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I don’t keep a travel diary. i did keep a travel diary once and it was a big mistake. all i remember of that trip is what i bothered to write down. everything else slipped away, as though my mind felt jilted by my reliance on pen and paper. for exactly the same reason i don’t travel with a camera. my holiday becomes the snapshots and anything i forget to record is lost.
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I Don’t Keep A Travel Diary. I

Alex Garland
I don’t keep a travel diary. i did keep a travel diary once and it was a big mistake. all i remember of that trip is what i bothered to write down. everything else slipped away, as though my mind felt jilted by my reliance on pen and paper. for exactly the same reason i don’t travel with a camera. my holiday becomes the snapshots and anything i forget to record is lost.
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