The 5 Coolest Websites To Go On A Virtual Adventure
It's a big world out there, full of natural wonders, incredible monuments and fascinating culture. Much as we'd like to be out exploring it every day, very few of us can. It's a good thing we have the Internet. Do you want to explore the world's most famous locations, take a virtual safari, visit the zoo, tour a famous museum or travel almost anywhere? You can do it right from your web browser.
Find Every Public Radio Station During Long Journeys With NPR Road Trip
Driving across America soon? Know what station carries public radio programs for every mile of your journey, thanks to NPR's Road Trip tool. You'll get turn-by-turn directions from Bing along with the name and frequency of all the NPR stations you'll be able to listen to every mile of your trip.
10 Best Hotel Search Engines to Get the Best Deals When You Travel
Are you a last minute hotel booker or one who plans out trips months in advance? If you are a business traveller, chances are that you are the former. If you aren't, then you are just the guy who could do with this article. Come to think of it, even if you are a business traveller who lives out of a suitcase, it would pay to keep these hotel search engines bookmarked because it could give you some room near your bottom-line.
Discover Where You Can Walk To From Any Potential Home With WalkScore.com
Are you looking for a new place to live? Are you concerned about the cost of living? Consider this - you can save a lot of money simply by walking instead of driving to run errands or to get to work. From getting groceries to shopping for gadgets, walking is good for you and the absolute cheapest way to get around.
Create A Cool Travel Slideshow In iPhoto '11 [Mac]
For iPhoto users who have travel photos taken in different places throughout the country or world, iPhoto offers a pretty cool slideshow theme that is relatively easy to put together, depending on how well you have managed your iPhoto library. It even includes a great piece of stock background music if you don't have anything better to use.
10 Sites For Budget Travel & Backpacking Trips Across The World
Backpackers are an adventurous breed. They are also awfully budget conscious too. It comes with the territory I guess, because the taste of adventure cannot be experienced from the luxurious couches and air-conditioned coaches. If you are a budding backpacker, you got to hit the trail and keep taking the not-so-beaten path.
Use Gogobot To Capture, Share & Plan Your Travels
When you go on a trip, there are certain things you always need to take with you. Things like underwear, socks, toothpaste and deodorant are necessary if your trip is to be a success. Gogobot hopes that their new iPhone application, along with their website will be another addition. After all, knowing what you are going to do on a trip is just as important as making sure you have all the right stuff.
Track Down Your Favorite Film & Movie Locations With The Help of These 6 Sites
Movies have played a huge role in giving my face that incredulous expression while watching the panorama of the world around us. Who wouldn’t get charmed by the scenes shot in the south of France in ‘The Good Year’? If you love movies and just want to travel to some of the beautiful places they showcase (it’s called movie tourism these days), hop on to these ten sites which are all about places where movies where shot.
3 Ways To Take Advantage Of The Travel Network CouchSurfing
CouchSurfing is an online network that connects travelers and locals. Originally based on the idea that travelers need a place to sleep and many people have a spare couch, CouchSurfing has long grown beyond just matching broke backpackers with free accommodation. CouchSurfing is a social travel network with active members around the world who offer a lot more than just their couches.
3 Lesser Known Flight Search Engines That Will Help You on Your Quest for Cheap Flights
We all know travel websites like Expedia, Kayak and Orbitz, and sometimes these big websites are more than enough. But from all those other smaller websites out there, how do we know which are good and which are less convenient? Which ones offer low fares and which ones are a waste of time?
5 Ways to Save Money When You Are Travelling on Vacation
Without a doubt, traveling can be pricey. However, if you know a few tricks, you might save a lot of money.
North Korea Demystified: A Selection of Online Resources to Learn About This Secretive Country
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), or North Korea as it is more commonly known, is regarded by many as the world's most isolated country. It is a fascinating country as we know so very little about how the population conducts its daily life. Over the years, more and more information has trickled out of North Korea, both from official government channels and defectors.
6 Websites To Do Some Virtual Globetrotting With Google Street View
Google Street View is a feature both on Google Maps and Google Earth that brings you panoramic 360 degree views from many locations around the world. It started from the United States and now embraces all the continents (even Antarctica). Google Street View has also given rise to a motley of websites and apps – some fun, some really useful. Let’s check out six of them.
Access All Your Travel Guides & Maps Offline With Stay [iPhone]
Stay is a free fun web-based tool we have reviewed previously. Basically, it offers a great feature set for planning and mapping your traveling and then saving and sharing your plans with friends, relatives or random people. Just a few days ago, the site launched their official free app for the iPhone which makes downloading and accessing your travel guides much easier.
CheckMyTour – Discover, Track And Share Journeys With Your Smartphone
From the comfort of your pocket-sized smartphone it is now possible to record detailed information about your travels and location. The recently launched CheckMyTour offer a completely wireless and comprehensive tracking service that doesn't cost a penny. At the time of writing there is an iPhone app and an Android app in development.
Make Social Travel Plans With Gtrot Via Facebook
Have you been longing for an easy way to tell your friends where you're heading for your holidays and perhaps catch up with friends who are heading in the same direction? Or do you one day wish you could go travelling to a certain city but don't know which friends might be interested in taking the trip with you? Well, Gtrot will surely help. That's precisely what it aims to do.
7 Travel Quizzes to Take & Improve Your Travel IQ
Surprisingly, travel quizzes aren’t that many on the web or it could be that Google Search failed me when I went ‘travelling’ for travel quizzes. Though the ones I found made me realize that there’s a big leap between one’s geographical IQ and travel IQ. Is that your story too? Take these seven travel quizzes and find out if you know your Timbuktu from Shangri-La.
5 Websites On Aircrafts & The History Of Flight
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines; that wasn’t just the title of the 1965 British comedy film but also the title that should be bestowed on those fearless men who managed the modern miracle of flight possible. Today, we take airplanes and flying for granted. But where it not for developments beginning early (in fact earlier) last century, we still would have been grounded on terra firma.