Travel research tips

I have done numerous travel researches in different parts of the world. Out of all, I enjoy researching on Japan trips the best. It's simply because I know Chinese words and some Japanese characters look similar to Chinese characters. Plus, I like Japan so much that I started learning Japanese for a few months time already. Besides, Japaneses are very organized that most of the site info are very informative. Here are some useful sites I must hit every time:

1. http://www.yahoo.co.jp/
2. http://www.navitime.co.jp/
3. http://www.walkerplus.com/
4. http://tabelog.com/
5. http://www.jalan.net/highclass/
6. http://www.superfuture.com/

My upcoming destination is Scotland. It is a huge hassle when I first started my research because some of the words seem like English but they actually are not. For example, I want to go fishing in Scotland and I am not a regular, so I was so confused with some words like fishing "beat", "rod" and "loch". At first I thought they are some fishing jargon, but they turn out to mean something else in Scottish English. Fishing "beat" means a fishing site. A rod is actually a fisherman and loch means lake. Below shows a bit of my favorite Scottish sites:

1. http://www.visitscotland.com/
2. http://www.tastings.com/spirits/scotch.html
3. http://www.fishpal.com/VisitScotland/index.asp?dom=VisitScotland
4. http://www.aonachmor.co.uk/index.html
5. http://www.glentanar.co.uk/
6. http://www.highlandclubdirect.com/
7. http://www.wildernesscottages.co.uk/index.asp