Lonely Planet Comet - 'Thanks for the memories'

Subscribe - Unsubscribe - Update Details - Privacy - Contact Us - Read this Email Online Lonely Planet Comet 'Thanks for the memories'       Got a fridge peppered with magnets from faraway places? A journal bulging with strangers' names and used tickets? We document our travels to remember the big moments and fine details, and our souvenirs are talismans of the places we've loved. So we've decided to devote this issue to all the many ways you can capture and share your adventures. The reviews are in! - how documenting your experiences can help others Old school - viva la slide night and writing letters home New skool - send multimedia postcards home Souvenir style - going where no tea towel has gone before Get 30% off - sale extended cos it felt so good!  The reviews are in! Posting reviews of places you've visited is both a handy way to reflect on your travels and a chipping in to the collective travel knowledge pot. It brings back those sweet (or skunky) memories and switches other travellers on to the great (and dodgy) places. Travel forums are great places to post - have a look at these reviews of budget hotels and hostels on the Thorn Tree or this list of the best foodie recommendations in Toronto, as posted on Bluelist. Been somewhere that you think should be fast tracked into our guidebooks? Let us know!         Hot off the Press         Thailand's Islands & Beaches Buy the book or buy chapters   Las Vegas Buy the book or buy chapters     East Timor Only available by chapter   Cambodia Buy the book or buy chapters   Argentina Buy the book or buy chapters Want more for less? Check out our hot-off-the-press and buy-by-chapter titles - they're 30% off! ADVERTISING FEATURE Old school When you're stuffing a wild octopus of cables into your backpack, it can make you think 'technology be damned!' If you're over uploading and recharging and emailing, there's nothing wrong with going old school. Forget the blog and keep a lovely, travel-battered papery journal instead. (Get the kids into it with a free Dora journal.) Forget the group email and send postcards. Take slides then come home and have a good ol' fashioned slide night, complete with snacks native to the holiday destination.       Staff tip 'When I was travelling with my sister, she decided to rebel against the snap-happy nature of digital cameras and allow herself to take only one polaroid a day.'  - Miriam, Lonely Planet staffer A holiday of polaroids - surfing in Morocco, November 2007. Get your travel photos on our covers Been to Paris, London, Barcelona or Istanbul? Come home with a camera full of killer snaps? Think they're good enough to make the cover of a Lonely Planet guidebook? Then this is the competition for you. Enter your photos and you could also win an incredible trip from Intrepid Travel and much more. Compass competition To win one of 5 copies of Lonely Planet's Travel Journal, tell us who wrote: - Wreck This Journal - Novelties & Souvenirs: Collected Short Fiction - Honky Tonkin': Travel Guide to American Music Email your answers by 31 August.  New skool Documenting your travels these days can be a lightning-flash, real-time experience. Snap a picture or a video on your phone, instantly upload it to your blog, and from there your friends can get an alert and check your adventures.   So next time you travel, pack a bit of extra know-how on digital photography and tips for taking pictures with your mobile phone. Read up on the best online journals available, capture your journeys on video and upload them to Lonely Planet's YouTube channel or record sounds for an unmatched way of capturing atmosphere.   And for a little flash of just how far we've come in such a short time, check out this  Thorn Tree discussion of 'walkmans' and 'those CD MP3 players'. Aww. Lonely Planet + iPhone = free download You can now get Lonely Planet phrasebooks for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. These audio phrasebooks are available in 10 languages and with over 600 spoken (and phonetically written) phrases in each guide, you can chat, shop and live it up like a local. For a limited time you can download the Mandarin Audio Phrasebook FREE. An apple a day keeps the awkward silences at bay… New trips with Gecko's Adventures Gecko's know how to give you a travel thrill. They've just released a new range of worldwide trips at their usual rock-bottom prices. They're got 6 new trips to India, 3 amazing ones to Nepal, even an epic 60-day overlander through Africa! There are adventures into the Middle East, upcoming trips into South East Asia, China, Latin America and even some nifty last-minute bargains to be had. Turn temptation into reality and rev on outta here!  Staff tips 'My way of reliving a trip is simply to go over my Visa statement and sigh...then wince…then cry...then panic.' - Scott, Lonely Planet staffer 'My wife puts together a DVD with photos and video. We sit with the kids every so often and re-live the experience instead of watching trash on TV.' - Dean, Lonely Planet staffer  Souvenir style When the trip has ended and the luggage is being shaken out onto bed, there amongst the dirty laundry and the pilfered hotel toiletries will be the souvenirs - the mascots of our travels. The tacky t-shirts, the wacky supermarket snacks, the random objects that pique interest. So where did it all start? Listen in to this podcast on the history of souvenirs. Think everything is fodder for your souveniring hands? Think again with this outline of what you can and can't bring home.  Local knowledge is a great souvenir that takes up no luggage space - why not learn some local expressions or how to cook the local cuisine? Staff stories 'My absolute favourite souvenir is my Lucky Beggar purse from New York - it's a leather version of the famous Grecian-style takeaway coffee cup. You see a lot of people begging for money using these cups and every time I use it I think how lucky I am. Part of the proceeds from the purse goes to help the homeless.' - Michelle, Lonely Planet staffer  'I've purchased miniature poodles from all different places for some close friends – it's a running joke.' - Raph, Lonely Planet staffer   Your privacy is important to us. Read our privacy policy  to find out what we do and don't do with your personal details. 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