Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Online Traveler's Toolbox
Veteran travelers usually carry some essential items to make
their trips easier . Following is a selec tion of handy online
tools to bookmark and use .
•
Cayman Islands Department of Tourism
(www.cayman
islands.ky)
•
Nature Cayman
(www.naturecayman.com)
•
Professional Association of Diving Instruc tors
(www.
padi.com)
•
Airplane Food
(www.airlinemeals.net)
•
Airplane Seating
(www.seatguru.com and w ww.airline
quality.com)
•
Maps
(w ww.mapquest.com and http://maps .google.
com)
•
Time and Da te
(www.timeanddate.com)
•
Travel Warnings
(http://travel.state.gov, www.fco.gov.uk/
travel, www.voyage.gc.ca, or w ww.smartraveller.gov.au)
•
Universal Currency Converter
(www.xe.com/ucc)
•
V isa A TM L ocator
(w ww.visa.com),
MasterCard A TM
Locator
(www.mastercard.com)
•
W eather
(www.intellicast.com and w ww.weather.com)
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West End Post Office and at Brac Reef Beach Resort (see “Fast Facts”
in chapter 9). O n Little Cayman, only
Wi-Fi
(wir eless fidelity) is
available (see “F ast F acts” in chapter 10). F or mor e information,
check
www.cybercaptive.com
and
www.cybercafe.com
.
More and mor e hotels, r esorts, airpor ts, cafes, and r etailers ar e
going Wi-Fi, becoming “hotspots ” that offer fr ee high-speed Wi-Fi
access or charge a small fee for usage. M ost laptops sold today hav e
built-in wir eless capability . P ublic Wi-Fi hotspots in the Cayman
Islands are at the
Hard Rock Cafe
(43 S. Church St., George Town
&
345/945-2020
) and
Owen Roberts International Airport.
For
more information, go to
www.jiwire.com
; its H otspot Finder holds
the world's largest directory of public wireless hotspots.
For dial-up access, most business-class hotels offer datapor
ts for
laptop modems.
Wherever you go, bring a
connection kit
of the right po wer and
phone adapters, a spar e phone cor d, and a spar e Ethernet networ k
cable—or find out whether your hotel supplies them to guests.
