Travelling in an English speaking country?
Planning to visit or study?
Links to guides to English speaking countries,
radio stations, local slang and more.
Australia While standard English is spoken in most parts of the city centres,
as soon as you venture a few kilometres from the city, your understanding
of the spoken language around you will drop, unless you're familiar with
Australian slang. The further out you go from the city, the more slang
people use. Take a Captain Cook at these links to find out more.
Aussie Slang Lot of information about Australia slang and guides on how to communicate
with Australians.
Lonely
Planet Guide to Australia Plan on backpacking around Australia? Want to experience the local
culture? Then Lonely Planet Australia is the book for you. Covering the
basics of almost everything in over 1000 pages, Lonely Planet Australia
will help you save money, time, and stress. If you're looking to have an
expensive holiday then you won't need this book as it focuses on the things
you can do in the back streets, hostels, pubs and other exciting and dangerous
places in this English speaking country. For the younger traveller who
wants to have fun. Note: to fit all the information in the print is quite
small and the maps are fairly basic.
Ireland
Lonely Planet Guide to Ireland Visiting Ireland? Hope to be able to have a Guinness in the pub with
the locals? You'll have to understand the local culture first. This is
the book to help you.
