Across The Planet

So you are traveling to another country and think, what all you need to do and prepare, so that you avoid common travel problems and bugs. First check the International Travel tips site. If you are not from United States replace US with your country. Study the text and prepare yourself according to it. Try to find enough information about the place you visit. Try to not have, bunch of cash with you. Use credit cards, or travel cheques. Contact your credit card company and check are there any issues with them and country you go. Try to change some money before you depart. If you have a pet then check this site to. …click here to read more

So you want to live and work above the Great Barrier Reef on the exotic Hamilton island, work interesting job and be paid 150.000$ for a six month contract? Then this is a chance for you. Tourism Queensland is offering you a position of blogger. You need to move there and blog about the island and nature there. Take photos and videos, and then upload all that to blog. No special condition:
- you need to be enthusiastic
- to have good writing and speaking English skills
- to have at least one year similar job experience
- to have entertainment value (personality and creativity)
Best thing is that your accommodation is provided by them and as they say there is plenty of space if you choose to experience with the friend or family.

Final deadline for the job is 22. February.

More info about and application you can find at http://www.islandreefjob.com/.

I just found interesting list of largest and biggest cities on the world. Here are first twenty sorted by the estimated population at 01.01.2009. These are approximate figures so data on other sites can be different according to the different methods of measuring.

1. Tokyo (Japan) 33 800 000

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Plitvice lakes are set of 16 lakes in central Croatia near the west border of Bosnia And Hercegovina. Lakes are located on Plitvice plateau with highest lake located at 636 m above sea level and lowest at about 500 m above the sea level. Formation is over 8 km long. Korana river is formed from the water flow from last lake. Plitvice lakes are national park in Croatia and hills and mountains around are heavily forested. Rare fauna such as the European brown bear, wolf, eagle, owl, lynx, wild cat and capercaillie can be found there, along with many more common species. Plitvice lakes are major Croatian tourist attraction.

The park was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979 in recognition of its “outstanding natural beauty, and the undisturbed production of travertine (tuff) through chemical and biological action”. …click here to read more