What is it always about long-haul flights that make me cry?
And more stupidly, what is it about all my assembled technology that it seems to be the most important part of my packing dilemma?
Forget the right frocks, shoes, travel-friendly clothes and event-appropriate attire, it's all about making sure I have packed every damn bit of technology, including a zillion leads, downloading implements and cords. Gawd. More stressful than remembering to pack the Normisons.
So, as my iPod bumps out a pot-pourri of ridiculously disparate songs, I smile . . . and I well up. There's Warren Zevon with Excitable Boy; Hootie and the Blowfish with 'I only want to be with you'; John Lennon chucks out some 'Mind Games'; Alphaville does Forever Young (yes, it's the original); Joy Division rips up Love Will Tear Us Apart and Smetana unleashes the classic Moldau (ok, and moving into 2011, Gaga talks Bad Romance).
They're all on my iPod but all I do is well up, mostly because I keep thinking I've forgotten a piece of 'gold' techno crapola in the computer bag.
Or maybe the tears are just from the wine (and water) I consume as I fly, kinda feelin' high.
Anyway, this all got me thinking about travel packing. And the modern mechanics of it all.
So sure, right. There is the computer. Ok, that's a standard. It's easy, but I'm always in a state if I don't always know whether there is Wi-Fi access at my hotel.
Fortunately it is basically everywhere, but you never know whether it is going to kick in at the right, or wrong time.
Then there's my iPod (see above for reasons to cry) and its assorted cord accoutrements. There's the iPad (ditto re. thw extra cords and yet another SIM card) and there's my most favourite thing: an easy Sony Sureshot camera (beyond brilliant and makes everyone look about 4-years-old) . . . but never forget to take the battery charger and the leads so you can download your snaps.
Gawd, just some more technology to think about . . .
Oh yes, then there is the BlackBerry and it's cording along with a local SIM card.
I always take an old Nokia so I can take out my Australian SIM card (and buy a local one) as opposed to leaving my Oz one in my BB, ending up with a billion dollar 'roaming' internet charge.
Three days in Singapore last year and $1500 later for texts and a cupla calls (forgetting that once your Blackberry is 'roaming', you may as well declare bankruptcy.)
Oh, and this was all before even thinking about packing the real suitcase.
Ahh, technology. A necessary evil. We love it, but kinda hate it too . . . .
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