Category: Tips

  • Mobile Phone configuration in Benin

    As we tried to get our mobile phones to work in Benin, we learned a number of things: New SIM cards need to be activated, by presenting an identification document (e.g. passport) at the office of the provider APN settings are tricky SMS message center settings pushed by the carrier may not work on all…

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  • When right is wrong!

    When you are a child, you are taught that if you must ride your bike on the street, that you should ride as far to the right as possible. This gives cars as much space as possible to pass you. However, as you grow older and bolder, and start to ride on busier roads, it…

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  • How (not) to hang food

    We awoke to a cloudy day with questionable looking weather, however, by the time we finished breakfast the sun was shining. We were still moving pretty slowly – with a late start and headwinds slowing us down. By 6:45 pm, we pulled into the Bunnell campground at Atikokan. We must have looked confused, since a…

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