{"id":352,"date":"2009-03-02T14:20:33","date_gmt":"2009-03-02T19:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?p=352"},"modified":"2012-10-05T13:07:10","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T17:07:10","slug":"travel-tip-of-the-week-bring-a-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/travel-tip-of-the-week-bring-a-journal","title":{"rendered":"Travel Tip of the Week: Bring a Journal!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every week, Explorations<\/strong><\/em> <\/strong>will offer all you inveterate travelers a travel tip from one of our expert Program Consultants.<\/p>\n

This week’s travel tip is from Program Consultant Adam Barton<\/strong>, and it’s a good one for members of the burgeoning travel literati…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I know that at this point, it’s practically a cliche, but I strongly recommend bringing a travel journal with you on all your journeys.\u00a0 On the bus, the plane, the train, or during a break at a nearby cafe, bodega, or elsewhere, put the iPod down<\/strong>, place the earbuds in your pocket, and listen–and write–your travel experiences.<\/p>\n

Trust me, when you get home from your journeys, you’ll appreciate your live reflections<\/strong> during your trip, and even better than photos or flimsy souvenirs, your written thoughts of your travel memories will be the best memento of all.<\/p>\n

Following the lead of fellow world-wanderer Bruce Chatwin, in his great book about traveling Australia, The Songlines<\/a>, I always carry a moleskine journal <\/a>wherever the road (or path) takes me.<\/p>\n

Taking the time to stop and reflect about where I’ve been–and to daydream about where I’ll soon be going, is one of my favorite parts about travel<\/strong>.\u00a0 And it could be one of yours too.\u00a0 Don’t leave home without one!<\/p>\n

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Every week, Explorations will offer all you inveterate travelers a travel tip from one of our expert Program Consultants. This week’s travel tip is from Program Consultant Adam Barton, and it’s a good one for members of the burgeoning travel literati… I know that at this point, it’s practically a cliche, but I strongly recommend Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,63,172],"tags":[38,12],"class_list":["post-352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","hentry","category-parents","category-students","category-teachers","tag-journal","tag-travel-tips","post_format-post-format-aside"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1688,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352\/revisions\/1688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}