First off though, I thought I'd share a little bit about what I've brought with me on my trip. Unlike all of my travels in the past where I brought mainly clothing, my ipod, and say my laptop - I feel like I've focused this trip more primarily on bringing my camera and equipment along with it. =D I carried two bags with me mainly - a North Face "Surge" backpack which carried some extra clothes, my macbook air, and tons of other random things - as well as my Crumpler 5 Million Dollar Home bag for my camera.
Recently, I've also really geared up camera wise. On this trip, I brought the Crumpler bag, Canon XTi with Targus battery grip, Canon 430EX II flash, 50mm f/1.8, and my new and amazing 24-70mm f/2.8L. As you can imagine, walking around with the camera in my hands results in a lot of strange looks from people, especially in China. I've actually been hesitant at many times to take photos in certain places because of the aura I get from people around - and twice have been asked not to take any photos at restaurants I was at (still did get a few though).
For those of you photographers out there, I highly recommend getting the Canon handstrap for your camera if you haven't. I only keep the neckstrap on there now for when I have others carry my camera for a picture - otherwise I rely heavily on the handstrap for one-handed holding. Especially with the heavy lens on it, the strap helps me carry the camera loosely yet safely wherever I go!
Anyhow, so that's what I've carried here for my trip...
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