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I wonder how many of the usual suspects (to use a convenient shorthand) that have produced books / DVDs etc about their travels would say that their output matches the intensity of their experiences. Very few I would imagine. Back in my early bike travel days we used to keep daily journals to try and a) remember as much as possible and b) be able to relate what we'd seen to friends / family when we got back. We very quickly learned that most people don't want much more than a 2 min summary with some amusing anecdotes - it was sunny / freezing, we ate some very odd food and the toilets were weird / disgusting would do it most of the time. Digging out more than two or three pictures got the subject changed pretty rapidly.

I was lucky to some degree in that we had a loose bunch of us who did various trips and now and again (usually in the winter) we'd have a "reunion" in a pub somewhere where you could be a little more certain of a sympathetic ear - a bit like some of the HUBB meets these days. I'd suggest you put all your thoughts, conclusions and wisdom (together with the best of the pics) into some kind of concise form and do a presentation at some upcoming gathering. They're a bit thin on the ground this year in the UK I admit but a substantial trip has a bit of a lifespan so next year / the year after would still be ok. Failing that a book (hard work but it can be very satisfying) or (for video / stills) something on line.

Probably the worst thing to do is to leave it as a "I'll get round to it " project because the act of having to distill the experience for the page / talk does condense insights that otherwise remained half formed. For some of my trips it was years if not decades later that the core lesson to be learnt became obvious.
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There are some great thoughts there peoples! I especially like navalarchitect's commnet on not begin able to fully descirbe the experience as the prompt for the next trip.

I guess it is, what it is and I should accept it for what it is!

Go easy peoples!
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I have struggled to convey my experiences every time. It got to the point my wife and I even stop saying anything to friends about what we get up to on our travels, even to the point where we just said we had a nice time and the weather was great............. because it was easier than trying to tell a story of what actually happened. Its very hard to get past the first paragraph of your rehearsed story without people interjecting with " how cheap was the ?"

So for our last trip we made a video or two and sat each family member / friend in front of it ( when they asked how our Holiday was). We had several reactions, most memorable was the one who thought it was fake and wasn't us at all! In general most people were amazed where and how we travel. It did the trick for us, now most of our family and friends " understand" but not all "get it" and I don't expect them to either.

For what it's worth every trip, big or small, leaves me with the same feeling, the day it doesn't is the day I stop going.........possibly?
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