I'm a big fan of my bag, which was made by a company called Ultimate. Unfortunately, it's very difficult to find information about these bags. Why don't you try Googling "ultimate bags" and sorting through the mess?
At any rate, I bought this at REI last year, and I think the name of the bag was "photojournalist". It's a sturdy thing with plenty of pockets, a space that fits my laptop, two waterbottle holders, and a lot more. It converts from a shoulder bag to a backpack. I love this bag.
As you can see, there's a narrow pocket in the back with one snap closure. It's roomy enough for you to slide a couple of magazines, a guidebook, or a digital camera. That's also where the backpack straps are at.
The front flap has a zippered pocket that can easily carry your airline ticket and/or passport if you want it tucked away. It also has a buckle for keeping the flap closed.
As you can see, there's one main pocket, which has a laptop holder and an interior mesh waterbottle holder. There's also an interior mesh zippered pocket on the flap, but I never use that one.
Toward the bottom, you can see the exterior mesh waterbottle holder, and the separate pocket. I use this lower pocket for pens, my camera, my ipod, and Altoid tins. It has a pen holder and an interior zippered pocket.
Both the main pocket and the lower pocket have two zippers, each with red bungee straps. When I was on the metro, I tied the straps together and never worried about pickpockets.
This last picture is so you can get a sense for the size. It's not as roomy as my big messenger bag or my laptop bag, but it's roomy enough. It's the perfect daypack and carryon for me. I usually carry maps, at least one notebook, a guidebook or two, some pleasure reading, maybe a magazine, as well as my iPod and digital camera.
I'm a Latin teacher who visited Italy in the summer of 2004 and 2005.
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