Travel & Nomad
December splits Taiwan: drizzle in Taipei, dry sun in Kaohsiung. Weather by region, Christmasland and the new Christmas holiday, Taipei 101 at midnight, the online arrival card, and how to stay online.
Travel & Nomad
Seoul in December is below freezing at night, bright by day and full of lights. Weather by region with the official outlook, Christmas markets, ski openings, the Bosingak bell and how to stay online.
Travel & Nomad
December is the start of the dry season and the heart of the longest Christmas in the world. The El Nino outlook by region, the typhoon tail, Simbang Gabi and lantern dates, holidays, and how visitors pay and stay online.
Travel & Nomad
December in Japan is crisp, bright and lit up, until the New Year shutdown. Weather by region, ski and illumination dates for 2026, what closes from 29 December, and how to keep money and data working.
eSIM
You promised a client a 3pm call, and by 1.30pm the boat is threading between karsts with one bar flickering to none. Here is what signal on a Ha Long Bay cruise really looks like, and how to plan around it.
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Most Shenzhen work trips start or end in Hong Kong, and the border is also a data boundary. How to set up two eSIMs at home, what works on each side, and how much data a supplier day uses.
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In Shanghai the cafe Wi-Fi is a local network, so your eSIM carries more of the working day than anywhere else in Asia. What works on it, what may not, and how to size a daily plan.
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The condo Wi-Fi tested fine at the viewing, then dropped twice in your stand-up. Here is the Phuket eSIM setup that carries a working month on its own, and the point where a local SIM makes more sense.
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Direct flight in, 30 days stamped, and the villa in Ong Lang loses power for the second afternoon running. Here is the eSIM setup for a month on Phu Quoc, sized for the days the island goes dark.
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In El Nido the tour changes by text at 7am and the boat has no signal for hours. How to size data for Palawan, which network you get, what to save offline, and paying QR codes as a visitor.
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The last longtail from Railay is filling and the Phi Phi ferry ticket is in an email you never downloaded. Here is how to set up data for Krabi island hopping, and plan around the gaps.
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The climb operator sends the 6am pickup time at night, while you are at the Filipino Market with a plate of prawns. How to size data for Sabah, which network to pick, and what to settle before the mountain.