Lonely Planet

Travel is an excellent way to foster respect and understanding between people of different cultures throughout the world, and the creators of the popular Lonely Planet (www.lonelyplanet .com) guidebooks have embraced this philosophy wholeheartedly since the 1970s. At the Lonely Planet Web site, you’ll find a wealth of information that not only points out cool places to visit worldwide, but also teaches you a thing or two about the people who live there. One of the site’s most useful features is its WorldGuide. Click this link, and the site prompts you to click the region and country you’re interested in. A wealth of information displays; our search for Fiji in the Pacific Islands revealed historical data, weather, cultural information, links to images and transport information, and more.

If you are uncertain or want to learn more about the types of vacations you could take, Lonely Planet has compiled several Theme Guides. Themes include travel standards such as Beaches, Honeymoons, and History, as well as more adventurous topics such as Safari,

Twilight Zone, and Fatal Attractions. Clicking any of these themes will present you with links to articles about interesting locations pertaining to the theme. (For example, you’ll find information about the Bermuda Triangle in the Twilight Zone theme and Paris in the Honeymoons theme.) Despite all their many adventures, the folks at Lonely Planet aren’t by any means content to while away their days at home. They’re still hitting the road, and you can follow along with them in the On The Road section. Here you’ll find blogs maintained by Lonely Planet authors as they travel; as of press time, you could read up on their experiences in Kaua’i, El Salvador, New Zealand, Nigeria, Colombia, and Russia.