mobile phones...did you buy sim cards?? or just international roaming?

Leisha,

Unfortunately, I don't have much experience with the sim cards in my travels in South and Central America - even though I traveled there. You may have to buy different sim cards in different countries.

I can tell you this...in the places I visited it was not terribly uncommon to have international phone places that seemed to offer relatively cheap international rates. I was calling back to the States as that is home for me and the most I paid was $.25 USD/minute (which I realize does add up, but didn't call all that often).

Have you considered Skype (www.skype.com)? You'd then just need to find an internet cafe (fairly common in my travels in Central/South America) and log onto your account. You could get an inexpensive headset so you could call. That was even less expensive, other than possibly a little inconvenient to find internet and computers (unless you're bringing a laptop).

I'd definitely research with your mobile phone company with just turning on international roaming. I realize you may not be American, but in my research was told to call internationally from my countries (Ecuador especially) back to the States it would run something outrageous like $4.00 USD/minute! I would even get billed if I DIDN'T answer the phone and let voicemail answer! I suspended service for the few months I would be gone. Obviously not worth it.

Just a few ideas... Reply to this