Travelling is good for the body and the soul, and everyone should endeavour to travel across the world at one point or another during their lives. There’s so much to love about it, such as interacting with new cultures, eating new foods, meeting new people, seeing interesting sights, and much more. But travelling, especially travelling across continents, is not always fun – in fact, if you’re travelling on any kind of budget, there’s a good chance that you’re going to be spending a lot of your time sitting and waiting, which can be extremely boring.
Thankfully, and mostly due to the incredibly advanced mobile devices that we have access to now, it’s easier than ever to keep yourself entertained while you’re waiting at a plane terminal or train station.
Reading Books
There are tens of thousands of books that can be downloaded and read on your e-reader, smartphone, or tablet. In fact, services like Google Books and Amazon have made it incredibly easy to access just about any book that you can imagine, download it, and read it right from your device of choice.
There are also projects like Project Gutenberg and Standard Books that allow you to download free eBooks that are now within the public domain. Using these two projects, it’s possible to get a hold of the best classic books in history and read them all without having to pay a single cent.
Playing Games
Today’s smartphones are little more than compact, portable computers with huge batteries. This makes them perfect for a wide range of different tasks, and one of these is mobile video gaming. In fact, some of the most popular titles in the video game world work extremely well on mobile devices, although it should be kept in mind that if you intend on playing something demanding like Call of Duty, it might be a good idea to do so when close to a power outlet.
A quick glimpse at the Google Play Store or App Store is a good way to get an idea of the kind of games that you will have access to, so it might be worth downloading them before leaving home, so you have something to play while waiting. Other types of gaming also remain a popular choice, including multiplayer bingo, the online pokies NZ has to offer, poker, Clash of Clans, and about a thousand other games that can be downloaded and played for free.
Streaming
Streaming has become the main way of viewing new shows and movies, and there are so many different streaming apps around that it’s hard to keep track. The best method of tackling this is by finding the films and shows that you would like to watch and then choosing the right apps based on this.
If you want to watch The Last of Us, for example, you might have to download and subscribe to Disney. Despite what most people say about the costs of streaming, being able to watch great quality content in hi-res for a few bucks a month really is convenient at its best.
