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- Charterflights has some fantastic savings to package holiday destinations.
- Cheapflights, Applefares, Opodo, Traveljungle and Travelsupermarket are all good for international flights.
- SkyScanner Searches all airlines serving Europe.
- Knowhere Guide UK Travel information
- Cheat Sheets Print an up-to-date currency converter before you go
- Travel Blog My page
- Megabus Travel across the UK from £1.50
- Palin's Travels This man is a legend.
- Backpack Europe Information on backpacking in Europe
guides:
- BootsnAll Travel
- CIA World Facts
- Destinations
- Knowhere Guide
- Lonley Planet
- Low-impact Travel
- Pilot Guides.com
- Rough Guide
- Wikitravel
- World66
hitching:
homestays:
- Homestay Finder
- Homestays - New Zealand
- World Homestays
overland companies:
travel writing:
political/eco
news you won't see on the news:
- New Internationalist - Fantastic monthly magazine, all back issues online
- Schnews - Superb global justice weekly, published on PDF.
- Indymedia UK -Your main source for independant non-corporate news
- Undercurrents
- Info Clearing House
- Active Free Media
- Disinformation
- Guerilla News Network
- Project Censored
- F.A.I.R.
activists and writers:
a history of the USA :
war:
- Stop the War - National campaign
- Costofwar.com - Ongoing calculations on the costs of the Iraq war
- The Dossier - Superb film available for download
- Iraq Uncensored
- What Really Happened
- Antiwar.com
- Whispered Media
antiwar posters:
bush:
- Bush Flash - Excellent collection of movies
- Boycott Bush
- Bush in 30 Seconds
- Too Stupid to be President
- President Moron
- Irregular Times
corporations & boycott calls:
- The Corporation - Fantastic documentary
- Corp Watch - Corporate watchdog
- Coke Watch - Coca-cola boycott call
- Adbusters - Monthly magazine
- Ethical Consumer
- Boycott Tesco - Every Little Hurts
- Boycott Tesco.com
- McSpotlight - McDonalds watchdog
- Boycott Esso
- Drugs Companies
- Sweatshop Watch
activism:
- Church of Stop Shopping
- International observances
- Rebel Clown Army
- Rhythms of Resistance
- RTMARK
- SpaceHijackers
- Vacuum Cleaner
communes:
other:
- Political compass - see where you stand on the political compass
- Write to Them.com - get in touch with your local MP online
- Liberal Democrats
- Global Rich List - Qork out where you come on the list
- Make Trade Fair - Campaign from Oxfam
- STAR Network - Student Action for Refugees
- CND - Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
- Students for Orwell
- Orwell Today
- Music Plasma Type in a band and a map of similar bands will appear.
- Glastonbury The legendary festival in Cornwall
- Sonar Supercool festival in Barcelona
- The Big Chill Jazz, chillout, ambient festival
- WOMAD World of Music, Art and Dance festival
- No Doubt The world's finest band
- Cinematic Orchestra Superb nu-jazz act
- 1st Call Tickets
- BBC - World Music
- Gigs & Tours
- Earthdance - International Festival
- Gilles Peterson - Radio 1 DJ
- MusoFinder.co.uk
- NME.com
- On Stage
- Student Radio Association
- Top 40 Search
top labels:
- American Bacon
- BBE
- Blue Note
- Catskills
- Compost
- Couch
- Demon Music Group
- Different Drummer
- First World
- Freerange
- Hospital
- Invicta HiFi
- Light In The Attic
- Mo'Wax
- Ninjatune.net
- Planet E Communications
- R&S
- Scenario
- Seed
- Soul Jazz Records
- Strata-East
- The Leaf Label
- Tru Thoughts
- Ubiquity
- Vice
- Warp
- ZebraTraffic
- Beonscreen Full database of TV contestant/participants calls
- Channel 5, BBC & Channel 4 contestant and participant calls.
- Family Guy The funniest show of all time, the 'thinking man's Simpsons'.
- TV Cream Excellent site for old skool TV
- Jump the Shark Documents the exact points when good shows go bad
- The Sopranos The masterpiece from David Chase
- IMDB.com The legendary Internet Movie Database
- BBC Leeds
- Brudenell social club
- Comedy Store
- Film & TV Museum
- Leeds University
- LSRfm
- LUU
- Leedstickets.com
- Free Live Music
- Hyde Park Cinema
- Itchy Leeds
- Kirkgate Market
- Leeds Gig Guide
- Leeds365.co.uk
- Ster Century
- SubDub
- The Cockpit
- The Common Place
- The Faversham
- The HiFi Club
- Wardrobe
- City Varieties Theatre
- Leeds Grand Theatre
- West Yorkshire Playhouse
- Banksy - Culture jamming genius
- Eboy - Isometric art
- Julian Beever - Pavement art
- Kurt Wenner - Pavement art
- Micha Klien - European video artist
- Scott Blake - Barcode art
- Worth1000.com - Photoshop
- Rhyming Typo - Produces lists of rhyming words (good for song/poem writing)
- Money Saving Expert Absolutely fantastic site with guides to the cheapest utilities, services, mobile contracts, insurance, flights etc..
- Money Supermarket Compare financial and insurance products across the web
- Unbiased Free financial advice
- CDWow Top 40 original CDs under £9
- Push Posters Posters delivered to your door
- Choice Stationery Cheap remanufactured ink cartridges
- Unbeatable Competitive electronics store
- Ebuyer Cheapest computer parts
- Digital Depot Cheap digital cameras
- Ciao, Dooyoo & Epinions Product opinion on almost any item
- Bookbrain Compare book prices across the internet
Kelkoo, Pricerunner & Checkaprice Compare prices of all products - DVD Price Check Compare multiregion DVD prices
- 4money - Advice
- 3 - mobile network
- Asia Expat - Online community
- ATV News - Video news on demand
- Chatteris - Teaching agency/charity
- NET Scheme - the HK government teaching programme
- Chinese Symbols
- Drum Jam - Monthly 'drum jams' at the Fringe Club
- GeoExpat - Online community
- HK Observatory - Weather
- Islands List - List of outlying islands
- Joyce is Not Here - Best coffee shop in HK
- Library - HK libraries
- Oxfam Hong Kong
- Philosophy Cafe - Monthly philosophy club
- SCMP - English Newspaper
- The Standard - English Newspaper
- Yellow Pages HK
- 1 Nite Stand Comedy
- BC Magazine
- Broadway Cinema
- Cityline Cinema
- HK Clubbing Guide
- HK Ticketing
- Drive-in Theatre - HK's drive-in cinema
- HK Weekend
- Hong Kong Fringe Club
- Ice Rinks
- International Action - Activist group
- Paddyfield Books - Cheap online book retailer
- Swindon Books
- YesAsia.com - Similar to Amazon
- First Ferry
- MTR Travel
- Macau Tourist Board - Visiting HK's sister 'SAR.'
- Around Hong Kong - Tips for travel beyond the territory.
flights from HK:
- Asian airlines - a list of budget carriers
- 2100travel
- 4thetravel
- aerohkg
- air-hongkong
- AirAsia.com - flying from Macau to SE Asia
- Anytours
- Fare.Net
- flightscenter.com
- Lastminute.com.hk
- Taketraveller.com
- Zuji - Searches all Asian airlines
- 100 Best Companies to work for
- Ethical Careers Guide
- Leeds University - CV guidance
- Prospects - CV guidance
ethical NGO/development sector job hunting
- CharityJOB
- Ethical Careers Guide
- Idealist.org
- Monster.co.uk
- TopJobs.co.uk
- BOND jobs
- Guardian Jobs
- Environment Job
- Total Jobs - Graduates
- Work for an MP.org
NGO/development sector temping/employment agencies (mainly London based)
paid jobs overseas:
- Acorn Adventure Camps
- Adventure Jobs
- Bunac
- Camp America
- CC USA
- Datum JobSearch
- Escape Artist Jobs
- Euro Jobs.com
- Hot Recruit Jobs
- Imaginative Traveller Tours
- Job Site.co.uk
- Jobs Abroad.com
- Jobs Africa
- JobsDB Asia
- Overseas Jobs Search
- PAYAway
- Planet Recruit
- Summer Jobs
overseas volunteering:
- Aid - VFP
- AidCamps
- AIESEC
- Camp America
- Cross-Cultural Solutions
- DAD Romania
- FindAGap.com
- GapYear.com
- GVI Expeditions
- Kiya Survivors
- UN Volunteers
- Volunteering.org.uk
- VSO
working and teaching (TEFL) in Japan:
teaching (TEFL) in Hong Kong:
TEFL jobs abroad:
- BBC Literacy
- Boggles Worksheets
- Nusery Rhymes
- British Council Printables
- MES Resources
- Crafts for Kids
- ESL Resources
- Primary Resources
- Learn English with the Beatles
- TEFL English Raven.com
- Hong Kong NET Resources
- TEFL Games
- TEFL Links
- Teaching English
- Kindersite Games - excellent Flash resources
- ESL HQ
- ESL Printables - registration required, but an excellent collection
- TEFL Tool - Wordsmith
- TEFL top 100
- Wordlists page
- BurnWorld - CD/DVD burning portal
- Download.com
- Game FAQs
- Gimp.org - Open source art package
- ImageShack - Free image hosting
- Internet Archive
- MSN Mess - Tweak MSN Messenger
- Open Office.org - Open source office software
- Open Source Windows - Open source software
- Showmyip.com
- Digital Blasphemy - Wallpaper
- Wi-Fi Hotspot Search
- You Send It.com - Send big files without attaching them
web design & flash resources:
- Actionscript.org
- ActionScript
- Flahoo
- Flash Kit Tutorials
- Flash Resources
- Flashloaded
- 1&1 - Host
- 123-Reg - Domain names
- Dead-links - Search a website for dead links
- Free Hosting Database
- JavaScript Source
- Online FTP
- WebRing
- Website Promotion
animated gifs (ideal for Powerpoint or websites):
- Animation Buddy - Animated word generator
- Glitter Graphics - Glitter Graphics animated images, search box at the bottom
- Artie.com
- Web Developer
- Best Animations
free clipart:
free photos:
- Image Shack
- Stock Images
- Image After
- Web Shots
- Photo Bucket
- Photo Library
- Image State
- Image Source
- Google Image
- Altavisa Image
- Flickr
- Corbis
free fonts:
search tools:
- About.com
- Alexa.com
- AlltheWeb.com
- Altavista
- Artcyclopedia
- Bibliomania - search for quotes
- Blinkx - Video Search
- BlogPulse - search blogs
- Deja Search - search online news groups
- Dictionary.com
- Dogpile
- Google Scholar - search academic articles
- HotBot
- Info Search
- Jeeves
- Library Search
- RefDesk
- Red and Proud A site for, and in celebration of, all things ginger
- RefDesk The best reference resource.
- Gigablast - Search engine.
- Type Now Free font database
- KontraBand Huge video/pictures/sounds database
- Fun Words to Say Enjoyable words
- I Used to Believe Things we believed as kids
