There are Websites that we love to use as a family.  Here are the most significant ones:

•   Support for the people of Africa is now fashionable.  Celebrities are into sub-Saharan Africa in a big way.  It seems that we were ahead of their time, but of course not in their finance league.  However, every little bit helps

www.kenyaskids.org    - provides financial support for high school students, primarily girls

www.kiva.org                 - one-to-one microloans to people in Africa, it's amazing what just a few dollars will do

•   And for all those safaris, we trust Tropical Woods Adventures to get it right, every time.

www.trowoods.com

•   If we aren't going to Africa, there's a couple of travel companies that we have found to be excellent!  We always check with their offerings when making our tour plan

jim@bungey.com             - our friend Jim Wiedeman at Bungey Travel in Los Angeles.  We always use his services when we need to be creative

                    www.countrytours.com     - many US and Canada tours, plus international tours

                    www.internationalexpeditions.com - first rate tours - first class prices

                    www.vikingrivercruises.com - discovered them on the Yangtze - they also do Europe

•   Reference sites we find useful in our travels:

www.awf.org/wildlives/121     -        great pictures and descriptions of African wildlife

www.xe.com/ucc/                     -        universal currency converter

www.onlineconversion.com/   -        general measurement conversion tool

www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm  -  UN Cartographic resource

yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~mongoose/french/phrases.html - In case you end up in France J

    or, for the full treatment:  yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~mongoose/french/