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Use your phone

As I prepared for my O. A. T. trip to Peru and Machu Picchu, I realized that the camera on my new cell phone was of better quality and pixel size than my not-that-old digital camera. My cell phone also allowed me to easily zoom in with a quick finger swipe. … I could also switch to video mode quickly if an action-filled activity suddenly came into view or I wanted to record some audio. By turning on the geographic tag feature of my phone, the location of my photos was automatically recorded along with the photo file; that helped me remember where all my photos had been taken when I got back home and started to create a photo album of my trip.

— Eileen Karl, 3-time traveler, Circle Pines, MN

Annapurna Valley, Nepal