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GLOBETROTTING: OUR WORLD
HOT hi-tech travel
gadgets for 2008
Globetrotting
James Holland, editor of
ElectricPig.tv, selects
Venture a little further into our world…
three top toys to accompany you on your travels.
NINTENDO DS LITE
BEST PLACE TO…
■ £100 ■ www.
nintendo.co.uk SMASH WORKS OF ART
The most portable Every January sculptors from all over the world
pocket games machine descend on Harbin in China’s Manchuria area
around, Nintendo’s dual- for the Ice Festival. At night the ice carvings are
screen DS takes traditional fl oodlit by thousands of Chinese lanterns. On
gaming and turns it on the very last day you can join the locals in the
its head. There’s no better traditional sculpture-smashing ceremony! You
way to kill time at airports, can visit the festival when travelling on Kumuka’s
train stations or bus stops, Snow Train Trip from Moscow to Beijing. It passes
and thanks to its built-in Wi-Fi through Siberia in the grip of its deep freeze and
connection, it’ll let you challenge friends in the area too.
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past Lake Baikal, a frozen freshwater lake the
Even better, Nintendo have hinted that 2008 will be the year
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size of England. There are opportunities to go ice
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the DS makes the leap into the online world, using its Wi-Fi
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fi shing, skiing and sledging with huskies.
connection for more than just head-to-head gaming, letting
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BOOK IT! SNOW TRAIN TOUR
it grab useful information from the internet and present it in
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an easy to read style. Details are hazy, but the smart money K
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NZ$2970, US$2310, CA$2530, ZAR18,700
is on travel guides, maps and local information. Pick one up
– they’re cheap, ludicrously fun and incredibly hard to put down.
APPLE IPHONE GET INVITED TO TEN
■ £269 ■
www.apple.com/uk THOUSAND PARTIES
The most anticipated gadget of 2007 is also More exuberant, more colourful and arguably
the most useful for those travelling in 2008. even cooler than the Rio Carnival, Brazil’s Salvador
Underneath that shiny skin is a quad-band Carnival is increasingly becoming the place to be
mobile that’ll work all over the world. at. The week-long celebration also gives revellers a
There’s a built-in world-clock too, and the greater chance of becoming involved – you could
iPhone’s calendar can automatically adapt even fi nd yourself dancing on one of the trucks.
to cope with changing time zones. Not The carnival has an intensely African feel, with
enough? How about live weather updates each area of the city providing a different beat
for any city on the planet and maps to to party to, hence Salvador being dubbed the
tell you where to go when you reach your city of ten thousand parties during festival time.
destination? The iPhone’s an amazing piece Kumuka’s Carnival Experience also gives you time to chill out on the beautiful Bahian
of technology, but you needn’t worry about beaches and to explore Chapada Diamantina National Park on horseback.
how advanced it is – just enjoy the extra time BOOK IT! CARNIVAL EXPERIENCE TOUR 14 DAYS FROM £425, €640, AU$1085*,
it’ll save you while travelling! NZ$1255, US$895, CA$980, ZAR7225
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EEE PC
■ £458 ■
http://eeepc.asus.com
Who wants to lug a gigantic laptop on their travels? Far
better to bag this little lap-dweller, which is barely bigger WATCH FOOTBALL
than a hardback book. That’s not to say corners The annual Surin Elephant Round up in northeast Thailand is a
have been cut in designing this spectacular not to be missed. The people here are well known
dinky computer. What you’re for their ability to catch wild elephants then tame them. Every
looking at is a full-blown PC, year more then one hundred elephants take part in the festival,
with a seven-inch screen, Wi-Fi displaying their grace, strength and intelligence in games of
and even a built-in webcam. soccer, log carrying and tugs-of-war. The festival’s highlight is
Astoundingly, the whole a dramatic mock battle. Kumuka’s festival tour also takes you
package weighs less than a to Kanchanburi and the Bridge over the River Kwai, to the old
kilogram, and because it uses capital of Siam, Ayutthaya, and to Khaoyai National Park.
solid-state memory instead BOOK IT! SURIN ELEPHANT ROUND UP FESTIVAL TOUR
of a hard disk, it’s completely 9 DAYS FROM £455, €685, AU$1165*, NZ$1345,
shockproof. How’s that for the US$960, CA$1050, ZAR7735
perfect travelling companion?
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