“There are two modes of travel; retreat or engage…

…The most significant criteria to use when selecting travel companions is: do they complain or not, even when complaints are justified? No complaining! Complaints are for the debriefing afterwards when travel is over…

…Your enjoyment of a trip will be inversely related to the weight of your luggage. Counterintuitively, the longer your trip, the less stuff you should haul. Travelers still happy on a 6-week trip will only have carry-on luggage…

…The hard-to-accept truth is that it is far better to spend more time in a few places than a little time in a bunch of places. 

Via kk.org.