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- <text id=93CT1671>
- <title>
- Djibouti--Travel
- </title>
- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--CIA Factbook
- Northern Africa
- Djibouti
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>CIA World Factbook</source>
- <hdr>
- Travel
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Climate and clothing: Light-weight clothing is recommended
- year round. Although rainfall is rare, it can be heavy.
- </p>
- <p> Customs: Visas must be obtained, prior to arrival, either
- from a Djiboutian Embassy, where one exists, or from a French
- Embassy. U.S. currency can be exchanged in Djibouti.
- </p>
- <p> Health: Djibouti is free of many of Africa diseases. Malaria,
- however, is prevalent. Infected wounds are difficult to cure.
- No immunization are required for entry, but malaria suppressants
- are recommended.
- </p>
- <p> Be careful of food and drink. Although officials maintain
- that well water from the Ambouli Oasis is pure at the source,
- the city water system is prone to multiple breaks and
- penetrations that make tapwater unsafe. Drink bottled mineral
- water, available in all local hotels and restaurants.
- </p>
- <p> Djibouti has few doctors, and the one civilian hospital has
- less than adequate facilities.
- </p>
- <p> Transportation: Djibouti's railroad links Djibouti Harbor
- with Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Tourists however, are allowed to
- ride the railway only as far as the border town of Al Sabieh.
- Also, one hard-surfaced road links Djibouti with the
- Assab-Addis Ababa Highway in Ethiopia. All other roads are
- merely tracks, often impassable because of volcanic activity and
- otherwise only usable by four-wheel-drive vehicles.
- </p>
- <p> Djibouti has three flights a week to France, two weekly
- flights to Addis Ababa, and other scheduled flights. Local
- taxis are plentiful.
- </p>
- <p> Telecommunications: International telephone and telegraph
- services are generally reliable. Djibouti is eight standard time
- zones ahead of eastern standard time.
- </p>
- <p> Tourist attractions: Lake Assal, a body of saltwater 128 km.
- (80 mi.) west of the city of Djibouti, is the lowest point in
- Africa and the second lowest point on Earth. Do not travel
- outside the capital city without an experienced guide and
- vehicles equipped for rough terrain. Djiboutians are heirs to a
- tradition of individuality, independence, and hospitality. They
- are proud of their nation and are friendly to Americans.
- </p>
- <p>Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs,
- February 1988.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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