Useful 5W Links
Useful 5W Links
The following list of links may be of interest to members of 5W. These links are given as suggestions only and are not endorsed by 5W.
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updated by Aneter Devi.
General
Links
5W
Stockholm Group
By local members; in Swedish and English
SE
Queensland Group, Australia
By local members
Mapquest
For Maps and Directions
NWR
National Women's Register, UK
Hermail
For women travelling alone.
ladiesaway.com
UK site for women business travellers.
Journeywoman
Online
An award-winning internet magazine especially for women who love to travel.
Filled with practical tips, advice and stories it links female travellers internationally.
Excite City.Net
A useful tourist
guide to the major cities of the world.
Currency Converter:
xe.com's currency
converter allows you to convert currencies, - useful when planning your next
WWWWW visit. You can view an exchange rate for any day since 1 January 1990
through yesterday.The currency converter is updated daily. Use to convert the
5W donation into your own currency.
Time
around the World
This web page
will tell you what time it is now around the world: useful when phoning abroad.
International
Dialling Codes
Here you will
find a list of the international dialling codes to and from each country. Also
find a list of events worldwide.
ttp://www.plcmc.org/forkids/mow/
Flags
of all countries
Find a picture
of the flag of each country.
Travel
Health Information
Vaccination
requirements and assessment of risk from malaria for your destination (available
in English, Spanish and Japanese). Also
gives access to safety advice issued by UK Foreign Office for travellers worldwide.
Expatwomen.com
A free web
site helping all expatriate women from all nationalities in any country of the
world, share experiences and advice, find resources for living in a foreign
country, with a monthly newsletter featuring the success story, menor, reader
story, book of the month, plus other interesting articles.