# 19 Discovering Web 2.0 tools

Started checking out the "City guides & reviews" category from the Web 2.0 awards list, but was disappointed to find that all winners were U.S. based - only American cities. Even the honorable sites were restrictive - nothing European, Afrian, Asian, - though there was something on Australia. So abandoned them and tried the "Travel" category. Looked at realtravel.com which was much more interesting. Has all the usual accommodation, flights, etc info, plus travel guides, blogs, maps, pictures and forums covering a wide range of destinations. Love checking out what other travellers think about the places you're going to and getting travel tips. You can write your own travel blog and use their trip planner. They also provide links to other applications such as del.icio.us. So when you don't have a particular travel guide on the shelf this is a good website to direct your library user to. Easy to join, I'll be using this one in the future.