USEFUL LINKS

Planning your adventure holiday abroad properly is a very important part of the whole experience. Here are some useful things and sites we think you might be interested in for your overseas adventure travel. Don't forget to bookmark them. Contact us if you have something you would like to add.

OUR AMAZINGLY USEFUL SQUIDOO PAGES

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Adventure Travel Shop

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Men's Winter Hats!

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Suntan Lotions, Sunscreens and Total Block - which to choose?

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What is the best digital camera for my holidays needs?

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How to make travelling with your kids an amazing experience for all of you.

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New Balance Walking Shoes -don't leave home without them!

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Best Filtered Water Bottles

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Green Juice Recipes : Get fit, lose weight, and detox before you go on your holiday

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WInd Up flashlights/torches very very handy

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Wasit bags / travel puches/ bum bag -very handy for traveling and activity holidays

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Natural Lip Balm

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Best Money Belts & Self-defence tips

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Coconut Oil Health Benfits, weight loss and Beauty (want to look good on holiday?

http://www.squidoo.com/workshop/cool-coconut-oil

Best Overseas Adventure Travel - A lens about this site!

http://www.squidoo.com/best-overseas-adventure-travel

Trees for Life - help plant millions of trees.

http://www.treesforlife.org.uk.

Holiday Extra for : Airport Hotels: Rail : Car Hire : Insurance and lots more.......

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GUIDEPOST FOR TRAVEL BOOKS AND MAPS

Buy OS maps online

< Click here

• for publications of 500 travel guides in 195 countries.

Cheap train tickets:

Cheap Foreign Currency:

< Click here for 0% commission foreign currency - the best deal online!

Foreign Office - http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/ 

• for UK citizens traveling abroad.

Airport Security

• The check in rules are still as tight as ever and the one hand luggage rule still applies. Click on the DfT Website - http://www.dft.gov.uk/  for more detailed advice including info about the way that hand baggage should be presented for scanning.

Flights Price Predictor: http://www.bing.com/travel/

• Use this ink to find out when the best time to book your flight is. Bing will tell you when to buy at the best price.

KAYAK EXPLORE : http://www.kayak.com/explore/

• Key in your destination and you'll be shown how much it will cost to get there.

Wikitravel - http://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page

• The specialist travel encyclopedia

Google Earth - http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en_uk/earth/index.html

• Take an exciting virtual tour around our world

Global Weather:

BBC Weather - http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/

• Find details of the weather in the countries of interest

World Weather -  http://www.worldweather.org/  Weather in different languages

http://www.worldweathercompare.co.uk/

• The net's first weather comparison site. Cool...or is it hot!

Global Time Zones:

http://www.worldtimeserver.com/index.aspx - Current time and date in every time zone in the world!

Health & Safety:

UK Department of Health - http://bit.ly/zX5RcG

• Health info for people travelling abroad.

Entertaining Kids While Travelling:

The Wandering Monkey - http://bit.ly/wOk2Z1

• The Wandering Monkey  is a travelling companion for children. He'll be with you wherever you go on your travels whether it be into town or on holiday. It's well worth a visit to see this amazing idea for children.

National Trust Membership: http://bit.ly/xR5Nth

ScotWays http://www.scotways.com/

• A charity set up in 1845 who protect and develop access to the Scottish countryside for all. Find great info -  support them.

Mountain Leader Training England

http://www.mlte.org/content.php?nID=1

• The aim of the Board is to provide nationally recognised training and assessment schemes for leaders of groups participating in mountain walking and single pitch rock climbing.

Long Distance Walking Association UK

http://www.ldwa.org.uk/

Cycling -

http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/clubs

• This site has lots of resources, downloads,contacts, and advice and for clubs. Are you looking for help setting up a club, registering it with British Cycling, or for some good advice? This site will be able to help you.

http://www.worldwidecycling.com/

• On this site you will find information about bicycle races in non-traditional cycling countries. This is an organization that promotes cycling as a sport throughout the world.

http://www.wix.com/boblake72/camping-australia-blog

• A great site & ebook - very real and comprehensive insight. Lots of great advice about camping -particularly in Australia, but anywhere adventurous really.

http://www.operationsavelives.org/

• This site does what it says. It promotes safety on roads. EXCELLENT well worth a visit.

Expedition Foods http://www.expeditionfoods.com

• Expert suppiliers of dried nutritious foods, great advice on nutrition, and lots of travel gear and accessories.

Adventure Learning: Dr. Aaron Doering, professor of Learning Technologies and co-director of the Learning Technologies Media Lab. We highly recommend that you visit this site: http://lt.umn.edu/

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