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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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Rik, a climber from Washington collected on his page some experiences, links and more. http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/2899/ A Guide to the highest mountains in USA, everyone has a page of its own with info, links, map and more. Well structured. There is also an European version of this site. http://www.americasroof.com Hikenet, a site kept by Tom and Kathy. It connects different pages of trekking fans, of reports and of USA alpine clubs. Plenty of very good links. http://members.aol.com/hikenet/introtc.h... Susan's and Bob's page about adventures. Very interesting, with travelogues and several ideas. A lot about rafting, links. http://www.kwagunt.net/index.html A site for hiking in USA and Canada. Proposes plenty of itineraries. Though the routes are only out-lined, it usually gives the E-mail of someone who experimented them, to whom one may write, and some useful addresses. http://www.thebackpacker.com/index.cfm Paddle Trips Waterways. Really an excellent site: made by canoeists, it produces a series of routes, (mostly along the sea) with a lot of information, maps, etc. A big lot of proposals for USA, a lot for Canada, some ideas for other continents. http://www.paddletrips.net/ AWA River Guides, USA. Information about the most interesting rivers for canoeing in the USA. http://www.americanwhitewater.org/ Canoe Camping. - The Top 40 River Destinations in the USA for Relaxing Float Trips. Written by Mark McLain and Diana Christopulos, it proposes a lot of canoeing itineraries of 7 or more days in the USA, familiar style, really useful its contents. http://members.aol.com/Mmcbs/ Preston's Kayak Page, USA. A commented collection of links about canoeing, mainly USA. http://www.ptone.com/Kayak/ The site of USA climbers: every cliff in every state is selectionable with clickable maps and described in its most important feature ( they also explain you how to get there). Great! http://www.rocknroad.com/
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Cities and Regions


David Halstead's Washington D.C. Seightseeing Map. A simple and well done clickable map to know the town. http://sc94.ameslab.gov/TOUR/tour.html Small Towns, USA. An interesting way to visit towns that most folks have never heard of; realized via links to local sites. http://www.geocities.com/dunhada/
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Transports.

All Aboard - USA by Rail. All you need to know about train travel in the US and Canada.
http://www.USA-by-Rail.com

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Sleeping


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/ A site about Canadian youth hostels ( USA as well), of a very good quality: it describes every hostel and, when possible, points out the links to the organizations they depend from. http://www.backpackers.ca/ The biggest databank on Bed&Breakfast. www.bedandbreakfast.com Database on Bed&Breakfast for the USA. http://www.bbonline.com/ The Hostel Handbook is a really complete and accurate list of hostels and other similar accommodation in North America. http://www.hostelhandbook.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/ Planet surfing - Patrick, from Vancouver, travelled across North America, Asia and Australia. His travel reports are accurate and deep ones. http://www.synaptic.bc.ca/homepage.htm Traveling around the US and locally both by auto and bus. Some interests are volkswalks, camping, staying in hostels and checking out the local transit. By Rachel Aschmann. http://members.tripod.com/~rachela/trave... Roger's Travel Journals - America, Canada, Korea http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/co... Jack Sanders Reed: he tells us about his travels in Canada,USA, and Australia. http://www.swcp.com/~spsvs/outdoors/outd...
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