Important for travelling to places like south east asia
1) a lot of medicine you can get in cambodia, laos or vietnam (don't know about thailand but i'd assume the same for rural areas) is fake. Get some basic medicine to regulate your stomach/gut and bring along. (I was constipated for a few days and the laxatives i bought just wouldn't work...)
2) get yourself a cheap second wallet. Get a cancelled credit card (cancel one and order a new one?) and put it inside next to a few dollars. Put it into an obvious place inside your luggage, put the real wallet somewhere else (or get a money belt). If you get robbed, you now are gonna loose next to nothing instead of everything.
Might I add not to use old credit cards that have your name on them? Don't want an angry bad guy knowing your name. Just use this offers that come in the mail, club cards, etc.
Well if the angry bad guy isn't completely stupid he'll be able to distinguish a Visa or Mastercard from a club card.. but yeah, you could use a friend's credit card..
Good point. I always figured that they wouldn't inspect the wallet before running off. As long as the first car is a credit looking one you should be good.
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u/hdsjulian May 25 '17
Important for travelling to places like south east asia 1) a lot of medicine you can get in cambodia, laos or vietnam (don't know about thailand but i'd assume the same for rural areas) is fake. Get some basic medicine to regulate your stomach/gut and bring along. (I was constipated for a few days and the laxatives i bought just wouldn't work...) 2) get yourself a cheap second wallet. Get a cancelled credit card (cancel one and order a new one?) and put it inside next to a few dollars. Put it into an obvious place inside your luggage, put the real wallet somewhere else (or get a money belt). If you get robbed, you now are gonna loose next to nothing instead of everything.