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    Win a Copy of the Gap Year Guide Book 2010

    Gap-year.com have been specialists in providing information for those considering gap years, year outs or career breaks for 18 years. They…

    1 Comment » | Competitions, books |

    Win an SLR camera & £500 worth of photobox vouchers

    Rough Guides have put together a new online game to tie-in with their latest publication- Earthbound: A Rough Guide to the World…

    No Comments » | Competitions |

    Google City Tours

    Google Labs is where you’ll find all the latest experimental features of the search giant. The latest lab is Google…

    1 Comment » | News |

    Competition: Win a round the world trip for two…

    Win a round the world trip for two and plenty of other great prizes with a new competition from Hostel…

    No Comments » | Competitions |

    Traveler IQ Test

    I really like this quiz from TravelPod, its pretty addictive. Have ago yourself here.

    I got to level 8 first…

    No Comments » | News |

    If the World Had Only 100 People in It

    A really interesting video from John Chow called If the world had 100 people in it. 
    Makes you feel pretty lucky, i particularly found…

    2 Comments » | News |

    Answer me this Richard

    This letter to Richard Branson about a Virgin Atlantic flight is briliant.
    From Tales from the Script:
    Oliver Beale

    Tel:…

    1 Comment » | Flights, News |

    Google earth outreach and disappearing forests of the world

    Google Earth Outreach was launched in April, endorsed by Sir David Attenborough it allows charities to use the Google…

    1 Comment » | Environment, Global Warming, World |

    Completely Uninhabited Islands

    On the beach have just posted a list of 7 Beautiful but Completely Uninhabited Islands and Archipelagos.
    Great places to…

    2 Comments » | Off the beaten track, World |

    20 Places Threaterned by Global Warming

    Holiday operator On The Beach have a blog and they’ve been writing a few interesting posts of late, one…

    10 Comments » | Environment, Global Warming |

    Our World Now, Global Warming in Photos

    Not the nicest way to start your day, but a great article on MSN News puts into pictures the…

    1 Comment » | Environment, Global Warming, News, World |