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Many general info can be found on the sites of the famous guides Rough Guide and Lonely-Planet: http://www.lonelyplanet.com
- Advices for travellers about political situation, medical assistence in several regions of the world supplied by the American government and the UK one:
http://www.fco.gov.uk/travel
- International official tourist offices database, address, phone and, when it exists, Internet address.
http://www.towd.com
- Geopolitic statistics on different Countries, by CIA, are available at:
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/fac...
>- As for maps we recommend to you either the great archive Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, where maps are listed with an index, or the ypertechnological map engine of Mapquest:
http://www.mapquest.com
- Travel Documents Systems - You'll find here assistance and info about visa and passports, up-to-date requirements and vaccinations necessary to enter the Country.
http://www.traveldocs.com
- Travelers Health - A very important site to consult before starting: information on health risks and what to do to avoid them.
http://www.cdc.gov/
- A Country Study - The site of the Library of Congress. A general one with exhaustive info about all the caracteristic of the Country. Useful for a first contact
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/
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Travel-by-cycle, by Raph de Rooij. Site about bike tourism in the whole world. Chiefly an ample collection of links to the different resources for bike fans. http://www.raph.nl/
- Site dedicated to natives of the whole world, with links to all available resources.
http://www.nativeweb.org/
Internet resources related to archaeology in the whole world, sorted by Countries and topic. http://archnet.uconn.edu/
Middle of Everywhere 2000-01 - Scott and Julie's RTW trip in which they will visit 6 continents. Also includes info and tons of photos of prior trips. http://www.geocities.com/middleofeverywh...
- An interesting website quite useful with infos about China, Hong Kong e Macao, Tailandia, Laos, Cambogia, Maynmar, Malaysia, Nepal e India, and above all Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua. Particularly meant for backpakers
http://www.passplanet.com
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South American Explorers - Site of a non profit organisation providing information of all nature, included travel, also many travel reports by its associated. http://www.samexplo.org/
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Argentina: The Land of the Six Continents - Official sit of the Tourism Secretariate, with all sort of information. http://www.wam.com.ar/tourism/
- An official site for tourism in Argentina; it shows the various regions of this Country with wide sections, photos, maps and films.
http://www.sectur.gov.ar
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How to travel the rainforests of South America independently and as cheaply as possible. Accounts of our journeys. Email me with your own! By Susan Armitage. http://freespace.virgin.net/susan.armita...
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Thresholds - A personal page about a journey through Mexico and Central America: stories, photographs and journals. http://www.thresholds.net
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America On the way to nowhere. - Personal page by Glenn and Sheila Ord. Travelogues of two long journeys, one in Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, Costarica and Panama), the second in South America (Ecuador, Perù, Bolivia, Cile, Paraguay, Argentina). Amusing and full of good tips and hints. http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Caba...
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Luke's South American Diary Personal page by Luke Mastin. Diaries of five years travels in South America (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela) of a young couple with a cild.Structured as a traditional book: story on one side and photos on the other. For fans of reading. http://www.lukemastin.com/diary
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On the way to nowhere. Personal page by Glenn and Sheila Ord. Travel reports, info, news, directions, etc. to go biking in many parts of the worlds. http://www.geocities.com/glenn_ord/index...
- Pam's South American Trip - A basic site, but an amusing one, rich in notes about places and persons character.
http://www.avana.net/~phill/
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Bruce Chatwin's Patagonia - Personal page by Tan Wee Cheng, a Singapore manager. A very beautiful site, reports of the author's travels, a "nomad" in several Countries of the world. Absolutely not to lose. http://weecheng.simplenet.com/latin/inde...
- Full of infos and links about Patagonia
http://www.geocities.com/adelaide.geo/patagonia/
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