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- Virtual TOURIST and TRAVEL INFO
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- Economics
- exchange rates, economic info
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- gopher to: una.hh.lib.umich.edu
- look in the /ebb directory
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- WWW page:
- http://gopher.econ.lsa.umich.edu
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- Louvre Web page
- http://mistral.enst.fr/~pioch/louvre/
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- Entrance to the Web Louvre. A virtual trip to Paris and beyond. Includes
- exhibits at the Louvre as well as a tour of Paris, the Eiffel Tower and the
- Champs-Elysees. There's over 1,300 pages and over 800 graphics. Tres bien!
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- Paris, France WWW
- http://meteora.ucsd.edu:80/~norman/paris
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- a Web voyage through gay Paree - well done!
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- Paris home page
- http://web.urec.fr/france/france.html
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- Vive la France!
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- French Embassy Gopher
- Gopher to: iep.univ-lyon2.fr
- select --> "l'ambassade de france"
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- Most of the material here is in English and even the material that is not
- is so punctuated with pictures and photos it is unlikely that you'll find
- yourself getting lost here. There are tourism itineraries that give the
- traveller informatin and advice on travelling to the various provinces and
- areas of France along with climate and weather info and info on shopping.
- The site basically "catalogs" the different areas and points of interest
- which may or may not be to your liking but seems to be well organized.
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- USA CityLink
- http://www.neosoft.com/citylink
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- Travel info, city info and a whole lot more. Contains information on States
- and many cities within the USA. Check it out.
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- Currency Converter (David Koblas's Web Page)
- http://www.ora.com/cgi-bin/ora/currency
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- From Yen to Lira to British pounds to US dollars, even if your travels are
- strictly virtual this page is not only informative - it's fun!
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- Travel and Tourist information Web site
- http://www.digimark.net/rec-travel
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- Everything you want to know about all parts of the world that you may want
- to travel to. Even virtual web travellers will find this a useful tool.
- Includes the CIA World Fact Book online and the U.S. State Dept travel
- advisories. Don't leave home without this web page.
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- Traveller's Checklist WWW page
- http://www.ag.com/travelers/checklist
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- A complete checklist of info for the world traveller. Includes info on
- different voltages and electrical needs for the tourist and many times says
- the best thing is to just bring battery operated items with you and a small
- supply of batteries to get out of worrying about whether that razor or
- whatever else you have will work or not. Travel safety tips and advisories
- are also here and this site is a good place to virtually travel to before
- you actually get to where you're going.
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- The Virtual Tourist
- http://wings.buffalo.edu/world/
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- Incredibly useful graphic overview of Web sites across the globe.
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- City.Net
- http://www.city.net
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- Information on cities around the globe. Includes many links to cities
- which have their own informative web pages. Graphics abound - see the
- Opera House in Sydney, Australia or visit the Camino del Sol page in
- Ecuador. Virtual travel at its finest. Links to places you never heard
- of - link and launch your way around the world. No suitcase needed!
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- Images of Sydney Home Page (Australia)
- http://www.bio.uts.edu.au/sydney/sydney.html
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- Images from the "Land Down Under". Includes pictures of the great Sydney
- Opera House and local sights. A virtual tour of Sydney, Australia.
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- Sistine Chapel Web site
- http://www.christusrex.org/
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- Beautiful home page that has over 160 images of one of the world's art
- treasures - the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. No tourists to get in your
- way and no Italian taxis to run you over!
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- Camino del Soul web page (Ecuador)
- http://gopher.usfq.edu.ec/0c:/ecuador/guia.html
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- A well done virtual visit to Ecuador. The entire page is in Portuguese.
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- Pub-guide Web page (Cambridge, England)
- http://www.cityscape.co.uk:81/bar/pubguide.html
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- A jaunty and lively trip through Cambridge's pubs and ale houses. You'll
- be pouring a pint or two before your done. The page is a volunteer effort
- and keeps getting better and better. Now if they'd just put down their
- flagons a while longer and keep the Guiness cold then... nah....
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- Johannesburg's Active Access network
- Johann Visagie's home page
- http://www.active.co.za
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- Great travel links and neat "nooks and crannies" to surf to. Well done!
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- Redwood Country Unlimited
- http://www.northcoast.com/unlimited/unlimited.html
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- A virtual guide to Northern California's coast. Relaxed and easy going.
- Stop by the Eureka Inn and see the Tudor exhibit. Many other places to
- go should keep you travelling until dawn. Throw your TV set away !
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- Indonesian Army Area Handbook
- Gopher to: umslivma.umsl.edu:70/11/library/govdocs/armahbs/aahb8
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- This archive is housed at the Univ of Missouri-St. Louis gopher site and
- contains a wealth of information. Early History of Indonesia, the coming
- of Islam, sources of local identification, languages and many other topics.
- Links to the Library of Congress Asia Field Operations study and a complete
- chronology of events makes this the most authoritative source on the net
- for Indonesian culture and information. You might even enjoy the info!
- The info is exhaustive and full term and research papers can be done from
- this site alone. Students - take note. One stop shopping for reports here.
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- Stanislaw Staszic Univ of Mining and Metallurgy (Cracow, Poland)
- http://www.uci.agh.edu.pl
- or gopher to: gopher.uci.agh.edu.pl
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- Includes topical info but also includes info for foreign visitors and links
- to the local gopher (above). Also has links to Polish Network Resources, a
- JPEG photo collection and travelogue/tourist guide by Michael Rozek that
- presents historical facts and cultural traditions in an easy to read and
- informal style. You'll love this informative virtual trip to Poland.
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- The Israel Museum
- http://www.macom.co.il/museum
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- Fantastic archive and photographic exhibit. A glimpse into Israeli culture
- and sights to see. Some historical photos are quite old and have been
- digitally retouched to preserve their viewability. Another virtual vacation
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- United Nations Gopher (U.N. Gopher)
- Gopher to: nywork1.undp.org
- also via WWW at --> http://www.undp.org
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- A thorughly educational experience awaits for those that travel here. World
- Trade, the U.N. Charter, World Currencies, The U.N. mission of Peace, and
- much more awaits the energized traveller. Includes daily journals of U.N
- conferences and so much more that it will amaze you. Students - go here.
- Teachers - go here. Everyone else - go here. Learn something of global
- policies and how they affect each and every one of us. Well worth the trip!
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- Electric Postcard
- http://postcards.www.media.mit.edu/Postcards/
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- MIT Media Lab's version of the Hallmark card rack. You can pick a postcard
- out of 35 designs and send them to friends by typing in their email address
- and then typing in your message on the virtual "postcard". Then add your
- name and address and hit "Send" and away it goes. Color and b/w postcards
- are available for the choosing. This sure beats going shopping for cards.
- Great for sending those friends of yours a greeting when you're off on
- virtual vacations. No need to stop surfin and shop for cards! WAY COOL!
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- Russian Web server
- http://www.elvis.msk.su:80
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- Has links in English and Cyrillic to a plethora of resources. Currency
- exchange rates, an interactive Russian/English dictionary and links to
- other Russian web servers. There is also a form that lets you send faxes
- to Moscow addresses over the web. Getting better all the time. This web
- server is a joint venture between Russia and Sun MicroSystems. Can you say
- Unix in Russian? Nyet!
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- Southwest Airlines
- http://www.iflyswa.com
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- The web site includes fares, flight schedules and other info about the
- airline. Also includes job openings at Southwest.
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- VISA
- http://www.visa.com/
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- The credit card giant - online (gasp)
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- Road Warrior Outpost
- http://warrior.com
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- Helpful products for the connected business traveller. From SCSI to PDI
- to laptops and those hard to fine thing-a-ma-jiggers...
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- O'Reilly's Global Network Navigator
- http://nearnet.gnn.com
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- Index of Net resources. Travel info, financial, weather and a host of other
- links and info make this a great place to surf to - even if you're not
- immediately planning to travel.
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- Global Network Navigator's Traveler's Center
- http://gnn.com/gnn/meta/travel/index.html
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- A collection of first-hand accounts of world travel and destinations told
- by people who actually were there. Most journal entries come complete with
- pictures and photographs and detailed stories and explanations. You can
- even include your own stories of travel with photos if you so desire. This
- is a neat page because you get the feel of travel and what a country is
- really like - the good with the bad. This web page also has numerous links
- to other travel related sites and information and is very well done!
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- Southern California Freeway System
- http://www.scubed.com:8001/caltrans/transnet.html
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- A detailed map map of the So. Calif. freeway road system complete with
- traffic flow details at various key points. Check it out before you drive!
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- Las Vegas Online
- http://www.infi.net/vegas/online/
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- Contains lots of pictures and movie/video files and a Tourism page that is
- incredibly well done. Chapels, Gambling, Hotels, Buffet bargains and much
- more are included in this page along with tons of other Las Vegas info.
- There is even a "Top Ten Values" list that is updated of the best bargain
- accomodations including the prime-rib dinner specials at $3.49. Other info
- includes Vegas at night and it's all put together by the folks at KLAS-TV
- and the Nevada Development Authority. Viva Las Vegas!
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- Unusual Sites across the United States
- Gopher to: wiretap.spies.com
- then choose the "Wiretap Online Library" option and then select "Articles",
- then "Journeys and Travels" and finally the file "Tourist Traps in U.S."
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- Where else could you find out about where the world's largest twine ball is
- and where a complete building made of corn is located or where to travel to
- see an entire highway outlined with colored baseballs! Lots more!
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- Yucatan Underwater Caves
- http://www.primenet.com/~trog/ScUbAdUdE.html
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- Contains many pictures of underwater caves in and off the Yucatan
- penninsula area. More photos are being added as folks bring back their
- scuba diving vacation and research photo albums. Impressive!
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- WELCOME TO ORLANDO!: ORLANDO'S PREMIER WWW SITE ON THE INTERNET
- http://www.magicnet.net/orlando
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- [Orlando] Internet Promotions, Inc. is proud to announce its "Welcome to
- Orlando!" home page on the Internet's World-Wide Web. This exciting new
- page will serve to advertise the world's number one vacation
- destination and its business community to an international audience.
- It will provide "jumping points" to pages sponsored by area attractions,
- hotels, shopping facilities, restaurants, tour companies, transportation
- providers, and much more.
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- Many colorful pages will also include important data about the City of
- Orlando and its surrounding communities. Parks, recreation facilities,
- government organizations, and valuable travel information will be available
- to persons wishing to "visit" the area. Businesses having online brochures
- linked to "Welcome to Orlando!" may receive electronic mail, and many are
- planning to use forms on their pages as a method of gathering visitor
- information and receiving requests.
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- El Planeta Platica: Eco Travels in Latin America
- Gopher to: csf.colorado.edu in the --> /environment/orgs/
- FTP to: csf.colorado.edu in the --> /environment/orgs/
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- Ron Mader publishes this quarterly magazine on the Internet desingen to
- inform travellers going to or coming from Latin America about not only
- issues dealing with Latin American travel and sights but to also focus on
- environmentally sensitive travel and environmental issues within Latin
- America. Articles like "Cycling in the World's Largest City" (Mexico City)
- and foods and recipes of Latin America will keep the reader interested
- in the abundance of information presented in the newsletter.
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- Internet Resources for Latin America
- Gopher to: (2 places)
- lanic.utexas.edu in the --> /Latin-America/General-Information
- lib.nmsu.edu in the --> /Resources-by-Subject/Border-&-Latin-America
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- A text document awaits you that gives you a comprehensive list of the many
- sites (Gopher, FTP, WWW,) containing information on Latin American places
- and tourist information for visitors. Also contains info on Latin American
- economies, currencies and hotel accomodations. If you are planning a trip
- to Latin America - download this gopher document - you won't regret it!
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- Univ of Texas - Latin American Network Information Center (UT-LANIC)
- WWW: http://lanic.utexas.edu/
- Gopher to: lanic.utexas.edu
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- Contains a vast amount of information and links to associated information
- on Latin America and Cuba. Use the WWW site for a better interface. This
- is one of the best Latin America sites on the 'net.
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- University of Guadalajara's Mexico Page
- http://mexico.udg.mx/ingles.html
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- The photos here are beautiful and every topic is rich in these wonderfully
- produced photographs. All aspects of Mexican culture are presented here -
- the one caveat is that every page is in Spanish language only.
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- Bienvenido a Chile (Welcome to Chile)
- http://www.dcc.uchile.cl/chile/chile.html
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- The home page presents a virtual and clickable map of Chile in South
- America and contains many links to other web sites and gophers within the
- country. There are few pages in English, however the tourism page is in
- English and has a lot of info for the traveller.
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- Spain Internet Resources Map
- http://www.uji.es/spain_www.html
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- A virtual map of Spain awaits ready for you to click on points on the map
- and take you there. Many links to other servers.
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- Native American (American Indian) Info via Alachua Free-Net
- http://www.freenet.ufl.edu/~native
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- An extensive source of information devoted to the Native American culture.
- Has links to other sites of related info as well as a complete list of
- tribes and their histories and present day activities. Great resource!
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- AESU Home Page (American-European Services Unlimited)
- http://www.charm.net/~aesu/
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- A quick way to browse airline ticket prices via the WWW. Select your city
- of departure and then select your city of arrival (in Europe) and you will
- get a list of air fares. AESU supposedly offers a competitive list of the
- lowest cost air fares to your select destination. Many airlines are
- represented here and the prices change almost daily. You can order tour
- information through this web site as well as ordering tickets. A discount
- is available for those purchasing tickets and accessing via the web.
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- British Tourist Authority Pages
- http://www.interactive.line.com/british.html
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- Places to go, things to do and all sorts of events are here for the
- traveller who intends to visit Britain. Cities of interest and cultural
- insights are also here. From Windsor Castle to Stonehenge to "Jack the
- Ripper tours", every possible sight to see is included in this huge web
- archive. Lodging and restaurant information is included along with some
- famous (and not so famous) pubs and eateries. Before you take a jaunt to
- merry old England - take a little jaunt over to this page.
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- EuroStar Web Page
- http://www.iihe.ac.be/hep/pp/evrard/eurostar.html
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- EuroStar is the name of the "chunnel" train that runs across the English
- Channel connecting England to France. This page includes a brief pictoral
- history of the tunnel project along with pictures of the train(s) that
- provide rail service from/to London, England, Paris, France and Brussels,
- Belgium. There are online train schedules and price information complete
- with a link to a currency converter to figure out the cost of train travel.
- If your trip will include a trip through the "chunnel" then give this page
- a "look-see" before going on your vacation travels. You can also see the
- difference in price of using the chunnel vs. the ferry across the channel.
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- Foreign Language for Travelers
- http://insti.physics.sunysb.edu/~mmartin/languages/languages.html
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- A brief language guide attempting to give the world traveller the basic
- phrases needed to navigate themselves within other countries. French,
- German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Hungarian and English are
- represented here. Many basic phrases come complete with a sound byte to
- let you check your pronunciation and there are links to other translating
- dictionaries for many more languages (from Japanese to Welsh dialect it's
- in here). Before you start out on your journey - surf on over here and
- brush up or begin to learn some basic phrases you'll need to know to get
- by in other lands. A highly recommended web site for all travellers!
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- Small is Beautiful - Welcome to Luxembourg
- http://rzstud1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/~ujiw/lk.html
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- A complete server full of information on the miniscule Grand-Duchy kingdom.
- Little known facts and travel and tourist information is here too along
- with a brief geography (I suppose in case you can't find it) and history
- lesson of the country. Did you know that French is used in the shopping
- districts and that German is used for the newspapers? I didn't either.
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