Links
Mediterranean Pyrenees
www.wildpyrenees.co.uk comprehensive website on the Mediterranean Pyrenees
www.davincicodeholidays.co.uk excellent B&B (and evening meal) Granes, nr Quillan (& Carcassonne). Friendly home comforts and excellent food, run by Judith and Jon
www.pays-axat.org excellent website in French for the Axat region on the River Aude and gateway to much of the Aude and Cathar Pyrenees
www.limoux.fr Limoux, lower Aude valley, wesite has an English section
www.terres-cathares.com Aude and Ariege Cathar Pyrenees in French
www.audetourisme.com Official Government site for Aude ‘Pays Cathare’ also in English
www.cdt-66.com official site for the Catalan Pyrenees with lots of links
www.paysdesault.com the remote hill country of the Pays de Sault, in French
www.quercorb.com , www.quillan.fr , Aude Quercorb and Quillan sites
www.world66/europe/france/midi/languedoc Read the Land of the Cathars Travel Guide
www.ariege.com
www.worldwalks.com/pyrenees
Xinjiang China
www.silkroadadventure.com zyztour@yahoo.com.cn
Steven Zhang is my strong recommendation for a Xinjiang based agent. He will organise any Xinjiang trip at a competitive local price.
www.regent-holidays.co.uk
for a very good UK based agent able to deliver any itinerary in China (Asia and elsewhere)
www.xinjiang.gov.cn Official Govt tourist website
www.wikepedia.com try Xinjiang, Karakul, Tianchi and other place names
www.silkroadcn.com lots of good material on Silk Road destinations
www.tk421.net Marco Polo’s Asia article
www.alumnus.caltech.edu exploring the northern silk road
other travel company sites all with lots of info within itineraries
www.china.org.cn
www.chinatravel.co.uk
www.orientaltravel.com
www.seexj.com.cn Xinjiang International Tour Co Ltd
Tibet
www.tibetanexpeditions.com contact info@tibetanexpeditions for tours and private arrangements
www.responsibletravel.com for worthy trips of all kinds
use your search engines for accurate and up to date information on Tibet; web listings for Tibet are very sensitive
South India
www.keralatourism.org
www.ooty.com
www.mysore.org.uk
www.periyartigerreserve.org Periyar reserve
www.tsr.kerala.gov.in Thrissur
www.cochin.org
www.wikipedia.org search any destinations eg Varkala, Kovalam, Cochin
Cuba
www.marxists.org/history/archive/castro Castro internet archive material
www.answers.com/topic/human-rights-in-cuba human rights information for Cuba
www.afrocubaweb.com
www.bbc.co.uk news stories www.granma.cu official Cuban news
www.cubanow.net
www.lonelyplanet.com
New Zealand
www.doc.govt.nz Department of Conservation website; information on all Great Walks and other possibilities
www.tongarirocrossing.co.nz , www.abeltasman.co.nz information on the two most popular walking areas
www.newzealand.com Excellent joint public private venture
www.backpack-newzealand.com/mapofnewzealand map of New Zealand
www.images.newzealand.com Tourism New Zealand Image Library
www.nz.com
www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/newzealand