A travel journal (日记) is one of the best ways to keep a long voyage (旅行) in memory. Many details that don’t seem important while you are writing your travel journal often turn out to be s o memorable. __1 When you are on a busy journey, it is easy to forget to write. You may promise yourself that you will write later, but that almost never happens. Take a few minutes every day and put down your memories. 2 Use your “down time” for your travel journal. There is a surprising amount of sitting around while traveling . You can always put down a few lines in your travel journal when you are on trains, waiting for planes, drying your laundry (干洗) , or waiting in line. At the beginning of your journal, write down the day, where you are, who you are with, maybe even the weather and what you eat. 3 . Years later when you read your journal, you will know exactly what you were doing on that day. Focus on writing about how you feel. Listing facts and figures is fine but that isn’t why you traveled. A long journey is a time for self-reflection. Memories of these feelings fade (消退) quickly with time. 4 . __5 . Whenever you use a ticket for a train or a museum or a ride, tape the stubs to your journal. They are pieces of history from your journey. Years later you can look at the ticket stubs and see exactly what you were doing on a specific day and how much it cost. A. Keep ticket stubs (存根) . B. Book your ticket in advance. C. You’d better write down as much as possible. D. These are the first details people tend to forget. E. It doesn’t have to be long, just on a regular basis . F. Get into the habit of writing your travel journal every day. G. Writing about those experiences while the memories are fresh is important.