kornel from UMPC Portal poses this question.

I had my vacation to Hawaii back in January as we went to my friend's wedding. I took my laptop, handheld, cellphone, camera plus all the power adapters that I needed. My son took his laptop, iPhone, camera, video camera and all the paraphenalia that went along with that. I have duplicates of all my power adapters in a special bag for travelling. Electronics sometimes make life so much fun and so much easier, until you have to travel with them all !

I bought a Proporta Mobile Device charger for travelling. It means I only take a charger for this, and it then chargers all my other devices by just plugging a diffferent end on the cable. It does mean selecting new hardware that charges using 5V but that's not really restricting.

I like to travel light.  In 2006 I went to Hawaii with 2 bags. One bag had my clothes and such, and one backpack had my minimal professional camera equipment (DSLR, 18-200 VR lens, flash, batteries, charger, memory cards)...  then I had one mini-USB cable, a USB AC adapter, USB car charger, i-mate JAMin with 2Gb SD card, stereo headphones, Bluetooth GPS reciever, and USB charging cable for the GPS. 

The JAMin was my music, phone, email/text, and navigation device.  Here I am using the headphones and iGuidance connected to GPS to find my way around Oahu:

While on the motorcycle one day I got a call inviting me to go surfing on the other side of the island. I couldn't make it in time, but met up at a flea market before dinner.  All I had to do was enter the address into iGuidance in order to be directed to the proper meeting location.

I didn't feel at all hampered or tied down by my electronic devices. Since then having GPS built-in has lightened the load further, except that's not much use when you go to areas where the map data only shows one street in an entire City.

Which islands did you get to visit, Laura?

Great photo ! - wish I was there.

We went to Maui in January , but just for 3 days as my son had to get back to college.

I have also visited Kauai and the Big Island. I love anywhere on Hawaii - so easy to get to from California and it is just SO relaxing.

Yeah, we're a little off topic now, but I totally love Hawaii.

The best is if you have a friend with a helicopter who will take pictures of you while hanging out the side of the helicopter taking pictures of the active volcano.  :)

Adam Z Lein:

The best is if you have a friend with a helicopter who will take pictures of you while hanging out the side of the helicopter taking pictures of the active volcano. 

Many people have wishes that they want to one day fulfill - I have a wish that I may NEVER, NEVER go up in a helicopter - sorry but I'm a real scaredy cat!!