Keep the travel memories alive! When you are traveling around the world on your gap year and see so many new thing, go so many new and exciting places, get introduced to so many cultures and you go through so many emotions you tend to forget stuff. Would it not be great to collect some memories along the way to never forget what it felt like. We have traveled a lot and on our travels we have spoken to many other travelers on their gap year about what they collect. Here are some tips on what you can do to bring a little bit of the world to your home and keep the memory alive:
1. Collect beer labels, every country has its own beer. You probably shared that beer in a unique place, or shared it with a new friend. Write the date on the back and keep it in your travel diary.
2. Match boxes (maybe not the matches itself) from clubs you went to bars you visited and hotels you stayed.
3. Masks, imagine coming home and putting them on the wall… recalling all memories. Trust us even if they are big it is worth the effort to ever ship them. Ones you are stuck in an office it would be nice to dream away every now and then looking at the masks on the wall.
4. Handmade art, often cheap in the country of origin, but worth a lot back home.
5. Flags (big or small) from each country.
6. T shirts are nice too, we advice anyway to start travelling light…now you have something to wear. By doing this you can show off subtly you have travelled the world.
7. Caps, same reason as the T-shirts. Easy way to show off ;)
8. Small bank notes from each country, great to make a collage back home and hang it on your wall. It costs very little, weighs nothing.
9. Collecting a bead from each country to make yourself a funky necklace.
10. Furniture (you would have to ship this) for a house full of beautiful furniture from around the world.
11. Postcards, send your mom a postcard from every country and tell her to keep them. Write down a unique story or experience you had at that place. Nice for the family…and for you ones you are home again.
12. Badges and pins from every country, small and easy to carry.
13. Dolls from each country, lots of people do this, maybe nice for your kids later ;)
14. Toys, each country has different toys for kids. Often the same idea, but just adjusted to the country and culture.
15. Make a little video on the first day you arrive at a new place or when you leave to go to a new place. You can post the video’s on the web and share your emotions with the rest of the world, or just with your friends and family. Real cool to look back later, you will notice you have grown out to be a world traveler in the end.
16. Train boat and flight tickets will prove you that it was not just a dream!
More tips are welcome. What do you collect when you travel (next to photographs)? Mail us. info@xtreme-gap.com
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