Communications

  Keeping in touch with your friends, family and fellow travellers is easier nowadays than ever before.  Communication by letter has now been greatly enhanced by:   

The Internet/email

• get a free email address eg from www.msn.com, www.yahoo.co.uk or www.gmail.com
• use internet cafes - see www.cybercafe.com for locations
• use internet to phone facility
• write a blog

Mobile phones

• some people would never take one! 
• they are useful in an emergency 
• buy a local sim card
• buy a sim card before you go eg through www.worldsim.com

Normal phones

• think about pre-paid phonecards
• look at charge cards eg www.ekit.com