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Saturday, February 19, 2011

Guinea-Bissau

A very tiny ex-Portuguese colony. Of course with all the recent countries profiled. There have been three coups already in the 21st century. It is one of the poorest countries on earth. The major piece of its economy are cashew nuts.

Continent: Africa
Population: 1,650,000
HDI Rank: 164th
Neighbors: North - Senegal, East - Guinea


Coastline


Indigenous Village

National Monument

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18 comments:

  1. Every DayFebruary 19, 2011 at 10:09 AM

    starting to like the blog, a country a day. awesome.

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  2. Archon6February 19, 2011 at 1:09 PM

    When you're older, you should voyage your blog irl.

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  3. CharlesFebruary 19, 2011 at 2:58 PM

    this is really great, I am looking forward to learning about many new places

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 19, 2011 at 4:48 PM

    3 coups this century alone? Good lord!

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  5. MArkFebruary 19, 2011 at 5:27 PM

    If only I could travel to all these places, sigh.

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 19, 2011 at 6:06 PM

    Cashew nuts are the shit, great with pepper

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  7. HaraldFebruary 19, 2011 at 6:25 PM

    i wanna go there now :D.

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  8. Benny LavaFebruary 19, 2011 at 6:38 PM

    I liked the pictures. Interesting country.

    following and supporting =)

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  9. edFebruary 19, 2011 at 6:40 PM

    should of stayed a colony, independence isnt always the best option

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  10. Aaron M. GipsonFebruary 19, 2011 at 7:10 PM

    Yeah, I kinda agree with Ed. They would have become independent eventually anyway, but maybe not under a different dictator every week.

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  11. Elliot MacLeod-MichaelFebruary 19, 2011 at 8:10 PM

    Interesting stuff. Didn't even know this place existed. Following and supporting.

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  12. zepdragonFebruary 19, 2011 at 8:27 PM

    Never heard of this place, but always eager to learn new things. I've traveled to Switzerland and now I want to go and see more of the world. Following

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  13. donga5000February 19, 2011 at 9:00 PM

    Very pretty place from the looks of the pics

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  14. ZakakaFebruary 20, 2011 at 5:31 AM

    Wow, you're amazing! Going from country to country and writing a blog about it! I really do salute you :)

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  15. Bear_SharkFebruary 20, 2011 at 9:04 AM

    So this is where I get my cashews from?

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  16. UnknownFebruary 20, 2011 at 1:12 PM

    Wow, three coups already. I learn a lot from your posts. Keep them coming!

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  17. AnonymousFebruary 20, 2011 at 1:42 PM

    That looks pretty cool.

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  18. BruceFebruary 27, 2011 at 1:13 PM

    3rd world :/

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