Travel Blogs:
http://www.travelblog.org/ – This
site is a free, online travel diary. Create your own travel
journal where you can upload your photos from anywhere in
the world. Keep your friends and family informed of new additions
to your diary by adding their email addresses to your automatic
mailing list. Create your own photo gallery and showcase your
best photos, complete with slideshows.
http://www.travelpod.com/ - TravelPod
has been around since 1997. In fact, TravelPod was the first
web site to offer travel blog hosting on the Web! TravelPod
offers a wide variety of options to fit every need you may
have. You can allow travelogues to be password protected or
enable each new entry to be emailed to hundreds of your contacts.
Local Weather:
Weather.Yahoo.com
– Yahoo provides detailed weather information with up to
10 days forecast, including humidity, wind, sunrise and sunset
times, maps etc...
http://www.intellicast.com/ – This
is also another great weather forecast website with up to
10 days forecast. You can even monitor approaching storms
with their Storm Watch feature.
Local Time:
http://www.timeanddate.com/ – Here
you’ll find the best and most comprehensive local time website,
which also includes other useful information such as dialing
country and city codes.
Currency Conversion:
www.XE.com/ucc/
- The Universal Currency Converter - easily convert any currencies.
www.Oanda.com/convert/classic
- Another similar tool, which lets you see historical conversion
data.