Communication, Maps & Equipment
Top Sites
Catch 22 Travel Products - An excellent range of travel equipment is sold by this small and friendly but very knowledgeable organisation. The lightweight travel safe is highly recommended and there are a number of other useful gizmos for protecting your cash and possessions while travelling the world.
HotPOP - Free POP3 email service that is particularly useful to laptop travellers that wish to send and receive mail via their normal email client.
Links
Alta Vista Babel Fish Translation - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy inspired translation device. Translate a block of text or a web page. Several languages covered.
Blogger - Tell the whole world about your travels with a Blog.
Bravenet Photo Center - Store travel pics online.
Catch 22 Travel Products - An excellent range of travel equipment is sold by this small and friendly but very knowledgeable organisation. The lightweight travel safe is highly recommended and there are a number of other useful gizmos for protecting your cash and possessions while travelling the world.
Cybercafes.com - Over 4000 cafes listed in 140 countries.
First Step - Certified language immersion programmes where you can learn Spanish, Italian, French, German, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese or Greek in more than 65 travel destinations worldwide.
Flickr - Store and share your photographs with friends online, via prints or mobile phone.
Free Email Addresses Directory - Reviews of hundreds of free email services, advice on using email, a guide to setting up your own email service and more.
Free2Professional Translation - Type in your text for translation into or from several languages.
Google Gmail - Gmail is an experiment in a new kind of webmail, built on the idea that you should never have to delete mail and you should always be able to find the message you want.
Google Maps - Satellite images and maps from around the world.
Hotmail - The original free web based email service.
HotPOP - Free POP3 email service that is particularly useful to laptop travellers that wish to send and receive mail via their normal email client.
iLoveLanguages - A catalogue of language related Internet resources. iLoveLanguages have hand reviewed over 2000 links to bring you the best language links the Web has to offer.
MagicRoam - Provides low cost calling sim cards, for international and long distance calling.
MapQuest - Use MapQuest to quickly find maps of more than 1,000 U.S. cities.
One-Wear Disposable Underwear - One-wear brings you ultra light disposable underwear created for travel, which is individually wrapped. The product line includes disposable boxers, briefs, panties, knickers and thongs.
PCO Direct - International phone cards for calling abroad or home.
Playtripper.com - Playtripper is billed as "iTunes for travellers". It offers simple drag and drop of MP3 files straight to your iPod, using a small programme called Sherpa which is installed onto your iPod. If you sign up as a user on the website, you can create a list of the destinations on your route, and it will automatically find and recommend podcasts related to those places. For example, if you add "London" to your list, you might find anything from narrated museum guides and walking tours, to the latest set from a celebrity DJ.
Story Telecom - Providing low cost international calls to UK mobile and landline users.
Telecombeacon.com - Discount telephone services for US travellers.
Thehopstop - A one stop shop for travel products and accessories.
Tiglion Travel Services - Send a brief message to up to four friends.
TravelPod.com - Introduced in 1997 to allow its members to create online travel journals and share their adventures with the world. TravelPod.com is a non profit, "for the travel community" service.
Travlang - Foreign languages for travellers. Lots of lingo info.
Yahoo Mail - Popular free email service.
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