Mobile phone application
I had a GPS for the States, paper map for Mexico and Guatemala and nothing else por the rest of my trip but most of the time a relied on signs and people's instructions (I am a spanish speaker though). I did not feel a real frustration of not having a GPS or detailed maps of every single country but it would have been nice.
Whilst reading the trip stories of porkandcorn, I thought it was a great thing to instal on my phone the same application than him and I think this would be very helpful for future trips when it is not possible to have internet connection. I you have the means to download this application then it would be a plus. I quote porkand corn here:
"already appreciating the download of the "maps with me" iphone app. i uploaded maps to all the south american countries i'll be visiting, and it just like having google maps at home. the difference: i'm offline and am still able to search like normal."
On their site they say : "MapsWithMe is available for your iPhone, iPad, iPod ( Lite and Pro), Android ( Lite and Pro) and Kindle Fire ( Lite and Pro). "
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