Well, sometimes it was difficult to find a connection but it's amazing how many places around the world have open connections. Where there are travellers there are people wanting to use the internet (even in Laos)!

If needed I'd wander down to a more up-market Hotel/Hostel where they often had free wifi in the lounge area. Same with cafes and restaurants.

Only place I didn't have a connection was on the islands of Fiji - but then again, I was too busy having a good time to notice - plus it was way too bright to see the screen there!

Without a wireless connection, being able to transfer pictures off my camera memory card and onto my iPod was invaluable and all of the blog was written offline in Abiword (notes didn't like large texts) then copied and pasted when online. Same with photo selection for the blog. It was nice to play through Monkey Island again and Beneath a Steel Sky on boring bus journeys too!

The N770 is amazing - it can upload as fast as the internet connection. I must have uploaded hundreds of megabytes of data over the year and best of all, programs can be installed and updated on the fly without a computer.

I've just decided to clear it down and start again now because after a year of contant use it was a bit cluttered with programs and had started crashing every so often.