gallinvanting

Continually updated post on all the necessary long term travel info and gear.

Websites:
CouchSurfing: See the city from a locals point of view, and their living room from the resourceful CouchSurfing site.
Gmail: Best email! Use this for my domain account and @gmail address.
Google Documents: Don’t ever need to use Word on the road again. Google Documents is offering all the editing you’ll need, online from anywhere.

Gear:
Leica Minilux - Leica’s finest point and shoot camera. Great for pros and anyone looking for great film shots out of their pocket.

Transportation:
Mediterranean Ferries - map and list of carries for ferries in the Mediterranean sea.
Kayak - Great airfare search, haven’t tried other search categories.

Destination Research:
BootsnAll Travel Forums - personal experiences in far off lands.
WWOOF - budget travel and work in the worlds most exotic places.

Moleskin launches a new set of city specific notebooks for the traveler hitting many of the big spots across the globe. The new notebooks include maps, street index, pockets, and of-course blank pages.

Individual(!) notebooks include: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Prague, Rome, and Vienna.

We’re big fans of Flickr and yesterday they announced a new geotagging feature for all members. You can now drag and drop your photos over a Yahoo! generated map and get pretty little pink dots on the location of your shot. Links below will help to get you started posting and wasting the rest of the day exploring.

How to geotag your own photos
Searching and exploring geotagged photos
Flickr Blog posting with more details

Covers everything except your shelter and clothes.

Altoids Tin Survival Kit

More DIY survival kits:
The Do-it-yourself Coffee Can Survival Kit
A Survival Kit you can Live With

Affordable cell phone plans for travelers, $49 for 140 countries, $99 for 160 + US. Good deals if you’re going to be out for awhile.

Mobal rental