Travel traditions

I saw this slideshow on World Hum and had to post it. It's on "eight endangered travel traditions" and it really made me smile because on our last trip we sent postcards for the first time in ages and they were a hit! I forgot how satisfying it is to sit down with a beer, a pen and a handful of postcards, scratch out some kind of "wish you were here" update, and stick them in a mail box. (Actually, it was kinda difficult to find in a mail box in Manhattan of all places. Weird.) Anyway, people loved them.

The other one I love on this list is the guidebook. True, I do a lot of my planning and research online these days, but when I'm on the road, it's the guidebook that keeps on getting pulled out. When we were in Boston, we had an iPhone and a Blackberry between us, but our Moon Guide is what we relied on. And yes, they make pretty great souvenirs after the fact.

I don't know about the journal though... I've never been able to keep one for more than about four days. Sigh.