I always tour without modern communication equipment for several reasons....
1. I'm an old guy and when I started touring that stuff was not around. So I've never learned to depend on it.
2. In my professional life I live and die with a telephone and a computer. One of the reasons I do bike touring is to get as far away from that stuff as I can.
3. Not having a cell phone forces me to talk to the locals, which is a great education.
4. A lap top weighs too much!
Enjoy your "off the grid" tour.