Geeky Traveller

The Travel Channel here at b5media has expanded yet again! My site here is to help point you in the direction of neat little (or not so little) gadgets for traveling or websites that can help you in your travel planning. Sometimes the best travel aide is a travel blogger, don’t you think? An entire blog full of tips, slices of life, and personal experiences to give you a good idea of what’s going on in your destination city, what more could you want? It’s more personal than a book, for sure!
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Sometimes things are so funny that you couldn’t possibly make it up. At the same time, this site is so blatantly useful that it’s a wonder it was invented sooner.

If you’re out and about and you need to pee, it can be a race to find access to a toilet. However, if you have a cellphone with a mobile browser, you can go ahead and log on to MizPee’s website and find the toilet which is closest to your current location. You simply click on the option to find a toilet, enter in your current location, and …read more

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This is like something straight out of a science fiction movie! A British designer by the name of Gail Knight has created a GPS ring to help guide travelers. The ring itself has a GPS built inside, while a device controller can be worn around your neck or clipped on a shirt.

With the controller you can enter in a postal code for whatever you are looking for, and it also has a built in compass and GPS system. Once you’ve entered in your desired location, the ring will then utilize a tiny vibrating motor; it buzzes on …read more

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If you’re already planning a vacation or a business trip to a location where you’re not comfortable with the native language, this awesome site could prove very helpful. Mango is a very well-done language site that can teach you the basics of several common languages (even Pig Latin, which is not particularly useful, but hilarious nonetheless!) right on your computer – completely free of charge.
Right now you can learn Spanish, Russian, French, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, German, Japanese, Brazilian Portugese, Greek, and English for Spanish or Polish speakers. All 11 languages have at least 100 lessons, starting from the …read more

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This is just really cool. If you like to play with a Swiss Army knife (what? I do!), you’ll love the SylvanSport GO Miniature Camping Trailer.
The trailer weighs 700 pounds (!) and can be pulled behind most small cars. When you arrive at your campground, the tent pops right up and is set up in mere minutes. It also has a weather-proof gear box to keep your important pieces safe, and when you’re headed home, the whole thing just stows back inside the roof’s storage box.
Not only is it a tent though, you can use the …read more

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Our wonderful travel blog community has rallied together to tell the world about the things that just tick us off. Being positive is a wonderful thing, and I am nothing if not an eternal optimist, but every so often it’s good to just get something off your chest.
For instance, Melissa would like to remind whiney budget travelers that you get what you pay for, so perhaps you should try to enjoy yourself instead of complaining about things that aren’t perfect. And speaking of not complaining too much, Mary Jo had a good laugh over all the Top Chefs …read more

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You know, I look at a lot of different sites, checking out neat travel gadgets or online widgets, all things to make travel better, faster, more fun, more comfortable, cheaper, etc. But I’m getting a little ticked off, because honestly, how many different GPS units do you really need? How many travel headlines can you read on one site? Is it worth spending six hours scouring deal sites just to save $50 on your overall travel plans? It’s all stuff that’s fine and dandy, but where is the stuff I *really* want to improve my travel?
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If you dream of travel but can’t afford it just yet, maybe you can appease your wanderlust with a location-themed mouse. This website sells a mouse for all occasions, but two in particular are designed with Hawaii in mind. You can get a Hawaiian girl or Hawaiian boy themed mouse to remind yourself of a promise to get yourself on a sunny beach as soon as possible. Sure, it’s not quite the same, especially if you have to brave cold winter weather to get to the office but it’s a start (and hey, no sand in …read more

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Over on Travel Gear & Gadgets Blog, I noticed an entry that discussed movies that inspire travel. I started thinking about it and actually, yes, there are several movies I’ve seen that make me add the location to my mental list of “places I must see before I die”.
For me, some of these movies include:

Message in a Bottle
Vertical Limit
All Harry Potter movies
Mission to Mars (hee, sorry, couldn’t resist)
Amelie
Chocolat
Beyond Borders (always wanted to do humanitarian work like that)

I’m sure there are many others that I can’t think of off the top of my head. Also, sad but true, Buffy …read more

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New domestic airline, Virgin America, is setting their sights on offering tech-friendly skies for their customers, and if it’s all as good as it sounds, they may be getting an awful lot of loyal travelers on their flights. They’re aware of the fact that many people want to use tech gear while stuck in the air, but that your average airline isn’t necessarily well-equipped to please everyone.
Virgin America, however, offers regular outlets at each seat, none of which require any funky adapters – just a straight up plain outlet like you have in your wall at home. Each …read more

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