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Kindle 2011: Why I’m Buying Another Kindle for International Travel

Kindle for travel - thailand

I’m already sold on my Kindle for travel. I bought what is now known as a Kindle Keyboard, earlier this year.  The device is great, and I’ll tell you why in a moment. But the thing is, I need to buy another one. My partner has high-jacked my Kindle! He won’t give it back. He’s a voracious reader and I have to steal the Kindle away from him or read my eBooks on my netbook. Fortunately for me, Amazon have released a whole bunch of new Kindle’s – some of which are even available for international customers. In order from cheapest to most expensive [...] Read more »

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Thailand Prepaid Internet: Prepaid SIM Card for Thailand Visitors

Cell Phone Seller, Thailand Photo Credit: bluemonkey via flickr.com CC

OK – so you are planning to travel to Thailand and you want to stay in contact with the peeps back home. In today’s inter-connected world you may be just assuming that your smart phone/ iPad /netbook will just WORK. Well – yes it probably will – at a price.  Not working out how you want to connect to home can cost you heaps if you just assume that you can just use your home phone. I mean hundreds and hundreds of dollars, in a few days. Yes international roaming is a huge profit centre for your local friendly ISP or teleco. If [...] Read more »