> The whole point of traveling is that you see something new.

This is an essay I read yesterday on one of my favorite travel-as-personal-experience sites. You might like it.

http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/10/02/how-changing-your...

Also, before a big trip, my sister suggested that I use shampoo to wash my clothes and dry them out in the air (next time - I'll bring clothespins). Works like a charm. Why pack lots of clothes if you can wash a small set?