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 ====== Travelling Notes ======
-The point of travelling is to create experiences that you will remember. You do not have a very good memory. You need to record what you did in photos and a notepad. It is very important to do //as you travel//. An unremembered experience is a tragic loss.
+The point of travelling is to create experiences that you will remember. You do not have a very good memory. You need to record what you did in photos and a travel notepad. It is very important to do it //as you travel// - you will forget things afterwards. An unremembered experience is a tragic loss.
-  * Take lots of photos. Not for social media, but as a reference of what you did. You won't remember shit otherwise.
+  * Take lots of photos. Not for social media, but as a reference of what you did.
-  * Create a notebook to write down notes, and record what you did. One page per day. Left side for reference info - itinerary, booking numbers, flight numbers, times, addresses, contact details. Right side for notes.
+  * Create a travel notebook. One page per day. Left side for reference info, right side for notes. Reference info:
+    * Itinerary & times
+    * Time zone
+    * Approximate currency conversions
+    * Booking numbers
+    * Flight numbers
+    * Addresses & contact details
   * Emigration. Often they want to know:
     * Flight number that you arrived on and flight number that you will leave.
     * Number of days in country.
     * Hotel address you are staying at.
+  * Take a photo of your bag in case it gets lost.
+  * Take photocopies of your passport in case it gets lost.
+  * Put a sticker on one of the passport to easily distinguish between the two.
+  * Use a paper clip in passports to keep the current page & and docs in place.