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Backpack to the future:For the new generation of backpackers, laptops and MP3 players are the essential pieces of travelling kit, writes self-confessed "flashpacker" Ailbhe Conneely

I HAVE TAKEN A step closer to becoming a "flashpacker". It's not as if I set out to be this new breed of backpacker; I simply gained the title after my rucksack gained three kilos.