First Time Overseas Experience

This section contains a list of all the websites that were used to help make life a little easier for you in your experience overseas.  These sites are in their respective sections on this website, but if you need quick access to them they are all listed below.

1. 
     www.usps.com/passport

Obtain a passport

2. 
     www.countrycallingcodes.com. 

Find out your country  calling code

3.  www.skype.com 

 Internet telephone service

4. 
     www.xe.com

Find out any 2 currencies.

5. 
     www.travlang.com 

Learn common words or phrases

6. 
    www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Tells you important info from weather, population, currency and maps.

7.  www.fiba.com

The organization that oversees every international team (ex. Similar to the NCAA)

8.  www.google.com or www.msn.com

Popular search engines

9.  www.moneygram.com, www.westernunion.com Services that allow you to wire money

10.      
     www.cdc.gov/travel/destinat.htm

Official website for Center for Disease Control

www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1765.html

Official site for the Consular

http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/embassies/embassies_1214.html

Official site for US Embassy information

http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/emergencies/emergencies_1205.html

Emergency info for you if you get into any trouble.