Ready to get nerdy? This week’s video covers how to protect your computer and data while traveling. Specifically it gives recommendation on free and secure encryption, convenient cloud storage solutions and the best hard drives for extreme travel.

Background

True to this post, I am traveling in Bali today. This life list item has turned out kind of funny. Technically the item was to visit Kuala Lumpur (KL). In researching that trip, I got carried away :-p It turns out that KL is a super cheap airport hub in SE Asia. Trips from Bali to there (via Asia Air X) was $100 USD (74.05 Euro). Randomly I had two friends ask me if I could meet them in Bali on the applicable date so here I am.

But that is not where it stopped. In looking for a return flight to Singapore I found a deal from KL to the Maldives for $80 USD (59.24 Euro). Without a second thought I booked that. Then when figuring out how to get from there to Singapore I figured out I could do a 24 hour layover in Sri Lanka for free (the layover of an hour was already part of the flight so extending it to a full day didn’t cost anything). So here I am :-)

I should have a video about this trip coming out in about a week and a half. Before coming here I had assumed Bali would be like Cancun, Mexico. Wow, was I wrong. It is a bit touristy but it also has 3.5 million locals. Cancun… not so much :-)

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