Video Equipment:
First, Cameron will be videotaping. Both for us, and for his high school senior culminating project. So we are taking our somewhat dated and bulky Sony digital high-8 camcorder, four 90 minute blank tapes, extra camcorder battery, charger, "mono-pod", mini tri-pod, and lamp attachment.
Computer Equipment:
For emailing family and friends, updating our blog, unloading pix off the digital camera, watching DVD's, etc. we are taking along my computer. I have the Apple power adapter kit so we will be able to plug it in while we're there.
We are also taking an Apple iSight camera with us. I have equipped my mother and sister each with one of these. The plan is that we will try to video-conference with them while we are in China so they can see Kai while we're there. We'll see how this works out, internet bandwidth and time zones may work against us on this one. If it doesn't work out we will have the system in place and be able to use it when we get home.
iPod Stuff:
We are also taking my iPod mini, it's computer adapter, earbuds, earbud splitter (so two people can listen on the plane), and the fancy little tubular gizmo at the top is little battery operated speaker set so you can hear the iPod without earphones. The main purpose of the iPod is for helping us communicate with Kai. We have about 170 phrases in Mandarin for adoptive parents stored on it. These range from: "I love you." to "Do you need to pee?" We have mastered a few of them, but with the little speaker thingy we might be able to play them for him so he can hear someone pronouncing things correctly. Again, this may be less than practical in reality, but we're going to give it a try.
More Power:
This is the adapter kit I'm taking to plug in the camcorder charger and rechargeable batteries for the digital camera. All the equipment we're taking has AC adapters that are auto-ranging from 100-240 input. This means that we don't need a transformer, just the plug adapters to fit the outlets.
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