Travel
From esoterum.org
- Virtual Tourist Map
- Orbitz
- Tripadvisor.com (search multiple engines to compare prices)
- Venere lodging/flight search (worked better than Orbitz to find room in Salzburg)
Contents
Security
- State Department Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP). Free service permits traveler to enter information about their upcoming trip and receive updates on warnings, alerts etc.
- Travel info from the State Department
Performances
Tourism for Engineers
Arctic
Europe
Trains
- Deutsche Bahn Timetables
- Sleeper/Couchette Prices between major cities
- Rail Europe, fares and schedules
Ireland
- Skellig Michael, "Most inaccessible UNESCO site in the world"
Germany
France
Grenoble
- Geneva to Grenoble by train, $72 for two travellers, 2hr 15min
Vence
Baltic
- ExpressToRussia.com Reserve St. Petersburg-Tallinn train tickets
- Euroline, bus service, Tallinn -> Riga
Austria
- Great looking dorm style hostel in Salzberg
- Great link for Salzberg apartments
- > Kolpinghaus student dorm/hotel (recommended by Harald Roeck, student of Christoph Kirsch CS University of Salzburg)
Russia
- Visa application
- A Briggs Russian Tourist Visa, site recommended by Orbitz, $55 fee on top of $131 Russian Consular fee
- East-West Tours, Bothell, WA
- Visit Russia, sent application for Airport to Hotel transfer on 11 June
Ukraine
- 10 Day Tour, $1,144 for Standard (1st class train), username niells
Turkey
- 8 Day Discover Turkey, $899
- 7 Day Tour
- 7 Days Black Sea, less expensive
Black Sea
United States
Maryland
- Canoeing Deer Creek, Harford County
- The Bay Guide, see Assateague Island about the horses
Arizona
- Antelope Canyon, Page, AZ
- Sedona
- Prescott
- Jerome
- Nogales
- Mehiho
Nevada
Texas
El Paso
- Chico's Tacos, 5 locations in El Paso, original location at 4230 Alameda Avenue
South America
- Visitchile.cl
- 11 July 2010, Total solar eclipse at sunset in Chile/Easter Island/Southern Argentina (El Calafate)
- Adventure-life.com
- Southamericanjourneys.com, mostly green and yoga crap
- South America Journeys, less crunchy than the "american" version above
Middle East
- Yemen, mud brick "skyscrapers" in Hadramut
Africa
- Wassu Stone Circles, Gambia