{"id":167,"date":"2010-06-21T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-21T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/2010\/06\/21\/traveling-smart-when-you-travel-internationally\/"},"modified":"2013-09-23T06:45:04","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T10:45:04","slug":"traveling-smart-when-you-travel-internationally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dougbardwell.com\/db\/traveling-smart-when-you-travel-internationally\/","title":{"rendered":"Traveling smart when you travel internationally"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_-lDfC-5y5Zk\/TB-ggN4WZuI\/AAAAAAAAAOk\/lODtIDxejWw\/s1600\/060828-2886.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"480\" ru=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_-lDfC-5y5Zk\/TB-ggN4WZuI\/AAAAAAAAAOk\/lODtIDxejWw\/s640\/060828-2886.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>How to use your smartphone more &#8220;smartly&#8221; while traveling internationally. 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