| Selected Internet resources for independent travelersd in the USA, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, California, New Mexico, St. Francisco, Colorado, Texas, Mississipi, Colorado. Information about national parks, Yellowstone, cycling, natives American Resources, Wyoming black hills, backpakers hostels, river guides, America by rail, climbing, mountaineering, paddling Florida, canyons, tourism, holidays, maps, guides, natural parks, cycling, backpakers hostels, rail, climbing, camping, mountaineering, paddling, travel reports, kayak, hitch hiking, trekking, ecc. |
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Vagabondo left its track (  ) to indicate the most interesting sites, the ones absolutely not to miss. Adventures and outdoor activities (trekking, cycling, paddling, climbing etc.) are marked by the symbol "  ". We have given a strong evidence to Personal Pages (highlighted in green).
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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
- 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.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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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  |  |
- Site dedicated to natives of the whole world, with links to all available resources.
http://www.nativeweb.org/
Page for bikers, edited by Robert Ashworth; lots of stories and info, well constructed and full of information. http://www.theslowlane.com/bike.html
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 Thomas Driemeyer tells us about his biking across Italy, Germany, France, Holland Egypt and USA. The site is interesting, practical and full of useful info. http://www.in-berlin.de/User/bitrot/inde...
A huge collection of links to speleology, divided by continent. http://hum.amu.edu.pl/~sgp/spec/links.ht...
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 Dansk Ciklist Forbund. It's a Danish bicycle association, collects and selects the best of web for bike-hikers. Accurate about accomodation and about places to sleep in during tours. http://www.dcf.dk/
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Travels with Daniel. reports of two travels, across USA and across Yucatan (Mexico), both very detailed and with many well selected links. With a strong feeling for local culture. http://www.hanksville.org/
The Adventures of Scooter and Hal. Join Scooter and Hal as they travel upriver, over the height-o'-land and into new adventures, by canoe or kayak. http://www.geocities.com/yosemite/rapids...
Go Take a Hike! Trail recommendations including Saguenay and Charlevoix in Quebec, the Adirondack mountains of New York, New Hampshire's White Mountain National Forest, Vermont's Green Mountains, and the Southwest US. http://g41-92.citenet.net/users/ctmx1141...
The American Alpine Club. Several practical info for mountaineering. http://www.americanalpineclub.org/
In Angus McIntyre you find several photo galleries, often accompanied by a pleasant report..A virtual travel in remote territories. http://www.raingod.com/angus/
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
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 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
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 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/
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 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/
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 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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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/
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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...
- 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
- 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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Homepage of Dale & Cindy Wilkins. They tell us about their travels in various places in North America. Reports are very accurate and photos clickable; links referring to the places. http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Isla...
- A New Zealand Firefighter's 4300km solo journey along the Pacific Crest Trail From Mexico to Canada. In English.
http://www.angelfire.com/trek/nz_usa/index.html
- Maria Adelaide Silva's page, reports with useful info and links from her trips in Alaska, USA, Brazil, Egypt and Carribean region.
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/4363...
- Andy Bell's Homepage. Short travel reports with a lot of nice pictures of our trips to Australia (3 months) and USA west (3 weeks). In addition useful links and more.
http://www.andybell.ch/
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