Gadgets You Backpack Around the World With?

ryrw writes "I'm planning to spend a year backpacking around the world and the hardest question I have to answer is: What technology do I take with me? Aside from the obvious (digital camera, ipod, et. al.) what technological devices would you you take? Specifically, I wonder if I should bring my nice and shiny MacBook Pro. I can think of lots of uses for it (offloading pix, updating weblog, email, etc.), but I'm worried it will be lost or stolen along the way. Does anyone have experience with travel while toting technology?"

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Re:Nothing

[Elad Alon]

Those places your friend would never see have been documented by thousands of people before you. Your friends had already seen the interesting ones. They smile and nod as you show them the pictures out of courtesy. No one has ever of their own accord asked you to show them the photos (unless they were trying to get in your pants).