{"id":1728,"date":"2011-02-15T00:48:11","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T05:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=1728"},"modified":"2011-02-15T00:48:11","modified_gmt":"2011-02-15T05:48:11","slug":"happiness-brought-on-by-the-apple-world-travel-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/02\/15\/happiness-brought-on-by-the-apple-world-travel-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Happiness Brought on by The Apple World Travel Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:13687,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/5447429392&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190111002840\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/5447429392\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-06 02:51:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-28 12:39:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-24 19:12:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-25 01:43:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-25 01:43:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13688,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/store.apple.com\\\/us\\\/product\\\/MB974ZM\\\/B&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20120612002942\\\/http:\\\/\\\/store.apple.com\\\/us\\\/product\\\/MB974ZM\\\/B&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-06 02:51:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-28 12:39:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-24 19:12:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-25 01:43:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-25 01:43:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Apple World Travel Adapter Kit by adamjackson1984, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/5447429392\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter pk-lazyload\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Apple World Travel Adapter Kit\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"480\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5017\/5447429392_ec4b5956f5_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The day that my U.S. Passport arrived in the mail, I had this overwhelming excitement like I could go anywhere, be anything and travel to great lengths of the world. Just a simple booklet with my photo contained gave me a simple passage into almost any country. This week, my passport returned to me via FedEx stamped with a 6-month Indian Travel Visa and that same excitement about being a world traveler filled my heart.<\/p>\n<p>Travel is a kick starter of huge personal growth. Everything we need is already within but to set foot in another country and to experience the thrilling adventure of being an observer of a different culture is something different. It changes us in so many ways and I hope that everyone I&#8217;ve met has this chance to take that trip to somewhere that excites them, scares them and gives them a new outlook on life.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the <a href=\"http:\/\/store.apple.com\/us\/product\/MB974ZM\/B\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple World Travel Adapter Kit <\/a>arrived with an Indian compatible power plug. I have to power my Dell notebook, MacBook Air, iPad and iPhone as well as charge cameras while in India so power is an essential\u00a0commodity. Apple dubbing this product &#8220;world travel adapter&#8221; makes me smile. I think the adapters are pretty overpriced but they fit in well with my existing Apple power adapters and are going to make travel going forward pretty easy.<\/p>\n<p>These tools that allow us the ability to explore a new place are inspiring. A simple plastic plug, a paper booklet and a sheet of paper stamped &#8220;tourist visa&#8221; will open me up to new experiences starting on Saturday. What a great time to be alive and I am grateful to have this ability to challenge myself.<\/p>\n<p>Goodnight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The day that my U.S. Passport arrived in the mail, I had this overwhelming excitement like I could&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1728","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-motivational","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-rS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2492,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2014\/11\/21\/travel-went-to-over-30-vermont-breweries-and-all-i-got-was-this-bag-of-awesome\/","url_meta":{"origin":1728,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Travel: Went to over 30 Vermont Breweries and all I got was this bag of awesome","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"November 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Myself and two friends spent the summer going to every brewery on the Vermont Beer Passport. 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