Well as you may remember I discussed some of the positives and negatives of traveling with my portable office, late last year, when i went for a trip to Canberra. Some of the problems I had on that trip I am hoping may be a little different when i leave for Melbourne in about a week.
The first thing that I quickly realized was an issue was the carry on luggage that I had. When you are carrying a Laptop and a Digital SLR camera, you want to try and avoid damage to them anyway possible. So rather then taking them in two separate bags, I improvised with a carry bag, it was really to big and impractical really. So this time I am going to go shopping tomorrow looking for a single bag which will hold both the camera, and laptop and accessories. This is going to cost a bit of money, i think. However it will be a good investment for future travel. Preferably I will be looking for a backpack style bag, however if there is something else just as convenient I will consider that as well.
The other problem I encountered was that even in Australia’s Capital Mobile reception is not that great everywhere. This time being that I am going to be staying in the center or pretty close to center of the city, that i will be able to expect close to the best coverage. If I find poor reception this time traveling I think that it will be time to look at a different mobile broadband provider, with better reception and coverage areas.
These were really the only two challenges that I had before, the only other issue was getting through security checks, however i think that this will be more then solved with the new carry bag/backpack bag that I am looking to buy.
So it is going to be an interesting week come 20th March, to see just how I go at getting through the week away with my portable office. This could be an interesting turning point, maybe. If it all works well I can be sure that I will definitely be looking for a career that allows me to do more traveling.