In response to Wade who asks about mobile phones and the ANZ bank :<\/p>\n
As far as I know, your foreign SIM chip will not do you any good here.\u00a0 You can get a mobile phone on-contract or more commonly buy a pre-pay chip.\u00a0 Right now, you can buy a phone plus pre-pay chip for US$30 including $5 worth of calls.<\/p>\n
For more details on rates, go here : http:\/\/www.timortelecom.tp\/eng\/planos_mobile_uk.html<\/a><\/p>\n There is one ANZ bank which has an ATM machine at the branch and ATMs at Leader supermarket and Tiger Fuel.\u00a0 These days, the ATMs work fine – it was not always like this.\u00a0 I don’t regularly open bank accounts but I found no significant difference in opening an account then anywhere else.\u00a0 I didn’t need a buttock print like in some places.\u00a0 It all works for me these days.<\/p>\n As long as people don’t beat up the ATM machine (happened once) or the phone lines are not stolen for the copper value, they seem to work.<\/p>\n Wade, is there anything else I can do for you ?\u00a0 Laundry ?\u00a0 Personal training ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In response to Wade who asks about mobile phones and the ANZ bank : As far as I know, your foreign SIM chip will not do you any good here.\u00a0 You can get a mobile phone on-contract or more commonly … Continue reading