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Here are some of our favorite travel resources that have helped us  plan this trip.

World Travel Planning:

• Round-The-World Travel Guide - by far the most informative site on how to  plan a round-the-world trip.

• Art of Travel - great site on how to see the world on $25 or less.

• Backpacker Network - a lot of information on backpacking around the world including an avi from the Blues Brothers.

• Budgettravel - OK site with some decent links.

• RickSteve's Links - a bunch of links from Rick Steves.

• Centers for Disease Control - vaccination requirements and recommendations for each country.

• Yahoo Travel - surprisingly a very thorough travel site with the ability to book flights and hotels.

On-line Guidebooks:

• Lonely Planet - another one of our favorite sites.  Contains  comprehensive info that complements their books,  plus travelers advice and warnings.

• Rough Guides - good site with information on many countries.  We especially like the "best of" section.

• Fodors - nice site with a good travelers bulletin board.

• Rick Steves - some excerpts from his travel guides along with another travelers bulletin board.

• Frommer's Budget Travel - annoying graphics but you can get excerpts from the magazine plus a daily newsletter.

Travelogues:

• RTW Travelogues Online - impressive list of travelogues including 19 that are still on the road.  We plan to have ours listed here soon.

• Wired2TheWorld - we have been following this couple from LA for the last year, and hope to meet up with them in May. 

• GoGlobalGirl - fellow Chicagoan who traveled for a year and missed it so much she went back for another trip (Kelly met her for dinner and went through several notebooks writing down travel tips.)

• Timezone7 - the brother of a co-worker of mine.  We love the graphics on his site (he's a designer).

• Ben and Vija's Round the World Adventure - we saved close to $1000 on travel insurance after finding this site.  They will be leaving a couple of weeks after we do.

Resources:

• ICOM - the company we are using to host our website.

• Travel Insurance Agency - London based insurance company that offers travel insurance backed by Lloyds of London.

• IPASS - for those of you who are wondering how we are accessing the Internet from each country, check this one out.

• RailEurope - everything you wanted to know about traveling in Europe including schedules and fares for point to point train travel.

• Europe flight pass - fly between over 100 cities in Europe for just $90.  Can be cheaper than train travel between some cities

• Travelweb - lists discount weekend hotels in many cities in the world.  We plan to periodically book a nice hotel to help keep our sanity.

• ONSALE Auction - This is where I purchased my laptop, camcorder and digital camera.   Incredible deals can be found.  WARNING.....this website can be addicting and can contribute to loss of money on foolish purchases.

• MapQuest - supplies door to door driving instructions between US addresses plus maps of dozens of US and foreign cities.

• Travlang's Foreign Languages - provides basic terms and travel-related phrases for 70 languages including sound clips plus translation dictionaries and other very cool stuff.

• U.S. State Department - entry requirements and the latest travel warnings such as "Don't go to Uganda or Yugoslavia"

Travel Magazines:

• Zinezone.com - very cool site that contains features and links for trailblazers, risk takers, and other forms of travel related stuff.  Definitely check this one out.

• Big World Magazine - great independent travelers magazine.

• Timeout - world city guide to bars, clubs, hotels, museums, etc.

Other Cool Sites:

• Outback Carpet Shop - this is where we bought our carpets in Turkey.  They are some of the nicest people we have met on our trip!   Be sure to stop by if going to Turkey.

• Currency Converter - up to date conversions of foreign currency.

• Worldwide Hostel Guide - listing of the world's hostels.

• Earth View - check this out!

• Madness in my Soul - Roxy Music site. Has nothing to do with the trip, but Kelly really likes it.

Travel Clothing/Supplies:

• Campmor - this is where we purchased the majority of our clothing and other supplies.  Great discounts on Columbia, North Face, and other gear.

• Travelsmith - specialists in travel clothing.

• Magellan - travel specialists in supplies and phone adapters.