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Your browser isn't supported. Trucs & astuces de grands voyageurs. Electricity around the world: everything about plugs, sockets, voltages, converters, etc. Last update: 9 January 2014 There are 15 types of electrical outlet plugs in use today, each of which has been assigned a letter by the U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration (ITA), starting with A and moving through the alphabet.

These letters are completely arbitrary: they don’t actually mandate anything. Click here for a global map showing the spread of the different plug types used around the world. Click here for a detailed list of the countries of the world with their respective plug and outlet types, voltage and frequency. Type A mainly used in the USA, Canada, Mexico & Japan (for a full list, click here)2 pinsnot grounded15 Aalmost always 100 – 127 Vsocket compatible with plug type A Learn more Type B mainly used in the USA, Canada, Mexico & Japan (for a full list, click here)3 pinsgrounded15 Aalmost always 100 – 127 Vsocket compatible with plug types A & B Type C Learn more Type D Learn more Type E Learn more Type F Learn more Type G Learn more Type H Learn more Type I.

Official State of Montana Vacation, Recreation, Accommodations a. India Travel Information and Travel Guide. India bristles with a mind-stirring mix of landscapes and cultural traditions. Your journey through this intoxicating country will blaze in your memory long after you've left its shores. The Great Outdoors From the soaring snow-dusted mountains of the far north to the steamy sun-washed beaches of the deep south, India's dramatic terrain is breathtaking.

Along with abundant natural beauties, exquisitely carved temples rise majestically out of pancake-flat deserts and crumbling old fortresses peer over plunging ravines. Aficionados of the great outdoors can scout for big jungle cats on wildlife safaris, paddle in the shimmering waters of one of many beautiful beaches, take blood-pumping treks high in the Himalaya, or simply inhale pine-scented air on meditative forest walks. Food, Glorious Food Brace yourself – you’re about to take one of the wildest culinary trips of your travelling life. Expect the Unexpected India loves to toss up the unexpected. Simply Soul Stirring Why I Love India.

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Europe (planned) Santillo's Brick Oven Pizza, a Time Machine in Elizabeth, New Jersey. SLIDESHOW: Santillo's Brick Oven Pizza, a Time Machine in Elizabeth, New Jersey The phone rings at Santillo's Brick Oven Pizza and Al Santillo Jr., third-generation bread-baker and pizza-maker, picks up. "Yeah? The usual? OK. Hidden down an alleyway between two houses in a sleepy section of Elizabeth, it's just the kind of place you'd expect that kind of exchange to happen. But old school doesn't mean the place has ossified. There's the 1959, the 1964, the 1967, among others — all of which I was lucky to see Al make when I visited recently. Santillo's Brick Oven Pizza 639 South Broad Street, Elizabeth NJ 07202 (map); 908-354-1887; websiteGetting there: Your best option, obviously, is to drive there, but if you want to visit from NYC, you can take the 115 NJTransit bus from Port AuthorityPizza style: Old-school New JerseyOven type: Massive 14-by-20-foot brick oven that was once fueled by coal, now by gasThe skinny: Al Santillo and his pizzeria?

I'm glad he did. Related: Explore :: Mosey. 36 Hours in St.-Tropez. Photo FRANCE’S most famous summer playground can be captured in one word: indulgence. Once the June sun starts to heat its bougainvillea-draped lanes and Mediterranean , mega-yachts pack into the harbor, Maseratis and Bentleys prowl the cobbled streets, gazillionaires arrive by helicopter at -pounding beach clubs, and Middle East royals and Asian industrialists shell out tens of thousands of dollars on Champagne in celebrity-packed nightclubs. Recent years have been fertile for new indulgences — not all of them reserved for the seven-figure set — thanks to new hotels, party spots and restaurants. Whatever your income bracket, there’s a place to play in . Friday 5:30 p.m.1) ST. Where does Paris Hilton crash when she’s in town? 8 p.m.2) AN INDIAN INTERLUDE The sunset apéro — short for apéritif — is a St. 9 p.m.3) STAR-STUDDED SUPPER Stars are everywhere at (Hôtel Sezz, Route des Salins; 33-4-94-44-53-11; hotelsezz-sainttropez.com).

Midnight4) THE CAVES OR THE QUAY? Saturday Sunday. 36 Hours in Santiago, Chile. Crowd-Sourcing for Travel Advice. Brazil Travel Guide - Travel to Brazil.