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What do you do before leaving for a conference in another (OECD) country? I have some geekish ideas, but could need more: Have a look at Craig's list to see what to do after the conference is finished, download a hotspot locator (The first one I found was Jiwire), check out TripAdvisor, get a calling card and a telephone cable to use your modem if there are not enough hotspots. Maybe buy a thing like a Lonely Planet. Download some papers to read on the airplane. Unfortunately google earth is not usable offline. Any other ideas?