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ChecMark · 12-23-2007

Thank you to those of you who have been very helpful to me these last few weeks. Tomorrow is the "big day" when I leave the cold and slush of winter behind in Canada and head south to paradise.

I'm not sure what sort of internet access I will have on the way down, but I will try to post updates on my travels as I go. If anyone has any suggestions on the best way to do this please let me know. I have a wifi Dell Laptop, which around here anyway, searches for any available public networks. I also have an NEC 525 Quad phone, and I'm planning on buying pay-as-you-go SIM cards in each country. This isn't so much for internet access, as I assume it will be expensive, but just so I have a cell phone in case of an emergency.

I was delighted to discover my Automobile Association membership here in BC covers me all the way through Mexico. Hopefully I won't need it, but it's nice to have as a backup.

I'm new to the forum, so I'm not really sure whether anyone is interested in my trip reports, so please let me know if this is not the right place to post this type of report. If it is, your words of encouragement would certainly help, along with any advice you have on where to stay or eat. I'm optimistically hoping to do the trip in ten days.

Happy holidays to everyone!

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ChecMark Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 30 Rep Power: 0	Canada to Panama Thank you to those of you who have been very helpful to me these last few weeks. Tomorrow is the "big day" when I leave the cold and slush of winter behind in Canada and head south to paradise. I'm not sure what sort of internet access I will have on the way down, but I will try to post updates on my travels as I go. If anyone has any suggestions on the best way to do this please let me know. I have a wifi Dell Laptop, which around here anyway, searches for any available public networks. I also have an NEC 525 Quad phone, and I'm planning on buying pay-as-you-go SIM cards in each country. This isn't so much for internet access, as I assume it will be expensive, but just so I have a cell phone in case of an emergency. I was delighted to discover my Automobile Association membership here in BC covers me all the way through Mexico. Hopefully I won't need it, but it's nice to have as a backup. I'm new to the forum, so I'm not really sure whether anyone is interested in my trip reports, so please let me know if this is not the right place to post this type of report. If it is, your words of encouragement would certainly help, along with any advice you have on where to stay or eat. I'm optimistically hoping to do the trip in ten days. Happy holidays to everyone!