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Living in Asia Family: Keeping in Touch |
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How and Where: You can get relatively cheap international phone calls from places like 7-11's, or an 'everything-booth' (in South Korea these look like mini convenience stores, and are usually near bus stops). Most phones will accept international calling cards, and will say so in English. If all else fails, you can ask your boss to use their phones, and pay them back later. Internet cafés are not common in Japan, but they are around. Usually they are relatively cheap, but in Korea they everywhere, and can be really smoke-filled. They are around in Taiwan, but not as common as 7-11's (which is very common in East Asia). Perhaps, you can access the Internet, even for a limited time or only for e-mail at your job. Ultimately, nothing beats having your own computer and Internet access. In Taiwan see: Tealit Internet phone calls can bemade. This is you calling from your PC to a regular telephone. Perhaps the best is 'Skype'. You need to set up an account, a credit card to put you in credit, and it can cost you as little as a few cents per half hour. However, it seems Skype works best on Windows XP computers, and tends to crash others after about fifteen minutes. Otherwise, ICQ can do it, too. |
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