Jon from Proactive Logic

I just returned from another international business trip and survived all of the airport delays, taxi delays, etc. Every time I travel, these are the top ten items I make sure I have when traveling over seas:

1. Two international power adapters (for the region I am visiting) - One for my computer and one for backup
2. Passport
3. Travelers checks
4. Two alarms - that jet lag gets me every time, and fault tolerance is ingrained into my head
5. Protein bars - who knows where or when you will eat next
6. Celebrity Magazines - After about 5 hours on a flight, reading technical material becomes difficult
7. A power strip - conference rooms don’t seem to ever have enough outlets - also using the one power adapter will feed power for my colleagues and I
8. Four port hub
9. One small ethernet cable and one long ethernet cable - getting onto wireless networks is still far too difficult in most offices
10. Tom tom maps for my windows mobile cell phone and bluetooth GPS - This comes in very handy because taxi drivers really have trouble with directions in most places I visit.