'Flashpackers' roam the globe

A new type of backpacker is roaming the globe. Is your hostel ready?

"'Flashpacking is just backpacking, with an awful lot of tech gear going along for the ride,' said Lee Gimpel, 29, a writer from Virginia who "flashpacked" around India for a few months and recorded his adventures at www.PassingThroughIndia.com.

...A survey completed earlier this year by 2,561 visitors to the Hostelworld.com website found that 21% of them travel with a laptop, 54% with an MP3 player, 83% with a cellphone and 86% with a digital camera."

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