Links and Docs
My LinkedIn profile
www.linkedin.com/in/marilenamarino
Travelling links
Visit the tips and info area for more country-specific links.
www.roundtheworldtickets.co.uk - create your custom-made itinerary to find out how much a RTW ticket will cost.
www.roughguides.com, www.frommers.com, www.lonelyplanet.com, www. virtualtourist.com, www.tripadvisor.com - for information on any destination in the world.
www.travelfish.org - up-to-date info and user feedback on hotels, etc. in SE Asia.
www.airasia.com, tigerairways.com, jetstarasia.com, silkair.com nokair.com bangkokair.com - budget airlines covering much of SE Asia.
www.fco.gov.uk - UK Government travel advice, country profiles and more.
www.esteri.it - Italian embassies around the world.
www.cdc.gov/travel/ - Center for Disease Control and Prevention - vaccinations required, disease information, etc.
www.fitfortravel.scot.nhs.uk - Equivalent Scottish site to the above.
www.oanda.com/ - an exhaustive currency coverter site.
www.timezoneconverter.com/- to find out what time it is anywhere in the world.
www.weatherbase.com - monthly weather records, altitudes and averages for over 16,000 cities worldwide.
Diving
www.oceanfootage.com
- Amazing underwater footage with a powerful and easy search function.
www.mondomarino.net - Fotografie di flora e fauna marina con schede tassonomiche
redatte da biologi ed esperti, specie marine classificate articoli, news dal
mondo marino, e-cards, screensavers, wallpapers
www.fishbase.org -
fish database
www.divedestinations.co.uk
- extensive database with info on best times to visit and how to get there as
well
www.scubadiving.com -
Scuba diving magazine online
www.divernet.com -
Diver magazine online
www.padi.com - the number
one dive training agency in the world
Languages and dictionaries
www.etymonline.com - find out the etymology of a word
dictionary.com/ - English dictionary, thesaurus and encyclopedia
www.askoxford.com/ - online dictionary resource from OUP
europa.eu.int/comm/translation/index_en.htm and the discontinued Eurodicautom - translator´s resources for European languages.
biblioteca.stat.unipd.it/enciclopedie.htm - links to dictionaries and other reference material for translation.
Pics, smilies & e-cards
www.hostboard.com - great collection of smilies
www.clicksmilies.com - free smilies
www.bubbleinsights.co.uk/smilies
- my own collection of smilies
www.uwphoto.net - underwater
photography and e-cards
www.oceanlight.com - amazing
natural pics
www.hallmark.com - free e-cards
www.munz.co.uk - Munzie's collection of fun pics
and jokes
IP addresses
Jane Austen
Well, if like me you can't get enough of Jane Austen's characters and stories, don't miss out on some of the best fanfiction sites out there:
New York Times article on the phenomenon of Jane Austen fanfiction.
www.pemberley.com - a wealth of information on anything Jane Austen related, plus fanfiction stories.
www.firthness.com - the Recommended page lists some of the best fanfiction out there - can save you the trouble of wading through lots of rubbish...
www.austen.com - check out the Derbyshire Writers' Guild's Epilogue Abbey for what-ifs, sequels and outtakes on JA's novels. Stories on www.austen.com/board/index.cgi.
www.hyacinthgardens.invisionzone.com/garden/ - for a spicier variety of Jane Austen fanfiction.
Links to some of the websites designed by me
www.medical-writer.co.uk
- an experienced freelance medical writer for the pharmaceutical industry
www.aquaacademygb.co.uk
- swimming school based in Hampshire, UK
www.flyingobjectsuk.co.uk
- distributors of Flying Objects products in the UK
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