This is part 3.

If you haven't heard the previous ones- stop now. Go back- listen. We'll wait….

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A friend of mine went to Hawaii for 38 days

The text from her read: "omg! The craze!

I miss my dogs, I can't wait to be home,

I don't understand how you can just roam…"

 

I empathize with this. I really do.

Being homesick is no joke- It makes you quite blue.

And the only solution that works for me

Is to download some apps before I flee

That help me keep in contact with friends and family

 

Yea. That's a stretch… sorry.

I'm mostly talking about Voxer, Whatsapp, Skype and Facebook messenger.

 

Voxer is my favorite app for staying in contact with people. Here is my friend Dana explaining what it's like for her.

 

Whatsapp is another one that I use. Here is my Canadian friend, Sarah.

 

Viber is another one- and all three of these apps allow you to record your voice and deliver it to someone anywhere in the world, via the internet. You can also send text, pictures, videos, etc. All that is available on all of these- for free.

 

The differences between whasapp and voxer - since these are the two I use most often- are that

-Whatsapp is way more popular throughout the world.

-Voxer has a function where you can speed up the message (incase the person is drunk messenging you)

-Voxer tends to chew up more battery life and internet usage, somehow, but I like the quality of the message better.

-Whatapp messages will be saved forever as Voxer is only saved for 30 days unless youre a subscriber.

-Whatsapp allows you to also call the person… Kinda like what Skype does.

 

Which is a great segue…. Skype is a program that uses the internet to make phone calls to other skype members for free- or for a small fee, calling landlines and mobile numbers.

Now, while in SE Asia, my brother wanted to call his GF, Bonnie, in real time, because they're old-skool like that… So they tested a few different apps:

 

 

 

 

This show's about packing and not really doing a good job. So I asked my friend Victor at Victorstravels.com what momentoes he travels with.

 

VT: Ha. No. (Pronounces it properly). It's ING, really. It's the bank. I used to work there. And afscheidskaart is a "Goodbye card". I think it's very sane/necessary to bring something from your own place on a trip- something personal- a window- that people have written. And this was a card that my team wrote to me when I left and I thought it was a nice thing to carry with me. And I was going for 6 months, if I was gone for a week, I wouldn't bring it- but when you're gone for so long you get in this zone and it's nice to reflect a bit and open the card and remember "oh yea. Those people.">

 

What helps you from getting home-sick?

Email me at [email protected] or write a review on iTunes.

Also- as always- if you want to see photos and links of these things- go look at my

website LNLurie.com or Facebook page /whereisLN

 

Next and final week? LISTS! All the lists…

 

 

One last thing: My friend Dana voxed me this message a few days ago….