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Mobile Phones and 3G in Australia – “Yes” to Optus

23 Feb

If you’re traveling anywhere outside your domestic mobile phone provider coverage it’s gonna be expensive.  As I always do when I travel to another country, I came to Australia with the intentions on getting a SIM card from a local provider for my phone and buying pre-paid calling plan.  In Australia, there are four major [...]

Traveling to Australia

20 Feb

It’s summer in Oz yet flights are relatively inexpensive as of this post. Maybe because it’s end of summer but maybe because less people are traveling in this economy. A great time to travel! I bought my flight from San Francisco to Sydney for less than $800 US. My biggest debate was going with United [...]

Customized Travel Guidebooks

29 Jan

Ever wanted a travel guidebook that contained only the cities and places you’re visiting? And only the content you’re interested in? Well, now you can with OffBeat Guides. Offbeat Guides are the first travel guidebooks that you create online using the most current travel information available on the internet for over 30,000 travel destinations. These [...]

Bolting from NYC to Philly

17 Jan

Traveling on the east coast is much different than on the west coast. There are so many more choices here. When I asked some friends how to get from New York City to Philadelphia I got three different answers, neither of which involved flying. AmTrak, New Jersey Transit, and bus were the options. Originally I [...]

24 hours in Iguazu

15 Dec

My friend Gigi told me the falls of Iguazu was a must see/do in Argentina. In her two year travels around the world she said it was one of the most amazing things she had seen. And she sold it hard checking in twice with me on Facebook to make sure I was going! A [...]

Advantage of the microSD card while on the go

3 Dec

Using an SD card adapter you can use a microSD in your digital camera. When I’m not traveling with a laptop of have access to a computer, I just put the microSD in my N95 phone to email or upload photos to the internet. I’ve been using memory from Kingston and has worked beautifully.

Travel Power Backup

1 Dec

The PowerMonkey is a savior that provides enough juice to fully charge my Nokia N95 a couple times. It came with a bunch of interchangeable adapters to not only charge other devices but plug into any outlet to recharge the power source once you are able to get to one. Mine also came with a [...]

Subte WiFi

1 Dec

Not only is the subway in Buenos Aires a cheap way to go cross town (in our case from our pad in Palermo to the downtown areas in Centro) but each stop has free WiFi. :: sent via nokia n95 ::

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