The concept of the flashpacker, for instance, predated my study of solo female travellers. For those of you who don't know this phrase, the flashpacker is someone who rather than simply taking a backpack with them on their travels, also now takes a variety of mobile technology and gadgetry. These days, I suspect if I were to re-interview my participants few would be travelling without mobile communication devices and I wonder to what extent that would have shaped their travels had these been available at the time. Two aspects of experience that were central to my research were the gaze and performance of tourists and surveillance and security of tourists. I will briefly re-examine these areas and their relationship with technology.