First post from a long time lurker...

A colleague's daughter is traveling to India and he asked me about GPS tracking devices. I described PLBs as last resort cries for help, looked at SPOT's website and saw no coverage in India, and browsed some cell phone tracking websites. The cell phone tracking sites I found appear to only work in USA.

Can anybody recommend what a person should carry when traveling to India for emergency communication?

We're thinking she should buy an international GPS enabled cell phone when she gets to India.

Is a GPS cell phone good enough?

Any inexpensive GPS tracking devices worth carrying?

Thanks.

Tim