serbia 2 - Uzice, Mokra Gora & Subotica, Serbia 3 - Novi Sad & Sremski Karlvoci, and Serbia 4 - Belgrade, but some glitch with Dreamweaver means I can't upload any new pages, only amend existing ones. It sounds like it's something that won't get resolved, as my version is from another century (well almost). Bah! June 2021: Multiple Covid tests and quarantining blah blah didn't stop me getting to (& back from!) Serbia, which has lots to offer, photos to come. Dec 2020/Jan 2021: Portugal 1 uploaded! Porto and Coimbra. Portugal 2 uploaded! Nazare, Cascais, Sintra, Estoril. Portugal 3 uploaded! Lisbon. Portugal 4 uploaded! Albufeira, Sand City, Seven Hanging Valleys trail. Portugal 5 uploaded! Tavira & Tavira Island, Vila Real de Santo Antonio, Cacela Velha, Silves. Portugal 6 uploaded! Lagos, Faro, Ilha Deserta, Evora. Pheasant Island uploaded! A river island swapped between France & Spain every six months. Nov 2020: Finally got around to sorting the Devon photos - England 13 uploaded! England 14 uploaded! England 15 uploaded! Now on to north Wales.. On a roll - Wales 9 uploaded! Covers Llandudno and Conwy. Wales 10 uploaded! Covers Prestatyn & surrounds, Bodnant Garden, Gwrych Castle (of I'm A Celebrity fame), Wrexham. Made it to Portugal and back just before another lockdown, phew! One of the best countries in western Europe, for sure. Again, this might take me a while to update.. Feb 2020: Egypt 4 uploaded! Egypt 5 uploaded! Egypt 6 uploaded! Egypt 7 uploaded! Back from some winter sun in Egypt via an excellent, value-for-money holiday revisiting places I last saw over 20 years ago Nov/Dec 2019: Georgia 3 uploaded! Turkey 5 (Rize, Black Sea) uploaded! Georgia 1 uploaded! Georgia 2 uploaded! Armenia 1 uploaded! Armenia 2 uploaded! Armenia 3 uploaded! Nagorno Karabakh 1 uploaded! Nagorno Karabakh 2 uploaded! June 2019: Bulgaria 1 uploaded! Bulgaria 2 uploaded! Turkey 3 (Istanbul) uploaded! Turkey 4 (Gallipoli) uploaded! Nakhchivan 1 uploaded! Nakhchivan 2 uploaded! Jan 2019: Austria 2 (Vienna & Republic of Kugelmugel) uploaded! Slovakia 1 uploaded! Slovakia 2 uploaded! Dec 2018: Azerbaijan 1 uploaded! Azerbaijan 2 uploaded! Nov 2018: Turkmenistan 1, Turkmenistan 2 uploaded! Tajikistan (Penjikent only) uploaded! Uzbekistan 1, Uzbekistan 2, Uzbekistan 3 uploaded! Back from the Stans! Will take me a while to upload but Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan are well worth a trip. July 2018: I've finally added the last photos of mid-Wales to Wales 8 (I went back in March) June 2018: Austria 1 (Salzburg) uploaded! Montenegro 4 (Ulcinj) uploaded! Albania 2, Albania 3 & Albania 4 uploaded! Germany 5 (Ulm) uploaded! Back from Albania! Two weeks spent in Albania, a friendly and worthwhile destination with a lovely coastline. Photos to come.. Jan 2018: Germany 4 (Bremen) uploaded! Sweden 1 (Malmo & Lund) uploaded! Denmark 1 & Christiania & Denmark 2 uploaded! Dec 2017: Slovenia 1 uploaded! Croatia 3 uploaded! Montenegro 2 & Montenegro 3 uploaded! Nov 2017: Montenegro 1, Kosovo, North Macedonia & Albania uploaded! Finally got going, next is Montenegro, Croatia and Slovenia.. Sept 2017: Added Wales 8! All about the Brecon Beacons & surrounds July 2017: Finally done the last Wales page, Wales 7 added! June 2017: Wales 4, Wales 5 & Wales 6 added! The original Wales pages are now at Wales 1, Wales 2 & Wales 3. I've also amended the links to all UK.html pages - so now the England pages are at www.thisotherworld.co.uk/englandx.html etc, the London ones end in londonx.html, same with Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Channel Islands. Common sense won the day.. eventually! March 2017: Another England page added! England 12 - the historic towns of Rye and Rochester plus a gun tower with a World War II theme.. February 2017: France 9 added! A long weekend spent in northern France at the fantastic Mont St Michel and the more sombre WWII beaches in Normandy. November 2016: France 8 added! Includes Lourdes, Pic du Midi, Lake Gaube, Pau. And updates made to the Andorra page. A week in the very scenic Pyrenees took me to France and Andorra.. October 2016: Wales 2, Wales 3 uploaded! Plus updates & additions to Wales 1 and Wales 4. These cover Aberystwyth, Welshpool and down the coast to St Davids, Tenby, Gower, Cardiff to Chepstow and inland to Hay-on-Wye.. June 2016: Scotland 2, Scotland 3, Scotland 4 uploaded! Plus updates to Scotland 1. Recently returned from a couple of weeks in beautiful Scotland (especially the highlands). April 2016: Isle of Wight uploaded! A small island off the south coast of England near Portsmouth. Menton Citrus Festival uploaded! And now France 7 (Avignon and Lyon). The Citrus Festival in Menton, southern France is held every year in February/March. Massive sculptures made from oranges and lemons are on parade.. Wow. Jan/Feb 2016: A few photos added to London 1, 2 & 3, including the Magic Lantern Festival, and of course a windmill plus an ex-Soviet tank, both in central London.. Jan 2016: I've added some Lumiere London (light installation festival) photos to London 3 plus a few of Ruthin to the Wales page. Jan 2016: Belgium 5 uploaded! Ypres and the WWI battlefields along with the Battle of Waterloo site. Belgium 1 uploaded! Or reuploaded to be precise. I've revamped the Bruges and Brussels photos with those from my December trip. Bruges Ice Magic added, Brussels street art and Tintin murals added. Not forgetting the Grand Place sound-and-light show. Dec 2015: Cotswolds and Warwick uploaded! Finally sorted out the Cotswolds and Warwick page on my 'England 10' page. Nov 2015: Cornwall uploaded! Just back from beautiful Cornwall in England. Nov 2015: Stratford-upon-Avon uploaded! Photos at bottom of the linked page, below Liverpool. May/June 2015: Gdansk uploaded! Kaliningrad pages uploaded! Kaliningrad 1 & Kaliningrad 2.Lithuania 1 & Lithuania 2 uploaded! At last, been a bit lazy but got there after a couple of months.. Feb 2015: England 8 uploaded! July 2015: Portsmouth added! Plus a couple of microstates. Jan/Feb 2015: Palestine page uploaded! Palestine 1 & Palestine 2. Israel pages uploaded! Israel 1 Israel 2 Israel 3 & Israel 4 Oct/Nov 2014: Uploaded! Morocco 5, Ceuta 1 & 2 are now up and running, along with Isla Perejil additions to Plazas de Soberania. June 2014: Uploaded! ENCLAVES: Baarle, Vennbahn, Busingen, Belgium 4, Switzerland 2 & Switzerland 3, Campione d'Italia, Seborga, France 5 and finally Llivia. The quirky enclaves of Western Europe, countries within countries, along with the 'independent' Seborga for good measure. Uploaded! My long weekend in Jersey is now online I've also added a few more graffiti/street-art photos to the London 2 page (scroll to the bottom) Feb 2014: Uploaded! There's now two Melilla pages Melilla 1 Melilla 2 and I've also added to the original Morocco 3 page (and a little to Morocco 4). And finally Spanish fortresses in Africa now uploaded. Back from the very friendly and welcoming Iraqi Kurdistan, and south east Turkey. Uploaded! Iraq 1, Iraq 2 and Iraq 3. Uploaded! Turkey 1 and Turkey 2 October 2013 - Successfully traced my family's World War I gravestones at the Somme near Arras, France Uploaded! Belgium's Sand Wonderland, the world's largest sand sculpture festival Croatia and Bosnia pages uploaded! Croatia 1 Croatia 2 Bosnia 1 Bosnia 2 Sudan pages uploaded! Sudan 1 Sudan 2 Jordan pages uploaded! Jordan 1 Jordan 2 Belgium - Antwerp, Veurne and Ghent, January 2013 photos uploaded I've finished adding Liverpool, Durham and Newcastle to the England pages and also sorted out Birmingham and Norwich I'm currently creating a Top Fives page, listing various top destinations according to people, rivers, waterfalls, ancient sites etc Recent uploads - France 4; Croatia 1 & 2; Sudan 1 & 2; Jordan 1 & 2; Belgium; Transdniestr; Moldova; Budapest; Romania; Czech Republic; Melilla & Ceuta; Gibraltar; Trans-Siberian; China Snow & Ice Festival; North Korea (5 pages)
Where else? The sand dunes of Namibia, the chaos of DR Congo/Congo? -- In addition there's self-styled independent states such as Nagorno Karabakh, Abkhazia and South Ossetia and to a much lesser extent, and far less controversial, Seborga. And the former Soviet states have plenty of anomalies - Shakhimardan and Vorukh (bits of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in Kyrgyzstan), Kaliningrad (Russia surrounded by Lithuania and Poland) and Nakhchivan to name a few. I've been to Transdniestr but plenty more to see - if you know any more get in touch!
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LINKS WORLD MAP Some of my favourites and some useful general links. For any country-specific links, see the bottom of the appropriate country's webpage. Listed under - GUIDE BOOKS/WEBSITES; NEWS/TRAVEL INFORMATION; GOVERNMENT TRAVEL ADVICE; SEARCH ENGINES; AIRLINES; LOW COST AIRLINES; MISCELLANEOUS; PARTNER LINKS
www.africaguide.com - a website guide to the African continent www.berlitzpublishing.com - Berlitz travel guide books www.bradtguides.com - travel guide books www.footprintbooks.com - Footprint guide books www.lonelyplanet.com - travel guides and forums/advice http://travel.roughguides.com - Rough Guide www.seat61.com - excellent site for worldwide train information
https://accomable.com - search for accessible accommodation, to be incorporated into the airbnb website www.aeroinside.com - aviation incidents and accidents www.airbnb.com - pay for a private room, which may be cheaper - and better - than a hotel while meeting up with the locals www.airlinequality.com - Skytrax airline reviews and ratings www.airlinetickets.org - an alternative take on the airline industry www.amnesty.org - Amnesty International, a human rights campaigner www.aneki.com - 'the source for world rankings' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world - BBC world news www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/worldmusic - BBC's coverage of World Music www.bestforeignexchange.com - buy your foreign currency in UK - good rates www.thomasexchangeglobal.co.uk - weirdly, identical London branches as above site but rates slightly lower www.couchsurfing.org - meet and host travellers around the world www.dec.org.uk - Disasters Emergency Committee (umbrella organisation for 14 humanitarian aid agencies) http://earth.google.com - Satellite imagery courtesy of Google Earth www.eurostar.com - Eurostar train from London to Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and more http://finance.yahoo.com/currency - find out currency exchange rates www.fitfortravel.scot.nhs.uk - travel health information - general and country specific www.flight-durations.com - find out how long a direct flight will take www.foursquare.com - online guide to cities, bars, restaurants etc as viewed by users www.hihostels.com - Hostelling International is the name given to the international youth hostel organisation www.iamat.org - International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers www.leftovercurrency.com - sell leftover currency, including coins and obsolete notes www.msf.org.uk - UK site of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) www.nationalgeographic.com - National Geographic www.newsnow.co.uk - search by keyword for news, sport etc www.nhs.uk - UK residents can apply for a free European Health Insurance Card www.onlinenewspapers.com - read newspapers from around the world www.premierinn.com/where-to-see-animals-in-the-uk - where to see top 50 of the UK's favourite animals www.seat61.com - excellent site for worldwide train information www.seatguru.com - find out the best airline seats www.tgv-europe.com - European trains www.thomascookpublishing.com - for European and International train timetables http://travelmoney.moneysavingexpert.com - comparison site for buying currency www.timeanddate.com - world time zones www.towd.com - locate national tourist offices/websites throughout the world www.tripprep.com - online travel health advice; requires registration www.un.org - United Nations website www.unhcr.org - the UN Refugee Agency http://weather.yahoo.com - weather forecasts www.wcs.org - the Wildlife Conservation Society www.wfp.org - World Food Programme www.who.int - World Health Organisation www.worldheritagesite.org - a list of World Heritage sites www.xe.com - currency exchange rates
www.fco.gov.uk - UK government travel advice http://travel.state.gov/travel - US government travel advice www.smartraveller.gov.au - Australian government travel advice www.travel.gc.ca/travelling - Canadian government travel advice www.safetravel.govt.nz/advisories - New Zealand government travel advice
www.airbnb.com - rent people's homes and flats www.charterflights.co.uk - charter flights from UK www.cheapflights.co.uk - search for flights from UK & Ireland, then click on search results to link to relevant advertiser's site www.dealchecker.co.uk - flights, holidays, hotels, car hire www.ebookers.com - flights, hotels, car hire (go to bottom of their page to redirect to international sites) www.expedia.co.uk - flights, hotels etc http://flightchecker.moneysavingexpert.com - searches budget airline websites www.flycheapo.com - low cost airline finder www.hostelbookers.com - book hostels & hotels worldwide hotelscombined (click link below) - I use this website all the time, it's the best hotel price comparison site out there
www.justtheflight.co.uk - charter and scheduled flights, good multi-leg trip search, and no credit card fees (but not very user-friendly) www.kayak.co.uk - price comparison site with fare history charts www.kelkoo.com - price comparison site www.momondo.co.uk - good newcomer to the price comparison market www.netflights.com - flights, hotels, holidays,car hire www.opodo.com - flights, hotels etc www.orbitz.com - a US based search engine for flights, holidays etc - watch out for added charges www.skyscanner.net - click a city on the map and it will highlight all direct/indirect flights to other cities www.travelzoo.com - travel deals www.whichbudget.com - tells you which budget airlines fly between your chosen 'from' and 'to' airports
AIRLINES (low cost airlines appear further down) By no means an exhaustive list, but here's a selection - www.aerlingus.com - Ireland www.aerolineas.com.ar - Argentina www.airniugini.co.uk - Papua New Guinea www.ana.co.jp - All Nippon Airways American Airlines - USA http://flyasiana.com - Korea www.atlantic.fo - Faroe Islands www.avianca.co.uk - Colombia www.caribbean-airlines.com (replaced BWIA) www.cathaypacific.com - Hong Kong Continental Airlines - USA www.copaair.com - Panama Delta Air Lines - USA www.elal.com- Israel www.emirates.com - Dubai www.etihadairways.com - Abu Dhabi www.evaair.com - Taiwan www.flytap.com - Portugal www.gulfair.com - Bahrain www.iberia.com - Spain www.klm.com - Royal Dutch www.lan.com - Chile www.liat.com - Caribbean www.lufthansa.com - Germany www.olympicairlines.com - Greece www.qantas.com - Australia www.rj.com - Royal Jordanian www.taca.com - Central America www.flytap.com - Portugal www.tunisair.com - in French www.virginblue.com.au - Australia
www.flycheapo.com - low cost airline finder www.whichbudget.com - tells you which budget airlines fly between your chosen 'from' and 'to' airports www.airasia.com - South East Asia/China/Australia www.aireuropa.com - Spain/Europe/North Africa www.easyjet.com - Europe www.flypgs.com - Turkish low cost airline www.germanwings.com - Europe www.icelandexpress.com - Iceland www.jet2.com - Europe www.jetstar.com - Australia/South East Asia/USA www.norwegian.com - Scandinavia/Europe www.ryanair.com - Europe www.thomsonfly.com - UK charter airline www.tigerairways.com - South East Asia/Australia/New Zealand/Hawaii www.vueling.com - Spain/Europe http://wizzair.com - Europe
www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver - great way to create a website www.coeliac.co.uk - I'm a Coeliac (an allergy to gluten, found in wheat, barley & rye) www.davidthomasbroughton.co.uk - Yorkshire musician/performer and sausage artist www.fairtrade.net - give farmers & workers a fair share by supporting Fairtrade products www.fairtrade.org.uk - Fairtrade's UK website www.liverpoolfc.com - YNWA, my football team www.chagossupport.org.uk - The plight of the Chagos Islands people, a group of islands that include Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean Chagos exiles 'cannot return' - October 2008 court ruling www.johnpilger.com - award-winning journalist John Pilger's article on the Chagos Islands John Pilger - Stealing a Nation - documentary on the secret expelling of the Chagossian people by the British Government John Pilger - War by Other Means - documentary on the payment of Third World debt to First World banks www.thelmaandlouise.com - find a travelling campanion (women only) www.tsohost.com - my webhoster, with whom I've had no problems
Amherst Extended Stay Hotels- Welcome to Amherst Extended Stay Hotel Network. We look forward to welcoming you to Amherst, New York www.born2travel.it - This guy's been everywhere Cheap flight tickets - Joy-travels are an online leading travel agency in India. Book cheap flight tickets for domestic & international with consolidated airfare Cheap Hotels in Las Vegas - Book today hotels in Las Vegas and get cheapest hotels
in Las Vegas Cheap Online Flights UK - Reservations and information on flights, holidays and airports for travellers from the UK Flights to India - Search cheap flights to India from all major airlines. Compare airfares and book your flights to India. Find latest offers on cheap flights to Delhi, Mumbai, Goa, Bangalore, Ahmadabad and other destinations in India www.grancanariamaspalomashotels.com - Our services will offer you a carefree accommodation www.hoteldubaiairport.com - Dubai (DXB) Airport Hotels are pleased to welcome you to an amazing tour of the surroundings of the Dubai (DXB) Airport Lanzarote holiday villas - Luxury holiday villas in Lanzarote to rent direct from owners, We www.lilongwewildlife.org - Sanctuary for rescued, orphaned and injured wild animals in Lilongwe, Malawi www.loveholidays.com - At loveholidays we have revolutionised the way we offer you holidays. We provide four flexible payment options to choose from, in a bid to make holidays more affordable for everyone. After all, there is no feeling quite like booking your perfect getaway! Marlborough Extended Stay Hotel Network - Welcome to Marlborough Extended Stay Hotel Network. We look forward to welcoming you to Marlborough, Massachusetts Melbourne Hotels - Melbourne Hotels welcomes you to the lovely city of Melbourne, in the state of Florida Oyster Point Hotels - Welcome to Oyster Point Hotels! Our goal is to provide a simple way to browse, shop, compare, and book Oyster Point hotels securely online! Paris Hotels - Providing information about Paris hotels Scottsdale Extended Stay Hotel Network - Welcome to Scottsdale Extended Stay Hotel Network! Texarkana Hotels, Texas - Welcome to Texarkana Hotels! Texarkana Hotels provide
leisure and business travelers with amazing accommodations www.travelingtheworldaround.com - a fellow addicted traveller's photos & tales Wellington accommodation - Find and book your accommodation in Wellington. Over 3500 New Zealand properties cover all accommodation needs from budget to luxury accommodations
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