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Turning your international travels into lasting memories.

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No matter how many times you experience international travel,the excitement never fades. But one thing that will fade is yourmemory of all the exciting experiences and pleasures from yourtravels. Why not develop several ways to keep your "vacation of alifetime" alive in your memory for the rest of your life? Here'show: --Keep a journal. If the idea of writing everything down boresyou, keep an audio journal with an inexpensive tape recorder.But I recommend both a written and an audio journal. When youreturn home, transcribing your experiences into a more coherentform will help you relive the entire experience. --Take pictures. You don't have to buy expensive equipment toaccomplish this (and in fact, I would urge you to economize onsuch equipment). Be sure to use your journal to keep track ofwhere your pictures were taken, what the subject matters were,when and where you were there and why you found it sointeresting. --Shop for bargains. Every country will offer unique (maybe evenexotic) items you can buy for very reasonable prices that willbecome real treasures when they later sit on your mantel athome. --Compile items for a scrapbook. Keep your menus,


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postcards,boarding passes, rail passes, left over foreign currency,receipts, and ticket stubs to special events. You might evenlike to cut out pages from travel books and brochures you havepicked up. When you transcribe your travel journal, type insmall vignettes and anecdotes amidst these visual items of yourtrip to make a truly wonderful scrapbook of your journey. One thing I should point out. You may be tempted toprocrastinate assembling your scrapbook or transcribing yourjournal. I'm not here to say don't do it, but I think you willfind that once started, this will become an enormouslyentertaining activity. Besides, the sooner you do this, thefresher your memories will be. International travel is meant tobe fun. But why let this fun recede into the dim past. If youfollow these ideas, you will enjoy and "re-enjoy" your travelsagain and again. COPYRIGHT (c) 2005, C.H. Brown. All rights reserved. About the author: C.H. Brown is a former attorney who now spends his timeindulging his passion for travel and shares the unique traveldestinations and unbeatable travel bargains he uncovers on hisblog, Guerrilla Traveler - Adventure on a Budget,www.guerrillatraveler.blogspot.com.

Written by: Charles Brown

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