Self-declared ‘creative techie’ and STA Explorer Tim has taken unpaid leave from his job and is getting his gear together for an epic round the world trip in September (take a look at his itinerary and weep with jealousy). On his Random Projects blog he gives his thoughts on being an Explorer and explains the angle he’ll bring to his travel tales:

I will be writing about essential (\not really essential at all) techno toys for travelling including shiny flashy things that go beep, websites and other mumbo jumbo.

It’ll be essential reading for aspiring techie travellers as:

I’m going to try to put together what I’ve found from some pretty extensive research on loads of things from connectivity and power to cameras and computery things. For those of us wanting to send that video you took of meeting Britney on the top of Mount Everest back to base camp before that paparazzi’s huskies get him back to the local Starbucks or for those of us just wanting to use those long bus journeys getting your latest blog or photos ready for upload. I’ll see what I can do!

With posts already up about his 3-hour booking marathon in STA Travel Brighton and his first gadget purchase - a 20Gb EeePC 901 - Tim’s blog is already a must-read if you’re thinking of a plugged-in global trip. And you can keep in daily contact with his Twitter feed too.

by Molly on 8 August 2008
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