If you have the mind of an artist and love to make a moving film, take the camcorder.

If the camcorder is a labor and you don't really want to do the "work", it will cramp your style.

One last consideration, don't buy a camcorder days before leaving. You need to experiment with recording and learn how to use it to tell a story.

I have traveled to Spain two ways:
1) camcorder + still photography 35 mm
2) one time use disposible camara

I read that article mentioned above from "The Art of Travel". In summary, everyone is different and everyone takes away a different level of enlightenment from a travel experience.
Once, a colleague criticized my video taping of an event. I just let it slide. Hours later, she was begging for me to pull out my camara and record something for her. To me it was mixed messages.

I love photography. It doesn't matter if I am in Spain or in New York, life is so beautiful. You can capture images with words and you can capture images with film.

I use my photography skills at my job of teaching teenagers, so I am very pro camara art. Kids like it too.

People, do read the linked article above. It is worth your time.

[ 11-04-2001: Message edited by: MadridMan ]