Testing the GPS application

Written by Romain on Tuesday, 11 of November 2008 at 2:04

 

Just few lines of code that I put here to test the InstaMapper application I’ve just installed on my new iPhone. It’s refreshing every 5 seconds, so I might be able to use some cool screenshots that will be automatically updated. That’s cool, isn’t it ? You can find my “live” position right here, and may be one day in the blog’s sidebar, who knows ? :roll:

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How I changed my mind

Written by Romain on Sunday, 9 of November 2008 at 20:55

This is now an official thing, I’ll bring an iPhone 3G with me next year. But why such a choice ? Here are my answers in video.

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The electronic stuff

Written by Romain on Monday, 3 of November 2008 at 9:21



Here is the electronic stuff I’ll bring with me for this world tour. And this is how you’ll be able to follow my adventures on this blog. In details :

  • 1 Macbook (HD 250 Go, 4Go RAM) with both Mac OS X and Windows XP installed
  • 1 External Hard Disk Western Digital 320 Go
  • 1 Numerical camcorder HD Sony (40 Go HDD)
  • 1 Mobile phone
  • 1 USB key 2 Go
  • 1 Camera Lumix 12 Mega Pixels
  • 2 SD cards 4 Go (for the camera)
  • 1 Memory stick 4 Go (for the camcorder)
  • 1 Olympus digital voice recorder (for “in live” podcasts)

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A video of some equipment

Written by Romain on Thursday, 30 of October 2008 at 22:13




Very soon, i’ll talk about backpacks and electronic stuff :smile:

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Which insurrance to take for a world tour ?

Written by Romain on Friday, 24 of October 2008 at 10:02

Let’s talk now about a critical thing : which insurrance to choose for a one year trip around the world ? Well, it’s obvious that travelling the world can’t be organized without any special insurrance.

 A globetrotter would particularly care for two criterias : "All risk" and "Repatriation".

 

Through my travel preparations, I’ve contacted several other globetrotters to ask them what were their insurrances. And I finally noticed that almost all (I only asked to french travelers) of them were using "Le Guide du Routard". I finally chose their "Marco Polo" offer that will cost me 86 euros per month for 12 months so the final cost of 1032 euros for the full year.

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Flight informations

Written by Romain on Wednesday, 10 of September 2008 at 14:16

The last time I went to les Connaisseurs du voyage, I got my tickets and I also started to book some flights . Indeed, when you’re buying a “world tour ticket”, the most important thing is your itinerary, since it’s impossible to book flight tickets more than one year in advance.

But since my last visit at the travel agency, I booked some new flights. Here are the confirmed ones

(La suite…)

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About me

I'm a 26 years old young graduate, living in Lyon, France and who traveled 12 months around the world. The purpose of this travel was to fully comprehend the international environment by looking through different people’s eyes. Together we will be learning about each countries values and beliefs, fears and dreams, worries and concerns through pictures, people’s stories and my experiences. Hopefully, this will bring a new point of view, a new perspective over the world’s view. About me