We Went To Black TapDec.7.2019
Yes, Instagram is a great tool for marking those travel moments in true #wanderlust fashion, but sometimes we get a little caught up in all the filters and the constant scrolling through our feeds. Remember your journeys are about you and the people around you in those moments. Your travel journal should represent how you felt, what you saw, who you met; it doesn’t always have to be about sharing. Sometimes memories are stronger when kept confidential as it adds more value and meaning. Here are a few simple ways to document your travel experiences.
I know this can also lead to accidental hoarding, so please be selective in what you choose to keep hold of. Ticket stubs, boarding passes, maybe even a coaster from a cool dive bar you stumbled upon somewhere out there. Enough to trigger a memory, not enough to affect your baggage allowance.
Photos are great, but videos really capture the moment, the scene, the tone. Remember in the 90s when your Dad packed one of those bulky camcorders on all your family holidays? Well, this is the same, and I am not talking IG stories and all the pretty filters – go unfiltered, go retro, catch people off guard and be in the moment.
A cool way to travel journal is by mixing your amateur photography and videography skills to capture the people you meet. Travel is not just about the location and those amazing sunsets, it’s very much about the people who enrich your travel experience. Maybe do a little photo montage or a candid interview with a local, or a daily video journal with your travel buddy. The nostalgia is real when you play these clips back.
It could be the simplest thing – local fabric to make something out of, or choose a symbolic mug from the souvenir shop – something you will pick up every day and get that little happy jolt when you use it. Maybe you meet people on your journey and you swap an item from your backpack with them as a little reminder. It’s the simple things.
Who doesn’t love music? Putting together a travel playlist of all the songs that mean something to you – that either make you jam to it or remember something personal. All these songs are essential in shaping your mood and how to start or end your day. Or, songs that create the atmosphere of that journey is such a great way to recreate the memory. Music is such an emotional trigger – just think about when a certain track comes on and just how it makes you feel in that moment.
