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before you go

20 August 2007

My recommendation before travelling somehere new?

Always write down your preconceptions, your predictions about the place. Once you arrive, you’ll forget what you thought it was going to be like and take it for what it is. It’s interesting to see how far you’ve come and how differently you see a place.

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1. Eric | 26 October 2007 at 00:51

That is a very interesting idea. It would also fun to look back, years later because we change in so many ways as we age. Too bad I never kept a diary.
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