How to back up photos?

Beware of using the card as a removable storage device for your trip.

ie the act of removing it from camera & reinserting it into a drive can break it. It's happened to me once (problem of the reader - i threw card away & then had the same problem when inserted 2n card & realised what was happening. After initial shock I managed to recover the pics the 2nd time)

I now take a usb lead and download to pc with that. The xd/sd stays put in the camera.

Cards & drives do break/get lost/stolen. Always back up.

We will be backing up our photos a number of ways - CD/DVD, uploading to our website, etc... It's just that taking high resolution photos takes a lot of memory, and it also takes a long time to upload them so we aren't sure how often we'll be able to back up.

I second the backup option - plus makes it super easy to share with freinds and family at the same time.

wow I am very interested in this trip. May I ask, are you going on the normal pedal-bikes or motorbikes? Sounds like a great trip to do! I am about to head off on a 10-month trip myself to Asia and Europe and was wondering the same thing to do with cameras. I will most likely use flickr and perhaps CD's if I can be bothered.