1982-3
First trip abroad: Phones in the post office and travelers checks and stamped mail
1986-1994
Phones in a home or hotel and a credit card and travelers checks and stamped mail
1997
Phones in a home or hotel or calling cards for pay phones and a credit card and stamped mail
2000
Phones in a home or hotel or calling cards for pay phones and internet access at a friend’s house and a credit card and an ATM card that works for local currency and stamped mail and email
2007
Cell phone with a local SIM card and internet access at a friend’s house and a credit card and an ATM card that works for local currency and and email
2011
Cell phone with a local SIM card and wireless access at cafes and at my neighbor’s house (and eventually at mine) and writing checks(!) for local currency at the cashier at work and email (and stamped mail if ever I get to Timbuktu). (Too much fraud for ATM and credit cards to be safe and most of what you buy is from small vendors). Sometimes the old becomes new.
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