/diy/ - Do It Yourself

I had to leave my homeland for an unknown number of years, possibly forever. I had a woodworking shop of 4 years back home (with dreams of making old-timey musical instruments one day), but now it's pretty much gone, moving it is a lost cause. I'm now destined to move from a rented apartment to a rented apartment and possibly change countries, and I don't know how many years would pass until I'm able to settle and buy property somewhere. I'm a programmer, so I want the hobby to be physical and not related to computers at all, I'm tired of them.
Any recommendations besides knitting? I thought about pencil drawing but I suck at it, and not sure if I need to have talent for that. The hobby must be compact enough to travel with me on a plane and in a taxi between apartments, and widespread enough for the materials and tools to be available across Central Asia.
Sorry if this is the wrong board to ask.