traveling overseas need tech advice

[Kynan Shook]

I travelled around Europe (Netherlands, France, Spain) for about a 
month a few years ago, mostly by bike.  My mom and sister each had 
digital cameras, and I brought my iBook along to save the pictures to.  
It worked very well; we periodically burned CDs to back up the photos.  
Occasionally we'd have to fight over outlets as some hostels had very 
limited (or poorly placed) electricity.  We didn't really get online at 
all while there; but presumably one should be able to find a wireless 
hotspot in many cities.  Other options would include connectivity by 
cell phone or subscribing to a dial-up service with local numbers 
across many countries.  Another method of transferring files to the 
internet would be to get a small USB keychain flash drive, and hook it 
up to a public computer that's already online - perhaps a library, the 
hostels, an internet cafe, or whatever she might stumble across.


T Molnar <tam at em.ca> writes:
> My daughter plans on traveling for a year in these places (hostels for
> accomodation).
>
> 1. Film or digital camera use (they both have their advantages and
> disadvantages)
> Film - fast, less concern for storage, battery recharging etc..
> Digital - instant feedback, can share directly with little cost
> etc...but battery recharging, storage cards etc..
>
> 2. I am wondering if I should provide something like an iBook(used/new)
>   for her to write, email, keep her online journal uptodate
> (she does this at home to some extent already and knows the experience)