When you are traveling, so much cool/weird/annoying/intense shit will happen to you, it'll be impossible to remember it all. You may hear a song that you absolutely become obsessed with (thank you Scouting for Girls) or you might see something ridiculous. You may have an "oh my god this amazing" moment that you'll want to remember for the rest of your life. The point being, write all of that shit down!!
When I first went to Ireland I thought journals were gay (just to be clear that's me mocking my lame naive middle-school self, not mocking the homosexual population). Who is so self-involved that they actually feel compelled to write down their own thoughts just read them over again, and again. That was until a week before I left Ireland and I was already forgetting about the super fun shit I had just done, cue me actually copying my friends journals and then adding my own thoughts/feelings/narration.
Now I don't leave my hometown without my journal. I even pack it in my carry-on just in case the airport loses my luggage. No matter what you do/where you go, you're going to want to remember it when you are old and your life is all about watching Shrek with your annoying spawn. So write it down, maybe you'll turn it into your own self-serving travel blog!!
ed. note: I bought a leather journal so that people would think I was deep and mysterious.
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