http://www.odyssei.com Comoros, - lately on the site en-us Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:25:06 +0100 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:25:06 +0100 pet@odyssei.com (Piotr Jaworski) pjm@odyssei.com (Pawel Jaworski) http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24684.html Required travel documents for Comoros: passport [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24684.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24271.html Electric power: 220V / 50 Hz [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24271.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24013.html Area code to Comoros: +269 [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24013.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/9095.html Long-sleeved shirt, long pants, and a hat to wear while outside whenever possible, to prevent illnesses carried by insects (e.g., malaria, dengue, filariasis, leishmaniasis, and onchocerciasis). Insect repellent containing DEET. Bed nets impregnated w [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/9095.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/9091.html (The following list is not comprehensive. For greater details contact the Comorian Ministry of Tourism, Tel: 269 74-4242, or the Chamber of Commerce in Moroni, Tel: 269 73-0958.) Note: The country code for the Comoros is 269 you must dial that numNGAZIDJA [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/9091.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/9090.html The official languages of The Union of the Comoros are French and Arabic. French is the language of government while Arabic is the language of Islam, the major religion in the country. French is used as the official language on the island of Mayotte. In [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/9090.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/9089.html Located a little more than 10 degrees below the equator in the western Indian Ocean the islands have a maritime tropical climate. In the wet season from October to April, the predominant northerly winds of the Indian Ocean bring moist, warm air to the [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/9089.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/9088.html Railways: 0 km Highways: total: 880 km paved: 673 km unpaved: 207 km (1996 est.) Seaports and harbors: Fomboni, Moroni, Moutsamoudou Merchant marine: none (1999 est.) Airports: 4 (1999 est.) Airports - with paved runways: total: 4 2,43 [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/9088.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/9086.html Telephones - main lines in use: 5,000 (1995) Telephones - mobile cellular: 0 (1995) Telephone system: sparse system of microwave radio relay and HF radiotelephone communication stations domestic: HF radiotelephone communications and microwave radio [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/9086.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/9085.html Over the centuries, the islands of Comoros were invaded by a succession of diverse groups from the coast of Africa, the Persian Gulf, Indonesia, and Madagascar. Portuguese explorers visited the archipelago in 1505 and Arab migrants introduced Islam at abo [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/9085.html