Wi-Fi has become a great way to stay in touch when you are out of town. On our first outing, we did not seek out an Internet Cafe until Guangzhou. On the island, they had a coffee shop that gave free internet. Believe me, it is better to find something like this than pay hotel rates. One time we did try it. It was .75 a minute. Well the access was like going through dial up. We paid 6.00 for 10 minutes of access. Three of that was waiting on the site to come up. Back to the coffee shop. We bought a drink and sat down at a computer.
On the second trip, we found an internet shop in a small mall next to the hotel. They had reasonable rates. The people that ran it were really friendly. One thing that I did notice was that a lot of the people were playing games on the computers. While Angie was going through email, we watched people play games.
Finally, the last trip saw us bringing our miny computer. We found access at some of the hotels. We were able to Skype with our daughters everyday. Skype is a great way to contact people over the computer. Sometimes it glitches, but it kept us in touch with our family. I will reiterate, some sites are not available in China. If you have a blog or want to Facebook, you may hit a firewall. China does ban certain sites. I think Twitter would be another site.
One last thing. If you can not find a cafe or internet place, look for places that offer a deal for access. An example would be a vendor requesting a purchase of $5 or more to gain access. It's worth it. Some hotels think it is gold and sell it that way.
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