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Recreation and Travel: Guinea Bissau

Includes tourism, sports, food and drink, links to embassies, U.S. State Department advisories

Created and maintained by the
 African & Middle Eastern Division,
Collections and Services Directorate

Afrol News (http://www.afrol.com/)
A portal link to vast resources for sub-Saharan African countries.

CNN Interactive -- Africa (http://www.cnn.com/)
Current information on weather, business, science, tourism, etc.

Lonely Planet - Destinations (http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/)
Search by country to find information on travel, attractions, history, culture, and environment. of that location.

MSN Encarta (http://encarta.msn.com)
"Posts facts about this country's geography and history along with images, maps, and news updates." Search e-library for periodical articles.

National Center for Infectious Diseases Traveler's Health (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) (http://www.cdc.gov/travel/)
The US CDC issues health warnings and advisories and related materials for countries around the world.

Travel Document Systems (http://www.traveldocs.com/)
A source for information about the documents required for travel to a particular country. The forms themselves are offered in PDF format as well as basic travel information.

US-Africa.org (http://us-africa.tripod.com/index.html)
"Open Window to Africa for business, travel and education...provides -country files, photo albums, an impressive collection of pan African links, an event calendar and extensive information about economy, history, and culture."

United States. Department of State (http://www.state.gov)
Numerous documents concerning diplomatic and international relations, travel advice and warnings relating to the countries of the world are available on the State Department's official site by searching under a particular country's name.

Websites of U.S. embassies and consulates (http://usembassy.state.gov/)
Provides information on US government mission and services, and public and private sector information on each country.

World Health Organization (http://www.who.int/)
The official site of the WHO offers text in English, French or Spanish on its mission and health initiatives, programs and warnings world wide.

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  December 9, 2005
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