1. At the least take some sort of notes about where you are and what you do each day while everything is fresh in your mind. Ideally, make notes about any places you visited that day and in what order. While this might sound a little exhausting or tedious, even with the technology today, you can get mixed up trying to figure out what place a photo is from, or what exactly the photo is. As I mentioned previously, one of our guides told us a lot about the local trees, which, being tropical, were all exotic to us. We indiscriminately snapped away, and came home with lots of shots of trees that we couldn't even name. Again, somewhat different scenario than today, when everything is digital, but on the other hand, I absolutely cannot tell you what made us take this shot.
Guesses are welcome. I'm pretty sure it's just a shot of the ground, but I honestly don't know if we meant to take this or not.
2. All travel guides are not equal. I'm pretty sure I'll eventually come back to this, but I can assure you that the three we used were not at all equal in content or usefulness. I've learned a great deal more about travel guides since that time, and have developed my own personal favorites, but I will also say that it is rare for me to travel now without having read at least two travel guides, and usually many more. If you travel with any frequency at all, you'll likely find that one or two of the guides tend to hit your travel style.
3. Planning time is one of the most important parts of your whole trip. I've glanced through a few write-ups on the financial aspects of this, but there are other aspects as well - figuring out what the most important things you want from the trip is key. That sounds self-evident, but when you're somewhere trying to figure out what you should do next, reminding yourself of the important things can help.
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