Travel bug
At home or at work, you never think about how many people travel around the world - by foot, bike, horse cart, motorbike. Or, like us, by car. Here you will find a few links to the websites of travellers who were or are - often already for many years - en route. (For contents of links outside of our homepage we do not take any responsibility.)
By foot:
www.hawkwalk.com
www.globalchange.at
By
bicycle:
www.beinarbeit.blogspot.com
www.grenzenlos.ath.cx
www.muco-velo.ch
www.soziales4u.de/radlinks.html
By motorbike:
www.worldrider.com
By car:
www.chrigikoelbi.ch
www.nrv2011.sitew.com
www.ufwiederguegs.ch
www.touthorizon.com
www.weltrekordreise.ch
By airplain:
www.mundomoss.com.br
Interesting homepages of ex travelers:
www.itsonthemeter.com
www.gnomad.de
www.littletramp.ch
www.mymietmarc.blogspot.com
www.the508perspective.com
http://traverse1.blogspot.com
www.awas-mgd.ch
www.k-u-r-s.ch
www.together-on-the-way.ch
http://sk-unterwegs.de
www.vollenweiders.ch
www.hinter-dem-horizont.net
www.singaporedream-rtw.blogspot.com
www.abgefahrene-oldies.com
www.weltenbummler2003.de
www.orange-iguana.ch
www.augen-blick.ch
www.veraluc.com
www.roas.us
www.wanderlust04.com
www.kimble.ch
www.panmundo.com
www.lonewolftransglobal.co.uk
www.boltshausers.com
Government websites:
Switzerland:
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA)
Germany: Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
France:
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
United Kingdom: Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
USA: U.S. Department of State
USA: Overseas Security Advisory Counsil (OSAC)
USA:
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
About health and medical issues before and during the trip:
World Health Organisation
MD Travel Health
Centers for Desease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Safetravel.ch
Medgate
Netdoktor.de
Pharmawiki.ch
Car outfitters:
Innovation Campers, Germany
Off Road Böhlen, Switzerland
4 by 4 specialists:
Off Road Böhlen, Switzerland
Global Expedition Outfitter, Venezuela
4 Wheel Auto Wholesales, Canada
Envotech, Cambodia
Expedition outfitters:
Globetrotter, Germany
Woick, Germany
Därr, Germany
Transa, Switzerland
Atlas Travel World, Switzerland
Spatz, Switzerland
Hajk, Switzerland
Forwarders:
Agency:
HUB Argentina SA, Argentina
Globoship, Switzerland
J.E. Turner y Cia. Argentina
Transworld Cargo, Namibia
Transport:
Marfret Company Maritime, France
Linave, Brazil
Crowley Maritime Operation, USA
Alaska Marine Highway System, Alaska/USA
Seabordmarine, Panama
CSAV, Chile
Wilh. Wilhelmsen
Barwil Panama Canal, Panama
Grimaldi Ferries Prestige, Italy
PIL, Bangladesh
Group Marill, Africa
Perkins, Darwin/Australia
Storm Marine, Vladivostok/Russia
DBS Cruise Ferry Ferry, Vladivostok/Russia
The Freight, Bangkok/Thailand
Recommendable travel books and homepages:
Lonely Planet (English)
Footprint (English)
Reise-Know-How (English)
National Geographic (English)
Astrosoft travel portal (German)
Transafrica (German)
Helpful travel forums:
Sahara and Desert-forum (German)
Lonely Planet (English)
Horizons unlimited (English)
Motorcycle Action Group (English)
WRF Weltreise-Forum (German)
Weltreise-Forum (German)
GPS Providers and sites from where you can download map for your GPS:
Garmin GPS
Garmin: Updates und Downloads
Tom Tom GPS
GPS City
GPS Travelmaps
Map Center
Maps for Garmin GPS Receiver
Viajeros Mapas
Tracks 4 Africa
GPS Mapsearch
Mighty GPS Topographicmaps
Mad Mappers
Travel by GPS
OpenStreetMap - the free Wiki World Map
And a few other interesting links:
Swissworld
Swissinfo
Automobil Club of Switzerland
International Gasoline prices
World time
World weather
Currency converter
Translation program (Altavista)
Dictionary English-German (LEO)
