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One man and his obsession with Airsickness bags. Paul Mundy, with the help of bag enthusiasts around the world, has put together a massive collection of bags from current and defunct airlines.

www.bagophily.com

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BookCrossing is book swapping with a twist. The general idea is that you register (free) and then once you are done reading a book register it at the website, write down the URL and the allocated ID number inside the cover, and then give them away or leave them where someone will find them.

This is a great outlet to share with the world your favourite books and you get to track where they go, for the life of the book. Hopefully you will end up with a collection of well travelled books.

www.bookcrossing.com

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The new Gotthard rail link is currently being tunnelled through the Swiss Alps. In a country already full of amazing engineering wonders, this one will top them all.

AlpTransit Gotthard is creating a flat rail link for future travel through the Alps. At the heart of the new transalpine rail route is Gotthard Base Tunnel. With a length of 57 km, the world's longest tunnel should become operational at the end of 2016.

alptransit.ch

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Flight Memory enables you to easily keep track of where you have flown and then produce maps showing your flight routes.

flightmemory.com

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Official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Contains fact sheets, athlete profiles, cultural information, and news.

en.beijing2008.cn

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This store in the U.S sells unclaimed baggage. Over one million items pass through the store annually. Items include clothing, cameras, electronics, sporting goods, jewellery, books and, yes, luggage.

www.unclaimedbaggage.com

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I Found Your Camera is a site where you can upload photos from found cameras, hopefully reuniting the camera with its owner.

ifoundyourcamera.net

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The urge to jump up and down on hotel beds is universal it seems. Some say a holiday hasn't truly begun until you arrive to your hotel room, plonk your bags down, then take a running jump to your bed.

BedJump.com by hotelsbycity.net is where jumpers can send photos of themselves jumping on hotel beds.

BedJump.com

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Postcrossing is a project that invites people to exchange postcards (real paper ones, not electronic) from random places in the world. If you send a postcard, you'll receive at least one back, from a random postcrosser somewhere in the world. It is free to participate.

postcrossing.com

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Unusual Hotels of the World list some truly unique hotels. From underground hotels, undersea lodges to tree houses and igloos.

uhotw.com

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The webs largest site about airline catering. Thousands of photos of airline menu trays from all over the world. Readers can send photos and reviews of their own inflight meal experiences.

airlinemeals.net

Directory Location: Airline Meals

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If you like cheesy pun making, then you'll love She Went Of Her Own Accord. The site revolves around making a pun around a place name, eg:

My wife's gone to the Caribbean.

Jamaica?

No, she went of her own accord.

You can contribute by adding your own joke. I have added one for Dubai:

shewentofherownaccord.com

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LiveATC.Net provides live air traffic control (ATC) broadcasts from air traffic control towers and radar facilities around the world.

liveatc.net

Directory Location: Air Traffic Control

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A guide to packing light. Travel with one bag (a carry on bag) and save time and hassle of checking in luggage.

onebag.com

Directory Location: Travel Packing

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Euro 2008 Austria-Switzerland kicks off on June 7. While our English friends could care less this year (England failed to qualify), it's a good time to be visiting Europe as there is always a party atmosphere on game days.

If you are planning a last minute trip to Vienna, accommodation will be hard to find. Fancamp Vienna has been set up to accommodate the influx of visitors expected.

There are 3000 beds available in Vienna at "an excellent price".

fancamp.eu

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