I don't always (or even often) stay in albergues. I use a power monkey and solar panel which charges everything my donkey carries. However, it is light and small enough for a backpack. The real weight is in the extra batteries and second much larger solar panel that I use so I can be totally independent of mains. I use a camera with aa batteries for this reason, also have aa bats in my torch, and the power monkey charges my palm and my phone. If the weather is grey it takes a long time, so I carry ten aa batts and a pack that will do power out. I have the mains chargers for both in case I ever have mains available. I never in two months had a problem with lack of power for all my goodies. I am somewhat antisocial at times (I'm the one who gets grumpy when people rush up taking pictures of self and donkey without asking)and like to be independent when i don't feel like company. The problem with recharging in albergues is the number of power points relative to the number of cellphones and cameras.Also, you might consider that the camera itself tends to be larger and heavier with a lithium battery. You can gett aas pretty well everywhere, even on the norte and primitivo.