Travel Resources: Exploring the World of Your Students

Tools for Exploring

• Currency Calculator - http://www.x-rates.com/calculator.html
• Embassy World - http://www.embassyworld.com/
• Flags of the World - http://imagesoft.net/flags/flags.html
• International Telephone Directory - http://www.embassyworld.com/directories/global_telephone.html
• International Voltage Directory - http://www.embassyworld.com/directories/International_Voltages.html
• LookWAYup: Translating Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Search Tool - http://lookwayup.com/free/dictionary.htm
• National Geographic Maps - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps
• Phrases in 66 Languages - http://www.travlang.com/languages
• Time Converter - http://www.timezoneconverter.com/

U.S. Government Resources

• Portals to the World, U.S. Library of Congress - http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
• Travel Spotlight, U.S. Customs & Border Protection - http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/xp/cgov/travel/
• Travel Warnings, U.S. Department of State - http://travel.state.gov/
• Travelers' Health, National Center for Infectious Diseases - http://www.cdc.gov/travel/
• World Fact Book - http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

Searching GOOGLE.COM
Each link below creates a Google-search for that specific country.

Africa-Sub-Saharan
Angola -- Benin -- Botswana -- Burkina Faso -- Burundi -- Cameroon -- Cape Verde -- Central African Republic -- Chad -- Comoros -- Cote d'lvoire -- Democratic Republic of Congo -- Equatorial Guinea -- Eritrea -- Ethiopia -- Gabon -- Ghana -- Guinea -- Guinea-Bissau -- Kenya -- Lesotho -- Madagascar -- Malawi -- Mali -- Mauritania -- Mauritius -- Mozambique -- Namibia -- Niger -- Nigeria -- Republic of Congo -- Rwanda -- Sao Tome & Principe -- Senegal -- Seychelles -- Sierra Leone -- Somalia -- South Africa -- Sudan -- Swaziland -- Tanzania -- The Gambia -- Togo -- Uganda -- Zambia -- Zimbabwe 

East Asia and the Pacific
North Asia
China -- Japan -- Mongolia -- North Korea -- South Korea
South East Asia
Brunei -- Cambodia -- Indonesia -- Lao PDR -- Malaysia -- Myanmar -- Philippines -- Singapore -- Thailand -- Vietnam
The Pacific Region
Australia -- Kiribati -- East Timor -- Fiji  -- Federated States of Micronesia -- Marshall Islands -- New Zealand -- Palau -- Papua New Guinea -- Samoa -- Solomon Islands -- Tonga -- Vanuatu

Europe and Central Asia
Albania -- Armenia -- Azerbaijan -- Belarus -- Belgium -- Bosnia -- Bulgaria -- Croatia -- Czech -- Denmark -- Estonia -- Finland -- France -- Georgia -- Germany -- Greece -- Hungary -- Iceland -- Ireland -- Italy -- Kazakhstan -- Kyrgyz -- Latvia -- Lithuania -- Luxembourg -- Macedonia -- Moldova -- Netherlands -- Norway -- Poland -- Portugal -- Romania -- Russia -- Slovakia -- Slovenia -- Spain -- Sweden -- Switzerland -- Tajikistan -- Turkey -- Turkmenistan -- Ukraine -- United Kingdom -- Uzbekistan -- Yugoslavia

Latin America and the Caribbean
Antigua -- Argentina -- Barbados -- Belize -- Bolivia -- Brazil -- Chile -- Colombia -- Costa Rica -- Cuba -- Dominica -- Dominican Republic -- Eastern Caribbean States -- Ecuador -- El Salvador -- Grenada -- Grenadines -- Guatemala -- Guyana -- Haiti -- Honduras -- Jamaica -- Mexico -- Nicaragua -- Panama -- Paraguay -- Peru -- St.Vincent -- St. Lucia -- St. Kitts and Nevis -- Suriname -- The Bahamas -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Uruguay -- Venezuela

Middle East and North Africa
Algeria -- Bahrain -- Djibouti -- Egypt -- Iran -- Iraq -- Israel -- Jordan -- Kuwait -- Lebanon -- Morocco -- Oman -- Qatar -- Saudi Arabia -- Syria -- Tunisia -- United Arabia Emirates-- West Bank -- Yemen

South Asia
Afghanistan -- Bangladesh -- Bhutan -- India -- Maldives -- Nepal -- Pakistan -- Sri Lanka