[Swprograms] 10 travel gadgets under $50

[Eric Floden <eric.f99999@xxxxxxxxx>]

nice list -- towards the bottom is a Grundig mini-SW radio

ef

http://frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/top-10-travel-gadgets-under-50/#more-871



9. The most important gadgets, in my opinion, are not
those that let us travel more easily but those that let 
us connect with
other people. A deck of cards is always in my bag, and I have friends
who won’t leave home 
without a Frisbee. Those aren’t exactly gadgets,
though. Speakers for an iPod are nice to have along — the 
lightweight,
$29.99 iSymphony
is what I own — but I sometimes feel like iPods promote egotism:
Everyone 
wants to be the D.J. Instead, I love my $30, 4.7-ounce Grundig Mini 300 shortwave radio.
It may not have 
the greatest receiver or speaker, but I remember one
night, sitting in the foothills of the Himalayas with a 
new friend,
tuning in to music and news broadcast from India, England, China,
Russia, Vietnam and beyond, 
marveling at how isolated and yet how
connected we felt. Nice.
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