Cybercafes: A Worldwide Guide for Travelers [Paperback]

Cyberkath Traveltales. Com (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1998

A directory of the world's cybercafes, designed to enable travellers to keep "connected" to email and the Internet. It details where public Internet facilities are located, hours of operation and nearby tourist attractions. Also included are "traveltales" picks of the most useful Web sites for travellers. Altogether 380 cybercafes in 50 countries are covered.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Smaller and lighter than the most compact laptop, Cybercafes is an indispensable guide for the traveler who wants to stay connected without the weight, hassle, and responsibility of lugging expensive computer machinery around the world. It's an extremely user-friendly little book. Organized by geographic regions, it also provides an index listing for dozens of cafés by name. For each café--take L'Heroïque Sandwich in Bordeaux, France, for example--the guide includes the street address, fax and phone numbers, and e-mail and Web-site address (if applicable); gives instructions on how to find it (near Grosse Cloche, in the case of L'Heroïque); tells the hours, prices (and which credit cards are accepted), and facility amenities (number of computers, availability of color, and black and white, printers), as well as any nearby places to visit. Other details are included too, such as whether the café has scanners, video-conferencing software, or America Online software, and whether the café offers any special discounts or freebies to bearers of the guidebook. The author explains cybercafé basics for first-timers, taking you step-by-step through opening an e-mail account and accessing it on the road, and she also describes the various sorts of cybercafés that exist, with their distinct atmospheres and clientele. Another bonus is a short list of great World Wide Web sites, including one that regularly updates the list of cybercafés. Small enough to fit in a back pocket, Cybercafes gives you the wherewithal to send and check e-mail in 65 countries, from Malta and Zimbabwe to Pakistan and Uruguay, and all across the U.S. It's a serious improvement over pawing through dusty, distant poste restantes, hoping for the rare letter that's addressed to you.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Traveltales.Com; 2nd edition (January 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1890762016
• ISBN-13: 978-1890762018
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,923,951 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this book! A must for e-mailers on the road!, May 7, 1998

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This review is from: Cybercafes: A Worldwide Guide for Travelers (Paperback)

This cybercafe guide is so wonderful for traveling! I took this compact book with me while on the road recently and found it very useful. It saved me a fortune in long distance calls that I would have otherwise had to make. I loved being able to keep in touch without having to worry about time zones. It was so easy to find the cafes by using the information listed. I was able to combine breakfast with keeping in touch with my family and the office. I also met some great locals! I'm taking it with me to Europe this summer for sure!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for travelers but not RV's, January 31, 2000

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Ronald Mayo "Fishguy" (Lopez Island, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cybercafes: A Worldwide Guide for Travelers (Paperback)

I should have read the reviews better. This is not meant for people touring with RV's. One problem is that is catagorized by country then city. When we are pulling a trailer across country, we want to start with the geographical area at the state level (or smaller) then the town. Also only about 54 pages (of 308) are for sites in the US. That's a lot of pages an RVer will probably not us. In my other life I travel a lot worldwide. This book would be very useful for that situation.