Questions like these can by answered by a number of different pieces of Palm software, but my current favorite is a program called Abroad, shown in Figure D.

FIGURE D

Going abroad is easy with Abroad.

Abroad contains a suite of three applications: Currency Exchange, Unit Conversion and World Clock. In addition, Abroad contains a database for most countries listing information like currencies, local area codes, and international operator information.

City and restaurant guides
Although many travelers will want to download information from an on-line city guide, such as http://www.olcg.com, savvy PalmPilot travelers should point their web browsers to http://www.palmtastik.com. This site contains the largest collection of city guides in Doc format as well as large collection of TealMeal databases. TealMeal, shown in Figure E, is a program which contains restaurant databases (up to 1,000 restaurants!) to help you answer every travelers eternal question, "Where can I get a good meal in this town?" It is searchable by category. The adventurous may even use the "Wheel of Food" option to generate an interesting random choice.

FIGURE E

Find great restaurants with the help of TealMeal.

As G.K. Chesterton might have said: To travel hopefully is better than to arrive. To travel with your Palm organizer is better than to travel without it. Bon Voyage!

John Kuo is a product designer for Autodesk. He can be reached via email at jkuo@mindspring.com.