Tech for travelling: Because you can only carry so much

Canon EOS 400D dSLR camera
If you want to remember your adventures with some seriously good pictures, you need to get yourself a dSLR -- accept no replacements. But rather than carry around a huge mammoth of a camera, you can go for something like the Canon EOS 400D.

We like the 400D because it's capable of producing great images but it's not heavy or big, so it'll fit in a backpack without much hassle. It's also a relatively easy camera to understand, but it has a plethora of advanced settings should you need them.

You can pick a Canon 400D up from several online retailers from £400 to £500, which is at the lower spend end by dSLR standards. Alternatively, if you want something much smaller and more robust, the almost indestructible Olympus mju 790 SW is worth having a look at -- we were seriously impressed with how tough it is.