Links Related to Jane Howard's Africa Trip

The trip is being planned by HLO Tours, Inc. in cooperation with Misr Travel (Egypt), Express Travel Group (Kenya), and Leopard Tours Limited (Tanzania).

If your web browser and e-mail software are configured properly, you should be able to click on any of the e-mail address links below to start an e-mail message to the address listed.

HLO Tours, Inc. (Hamdy Nossair or Cindy): hlotours@digital.net

Prof. Jane Howard at IRCC: jhoward@ircc.net

U.S. State Department

• The Bureau of Consular Affairs
• Travel and Living Abroad
• Services and Information for American Citizens Abroad
• Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets

Medical Travel Links

• Health Information for International Travel from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

General Info.

• The World Factbook from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
• Fodors MiniGuide to Cairo
• Gateway to Africa Magazine - Winner 2000 Magazine Publishers Association of South Africa PICA Award for best consumer publication published on the web
• The Arusha Node Marie Internet Society a non-profit society which has offered internet services at cost in Arusha and nearby towns in Tanzania since 1994.

Hotels and Lodges

• (Starwood) Sheraton Heliopolis Hotel Towers and Casino in Cairo - E-mail: sherhelo@rite.com
• Ramses Hilton in Cairo - E-mail: rhinet@intouch.com
• Lonrho Hotels Africa:
• • Mount Kenya Safari Club
  • Sweetwaters Tented Camp
• Serena Hotels: Safari Lodges - Hotels - Resorts
  E-mail addresses as follows:
• • Nairobi Serena Hotel: nairobi@serena.co.ke
  • Samburu Serena Safari Lodge: samburu@serena.co.ke
  • Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge: ngorongoro@serena.co.tz
  • Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge: serengeti@serena.co.tz
  • Kirawira Camp Western Serengeti: kirawira@serena.co.tz

Safari Outfitters & Suppliers

• Eagle Creek Luggage, Packs, and Travel Accessories
• TravelSmith for Safari vests, etc.

Foreign Language Sites Related to the Trip

• Center for the Advancement of Language Learning
• WordLanguage.Com with information about each county's: language, people, geography, and climate.
• • Egypt: Arabic and Coptic
  • Kenya & Tanzania: Swahili (a.k.a. Kiswahili) - one of over a dozen languages normally spoken
• SOON Online Magazine with information for tourists about more than 50 different languages
• • Egypt: Arabic
  • Central & East Africa including Kenya & Tanzania: Swahili (a.k.a. Kiswahili)
• The Language Index with quizes and audio support from TravLang.Com
• . Select the following for:
  • Egypt: Arabic
  • Kenya & Tanzania: Kiswahili/Swahili
• Kiswahili.Com an information source for east Africa
• Swahili Online Study Aids (including flashcards) from the University of Florida Center for African Studies
• The Internet Living Swahili Dictionary from Yale University