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- <text id=93CT1710>
- <title>
- Guinea-Bissau--Travel
- </title>
- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--CIA Factbook
- Northern Africa
- Guinea-Bissau
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>CIA World Factbook</source>
- <hdr>
- Travel
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Clothing: Lightweight, loose-fitting. washable clothing is
- recommended.
- </p>
- <p> Currency: The Guinea-Bissau peso not convertible outside the
- country. Dollars and travelers' checks can be exchanged at the
- national bank. Some hotels and stores accept only hard currency
- for payments.
- </p>
- <p> Customs: Visas are required of US citizens and must be
- obtained before arrival; airport visas are not issued.
- Immunization against yellow fever is required.
- </p>
- <p> Health: Sanitation is poor in Bissau. Tap water is not
- potable. The two hospitals are inadequately staffed, and
- medicines often are in short supply. In addition to yellow
- fever, typhus, typhoid, cholera, rabies, and tetanus
- immunizations and malaria suppressants are recommended.
- Malaria, gastrointestinal infections, bilharzia, and
- tuberculosis are endemic.
- </p>
- <p> Telecommunications: Internal telephone communications are
- adequate. International calls must be routed through Lisbon and
- must be prearranged. Telegraphic communications generally are
- reliable but often delayed. Bissau is five times zones ahead of
- eastern standard time, in the Greenwich mean zone.
- </p>
- <p> Transportation: Regular air service links Bissau with Lisbon,
- Dakar, Conakry, Banjul, Luanda, Sao Tome, and Cape Verde. Poor
- road conditions make travel by land between Guinea-Bissau and
- Senegal difficult. Land transportation between Guinea-Bissau and
- Guinea is almost impossible. Taxis and city buses operate in
- Bissau. Accommodations in Bissau are limited.
- </p>
- <p>Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs,
- February 1989.
- </p>
-
- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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