I've seen many travel sites poping up in the European Web market latelly, but haven't spent any time writing about them since they haven't introduced anything new (Austrian TripWolf for example, even dough I have a positive opinion about it). However, there is one site that went live recently, developed in UK, and ran from Bologna, Italy by Michael Phillips - JungleJam.TV.

JungleJam.TV specialises in making video guides of buildings and landmarks enriched with all the Web2.0 standards, such as geo-tagged Google maps, images, videos, audios, text, etc. The site does require a face lift, but being the first release, it is just fine - the desired functionality is there, the visual identity can come later since it requires extended investment. What I like the most about JungleJam.TV is that it focuses on cultural monuments such as art, curches, museums, and more, while not on clubs, restaurants and beaches (what most of the travel sites actually focus on). That makes it a unique web experience for cultural city hopping around Europe.

From the technical perspective, the site runs on Adobe's (originally Macromedia's) ColdFusion with support of unavoidable JavaScript and Ajax. Performance is more than satisfying.

What I'd like to see in the future from JungleJam.TV is the iPhone version of the site. It could become the most used city guide! Just imagine if you could avoid paying for audio guides in all the museums and galeries, or going through five different city guide books to find the information you need. Problem of "lost connection" inside buildings could be handled by "content pre ordering" that would upload desired guide to your iPhone...