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Old Jun 2nd, 2010, 09:54 AM
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Vietnam/Cambodia: Traveling with a laptop

Anyone travel to Vietnam/Cambodia and take your laptop? What was your experience? Any problems? Were you able to get on the internet in hotels, other sites? Cost?

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Old Jun 2nd, 2010, 10:05 AM
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I always do. The last-minute way I travel, it's a necessity. So is a mobile phone. The only annoyance is the vast cost of the internet at swizz hotels. Out of the cities I dunno about internet coverage, tho. Someone in here will know.

Failing all this, you'll find net-cafes everywhere.
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Old Jun 2nd, 2010, 01:13 PM
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I traveled with my laptop and found free internet in all the places I stayed in Vietnam.

In Cambodia I used internet cafes in most places, since none of the hotels had internet. Very inexpensive as I recall.
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Old Jun 2nd, 2010, 03:53 PM
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Just back from Vietnam and all the hotels had internet service and computers readily available for use.
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To be honest, I don't see any potential probs traveling with a laptop. Internet connections are now available in all large hotels and resorts and most of small and medium ones as well. Some offer for free while the others charge different prices.
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Free WiFi is common in newer hotels, especially those aspiring to "boutique" status. I now look for WiFi when choosing hotels. Googlemaps (at least for the bigger cities) really helps sort out city addresses. Email for reservations -- tours, fancier restaurants -- eases langauge problems. You can research museums and other attractions just as you would back home. All good reasons to tote a computer rather than line up for the single public computer in the hotel lobby. Useful enough, in fact, to consider buying one of the little notepad-style machines which are much more portable.
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