Grand Cayman is a wonderful place to vacation, and after four days of sun, sand, and drinks, we are on our way home. But with only a few lackluster books to read on my Kindle, how to get content?
For those traveling with laptops, the good news is that Cable & Wireless now offers free wi-fi in the Cayman departure terminal. This is new since November of 2007, and is in line with the same server C&W offers in the Barbados airport. Thank you for this service, and I dearly hope your separation from C&W PLC does the Caribbean market good, and not gouge the islands you still serve.
But browsing the Amazon store and attempting to 1-click purchase comes back with the message:
“We could not process your order because of geographical restrictions on the product which you were attempting to purchase. Please refer to the terms of use for this product to determine the geographical restrictions.”
Hmm. Okay, let’s see:
- RDP to home system
- Browse the book title and buy it “in the United States”
- Navigate the media library and download the .AZW title
- E-mail it to myself so it’s an attachment on my Macbook Pro
- From my laptop, web mail access and download the file
- Connect the Kindle and copy the file over
Viola! I could have spent time going through a proxy server located in the United States or setting up one of my own, but this was an in-place option.
The book should suffice the two hour wait in the lounge, the three hour flight to Atlanta, and then the two hour transit via MARTA to our car.
Thank you for decision! Trying to do the same.