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17 May 2012
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Questions about trip planning
Hi there,
I am from Hong Kong & I shall be making a trip from SFO to Agentina and would like to learn a few things:
1. Can the US phone card (prepaid type) be used all over central & s. america? Or I need to buy a phone card in each and every country I plan to stay longer than 3 days? What is the cheapest way to have mobile phone service?
2. How easy it is to get internet access or WiFi? I will bring my netbook.
3. Do you think I can buy a secondhand Garmin maps to be used on my GPSMAP 276C? It seems too expensive just to buy a new map and use it only once.
Any other advise would also be appreciated.
Cheers,
Franki
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17 May 2012
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Hi Franki, Not sure about phone cards, but there's a fair bit of wifi around the places I've been (although not on a bike YET!) so you could use skype to call home, I'm sure you can search that info out somewhere though.
As for getting maps you can downoad free GPS maps from Free worldwide routable Garmin maps from OpenStreetMap
On a side note, definitely bring a GPS from home, the prices for electronics here in Peru and most of latin america are absolutely astronomical (I found a $170 GPS selling in radioshack for the equivalent $720! can you beleive it?!)
Good luck!
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18 May 2012
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I´m using a GoSIM international sim card - which is pretty useful as a backup - but I generally just use Skype on my notebook to keep in touch. There is WiFi and internet pretty much everywhere.
There is quite a bit of info on the kit I am using, route, prep etc - and my bike - on my blog (see link below)
Pat
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24 May 2012
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Thanks you guys for the info. I think all the info provided are good for my planning. Any more is also welcomed.
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9 Jul 2012
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Great information. Thanks to all from me as well.
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10 Jul 2012
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Check out this link on local gps maps to CA
Cenrut.org • Ver foro - OVERVIEW OF THE CENRUT PROJECT (in English)
I don't travel by GPS, mostly by the seat of my pants and where my gut leads me, but I have some local friends that swear by this site. Let me know if it is of any help.
Franki, when are you planning on being around Guatemala. I am of chinese ancestry, and there is a group of us that would love to meet you and take you around while here. PM with details if you wish.
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