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General and Geographical data


Many general info can be found on the sites of the famous guides Rough Guide and Lonely-Planet: http://www.lonelyplanet.com Geopolitic statistics on different Countries, by CIA, are available at: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/fact... 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
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Interesting sites


New Zealand visited by Scott Yost, a very well done site, rich in directions, resources and ideas. http://www.vic.com/new_zealand/ Philip Greenspun in his mythic newspaper has a wide section dedicated to New Zealand, with lots of reports, info for cyclists, and photos. http://photo.net/nz/index.html Everything for cyclists, both local and tourists: advising, books, forum, FAQ for visitors, etc. Valuable contents. http://www.mountainbike.co.nz/ Jan Fisk realized an exceptional site about his Country; travel reports, info, advice and anything you could wish for. Also very interesting pages about Scotland and England. Very well selected link section. http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/2411/i... Sparky's New Zealand Infopage. A page born to give info about NZ, without frames, java, or pretences. It consists essentially of links listed by category. http://www.abcpacific.com/nz/ Alan Levy presents a photo collection of his travels; every photo is widely explained and the collection gives you quite an idea of the countries he visited. http://www.pcug.org.au/~alanlevy/Index.h... New Zealand Alpine Club.: good and full of useful info. http://www.alpineclub.org.nz/ The website of a small company that organizes waliking tours in New Zealand, DOlomites, Spain, Lake District... "http://www.nzwalkingcompany.com"
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Cities and Regions


Auckland City Council. To know the main city of New Zealand. http://www.akcity.govt.nz/ A good official site about Falkland islands. All kind of info. http://www.tourism.org.fk
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Transports.

Memories of a Hitch-hiker, by Bernd Wechner. It' a real book where he tells his experiences. A lot of general considerations and reports of travels across Europe, Australia and New Zealand, not to lose!!
http://bernd.wechner.info/

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Sleeping


Backpapers Resorts Australia. An hostel association: 130 addresses in Australia, 70 in New Zealand, 500 in the rest of the world. http://www.backpackers.com.au/ An Australian site proposing to book and buy on line hotel rooms at discounted prices. Many opportunities chiefly for Australia and Russia. http://www.accomline.com Network about hostels, it's a site independent from various International chains. http://www.hostels.com/ Hostelling International. The largest worldwide hostel organization. http://www.iyhf.org/ The biggest databank on Bed&Breakfast. http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/ 111 Travel Directory. A dirctory to find Bed & Breakfast all over the world. http://www.triple1.com
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Travel Stories


The reports of all Philip Greenspun's travels, a passionate traveller, in different regions of the world. Tales, photos, etc.. Very well done. http://photo.net/webtravel/ Travel reports by Bob Neubauer. This site is a collection of the author's travel reports across the five continents. Some travels are biking and canoeing. http://www.icdc.com/~neubauer/index.htm Travelogues by Larry Greenfield in Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Cambogia. Often in only text format. http://www.tcp.com/~lgreenf/travel.htm John, Mary & Kathryn's Travel Page. Reports an considerations about their travels in Australia, Italy, Austria, France and New Zealand, all widely described. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages... J.P's travel site (USA-Fiji-New Zealand), by J.P. van Oyen, a long an detailed report with photos. http://www.gids.nl/travel/ Wandering Far and Wide (New Zealand and Fiji), by Mr. Moose. A long and accurate report about a travel in New Zealand, with photos. http://www.mistermoose.org/nz/nzindex.html Stipa's home page. His travel reports, hints and a suggestion of a young passionate and sensitive traveller. Not everithing is available in English. http://www.backpacker.it 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... 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.com/
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