Kay Chung
Posted in Caribbean Islands, Internet Abroad, Sailings
My Experience with a Prepaid UTS Chippie Simcard in Bonaire and Curacao
(June – August 2018) The UTS Chippie store is easy to find in Kralendijk, Bonaire. There are many options for data and/or calling plans. I purchased a Chippie SIM Card (USD 7) and a 6GB data plan (USD 52),
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Kay Chung
Posted in Caribbean Islands, Internet Abroad, Sailings
My Experience with Digicel Simcard in Trinidad
(February – May 2018) In Chaguaramas, Trinidad, I took a Maxi Taxi (Bus) to buy a SIM Card from the Digicel store at the West Moorings Shopping Mall. A SIM Card costs 44 Trinidadian Dollars (about USD 7) when you add 3GB data (for 30 days) with 200 local call minutes the cost rises to 289 Trinidadian Dollars (about USD 44) including tax.
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Kay Chung
Posted in Internet Abroad, South America
(January – February 2018) In Suriname, I bought a SIM Card from the Digicel store in Paramaribo, Capital of Suriname. SIM Card cost 30 Suriname Dollars (about USD4) and 6GB data cost 153 Suriname Dollars (about USD21) which is good for 30 days. I paid it by US Dollars and received change in Suriname Dollars.
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Kay Chung
Posted in Atlantic Islands, Internet Abroad, Sailings
(December 2017) There are many stores selling Unitel SIM Cards in the Cabo Verde Islands. I purchased a Prepaid Unitel SIM Card from a small local electronic store in Espagos Town in Sal Island. It cost 100 local money ‘Escudos’ (about USD1.1) and it came with a balance of 50 Escudos (about 55 cents/USD).
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Kay Chung
Posted in Atlantic Islands, Internet Abroad, Sailings
(October to November 2017) In the Canary Islands, I purchased a Prepaid SIM Card from a Movistar store in downtown Arrecife in Lanzarote Island. It cost 15 Euros (about USD18) for a SIM Card. It came with a balance of 15 Euros so the physical SIM Card didn’t cost anything.
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Kay Chung
Posted in Atlantic Islands, Internet Abroad, Sailings
(July to October 2017) The first island we arrived at in the Azores, is Flores Island. It took us 14 days of sailing from Bermuda. The only SIM Card available in Flores Island was an “UZO” SIM Card. It was sold at the local post office. (CTT)
In bigger Azorean islands,
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Kay Chung
Posted in Atlantic Islands, Internet Abroad, Sailings
*** My Experiences with “One Communications” Internet Access in Bermuda (June 2017) ***
In order to buy a Simcard for my phone (Internet Data Plan and Calls/Messages) in Bermuda, I went to the ‘One Communications Store’ in Saint George, Bermuda. The store is in the main tourist area.
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Kay Chung
Posted in Internet Abroad, Korea
(April 12 to 23, 2017) For phone calls and the internet access in Korea (12 days), I purchased a Korean SIM Card from a small bookstore (Arrival Floor at the Incheon Airport). This store is located at the opposite side of Exit Door #7 (to Outside). The door numbers are sequential.
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Kay Chung
Posted in Central America, Internet Abroad
*** My Experiences with Claro SIM Card in Guatemala (February to April 2016) ***
In Guatemala, I bought a Claro SIM card because a Claro store is conveniently located by the Municipal Pier in Livingstone. I paid about 15 Quetzals (US$2) for a SIM card. It came with 150 MB data.
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Kay Chung
Posted in Caribbean Islands, Internet Abroad, South America
*** My Experiences with Movistar SIM Card (January to February 2016) ***
There are two stores selling SIM Cards in Providencia. Both recommended that I get the ‘Movistar SIM Card’. It cost 10,000 Colombian Pesos (COP) for a SIM card. The setup is simple. A couple of setup problems might be because (1) it is in Spanish and (2) there is no printed list of special code.
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