Travel Forums and Other Travel Resources

» Everything you need to know about independent budget travel (backpacking)
In one word: Brilliant.

» Lonely Planet's Thorntree
It's the Lonely Planet travel forum. Do I need to say more?

» Travellerspoint
Travellerspoint offers a host of traveling tools and features photo galleries from their worldwide member base.

» RTWers
"Discussion of RTW backpacking. This forum enables people to share knowledge and experience on RTW tickets, destinations, visas etc." Like in the Lonely Planet travel forum, there are lots of fellow travellers out there willing to answer your questions.

» Passplanet
Travellers share practical information about guesthouses and places to visit, mostly in Asian countries and Central America.

» Tales of Asia
Everything you might want to know about travelling in Cambodia, plus stories about other Southeast Asian countries. An excellent website.

» Lost Luggage Tales
"A unique international travel guide with resources and advice for the discerning independent budget traveler".

» UNESCO World Heritage Centre
A great website to find places worth visiting.