Subscribe to this blog14 March 2009
Guess the countries of my SIM cards - until April 15th, 2009
Now for something completely different. The cheapest way to stay online during my trip was by using local, prepaid SIM Cards in each country. The cheapest one was the the SIM card in Laos, which did cost a mere US$ 10 (including a calling credit of US$ 9)! I topped up this card with another US$ 10 and was happily surfing and checking daily my emails during my whole 26-day stay in Laos.
More typical is a charge of around US$ 15 (including a calling credit of US$ 5 to US$ 10).
In some countries, I needed to present a passport - in others these cards were sold without any check over the counter. In one country (Cambodia), prepaid cards are officially not available for non-residents (tourists). However, money rules and usually the shop owners are more than willing to register the card under their name.
So far, I have collected thirteen SIM cards during my round the world journey. If you are interested in guessing which SIM card belongs to which country, then click on the following "Survey"-Link that I have created.
Go to Roaming Reto's SIM Cards Game
Note: The survey will close on April 15th, 2009. After that date, I will post the names (not the email addresses) as a high score list here.
posted by Reto at
21:24
You forgot to mention what the winner gets as a price! I refuse to play without a price!
Can be either money or alcohol. Or woman. Or electronic gadgets (but no iProducts).
Would love to give a materialistic price. Heck, I then would probably participate myself in the draw, since I'm out of money after my round-the-world trip.
But here's the deal: If you are good and cleverer than the rest of my other readers, there will be a high chance that you will become famous - because you'll be featured on the high-score list.