A travel + tech diary

Notes from the road, written somewhere with decent Wi-Fi.

I'm Leah. I travel a lot, I rely on too many gadgets, and I write about what actually works when you're three time zones from home and your only plug is a hostel power strip.

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Half travel notes, half tech reviews. Always written from somewhere, not from a desk.

Field Notes Oct 25, 2026

The 8 Apps I Open on Every Travel Day

My phone has about 120 apps. On a travel day, I use eight of them. Here's the list, what each one does for me, and the ones I deleted after a month.
Field Notes Oct 18, 2026

How I Get Around With No Data: My Offline Maps Setup

The eSIM works 95% of the time. For the other 5%, I keep three offline map apps on my phone. Here's what each one does well, and the setting that saved me in rural Laos.
Gear Oct 11, 2026

How I Back Up My Travel Photos on the Road

Losing a phone abroad is bad. Losing two months of photos with it is worse. Here's my two-copy backup setup, what it costs per month, and the hotel Wi-Fi problem that almost broke it.
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Hi, I'm Leah.

Leah, author of Travel Tech Guide

This is a small corner of the internet where I keep notes on the places I've been and the tools I take with me. Nothing sponsored, no affiliate funnels, no listicles ranked by SEO software.

I started this because every "best travel gadget" post I read felt like it had been written by someone who'd never had to charge a laptop in a Lisbon café or reset a router in a guesthouse on Koh Lanta. So now I just write down what I actually use and what I actually think.

New entries go up when I have something worth saying. If you want to chat, I'm one email away.

In my bag right now
  • One carry-on, no checked bag
  • iPad + folding keyboard (laptop stayed home)
  • Airalo eSIM for everywhere I land
  • Anker GaN charger, 65W, three ports
  • One paperback I haven't started
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