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            and when he does this seems to be the essentials.  

My daily pill organizer pretty much expresses what everyone of a certain age thinks about requiring a daily pill organizer.

The vintage aluminum "Eagle Eyes" spare eyeglass holder I found on eBay a few years ago.  Both lighter and a little more sturdy than most, it's sitting next to...

...  a front pocket wallet from Rogue.  To foil the pickpockets, naturally.  A few years ago in a touristy public square in Italy I watched a couple of very professional dudes work the crowd before they -- almost literally - melted away.  Very instructive.

Just above that, my Tip Clip. Instead of having to deal with that wallet in your front pocket, it's much easier to nonchalantly pull a predetermined small denomination bill from the clip to tip a bellhop or whatnot.  Also - and this is the Voice of Experience addressing you now  -  when a nice young man confronts you with a large knife and demands your money, THIS is what you hand him.  And everyone goes away happy and unharmed and all you've lost is some tip money.

My trusty iPhone 4s, which is rapidly gaining obsolescence thanks to Apple's continual updates which push it ever further into the barely functioning category nearly every day.  C'mon 7!!

On the other hand, my elderly iPod, dressed up in an age appropriate Steampunk skin remains useful. Stifle your snickering, children, this bad boy holds 164 gigs, has a battery life north of 16 hours and (some say) has superior audio quality than any  iPhone...

...and from which flows the sweet soothing syrup through Bose 20 Noise Cancelling ear buds.  Surprisingly, these things actually work.   In fact, I like them so much that I've been calling them my "Ear Buddies", which for some reason really annoys some people, especially my wife.

Then there's that teeny flashlight, which so far hasn't aroused the ire of the TSA. Handy in an unfamiliar hotel room or a darkened airliner when you're desperately rummaging for the FunYuns snacks crushed at the bottom of your carry-on.  I can't quite remember where I got it, but it sez Smith & Wesson on it, which makes me wonder how it hasn't aroused the ire of the TSA yet.

That black brick is actually a really great charger  An Anker "2nd Gen Astro E5" is what it informs us about itself in tiny type on the back and it'll top off all your chargeables many times.   Highly rated on gear rating websites. Heavy but recommended.

Moving smartly back into the world of analog is the Seiko SNK809 self winding mechanical watch which I've modified with a Worn n' Wound leather strap.  Here's a situation where the strap cost more than the watch (admittedly the Seiko was on big time sale on Amazon).  It has everything I need for traveling: light weight, luminous dial which doesn't overwhelm my diminutive wrists (only 31mm diameter -- the watch, not the wrists), a long "reserve", which is watch-geek speak for how long it keeps running once you take it off and it just lays there chuffing away by itself. And there's a nifty window on the back side so in times of profound boredom you can amuse yourself by observing the works.  
And, oh yeah, it displays the correct time and day and date too! (Spanish or English your choice. Español o Inglés su elección) .

Which it's sitting on my Generation iDunno iPad, which has more than a few travel, weather, and news apps along with a whole lotta books tucked into the Kindle app.  Wrapped up in a fully functional Kavaj leather cover which you would also stroke appreciatively while enduring severe turbulence.

And finally, over the years I've learned never to travel with anything you'd be reluctant to leave behind.  Not including people of course.

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Taken on: January 16, 2016

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