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One of my favorite things about traveling is that it's an excuse to go shopping and buy some new stuff. This time I'm off to Tokyo, Japan and I got a few new goodies to try out.

• Royal Robbins Nox Jeans - Jeans have always been considered terrible travel clothing but there's a part of me that just can't do the whole zip-off nylon travel thing, especially somewhere like Tokyo. These are high-tech wicking techno-jeans and they don't look like old-person jeans. Slightly spendy but that's what REI coupons are for.


• Platypus 1L water bottle - I'll be damned if I'm going to pay three dollars for a bottle of water once you get past the security checkpoint. This way I can refill whenever and wherever but it won't take up space when it's empty. I don't know much about Tokyo tap water though so we'll see. I'm a little interested in how easy it is to drink from too.


• Joby Gorillapod - I picked this thing up due to some very sub-par low-light photography I took in Paris. I've seen mixed reviews about it online but I have a light camera and I really want to get some of those cool night pictures of the city.


• Sleep gear for the plane - I've been cursed with what appears to be a total inability to sleep on airplanes. I've tried staying up all night the night before, Tylenol PM, alcohol, eating, not eating, whatever. For the first time though I'm going to check out the whole neck pillow, eye mask and earplugs deal.

I also got a few miscellaneous things like CoolMax socks and one of those memory cards with a built-in USB adaptor. I'll report back when I'm done.

Labels: gear, Tokyo, travel