Blues Lyne:

Interesting. I face the same problem but not anymore. I always travel
and once in while my bank lock my credit card. This time when I came to
Mozambique, I had to charge my credit card in Holland, South Africa
then Mozambique with a week. Same thing happened when I went to
Thailand and Indonesia in the same time. My bank came forward with a
solution, I think you can do the same if you want. Every time I go in a
foreign country, I just send them an email and let them know that I
will be in this or that country. I also gave them Teaspring name and my
bank know that I trust them so no problem anymore. Very simple solution
and working pretty well.

Ripon
Maputo, Mozambique