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Features

NetEscapes (tm)
Great adventures, excursions and escapes. Expand your horizons, learn about other cultures, share adventures.

Armchair Cuisine
Cuisine connected to time, place and memory: recipes, food and wine, ingredients and preparation - virtual synesthesia. Recreate a memory, create future memories with our recipes.

The Time Warp
**What is Armchair World's Time Warp? It's a glimpse into our past and a look into possible futures. Articles include "Los Angeles in the 1930's", "Women Inventors" and more.**

Perspectives on Science
Our perspective on the physical world. Find out how rainbows are formed. Learn how Human Factors research has impacted industry, technology and our everyday life.

The Well Informed Traveler
Almost everything you need to know about travel. Add this to your "A" list for future travel research. Topics include tourist bureaus, protecting yourself against terrorism, travel scams, customs regulations, information by country and much more.

Travel Medicine
**Keep up with topics in travel medicine by travel and tropical medicine. Be prepared before you go. A must for the well informed traveler and particularly for the adventure traveler.**

On Mental Health
Investigate the world of psychiatry with the layperson in mind.

On Self Defense
Topics on self defense and karate - both philosophical and practical.

Armchair World's Artcam
Our water sculpture pattern generator

Services

Airline Tickets
Book domestic and international flights on-line in real time.

Hotel Reservations
Book over 1000 hotels on line and in real time. Great rates!

Travel-Related Insurances
Come to Armchair World for tour, cruise and travel insurance. We are also agents for several International Major Medical Insurances. These insurances are available to U.S. citizen traveling abroad and foreign national traveling outside their home country. We also carry evacuation insurance - a must - especially for adventure travelers.

Rail Passes
Book on line. A unique way to travel!

Travel Specials
**Timely specials. We've chosen carefully. They are all special. Some are inexpensive but price isn't the only criterion.**

Charters
Luxury yacht and jet charters where getting there could be the best part of the trip.

Touring Resources
We have organized these by specialty. Each tour provider has an interesting and informative description of what they do. So if you want to go trekking.....

Specialty Accommodations
Here are some great hotels, spas, and b&b's. Each has a description giving you a bit of the flavor of the place. Unwind, rekindle, spark, or just plain lay back. The great ones are here. And, you can book through us!

Medical/Health Services
Travel Medicine Services including inoculations and health preparation for travel to exotic locales.

Public Service Announcements
These are announcements of upcoming events, solicitations for a good cause and the like.

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Features

NetEscapes (tm) Great adventures, excursions and escapes. Expand your horizons, learn about other cultures, share adventures.

Armchair Cuisine Cuisine connected to time, place and memory: recipes, food and wine, ingredients and preparation - virtual synesthesia. Recreate a memory, create future memories with our recipes.

The Time Warp What is Armchair World's Time Warp? It's a glimpse into our past and a look into possible futures. Articles include "Los Angeles in the 1930's", "Women Inventors" and more.

Perspectives on Science Our perspective on the physical world. Find out how rainbows are formed. Learn how Human Factors research has impacted industry, technology and our everyday life.

The Well Informed Traveler Almost everything you need to know about travel. Add this to your "A" list for future travel research. Topics include tourist bureaus, protecting yourself against terrorism, travel scams, customs regulations, information by country and much more.

Travel Medicine Keep up with topics in travel medicine by travel and tropical medicine. Be prepared before you go. A must for the well informed traveler and particularly for the adventure traveler.

On Mental Health Investigate the world of psychiatry with the layperson in mind.

On Self Defense Topics on self defense and karate - both philosophical and practical.

Armchair World's Artcam Our water sculpture pattern generator

Services

Airline Tickets Book domestic and international flights on-line in real time.

Hotel Reservations Book over 1000 hotels on line and in real time. Great rates!

Rail Passes Book on line. A unique way to travel!

Travel Specials Timely specials. We've chosen carefully. They are all special. Some are inexpensive but price isn't the only criterion.

Charters Luxury yacht and jet charters where getting there could be the best part of the trip.

Touring Resources We have organized these by specialty. Each tour provider has an interesting and informative description of what they do. So if you want to go trekking.....

Specialty Accommodations Here are some great hotels, spas, and b&b's. Each has a description giving you a bit of the flavor of the place. Unwind, rekindle, spark, or just plain lay back. The great ones are here. And, you can book through us!

Medical/Health Services Travel Medicine Services including inoculations and health preparation for travel to exotic locales.

Public Service Announcements These are announcements of upcoming events, solicitations for a good cause and the like.