what technology keeps you connected on the road

I do not keep connected. I learnt that if I am travelling by holiday and I am in France, and my friends are in London, I need to live in France, hence, unless needed, I do not keep much contact with London, because than my mind would be living in London, not in France.

When I began traveling I was a teenager. I used to stay in contact with expensive telephone calls and letters that took days or weeks to get to my home country. At best a letter from Australia to England in those days to one week. By sea a parcel took 6 to 8 weeks. Last year I sent ten postcards from South Africa but nobody got their postcard. It would seem to me that the postal service in South Africa isn't very reliable. These days with modern technology available I can use my mobile phone to send text messages. This summer when I traveled to Vancouver I used my net book and it worked well. It is a small lightweight type of laptop. Thankfully phoning popular countries is more economical these days.

I usually use my blackberry to stay connect with friends and such. My laptop is outdated and heavy so i just keep that home. I cant bother to keep carrying that thing around.