Recent Posts Tagged With 'travel equipment'

• Asus Eee PC Initial Impressions

  Posted on Sunday June 1st, 2008 at 14:18 in travel equipment

  Asus Eee PC Initial ImpressionsJust when I had given up purchasing an Asus Eee PC after being duped by Buy.com, the phone rang. It was my brother in law, Rory:"I, uh, found one of those computers that you were looking for over here at Best Buy.""What...

• Don't Buy from Buy.com

  Posted on Tuesday May 27th, 2008 at 07:30 in travel equipment, road blocks, travel-scams

  Don't Buy from Buy.comI made a mistake. A week ago I went against my intuition and purchased an Asus eee PC 900 laptop computer from Buy.com, a big internet "seller consolidator." I usually refuse to make big online purchases without first talking wi...

• Asus eee PC Travel Computer

  Posted on Tuesday May 20th, 2008 at 13:31 in Americas, North America, travel equipment

  Asus eee PC 900 Travel ComputerToday Vagabond Journey has put into motion the retirement of "Old Faithful," my big archaic Dell Laptop, and purchased a slim and slender Asus eee PC 900. This is the new model of the eee PC, and it is more like a real ...

• Carhartt Work Boots for Travel

  Posted on Sunday April 20th, 2008 at 12:04 in travel equipment, vagabond-journey.com

  Carhartt Work Boots for TravelThe footwear that I tramp in are a pair of trusty Carhartt working man's boots. They have been going strong for over two years and have not let me down yet. Go to Carhartt Work Boots for Travel."Carhartt makes gear that ...

• Travel Tip 11- No More Shampoo

  Posted on Wednesday April 2nd, 2008 at 19:09 in traveler tips, travel equipment

  Travel Tip #11 - No More ShampooThis is one of the best travel tips that I have yet to share. It is basic, it will come out quick, it is not ingenious, original, nor complicated. It may even sound silly.Here goes: toss aside your shampoo and wash you...

• Travel Tip 10- Turn a T-Shirt into Shorts

  Posted on Saturday March 29th, 2008 at 19:13 in traveler tips, travel equipment, art around the world

  Turn a T-Shirt into Shorts- Travel Tip #10This travel tip comes from the highly resourceful nomad Wanderjahr Jill. Read on, and you will be sure to learn how to turn a t-shirt into a pair of shorts. I cannot predict when you will need to use this tip...

• Dell Laptop on the Rocks

  Posted on Tuesday March 11th, 2008 at 20:28 in travel equipment

  Dell Laptop on the RocksMy big bruising Dell Laptop, Old Faithful, is beginning to falter. After more than two years on the road, she is experiencing her first problems. I think that she is in desperate need of some tech support medicine, though ther...

• Kelty Redwing Backpack

  Posted on Tuesday February 19th, 2008 at 16:31 in travel equipment

  Kelty Redwing BackpackThe backpack that I use for traveling is a Kelty Redwing that has a carrying capacity of 2650 cc. I must proclaim that this bag has been the best that I have ever traveled with . . . and I have tangoed with many different kinds ...

• Traveling with a Computer Girlfriend

  Posted on Wednesday February 13th, 2008 at 14:54 in travel equipment

  Traveling with a Computer Girlfriend“Old Faithful,” my big rock of a Dell laptop, has served me well through the toughest stretches of travel these past two years. But I have began to notice something: traveling with a computer makes me a vastly ...

• Alphasmart NEO for Traveling Writers

  Posted on Wednesday January 30th, 2008 at 10:43 in travel writing, travel equipment, travel writers, travel-websites

  Alphasmart NEO for Traveling WritersFollowing the lead of Loren Everly (loreneverly.org) I picked up an Alphasmart writing device, and it has revolutionized my ability to write while traveling.Alphasmarts are essentially keyboards ...

• Swiss Army Knife Poll Ended

  Posted on Friday January 25th, 2008 at 11:36 in travel equipment

  Swiss Army Knife Poll EndedAfter a short period of debate with Ubertramp and other travelers about the usefulness of the Swiss Army Knife on the Road, I decided to poll the visitors of the Song of the Open Road Travel Blog to find out what their opin...

• Dell Laptops and Travel

  Posted on Monday January 21st, 2008 at 14:05 in travel equipment, website-construction

  Dell Laptops and Travel The laptop computer that I travel with is a cheap Dell that got for Christmas in 2005. I think it only costed $400 new, and it has served every purpose that I have ever needed it for. It computes, it is durable, and has been a...

• Thru-Hiker.com Website Review

  Posted on Wednesday January 16th, 2008 at 11:11 in travel equipment, travel-websites

  Thru-Hiker.com Website ReviewI thoroughly recommend the Thru-Hiker.com website. I first came upon this site from the Hobotraveler.com link to Rodney Liwanag’s LAB backpack construction guide. Thru-Hiker.com is a website dedicated to sharing ideas a...

• Truphone on Facebook

  Posted on Sunday December 16th, 2007 at 13:54 in travel equipment

  Truphone on FacebookI received the following message from a marketing intern at Truphone (Software Cellular Network Ltd.) informing me of a new "free" telephone service available through the Facebook social/ web-community page. I do not have a Facebo...

• The Hobo and the Swiss Army Fairy Video

  Posted on Monday November 26th, 2007 at 11:02 in travel videos, travel equipment, travel-websites

  The Hobo and the Swiss Army FairySwiss Army Knife Revisited. . . and a playful rebuttal to Ubertramp.com 's article Swiss Army Knives: Just Another Travel Rip-OffI love my Swiss Army knife. It is a real one too, and has Victorinox etched into the bla...

• Traveller Tip #3- Saddlebags

  Posted on Wednesday September 12th, 2007 at 14:23 in traveler tips, travel equipment

  Traveller Tip #3- SaddlebagsRabat, MoroccoSeptember 11, 2007http://canciondelvagabundo.googlepages.com/Everyone who has ever stepped out of their own home knows the value of pockets; and to the traveller, pockets are cherished. This tip is about the...