If you want a coupon code to buy a Mah Card and get a discount on the cost of the card, you can use the code TOURDUMONDE Having not (yet) had the chance to go to Iran, I am writing this article on the advice of a friend who has been there and who warmly recommended the Mah Card which can be of great service to travelers in Iran. Can you use your own credit card in Iran? The answer is no. Iran has been under a severe American embargo for several years. As a consequence, the Iranian banking system isn’t connected to the international system and foreign bank cards…

As a digital nomad, I’m always traveling with my life in a suitcase. The discovery of the Nintendo Switch allowed me to own a game console again. There was only one problem: the original dock for connecting the console to a TV was far too bulky to carry it everywhere with me. I found a perfect alternative, the JAVONTEC dock purchased from Amazon. It weighs 80 grams, 5 times less than the original dock It is tiny and fits easily in a carrying case for Nintendo Switch. It has a USB 3.0 port to charge a device. Bonus: it is compatible with a Mac if you need to recharge it…

For more information about using the Free Mobile plan abroad, please click here. Travelling in Canada for 3 months, we started using our Free SIM card. Small disappointment, there seems to be no 4G agreements, we have to make do with 3G+. The roaming goes through the Rogers operator. The speed is correct, nothing more. The test below shows a download at 13Mbps and an upload at 1.4Mbps knowing that I regularly see slowdowns. EDIT: From May 10, 2019, I start to get 4G intermittently with much better speeds. Test performed in Toronto on April 22nd, 2019 Test performed in Montreal on April 28, 2019. Test performed on May 12,…

For more information about using the Free Mobile plan abroad, please click here. On a road trip in Iceland, I use my Free Mobile SIM card. The roaming passes by the operator Nova. I am pleasantly surprised by the network coverage. The population density is very low in Iceland that I expected to be often without network. That indeed happens when we are in the middle of nowhere but on short periods. From a speed viewpoint, we are on 4G+ with a very good download speed and a very correct upload speed (see screenshot). The speed test below dates from April 8, 2019, test realized in a place in the…

For more information about using the Free Mobile plan abroad, please click here. On a stopover in Germany before going to Iceland, I take the opportunity to test the connection with Free Mobile. I am connected with the operator Vodafone DE. At one point I was also connected via the operator O2 I read that Free Mobile had activated 4G in Germany, but I only got H+ (between 3G and 4G). The connection is good without being exceptional: 12 mo / s for download and 4 mo / s for upload. Test conducted at Frankfurt airport on April 4, 2019.

For more information about using the Free Mobile plan abroad, please click here. Good news, 4G is available in Portugal with the Free Mobile plan. And the speed is excellent, 59 MB/s download and 27 MB/s upload with the NOS operator as you can see on the example below. Test conducted on February 3, 2019 in Lisbon.