No 419, Spam or Porn: Internet Cafes From Farflung Corners of the Globe
May 15th, 2009, 3 Comments »
While living in Morocco last year, we made a trip to the Sahara Desert. The last town before the desert was a scruffy little outpost called M’Hamid. Because we’re self-employed, we needed to check our email. Happily, even M’Hamid had a (small, grungy) internet cafe:
Farflung travelers know that, wherever you are on the globe, there always seems to be an internet cafe nearby. I remember admiring one cafe owner in the small South African town of Hermanus. His lazy life of surfing and occasional tech support for young, hot Australians looked pretty appealing.
I got to wondering about where some of the most distant and remote internet cafes around the globe. Off I go to the Flickr.
To begin, here’s one from the other side of the Sahara, from Siwa Oasis in Egypt (photo by Jeff Werner):
A worrying backup power suppy in Manali, India (photo by alles-schlumpf):
A diversified business in Johannesburg, South Africa (photo by Esther Dyson–yes, that Esther Dyson):
There are more after the jump.