Traveling is a great way to escape the rat
race and experience new cultures and places. Alas, your experiences
can fade with time. The best way to prevent this is to keep a
travel journal for your trips.
Travel Journals
Take a minute to give some consideration to your most recent trip.
What sticks out in your mind? Now think about the first trip you
ever took. Undoubtedly, you remember few things about the trip.
The experiences you’ve forgotten are lost to time. If you had
kept a journal, this wouldn’t be the case.
There are famous instances of people keeping journals throughout
time. Of course, Anne Frank’s Diary is the best example. In her
diary, Anne kept a running commentary of the two years her family
spent hiding from the Nazis. While your travels will hopefully
be more lighthearted, keeping a journal will let you remember
them as the years pass.
A good travel journal combines a number of characteristics. First,
it should be compact so you don’t have to take up unnecessary
space for other things. Second, it should have a case to protect
it from rain, spills and so on. Third, the journal should contain
blank areas to write your notes. Fourth, the journal should contain
cue spaces to remind you to keep notes on specific things. Cues
should include:
1. Who you traveled with,
2. Where you stayed and if you enjoyed it,
3. Who you met and contact information for them,
4. Places to eat, and
5. Things to see and if you would visit again,
At the end of the trip, you should be able
to get the following from your journal:
1. Contact information for other travelers and people you met,
2. Enough detail to provide you with a guide if you travel to
the location a second time.
3. Memories to reflect upon years later, and
4. Something to give you children and grandchildren later in life.
To get the most out of your travel journal, you should spend a
few minutes writing in it every day. Every day of a trip brings
new experiences even if you’re just sitting on a train or bus.
If you get writers block, you can note whom you met, what you
saw, etc.
Traveling is a chance to experience new things and meet new people.
Don’t lose these experiences to time.
About
the Author: Rick Chapo is with http://www.nomadjournals.com
- Makers of travel writing journals. Visit http://www.nomadjournaltrips.com
to read travel articles and travelogues.
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