http://www.odyssei.com Sierra Leone, - lately on the site en-us Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:33:26 +0100 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:33:26 +0100 pet@odyssei.com (Piotr Jaworski) pjm@odyssei.com (Pawel Jaworski) http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24755.html Required travel documents for Sierra Leone: passport [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24755.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24304.html Electric power: 220V / 50 Hz [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24304.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24043.html Area code to Sierra Leone: +232 [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24043.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/10453.html Sierra Leone is bordered to the northwest, north and northeast by Guinea Republic, and to the southeast by Liberia. To the south and southwest lies the Atlantic Ocean. A flat plain up to 110km (70 miles) wide stretches the length of the coast except for t [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/10453.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/10452.html Sierra Leone has a surface land area of 72,325 kilometers with marshy coastal areas that rise to a plateau in the north and east and the highest elevation point of Mount Durukonko at 11,948 meters. The country has a humid tropical climate, tending towards [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/10452.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/10451.html Sierra Leone derives its name from Portuguese explorers who, when first sighting the land in the year 1405 during a fierce storm, mistakenly interpreted the sound of thunder coming from the mountains as roaring lions. Other folklore tradition states that [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/10451.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/8976.html Telephones - main lines in use: 25,000 (2001), 17,000 (1995) Telephones - mobile cellular: 30,000 (2001) Telephone system: marginal telephone and telegraph service domestic: the national microwave radio relay trunk system connects Freetown to Bo an [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/8976.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/8975.html Railways: total: 84 km narrow gauge: 84 km 1.067-m gauge note: Sierra Leone has no common carrier railroads; the existing railroad is private and used on a limited basis while the mine at Marampa is closed (2001, 1999 est.) Highways: total: 11,700 [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/8975.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/8974.html Telephones - main lines in use: 25,000 (2001), 17,000 (1995) Telephones - mobile cellular: 30,000 (2001) Telephone system: marginal telephone and telegraph service domestic: the national microwave radio relay trunk system connects Freetown to Bo an [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/8974.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/8973.html The written history of Sierra Leone begins in 1462, when Portuguese explorers first landed and named the country "Lion Mountains". Europeans used the land as a source for slaves, but in 1787, the now capital Freetown was established as city for former sla [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/8973.html