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hi this is Anita the dusty roads podcast
you today I want to talk a little bit
about a VPN and why I believe a VPN is
important for international travel first
of all let's define what is a VPN a VPN
is known as a virtual private Network
what it does is it helps encrypt your
internet connection and hide your IP
address effect L hiding your online
activities from PR eyes it's really
something which is much safer for you to
use especially if you're traveling if
you're in a public space if you're at a
hotel wherever you are a VPN is actually
better for you to have on because it
will help hide your IP and it will
basically hide your online activities so
the the main function of a VPN is about
encryption and it will make you make
your IP address look Anonymous it allows
you to buy bypass GE geographical
restrictions for certain types of sites
and it give you secure browsing I
believe if you're going to be traveling
in China especially even in Vietnam and
China but anywhere you're going to
travel in a country like that I find
that a VPN is essential and why do I
think it's essential well number one
there's a lot of websites that can be
blocked in China things even as simple
as WhatsApp you might find is blocked uh
Facebook's blocked Facebook Messenger
maybe the way that you normally
communicate with people is is blocked if
you're going to travel there for any
extended amount of time you may not be
able to get on to these sites if you're
like me and you enjoy YouTube I I like
YouTube I like watching clips on YouTube
all the time I watch a lot of the US
News on YouTube You Know YouTube will be
blocked there so I really recommend that
if you're going to be traveling China or
even a place like Vietnam where you'd
like to be able to get on to even your
favorite television shows or you'd like
to be able to see things as if you are
in the United States or whatever other
country you're in that you you'd be able
to like to see some of those things or
or still be able to get on some of those
websites then a VPN is definitely worth
an investment for that a vpin is also
important too um not just for the for
the access of blocked websites but also
it gives you more Security on public
Wi-Fi if you're going to be doing things
like doing banking or checking your
banking or other things like that I
believe that it's essential to get a VPN
while you're traveling especially if
you're going to be on some kind of
public websites it will you know allows
you to you know secure your favorite
shows it will allow you to you know even
if you're not going to be doing banking
but if you're going to be on public
websites it will give you more Security
on those websites it may also help you
with any type of price discrimination if
you're on your VPN you can go on to you
know sites in your home country and
there won't be any type of um
discrimination with that you'll be able
to bypass some of the uh sponsorship if
you're looking to do some booking uh
travel booking and other things while
you're traveling it will be good for you
to be able to do that on your home
website then a VPN will help you do that
and it'll just kind of give you a piece
of mind that you'll know that your your
website and your uh security for your
Wii is secure when you have a VPN I've
used a VPN for many many years in fact I
have my own private IP address because I
find in order to use like Prime video or
those type of things that I need to use
that I have to have my own private IP
address which I have and I've had it
it's it's worked for me almost
everywhere I've been able to go a couple
things though if you're going to get a
VPN don't go to China and suddenly
discover that oh I can't get on these
websites and try to download one it
could actually be very tricky so it's
better that you download and have it
ready to go before you travel not during
your travel and I really can't stress
this enough because there could be some
headaches or problems you know maybe yes
you'll be able to download it but there
could be some headaches and problems and
other things associated with it which
will make it difficult for you so if you
really want to have a VPN get one before
you travel and in fact a VPN is even
great to use in the United States even
if it's not international travel even if
you're in the United States and you're
going to be in some public places you're
going be using public Wi-Fi a VPN is
great for you to be able to have and to
have your own vpm so it's not even just
for international travel it's for anyone
I believe anywhere it's important that
you choose the right VPN and the VPN
that I've chosen and I've used for many
many years has been a company called
asteral I realize that they're not as
big as some of the other VPN providers
but at the same time I've always found
them to be good reliable their support
has been great I've had very little
problems with their VPN in fact the
other day I think in the five years I've
used them I had a problem with my
virtual private my own virtual IP
address and I wrote them and they said
we'll fix it within a couple hours it
was fixed and that was like the first
problem that I've had probably in all
the years they've been very good they
they've been very easy to use it's very
easy to turn off and on which I like you
know I think an VPN has be easy to get
off and on astral is extremely easy to
get off off and on if you're interested
more about this and just so you know let
me be very clear I do not get any type
of money from astral I am not an
affiliate for them I'm just recommending
them because I like them and I use them
I've written a blog post entitled the
importance of vpms for international
travel and if you are interested in
astral there is a link there directly to
the website you're are welcome to
contact them like I said I do not get
anything from them if if you buy from
them it's just me recommending them to
you because I like them I've used them
for many years and I found them to be
very reliable and very good in China
and in Hong Kong and Vietnam and the
other places I've traveled without any
problem at all so I I highly recommend
them at least for this part of the world
and I assume that they work well in
other parts of the world also this is
Anita from the dusty roads podcast thank
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