A Peek Inside My Travel Notebook

Flight info.

Ticket price so I can look it up years from now.

I draw a calendar of the weeks in question so I have a handy place to look up dates.

Hotel info (Claska), including a map I copied from their website.

Address of where I had a photo shoot.

Directions to the Hayao Miyazaki museum.

Exchange rate at the time (again, for future reference).

Met my cousin in Tokyo. You don't need to write down that number as it was a rental phone. :P

Little icon of an airplane indicating that I skip a day flying east!

A Peek Inside My Travel Notebook by yusheng.

I may love gadgets and toys and all things electronic, but when it comes to the info I need for travel, I'm decidedly low-tech. On all my trips, I carry a Moleskine ruled notebook where I keep a daily diary of my travel adventures. Before going on the trip, I would write down information on all the places I need to see, confirmation numbers, hotel reservations, car rental, flights, etc, basically whatever I think I may need handy. This is a shot of the 1st two pages from my Tokyo trip in April.

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nikaboyce says:

this is amazing, I can not imagine being this organized even in a lab notebook!
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Miss Peach says:

haha~ looks so cute! and wow you're detail-oriented~

i lived in meguro for couple months before and i always took limousine to miyako hotel too~

next time i visit tokyo i'm definitely gonna try staying at claska too :x i like meguro-ku~
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Constance Wiebrands says:

So neat! What pen do you use?
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Bonnie BonBon says:

very nice handwritting. :)
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

yusheng says:

Meguro and Nakameguro have many nice design/furniture shops and cool bars/restaurants. Claska will lend you an electric bike and a map with all the cool places circled for you to cruise around the neighborhood.

And my pen? I use Uni-ball Signo UM-151 (super fine 0.38mm). This is my favorite pen to write with. Writes dark and yet fine at the same time as you can see. I used to be able to find them in NYC but haven't seen them in a long time so everytime I'm in Tokyo I pick up a box or two of it to stock up at home.
Posted 55 months ago. ( permalink )

Liyin the Designer-in-Pajamas says:

keeping a notebook handy is something i do too when i go traveling, at least you dun have to worry about flat battery.

err, except i don't have nice handwriting like your :)
Posted 54 months ago. ( permalink )

kingslandgates says:

isn't this a little too much? i mean did you have to draw out the map in the second page? this SCREAMS first time traveller getting overly excited about first trip abroad. it's not... cool.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

yusheng says:

If being overly excited about traveling, first time or the 100th time, is uncool, then I am very, very uncool!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Jools  says:

I love your map. I can imagine that if that route didn't suit you. You could just draw another map on the next page!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

.JonathanV. says:

you are one organized man
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

manjonastur says:

Maybe, one day, I´ll be as organized as you. I´m trying, I swear.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

drstrangelove1995 says:

holy crap.
how do make it that precise?
i mean, look at the map!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

desired_user_name says:

Very beautiful!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

the.cannons says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a new group called The Travel Experience - Travel photos from around the world, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

jackcheng says:

I love seeing stuff like this.

I'm an admin for a new group called Planning the Trip, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

pixellated spiff says:

this is perfect inspiration for me! i was just thinking about making up a travel moleskine for a trip coming up soon, & wondering how other people did it...now if i could just be as neat & organised as you are!

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Found in a search. (?)
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

l.traube says:

Ciao, sono amministratore di un gruppo chiamato Write me!. Ci farebbe piacere aggiungere le tuo foto al gruppo.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

~Dannie~ [deleted] says:

wow,i do the same thing in my travels
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

segiterrus says:

thanks for sharing, im getting i deas, just got my first moleskine!! :)
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Geekyu says:

the handwritting is so nice
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

oooo_aaaa99 says:

Þjxjm
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

kjrcutie says:

Wow... very organized! Nice manuscript, too!
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

3kekko3 says:

Wonderful photo...
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

greenkitty says:

Iie nee!
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

captcreate says:

very cool! and organised :D
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

sam mccartney says:

you're extremely organized. i mean, boy, i can't manage that with my school stuff. great.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

kaushik2k7 says:

Abc
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

scheheryar says:

y ur showing telephone & address...its not good..

Sheheryar from Austin
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

steve caddy says:

This is really quite beautiful :)
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Nick Stames says:

Hey! Awesome photography! By the way you can also check out these articles on the Best Travel Places. You are welcome to add any of your experiences as well. Thanks!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Smoedak says:

love your handwriting!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

Crazyquilter says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called En Route Journaling, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

ajkimmins says:

kingslandgates; I think this might be a great idea. For someone in a new country, with limited native language skills, having a small map to ask someone "How do i get to this area?" would be a huge benefit. Plus it's a document of a trip, just the same as a photo album full of pictures.

Love the detail. Gives me ideas for any trips I may take in the future. Especially if I travel abroad, would definitely make it easier to be able to point if I don't speak well enough!!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

anatolyhalizev says:

i like it!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

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