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<blockquote data-quote="my2cents" data-source="post: 259176" data-attributes="member: 1287"><p><strong>Re: Around the world with Traveller</strong></p><p></p><p>Excellent reports Traveler! I feel like I've been there already. I tried keeping a travel journal on my last trip down under, although the majority of my writing time ended up being spent penning postcards to friends and relatives. My brother-in-law wanted me to send his family a postcard from every destination I made, which I did. I even managed to send one from the Great Barrier Reef, as the Agincourt Reef has an Australia Post box stationed on the pontoon. Postcards mailed from there receive a special Great Barrier Reef postmark. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, if you don't mind my asking Traveler, do you use any guidebooks when trip planning? If yes, which series do you prefer? In my case, although guides like Foder's, Frommer's and DK Eyewitness Guides are quite good, I lean on Lonely Planet the most. At least for Australia, I think they have the best guides. I was able to surprise my Aussie relatives with some of the knowledge I picked up from reading their guides and had one of best meals I ever ate was with one of their restaurant recommendations for Darwin. At least for me, I found their guides to be the most comprehensive, especially if one is wondering what attractions one can find in the surrounding area from one's primary destination. </p><p></p><p>Second, I browsed your photo gallery Lifer and now you have me intrigued with Santorini Island. If I should make it back to Europe, I'll put that destination on my list for sure. Sorting out photos after your trip can be quite a project. Overall, I'm happy with the pictures I took on my last trip, although I lost some of them when I was transferring them from my card reader to PC. I think the card reader memory buffer flaked on me. To remedy that this time, I recently purchased a photo bank. A photo bank is basically a mini hand-held hard drive for saving your photos to while on the road. One doesn't have to lug a laptop around and backing up your cards is easy. All you have to do is plug your card into the slot on the side of the device, turn it on and hit the copy button. When you want to retrieve the photos on the drive, all you have to do is connect it to your PC with a USB cable and do whatever you want to do with them from there. Having this device with me on my next trip should give me a piece of mind.</p><p></p><p>Looking forward to your next report from New Zealand Traveler. I know its tough taking pictures of monster sized trees or trying to capture the essence of a rain forest. Where the heck do you aim your camera!?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="my2cents, post: 259176, member: 1287"] [b]Re: Around the world with Traveller[/b] Excellent reports Traveler! I feel like I've been there already. I tried keeping a travel journal on my last trip down under, although the majority of my writing time ended up being spent penning postcards to friends and relatives. My brother-in-law wanted me to send his family a postcard from every destination I made, which I did. I even managed to send one from the Great Barrier Reef, as the Agincourt Reef has an Australia Post box stationed on the pontoon. Postcards mailed from there receive a special Great Barrier Reef postmark. Anyway, if you don't mind my asking Traveler, do you use any guidebooks when trip planning? If yes, which series do you prefer? In my case, although guides like Foder's, Frommer's and DK Eyewitness Guides are quite good, I lean on Lonely Planet the most. At least for Australia, I think they have the best guides. I was able to surprise my Aussie relatives with some of the knowledge I picked up from reading their guides and had one of best meals I ever ate was with one of their restaurant recommendations for Darwin. At least for me, I found their guides to be the most comprehensive, especially if one is wondering what attractions one can find in the surrounding area from one's primary destination. Second, I browsed your photo gallery Lifer and now you have me intrigued with Santorini Island. If I should make it back to Europe, I'll put that destination on my list for sure. Sorting out photos after your trip can be quite a project. Overall, I'm happy with the pictures I took on my last trip, although I lost some of them when I was transferring them from my card reader to PC. I think the card reader memory buffer flaked on me. To remedy that this time, I recently purchased a photo bank. A photo bank is basically a mini hand-held hard drive for saving your photos to while on the road. One doesn't have to lug a laptop around and backing up your cards is easy. All you have to do is plug your card into the slot on the side of the device, turn it on and hit the copy button. When you want to retrieve the photos on the drive, all you have to do is connect it to your PC with a USB cable and do whatever you want to do with them from there. Having this device with me on my next trip should give me a piece of mind. Looking forward to your next report from New Zealand Traveler. I know its tough taking pictures of monster sized trees or trying to capture the essence of a rain forest. Where the heck do you aim your camera!? [/QUOTE]
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