In Reply to: Mostly memory and a few notes posted by tracy on Thursday, 22. July 2004 at 04:25 Bali Time:
I take my Lonely Planet with me and mark it up ahead of time with little tags on the places and things I want to make sure I see and do. Little mini post it notes work well since they don't take much room but there's still room to jot a word or two for quick reference.
I usually spend a few weeks before I leave marking out things that I don't want to miss.