Editorial (cont'd)
This page provides you with many desirable features for a browser Home Page. Firstly there's the controllable slide show of great pictures from around the world — for interest and a restful picture. Click any picture to open the related article; this feature provides you with a good overview of our many travel articles. The page also offers access to Google search of this site or the web and offers news - including a special travel sub-heading. In fact, this page was built just for you.

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Site Links and Pictures
Two important things to remember: bold text, like this, indicates a clickable link; you can click-to-enlarge any photograph where the cursor changes to a hand when you hover the mouse over it. Enlarged pictures appear in another associated window — so remember this if you are working full screen!

Ed's Travels
This feature comprises the light-hearted travelogues of our intrepid Ed. Enjoy his trials and tribulations in Europe and the USA. [More]

Travellers' Tales
If you're interested in general reading, go first the article list or writers list. If you are looking for a particular destination then start at the place list — which includes those places covered in Ed's Travels, for convenience.

Synergise  Travel Awards
Synergise has been around since 1998 and its awards are synonymous with quality. They are displayed on our quality-assessed travel sites covering the world. [More]

Slide Show & Gallery
The picture panel above gives you a slide show of around 10% of the photographs on this site — a soothing and inspiring background to use on your browser home page. It's easy and intuitive to control the viewer which offers automatic, adjustable speed operation or manual step operation, with sequential or random picture ordering. You can go directly to a favourite picture, freeze it, or even add in up to 9 of your own pictures! The 'New' button takes you to the very latest picture and article (which also happens on initial entry to the page). [More]

Personalize this Page!
Get your name at the top of the page! [More]

QualityHub
The QualityHub index page provides a bird's-eye view of our coverage of some of the world's best travel sites. This feature lists some of the best travel websites we have visited and recommend for their particularly high quality; most of these complement our articles and are also mentioned within the articles. Or go straight to the continent index pages: Cross-Continent, Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Australasia for the best travel information provided by other sites.

Contribute Articles —
Win CASH Prizes
If you would like to contribute a travel article with pictures then you have a great chance of winning a cash prize as a private individual in our ongoing FreeStyle competition. [More]

Menus & Site Features
The dropdown menu located near the top of this page appears in the same position on the Home Page and on important feature index pages. This allow you to quickly reach all important destinations on this site. The menu categories are: Explore for special site features, Plan Trip for travel services, Books for book services, Advertise for pages to help those wishing to advertise on this site, and Site Info for general site information.

Advertise on this Site
This site offers many different cost-effective options for advertisers in the travel industry. Click here for more details, but be sure to contact us if you would like to see more specific information and our rate card. Text ads and banner ads are available on most pages. You might also like to consider the special advertising spots offered on this Alt-Home page by our Featured Travel Resources — a central table, plus the free bonus of a randomly selected amplified text banner at the top of the page — or the Featured Travel Sites feature on our Home Page. Providing you have a suitable travel-related site, either of these gives you the highest possible profile. Why not consider supplying us with a Travel Note - your own tavel information to complement this site that includes links to your own site - in effect, and advertorial. Alternatively it is possible for you to add a related advertorial paragraph at the bottom of a chosen article page - provided it complements the article content.

Book Promotion
There's nothing better than a good book to take on vacation, so we promote good novels and travel books across our travel pages. Authors and publishers have the chance to set their titles alongside a bestseller! [More]