Finding access to phones (national & international), fax, email and the web is remarkably easy for travellers in Nepal. In many cases, your tour agent or hotel can provide these facilities at very reasonable rates. The main destinations are also well served with cybercafes and other businesses offering these services. Typically, you'd expect to pay around 20 Nepalese Rupees perhour for access to the web (roughly 17 pence in Sterling). The cost of using email is typically around 10 Nepalese Rupees per KB. Most visitors use email to keep in touch with friends on the move and with the folks back home, however it is worth checking that you can access your email address from anywhere in the world before departing. Mail handlers such as Outlook Express ® do not lend themselves easily to international travel. To access your account whilst abroad you will need to take a note of the POP3, SMTP and other details required to log on and configure a mail handler at each stop to be able to access your account - then delete the account when you're done. Web-based e-mail on the other hand such as Hotmail ® or go2kathmandu © is fully transportable, giving you access from anywhere through a web browser.