IT guy who just had their office shut down moving to full remote from now on(we only had an office because the lease wasn't up till next month and had to come in for the Execs). I make about 82~87k/yr and am told I can work anywhere in the 50 states so long as I am online and available per my normal time of 9am PST. Is Hawaii a big meme? It's been kind of a dream to move there and looking at apartments it's not more expensive for a studio than where I currently live on the west coast. Looking at a 300 sqft studio is 900-1200 or so, and cooking at home I suppose I could save some money. I've traveled there a few times for a week or two each and loved it and my lease is up in July and wondering if I should look to move out there. My concern is that I might run out of shit to do and just be stuck on the island and that if work ever cut my position looking at tech jobs in Hawaii it seems like shit pickings. Has anyone lived there? I like the beach and mountains but worried that after a year of exploring the island I'll either be stuck in a situation where just rich enough to island hop but not rich enough to take long excursions to places like Japan or Asia on those cheap flights.
>>266017682-87k a year is not a lot for Oahu but it’s enough for a single guy with no kids/debt. You won’t exactly be living in luxury and you will need to make responsible choices. You won’t be taking many “long excursions” to Asia if you live in Honolulu on that salary.I’d say just do it. Better to regret taking the chance than to regret not taking it.
>>2660691Oh yeah, it’s hard to rent an apt if you arent there in person. It would be a good idea to rent an airbnb for a month to test the waters and search for an apartment. Also goes without saying but take some time off to move.
>>2660691As long as I can go to Japan twice a year for 2 weeks at a time, hostels are okay by me, I am fine. Not looking for anything more I've gotten the travel bug out of my system.>>2660693I would love to do that but It's coming up on June and July my lease is up, June being kids out of school prime time for families traveling rent anywhere for airbnb outside the big island is ass.
>>2660562>I am a geology nerd it should at least last me a year.move to Utah
Cooming in Hawaii seems fucking expensive who would want to live there where the natives are all fat. Just move to Thailand and be a digital nomad Chad cooming daily in cheap tight pussy
I went to the restaurant with the highest rating in the app.
>>2658566I ate the barely cooked mystery meat deom the street vendor. i then lost 30 pounds from a tapeworm.
>>2658566There is absolutely a positive correlation between google maps reviews and quality of dining experience.
>>2660095you are gay and not a real traveler, you are more like a cow who is led to a certain pasture to graze, and thinks himself free, but is in fact constrained by the fence the farmer constructed around him. I hope you are ashamed of yourself and cease posting on this board.
>>2658566you’re like those girls who plan itineraries around popular hashtags
>>2659279Redpill me anon
As practical advice and warning for your fellow travelers, what bad tourist behavior have you seen, or even accidentally done?One i learnt the hard way, people don't find it amusing or cute if you use their secret word for you on yourself: Rosbif in France, Farang in Thailand, it doesn't come across as self deprecating, it comes across as mockery and assumes they'd use that word. Also do not try and catch a banknote blowing away in the wind with your foot in Thailand, it's massively disrespectful to the royal family.
>>2659524>people putting their feet on inappropriate things.I once got called rude just because i had my feet on a table in a waiting area at an airport. Which is retarded because i've been to other airports where indians put their bare feet everywhere.I've had complaints about wearing my cap in the place, i've had complains about wearing airplugs and so on...In all those cases, it's the people complaining that are just shitty toxic people who think they can impose their view everywhere like they are in their shitty town in Connecticut or whatever.
>>2660694>wearing airplugs*earplugs
>>2660694>I once got called rude just because i had my feet on a table in a waiting area at an airport. Which is retarded because i've been to other airports where indians put their bare feet everywhere.Well, but those are Indians, people expect that kind of subhuman street-shitting behavior from them.
>>2659356Why don't they?
>>2659661Completely based
what are good traveling? >never book on a weekend, wait till teusday>clear brower history before checking flight prices>Airbnb a single room with single bathroomAlso next 2 months im free, so where should i go to just waste 10k in whores. (no Thailand please,. im into Scandinavian hos
>>2660136i agree, he should make sure not to LOSE his passport too.
>>2658840Lots of the bigger airlines will inflate their "flights only" prices on their site to encourage you to book package holiday with them. You can get around this by using their "multi-city" searches and just selecting the flights on there or by finding a third party price comparison site to book through.
>>2660136>>2658852I have an even better one. Get a passport, report it as lost. Get another passport. Now you have two passports. One of them being a "dummy" passport you can use to walk around with. This helps if you're in a country where people will steal your passport. Just give them the dummy one and go use your real one.
>>2658840>so where should i go to just waste 10k in whores>Note: Discussions of prostitution or sex tourism are not permitted on /trv/.mods? can you read?
>>2660376Good advice.>>2660626for free? i would live there.>>2660631its more traveling tips, the whore thing is extra,
Ive got flyer miles, and money, I want somewhere interesting. and whens the best time to get tickets, i heard booking on Tuesday is always cheaper.
Are the rumors true?
>>2660512>It's trueit's over
>>2660480You don't go to benidorm unless you're willing to spend it with the lowest of the low Brits who for some reason want it to be just like the UK when they fly over there.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jwX3-0bVas&list=PL3t2eiIeQkhGFjClYNrO5xZahaoPgDEHa
>>2660568Because all they are looking for is the sun. They don’t care for the culture, food, local language etc only that it is cheap. if the UK could get spains climate these people would literally never leave.
>>2660568>>2660587Spain gets nicer the more you find areas British aren't willing to go because they have to actually use their braincells to use the language. I'm from England and hate going to these places and avoid them whenever necessary I'd much prefer going to some local family run Spanish place if I want somewere to eat or drink because then I won't be lining the pockets of British expats. They don't care about Spain, learning the language or history, they just want somewhere to go where it's warm so they can drink and fuck all day while turning small cities into their own little ghetto. >You don't go to benidorm unless you're willing to spend it with the lowest of the low Brits who for some reason want it to be just like the UK when they fly over there.I know people who were literal millioniares who used to live out there they just liked it because they had some attachment to the place even they mentioned last time I met that it's went downhill quite a lot in the past couple years.
>>2660476It's true.
Sup bros. Going with a chick to Guatemala for 5 Days, and looking for suggestions, mostly for Lake Atitlan, but open to any point. >>Day 1:>Land at 1130 in GUA>1230 private transfer to Antigua>1400 Arrive in Antigua>Check into AIRBNBPlan is to mostly relax, eat food. Not do too much, we're staying near 2 calle Oriente 22, Antigua, Guatemala 03001, Guatemala. Gonna do the Acatenango hike the next day so want to sleep early. >>Day 2:>Wake at 0500>Go to Wicho & Charlie's Volcano Tour at 0700>Bed Down at Camp Site>>Day 3:>Complete Volcano HikeComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
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>Sup brosNot your "Bros">Going with a chickNo you aren't>To GuatemalaCan't afford Europe?>For 5 days"Days" are manmade the universe is indiferent to how long a rotation takes>Mostly for lake atitlanso insta pics>But open to anyNo you aren't>Day 1Day 0 you mean?>Land at 1130 Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2660648>>2660648Chad. I kneel. And I am trans btw.
Kek Philadelphia thinks it's a big city
>>2659816cherry hill could make anyone want to violently kill themselves >>2659936omg piney representation? chatsworth born and raised herere: thread, philadelphia changed my life. thanks to the music scene in west philly, i made so many fucking quality friends. just good fucking people. love philly to pieces, but ive seen the homicide and opiate epidemics destroy too many innocent peoples' lives to stay there any longer
>>2660152Philly is the only city you can simultaneously love and admit that it’s a shit hole. If it didn’t have the problems it has, it would be the best city by far.
>>2660152True Piney. I live off the grid somewhere in Burlington County on private land. NJ laws are ass backwards and the land is not zoned for building so the taxes are cheap af. I snuck in a single wide trailer, drilled a shallow well, installed a simple diy septic, and solar field + generator for electric and am living pretty fucking good for legit only a few grand a year.
>>2660152At least the opioids just destroy north and west Philly mostly
>>2659649>cool young groups of fixed bike kids smoking potThank god the late '00s-early '10s hipster era is dead
Boring, expensive, unfriendly, full of fats and dark people. What's the appeal in this shithole?
>>2660072Nothing. Don't come here, stay in your country.
>>2660072>What's the appeal in this shithole?Black women
>>2660072Being outdoors far away from cities
>>2660072The flyovers don't have any culture
>>2660727The flyovers have a unique culture. The Amerikaner is the last citizen still holding onto the ideals of western freedom and yeoman independence. Coastal blue tribe culture is just the same as you will find in any capital city around the world. Southerner or rural redneck culture on the other hand is a remnant from the past and perhaps the last bulwark of freedom against bugpod imf nwo tyranny.
I've got two weeks in November to go somewhere, and was thinking Portugal. Despite having been around the world a bit, I've never gone to Europe. I'd just stay on the mainland between Lisbon and Porto for time, probably stop in Evora, Coimbra, and Braga too. Just interested in the food, old cities, and such. Don't care so much about beaches as its probably too cold in November.
>>2658862I thought most of Sintra's natural scenery was way cooler than the palaces. The whole palace area was a massive tourist blackhole with a lot of lines to not see much. The palace tour sucked, it was too railroady and cramped. I'd advise to see more of the coast and go hiking on some trails.
>>2652499I hate portugal so fucking much. Americans/californians took it over and gayed it up badly. It was great before that happened. Sad! Many such cases. Many such places ruined by these people
>>2652499Portugal and Spain really surprised me, everywhere was nice, not expensive, full of history still preserved and people seemed alright. Would recommend at least Lisbon to anyone, Porto is probably even nicer
Has anyone here gone to the Azores? Is it worth a trip there or there better islands to go to in the Atlantic? How to they compare to the Canarys? I've never gone to a smaller island/island nation.
>>2659608No island in the world compares to the Azores.Truly the pearl of the Atlantic.
I'm going to be spending a week in Halden, Norway in late June and I'm wondering if any of y'all know of some cool day trip things to do, or have any recs in the immediate area (obviously Oslo is close).
I can walk in to a leaky roof, nails in the floor, and rats in the bed, but if the breakfast is good, you will get at least 2 stars.on the other hand,Your hotel can have clouds for beds, a fully stocked gym, and classy massage parlors with happy endings, but if the breakfast is ass, the best you get is 4 stars
>>2659987i love getting the texas shaped waffles during breakfast at hotels in Texas. i really should move to Texas.
>>2659987I don't care about hotel breakfasts. Never have never will. All I care about is a quiet room and clean sheets.
>>2660006That's totally valid. Although personally the quite room thing can be ruined by noisy neighbors at no fault of the hotel management or staff, so I typically don't factor that into my judgement. A clean space is definitely important. Again, it all factors in, but I reserve at least one of the 5 stars for breakfast>>2659991Really? Well I'll definitely have to look out for those if I ever find myself in Texas!
>>2659991We're full
>no longer wish to live in Canada>currently graduating university with solid career lined up making low 6 figuresSo uh... How exactly do I start a new life in another country? You can stay in Japan if you make enough money, but what exactly do you do for work? Or do people just find remote jobs paying USD while living abroad?or is everyone doing this either living off career savings/crypto sell-off/being a broke ESL teacher?
>>2660318I work remotely for a company back in the US
>>2660299bro i would say get in school, if you dont know that means you dont got skills.The new city is same as your current city, do whatever the fuck you would normally do, take your emotional abuse coming in from tired sex tourists who are about to over dose in shittiest strip clubs and dont care = winningPS. Alcohol is for losers, bar is a cope zone when youre not winning. If you avoid both youre hydrated and save $$ while theyre dehydrated, lose money, look like a fool and get arrested by cops at the end. Its a game honestly.
>>2660305Obviously
>>2660305>N- NOT MY PURE JAPANESE MAIDENS! THIS CANNOT BE!
You should look into Canada’s equivalent of the foreign service. That’s a really good option if you can get in because you can both travel and have fun abroad while also establishing your career. The military is also obviously an option but I don’t know how that is in Canada. I don’t really blame you for giving up a six figure job to go somewhere else. I entered a six figure job when I graduated and quit because I just hated my life anyway and didn’t see a future that made it worth it. I don’t actually know what I would’ve done in retrospect because what I lacked and really needed was a sense of purpose for my life, something to do with it, and I don’t know how to acquire that other than time, experience, reading, and thinking. So other than “just be patient and think about this” there’s nothing I can say to convince you to stay. For what it’s worth, teaching English is a respectable career if you can escape ALT hell. Even better if you can get into a university or private school.
Im trying to buy tickets for my boyfriend for his birthday. What seems like the better choice for entertainment/museums? New York or Chicago? I visited both places, though I liked New York more. We do currently live in America, he just never has been to those states, the last time I was visiting there was when I was a kid.
>>2660234Yeah and they all happen in a far off neighborhood that you will never see or go near. You’d know that if you had ever been but you prefer to talk out of your ass.
The Met is the greatest museum in the world.
I've lived in the Chicago area for my whole life, I will say that Chicago is simultaneously the best and worst city I've been to.Everyone I know from here either wants to leave, has concrete plans to leave, or has already left.Yet, there's still a reason why it's called the Second City, it isn't NYC, but that's the point.We have our own food scene, culture, architecture, world-class sights, and an actually unique past and future.Unlike NYC, I don't know what the future holds for Chicago, and I don't plan to be here if (when?) it gets bad, but I'm glad to have been here while things still have been good.
>>2660298City life wears on you no matter what so of course people want to leave. But I’ve lived in a bunch of major cities and Chicago is by far the best of the bigger cities. The only cities remotely similar are New York and Philly and Chicago is much cleaner and roomier and cheaper than both and has just as much if not more to enjoy with fewer of the downsides.
NYC hands down. Entertainment is infinite, museums are very much world class. Chicago is great, but if he's never been to NYC, NYC. Tips - be careful around west Midtown, mostly around Penn Station. Probably get an airbnb/hotel in west Brooklyn, Upper West Side, or anywhere south of like 28th St. These are the safest areas at night, in my opinion. Do not go past the north end of Central park, it is Harlem and it's not fun. Go to the shore of north Brooklyn for a romantic night. For stuff during the day, you have infinite options so I won't list them all. Lastly, go to Flushing if you've never seen a real Chinatown, it's pretty cool.
Ugliest cabin crew uniforms by far. Terrible color, unflattering silhouette, and the fabric looks like some cheap shiny plastic/polyester crap you find at a Chinese street market. Who the fucked approved this shit.
>>2655286sorry you got exposed so fast bro
>>2653632KSREAN Air
>>2653572>Who the fuck approved this shitI have worked for the airline. They refuse to alter the uniform because internal reports say it keeps customers docile. Less anger over not receiving their desired service. And yes less harassment
>>2654088I’ve never done it but I’ve seen 5/10 stewardesses give their numbers to male passengers who are almost definitely cheating on their wives
>>2659170which airline
