Helpful Links

For your travel & travel planning

• Currency Converter 1
• Currency Converter 2 (if the other one's down)
• Free Translator (Use machine translation with great caution, they are always prone to errors)
• Health Advisories & Vaccinations for Travelers
• Canadian Citizen Travel Updates & Advisories
• US Citizen Travel Information

Passports and Visas:

• Canadian Passport Office
• Canadian Embassies and Consulates Abroad

News:

• BBC
• CNN
• CNN World Weather Forecast Centre
• EIN News
• TIME
• Weather Channel Online

Airports & Stations: (get status of your trips and confirm bookings)

• Victoria International Airport
• Washington State Ferries
• Alaska Marine Highway

BC, Canada Destination Information:

• Mapquest
• Vancouver City Maps
• BC Roads Information
• BC Transit
• VIA Rail Canada
• Victoria Clipper
• Travel BC (general tourism site)
• BritishColumbia.com
• VancouverIsland.com
• Tourism Vancouver Island

European Destination Information:

• Tourism Germany
• Paris.org
• Romanian online travel guide

International Maps & Information:

• Altapedia
• Canadian Postal Code Lookup

Special Interest Tour Hosts & Operators:

• Lueftner Cruises: Operating our May 2004 Danube Cruise
• Gregg Eligh: Professional Photographer & photography instructor
• Caren Heine: Fine artist and sought-after teacher, working in watercolour, acrylic & pastel
• Mark Heine: award-winning fine artist and illustrator, working in oils and watercolour
• Professor Maurice Williams, Ph.D: History author and UBC Okanagan Professor