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| FOR NON-USA CITIZENS U.S. State Department Consular Affairs Home Page Look for your information first on. If you still have
questions, try this FAQ Other Topics link.
U.S. Customs || Traveler Info || FAQ's || Privately || Requirements in Brief International visitors can get a sales tax
refund at the airport |
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| Travel
Agencies in Louisiana
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| TravelNewOrleans.com
Specializing in wide array
of inclusive packages with extensions to B&Bs throughout Louisiana and 15 cities in
MexicoEscorted group tour packages
in Greater New Orleans since 1975"Where Southern Hospitality Begins" "Where Southern Hospitality Begins" for
destination management Travel agents in New Orleans (10) by yahoo Lists of w\
address, phone & mapquest map machine |
| Tours in Louisiana
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| Festival
Tours InternationalCajun country
& Music festival Tours not for tourists |
| Getting There
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Airport The three closest major hubs or transfer airports are Houston, Dallas, & Atlanta...Consider an extra leg for your trip to Mexico or the
Caribbean which is well served here...TAXI/airport flat rate for the New Orleans CBD is $21.00 for up to 3 people w\
$8.00 for each additional passenger versus $10 per person for the Airport Shuttle.
Click below for public transit option New Orleans International Airport by neworleans.com Ground Transportation, Parking,
Multi-lingual Visitor help, & more!By Plane Booking Your Flight by carnaval.com Our
often updated consumer web guide to not paying more than you have to for your flight.
Consumers are fortunate that href="http://www.iflyswa.com/">Southwest Airlines (in
'99 flys to 53 US Cities) serves New Orleans, no other action can cause greater savings
for consumers among price sensitive airfares. of New Orleans Airlines By travelbase.com.Our
often updated consumer web guide to not paying more than you have to for your flight.
Consumers are fortunate that Southwest Airlines (in
'99 flys to 53 US Cities) serves New Orleans, no other action can cause greater savings
for consumers among price sensitive airfares.
Taxi: The airport flat rate is $21.00
for up to 3 people $8.00 for each additional passenger, not to exceed 5. |
| State of Louisiana Maps
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Yahoo's
Map of New Orleans
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| Cajun
Country
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LafayetteTravel.com Convention and
Visitors Center || EmailCentered in
Lafayette, Acadiana's most complete visitors' magazine with more than 300 detailed
listings Tour
information for Cajun Country Austin Chronicle Guide to Southwestern Louisiana Published in
'96 featuring "an arbitrary
listing of food, music, and places of interest on the road between the Texas border and
the Atchafalaya"Central Acadiana Gateway by Louisiana State U -Eunice Visitor insight to 4 counties St. Landry Parish or CajunTravel.com Just North of Lafayette  Encyclopedia of Cajun CultureLook up the
facts and explore the mysteries Straight ahead & comprehensiveHome by Nick Cognevich, last update Dec. '97 |
| Media-Cajun Country
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| AbbevilleKROF Radio - krof.com/ Houma Houma.com - South Internet Louisiana Magazine Lake Charles AmericanPress.com
- American Press Eunice KEUN-KJJB Radio Lafayette katc.com KATC-TV - Morgan City Daily-review.com - The Daily Review New Iberia IberiaNet.com - The Daily Iberian Opelousas DailyWorld.com - The Daily World Thibodaux DailyComet.com - The Daily Comet |
| Safety
Tips
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| "Safety is primarily a matter of using your common sense." followed by exhaustive list. ALSO for highway emergency
situations, to report drunk drivers, or to request roadside assistance, please dial
*-L-S-P or "star-five-seven-seven" for Louisiana State Police Assistance |
| Weather
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Fifteen
day forecast by
accuweather.com Video
plus important information on how the weather is affecting various health
conditions. Conditions for the State by wunderground.com Quick reports on 10 Louisiana cities,
expandable.The Climate of New Orleans by Frenchquarter.com 12 month guide of what to expect |
| News
& Media
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| The New Orleans Times-Picayune and
the Advocate of Baton Rouge join 16 small
distinguished publications |
| Regional Guides
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| The
Dept. of Culture,
Recreation and TourismLouisiana TravelAmbitious well
designed site Louisiana by icorp.com |
| Louisiana's
Top Nine On-Line Cities
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| Travelbase.com/Louisiana | As of Feb. 1998 Supports 15
Louisiana Cities w/ Travel Phone Numbers and an offer to service providers to easily
"update or enhance" the info. (Yahoo's newest feature allowing
queries by business category will make it tough for this model to survive till our next
update) City.net/Louisiana by excite by excite | As of Feb. 1998 These 2nd place competitors to Yahoo (also
like Yahoo founded by recent Stanford University grads) were the first Search Engine to
set up value added link guides (like us) to as many locations as possible (not like
us). They supported 9 of the same cities as t/.
Runners-up for city.net include: Covington |Eunice | Hammond | Mandeville | Natchitoches
| Opelousas
| Ponchatoula
| Ruston
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Martinville Meanwhile
Port
Allen
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| Festivals & Holidays
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 [email protected]"The rhythms are heard not by the ear, but by the
spirit. A Calypso beat. A Canadian folk song. A tale of lost love. A plea to the
spirits...Beauty is everywhere- in the potter's clay, in the words of the playwright, in
the weave of the cloth, in the heart of the artist"
The rhythms are heard not by the ear, but by the
spirit. A Calypso beat. A Canadian folk song. A tale of lost love. A plea to the
spirits...Beauty is everywhere- in the potter's clay, in the words of the playwright, in
the weave of the cloth, in the heart of the artist"
Lafayette's 6-day free folk music festival at the end of April is probably the best in the
USA.
The World
Acadian Congress, to be held in Louisiana in 1999All family reunions will be organized by the particular family Search
by Month w\ contact phoneCajun & Zydeco Festivals by festivalfinder.com Gives
the much information and insight into the many music festivalsEvents & Festivals for New Orleans & Louisiana by aforum.com You can add your event of events guide in our
Forum area |
| History
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| The Civil War |
| Art & Culture
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"Evangeline"
is a much loved story about Arcadia by the famous 19th century
American poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Here on the cusp of the 21st century we realize
20th century modernism has not allowed much space for those who built Yet mythology by definition has the last laugh, easily outlasting the present as part of the
collective unconscious The poem celebrated its 150th birthday in 1997. Mark Twain by miningco.com |
| Sports
& Adventures
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| Mississippi River Home Page by
greatriver.comGuide publishers w\ a
book plus many links Louisiana Downs by DeBartolo Racing Horse Racing in ShreveportFind pictures of 13 of the most common ("in progress")Operates 6 visitor centers and sites
w\ HQ in New Orleans 504-589-2636. Includes cultural interpretation as part of its
mission. Jean Lafitte was a legendary pirate who helped Andrew Jackson defeat the British
at New Orleanswww.steamboats.org || Steamboat Links: Pics, sounds & RealVideoJack Daniels Destillery This site is best viewed with jack Daniels
Old No. 7 |
| Lists
of Links
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| GORP-Great Outdoor Recreation Pages Cajun &
Creole Online Members Links to nearly
60 sites starring Cajun Connection: New York and Acadiana Links by Chuck Taggart of [email protected] "Here's
where to go hear music and dance, where to eat, what to see ... laissez les bons temps
rouler"Selected Louisiana Resources by lsu.edu |
| Trade
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| CityBusinessThe Business newspaper of Metro New Orleans [email protected] Port of New Orleans | [email protected] The 15-mile Port is one of the world's largest in terms of tonnage and
possesses an illustrious history as well the world's largest coffee handling facility. Louisiana Department of Economic Development DED's International Trade Division helps
Louisiana companies export their goods and services and works to increase import
through the many Louisiana ports Also href="http://leap.nlu.edu/">LEAP (Louisiana
Electronic Assistance Program) has extensive economic data organized
by subject & countyUSA Export-Import Bank List of Links Reference
library of links to international trade, finance, business, government bodies,
international organizations, etc. The Ex-Im Bank helps
finance the overseas sale of U.S. products. |
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