There are no mayors in China

As I was packing for my trip to China this week I realized how much lighter my back pack was compared to other big trips from just a few years ago.

When I went to Peru I had packed an HD video Camera, an SLR camera, my laptop, a mobile phone and a DVD player along with all the cords, and batteries adapters.  It was perhaps a little over the top to carry a virtual media studio on my pack through the mountain of Peru, but i wanted to capture every great moment with the best tech available.

This time my mobile device is acting as my video, photo, and media device while my iPad is giving me the larger media consumption platform I need for movies or catching up on whatever news i’m allowed to access here.

So far finding Wifi has not been a problem but accessing my usual social media platforms has been a different story. I can’t access facebook or twitter directly and even foursquare has been blocked – so no check ins, badges or new mayorships.

How will I survive a week without social media?

I think I’ll somehow survive with all the movies I picked up in an alley yesterday. 20 movies for less than $20 – all in high definition. All the rage here is to buy a hard drive pre-loaded with hundreds of movies. The hard drive sits in a cradle with an HDMI output so you can easily stream blue ray or other hi definition videos directly to your TV.

Assuming I have some $$$ left at the end of the trip I may pick up such a system for some R&D in Canada