which electronic devices to bring?

Carry a small earphone, cheapo throw away:) comfortably loseable radio. Local radio stations will clew you in, to life there.

Say waa?
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Its your trip, not mine, babus.

The more we travel, the less we need.

did I forgot something?

Yeah, I think so. You forgot why you're going in the first place. As in, maybe it'd be nice to look up from all your electronic crap once in a while and experience something new.

I think ditch the Ipad. And, if you have an Ipod touch then ditch the iphone and buy a cheap one. With your phone you sholud go for a basic one with lots of battery. It will be one of the most important aspects as you may not always be able to get a good charge from it. I use a beat up old samsung phone when I travel and it is perfect.
James

what was in people backbacks 20 yrs ago?

None of that stuff!

You can see the difference between generations.

I hate travelling with a laptop but its good for editing photos on the run (especially if one is travelling for extended periods).

Take a book - you can swap it with a person in the hostel. Or use it to start a covnersation.

Ipods are good for those long journeys but you seldom need it.

A external HD is good for backing up photos etc. But you could also use an internet site such flickr etc to host photos

If you swap a book with a person does that person start telling you stories?

You can see the difference between generations.

Is that so? I was writing code in a text editor (who remembers Edlin?) when many of you weren't in diapers yet.

But I don't find a need to travel with a bunch of crap. I stick my Rs4000 Nokia phone in my back pocket, like usual, and could always find a net cafe if i really thought I wanted to know what someone that I don't really know anyways said on Fecesbook.

And as above, an external drive isn't a bad idea, but trying to upload large photos is not time-efficient.

Leave the junk at home and discover what's out there.

I been traveling so long, we had to use wooden gps.
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What the heck is wrong with using a paper map and asking questions?

Come-0nnn, solar flares! Get us back to basics.

what's wrong with using googlemaps?

I found that folks back love picture post cards. email is handy, I/ guess but very impersonal.

My friends save and reread PICTURE post cards. They display 'em like,"This is our man, in the field."

Then they want to return them for my journal. They say, "Don't tell us history of the stuff on the p.card. We can google that. Just tell us how you spend your days."

LIVE SIMPLY AND GET MORE OUT OF LIFE.