One of the drawbacks of being a “gadget freak” is you end up having more “necessities” than normal when up and about.
I bring my iPad more often than not – then there’s the MiFi for internet connectivity. And to prevent any of those devices dying on me in the middle of the day, I bring a portable battery pack along.
All that – for a regular day.
It gets even more complicated when on a trip out of town/country. Apart form those already mentioned, one has to consider the need to use other gadgets for tasks that would normally be done at the end of the day (computer/laptop). And let’s not forget real cameras, whenever on an interesting “trip.”
I also think my being a pack-rat comes with the territory of having so much shit to bring along, so I pretty much have to accept that for the most part, I’ll never be “traveling light” in the truest sense of the phrase. What I can be though, is efficient.
post updated on March 27, 2012 @ 11:55 am