Hi all! im not a frequent traveler by any means, and have never done extended trips out of the country, however this summer ill be doing a study abroad program through semester at sea, which has me flying to Nova Scotia, then sailing to spain, Italy, Croatia, Greece, turkey, Egypt, morocco, then back to Norfolk over 66 days. according to their info packets, students on board are able to use the ships internet for limited email (text ONLY) and have limited internet surfing abilities (like 10 megs, and stuff liek youtube/facebook/twitter/skype are blocked) you can buy access to upto 500 megs for about $300.

Phone usage is available for $3.95 a min through them as well.

That all being said...im a major computer geek, so i love my internet and will want to send my family constant updates about what im doing, so id like to find a way to stay connected (web +phone) thats not gonna cost thousands of bucks. i have an iPhone through ATT who i know offer international talk plans for something liek $200 a month which is fine, but im not sure how their international data works....

Anyone got any ideas? Thanks!