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- Travel
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- Climate and Clothing: Summerweight clothing is worn year
- round. The dry season usually lasts from January to May.
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- Customs: Passports and visas are not required for US visitors
- who plan to stay up to 2 months; proof of US citizenship, photo
- ID, and onward/return ticket are required.
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- Health: Wash fruits and vegetables carefully and do not drink
- water from an unknown source. Tapwater is potable, however.
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- Telecommunications: Telephone, telefax, and cable services
- are reliable, of high quality, and readily available. The
- state-owned telephone system was modernized in the early 1980s,
- and international direct-dial service is available to most
- subscribers. There are two radio stations (state-owned National
- Broadcasting Service, and privately owned Radio Trinidad) and
- one state-owned television station with two channels (Trinidad
- and Tobago Television).
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- Trinidad and Tobago is on Atlantic standard time and
- therefore 1 hour ahead of Washington from October to April and
- on the same time as Washington from April to October.
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- Transportation: Trinidad's Piarco International Airport is
- served by several airlines including three US carriers. Air and
- coastal steamer connections to Tobago are available from
- Trinidad. Taxis and rental cars are available on both islands.
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- Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs,
- April 1989.
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