>>2848705
I travel 8-9 months at a time
>laptop + USBc screen + HDMI(nice to hook up to TV's)
>tablet for backup device if laptop shits itself
>2 cellphones primary w/ banking and work data and phone number/secondary for out and about shit
>2 usb c chargers
>external battery(20kmah) w/ 65w output
>3 pairs of pants
>4 pairs of shorts
>5 t shirts
>3 long sleeves
>5 pairs of boxers
>2 pairs of workout clothes w/ spare shoes
>electric razor/trimmer
>ice tray and spork

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>>2848461
>one carry one
>one checked
>backpack inside checked for shopping and hikes
Honestly this is perfect for me, plenty of room to bring shit back and I can get two bags to and from the hotel easy enough.

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>>2848944
>checked
now, checkem.

>>2848692
>Now you're stuck taking a hired car to go even 2 km because your shit's too heavy to carry
No I just leave my stuff at the airbnb/hotel. If I want to take a 1-2 night trip somewhere I just take my backpack and leave the rest of the stuff at my main base.

The clothes that are dirty for 3 weeks are only the clothes that were worn at the beginning. The average is like 1.5 weeks

>>2848461
What about using a sling pack with some compacted small items? Shampoo, cond I just buy it at the area, not worth the hassle.
Deodorant I use a cream one that I jam pack into 1 to 3x 50ml bottles (they count 100ml max per bottle, but you can still pass with 10x 90ml ones no problem. Go figure.)
Having those thermal suits help out on cloths reduction.
I wear my sweater or tie it around my waist. You can be crafty and put 2 inside each other to look like one and tie them around your waist.
I've always wondered about those backpacks that have a suction function to compress it all, but you'd need a small portable one to make it work.
If you're going to a cold place then you can layer during the flight. Hot places it's thinner clothes.

Albanians are the objectively worst European population after gypsies. Low IQ, high crime, extremely nationalist despite leaving for other countries at the first chance they get. It's the only European country besides Russia I would never visit under any circumstances.

>>2854516
>never been
>states opinion as objective fact
Another victim of social media brainrot

>>2854521
I'm sorry that the truth upsets you. Look at crime rates in any European country and Albanians will be top 3.

I heard Albania loves the USA. Is this true?

>>2854545
Kosovo in particular does

>>2846921
I was just about to make a coworking space hostel hybrid before Covid hit. We did a full rekit of a property, and then got rekt.
We wanted to make a '30 year old hostel for the Revolut crowd' in effect.

>>2846224
were they pretty? i don't imagine office women are that attractive

>>2852854
>in a high-trust society
there is no such thing

wtf does a digital nomad even do? i'm guessing not anything worthwhile

>>2854536
yeah they're not even proper nomads. most of them don't even own any camels

>>2853807
Every other post is about the whores in X country. It would be certainly interesting to study the ugly freaks that post here, but I assume I wouldn't be getting a research stipend.

>>2853842
Give me contact I live here

>>2853893
or a compliment from a woman

>>2853897
Sure, you can write to me at trvzug@nym.hush.com.

Also, if anyone is ever around Zurich, feel free to contact me as well, we can go out for drinks or food.

>>2853795
I have a model train set and a significant supply of imitation crab meat

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>>2854254
Bordeaux.
>>2854255
>99.999%
t.00.001%

>>2854269
>bordeaux
Ayyy.
>>2854255
>99.999%
Fix your Math.

La Bresse is really nice, a lot of great nature if youre into that. I’d reccomed staying at some campsite as well

>>2854289
Is that the Romani village in the Vosges? My wife's family is from one valley over. I'm there all the time. Love hiking in Alsace and checking out the Auberges

>>2854442
Not entirely sure, but it is in the Vosges
And yeah the hiking is really good

>>2849749
I already live in the Philippines. I vacation in first world countries for a change lol.

>>2853087
>b-but migrants
That's exactly why you should also embrace the rootlessness of modern globalism, instead of staying put wherever your parents plopped you out, being a good paypig for your country's elite, pining after a gf you will never get and seething endlessly about the great replacement agenda. The new globohomo normal is to reject your roots and pick a map dot that best serves your interests, whatever they are. If you are unable to adapt to a changing environment, you are evolutionarily unfit for survival.

This is a great travel blogger who wrote about his trip to afghanistan recently
https://mattlakeman.org/2026/01/05/notes-on-afghanistan/

(warning, long)

I've been to many places, but it was the ones which were different that really stuck with me. The cultural value is sort of a commodity, a rarity.

If everyone has been to France, the idea of children drinking alcohol, dining in the street, French culture isn't "new" to anyone.

So i really went to some Congo tier places, in search of new ideas, new cultures, new food, new commodities. That's what makes an explorer, and the world evolves so quickly that a place which hasn't been explored by many people recently is still degrees away from untouched civilisation. Sure you can pick up the phone to anywhere in the world, but who has? And of what value would that be? If cortes had just sat-phoned the Aztecs they wouldn't have understood him, the aztecs might have just denied having gold, the subject of human sacrafice might have just not come up in conversation because they didn't think it was relevant. It took cortes actually going there in person to really work out what techloteclan was all about.

So these Congo tier places, sure there's connection, but they might just not feel like connecting, you might need to low key invade them. They might hide their treasure, or you, as a traveller, might be particularly astute and pick up things the UN hasn't. Some of us might even be diplomatic advisors who help write county reports or aid fact finding.

And security here is often an issue, but what constitutes security often isn't easy to understand.

>>2854230
I feel like travellers who go to regions looking for something tend to both warp their own experiences, and get given a tailored experience.
That's not a criticism, if you want war, want Taliban, want post-collinial clerical rule Afghanistan has you covered, but recognise so many tourists go to Afghanistan for those reasons, that the roller-coaster factor emerges, especially in written guides, you can see that very clearly.

If you went to Afghanistan with a cook book, you'd find yourself in a lot of restaurants, and write a lot about flatbread, which is equally abundant in Afghanistan.

>>2846722
It happens to locals too thoughbeit

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>>2851921
this cute nigga straight up CRUSHING on kyoji

>>2846133
you think we are memeing but most 4chan users actually are autistic. Most of us functional, yes, but still.

>>2846357
if you're still here, anyone who said interpals is a fucking retard.

Download hello talk, spruce up your profile and don't sound desperate and find a japanese bro or girl willing to help you learn the language and say you're planning to visit there etc.

>>2846358
>interpals
holy based I'm going to catfish some jeets and we can go take selfies in front of bullet trains

And I paid £141

Imagine being American having to travel to the other side of the World to see the wonders of Europe, and also getting absolutely exported to.
One benefit of living in the shitty uk

>>2853275
yeah but we can easily make 6 figures (even many retards do) with half the tax burden so that 600 (only retards pay more) flight is basically pennies under the sofa for us. Not to mention we have access to the best travel Credit cards, which anyone with a brain can churn for basically free flights all year with normal spend.
However a vocal minority of retards who work at Wendy's will tell you there is no escaping the poverty so YMMV, but remember they are likely brown too.

>>2853313
Less time off with which to spend also median wage is nowhere close to 6 figures, it's high compared to European average but not "easily 6 figures". Your flight could be 400 and you'd still be paying more as a % of income than an average Europoor and that's using £141 flights as basis which are a complete rip off for a single person, I rarely pay that for two people.

>>2853525
Right, even that's high. People pay £50, it's only because I choose British airways which is always over triple. Not sure why you'd engage in comparing USA (a single country) with Europe. How do the Americas compare to the UK? Now that's the real third world

>>2852600
>>2852605
>>2852606
This shit remembers me of when a shoe company (Nike, I think) went to an African tribe and made them wear their shoes, and the ad it created had false translations that said shit like "Woah these shoes are so good, so much better than being barefoot" but in actuality they were saying "these shoes fucking suck and are really uncomfortable".
Also holy fuck these new captcha's are fucking obnoxious.

>>2854017
>just for fun
This answer is the problem, say you wanted to see other cultures or sights and people will think nothing of it but say "fun" and they assume partying / fucking.

>>2854017
>I cant tell if they are trying to get me to say something like "for sex"
Well... that is pretty much the answer you gave them.
If you can't name anything specific you went there for, people are going to rightfully assume you went there for sex tourism.

>>2854017
> "just for fun, to do some traveling :DDD"
This is normie code for "I partied and fucked hookers". That's why people stop digging beyond that

>>2854301
China and Laos are cooler

>tell someone from back home i used to live in japan
>they automatically think im a pedophile
every time

>>2848659
If you go somewhere completely different like Japan or Korea, even just eating out will be an exploration. It's kind of like playing a new game, but full-dive.

The only thing preventing me from travelling more is finances. I'm a college student.

>>2848659
I think you are just larping some utter lack of travel and funds. I can't imagine going anywhere and having zero interest in things you do NOT do at home. Musuems, culture, arts, geology, nature and animals, even restaurants are different. I also tend to read literature inspired locally. I might read the sagas before going to Iceland so I can see the ancient records of them in Reykholt at Snorristofa (they are pretty like the illuminated manuscripts), or enjoy the funky diorramas at the Settlement Museum in Bogarnes, or at least know Lord of the Rings was inspired there. Maybe you need to catch up on the Vikings first. Cave exploring? Spa soaks? Fine food? Seriously, do you even know how to travel?

>>2852130
Suicidal despair is for you endorphin junkies who find yourself deprived of your fix once you pass a certain age.

>>2848659
You need to force yourself to be extraverted, I'm an introvert loser at home but when traveling I'm so excited I ask random people what I should check out and become more extraverted.
I'm slowly becoming more extraverted at home as a side effect which is nice.

>>2848659
I don't like travelling all that much either but I love Japan so going there is my only reason to do so. I would say unless you find somewhere that resonates with you deeply that travelling aimlessly is largely a waste of time. I especially don't understand people who visit third world places like India but maybe they are masochistic and enjoy food poisoning and being surrounded by garbage.
>I have met many women who seem to be travel addicts
They do it solely for clout. I have read many stories on here and other places that they sysematically go to trendy or popular places to take selfies or take pictures of their food. People who make travelling their personality are largely devoid of any personality.

has noone here been to Sri Lanka!??

There's a troll thread currently running but I'll support your attempt at actual discussion.
If you go to Sigiriya go EARLY in the morning, before the stampede of German tourists. For either of the other ancient cities, rent a bike if you can because they're huge and you'll see more without getting tired. I thought the tea plantation area was ugly and a total waste of time.
Order "short eats" at a restaurant, you won't be sorry. The local dark beer is nice too. In Mirissa I talked my way onboard a local fishing boat in exchange for $20 American and a bottle of arrak (that was a while ago, might cost you 2 bottles now). You can buy fresh fish on the beach and have your hotel cook it for you.

>>2854013
Not yet
It has beautiful tropical greenery, a good railway system, low cost of visiting, plenty of nature preserves, friendly people, etc. Roasties have good things to say about the island nation, so it shouldn't be too difficult an experience for a newfag. Yeah, you'll have to pay to get a ride from A to B, but having a driver at your beck and call is a privilege, not a right. If you don't want to pay for the privilege, plan your trip around public transport usage. We're all tired of seeing entitled foreigners demand a driver drop everything to take them where they want to go, then bitch about having to pay the driver for the convenience of on-call, door-to-door service.

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>>2850247
There are lots of women who do have to be out all day working, gathering wood, carrying heavy burdens on their heads etc. The streets age them really fast.

>>2850278
How hairy were they though?

>>2838014
Don't.
Just don't

>>2850244
Bihar is known as the worst, dirtiest, and most dangerous part of India (in terms of crime). As a first trip, it's probably not a good introduction. I'd advise visiting some nicer parts first and putting Bihar at the end of the trip so you don't hate everything and leave immediately.

>>2853879
As a non-normie traveler, India is gradually cementing its place as the best country I've explored so far. If you're a normie faggot who just wants to be in a herd of mindless pleasure chasers, bug off to Phuket or Pattaya or some other hedonist containment zone. Visiting India isn't for you.
>>2853886
Bihar has the lowest GDP per capita, but IDK if that automatically means there is more rubbish lying around in Bihar than in other states. If anything, the lack of economic development could mean less construction rubble, vacant waste lots, abandoned buildings and other detritus of progress that is so prevalent in the more prosperous states. Hotel rooms are likely to be dirty and rundown due to the lack of new construction, however. Crime stats don't show Bihar as a standout for violent crime either. Maharashtra had a robbery rate 2.5x higher than Bihar in 2023. Bihar's rape rate is also lower than the national average, likely due to an extremely conservative culture that ensures women don't place themselves in social situations where rape is likely to occur.

for your historical interests of york
york obviously yorkminster, but then there st marys abbey ruins, yorkshire museum(anthropology msueum mostly of local stuff - but for museum time london is better, edinburgh and glasgow have decent big ones to scratch the itch). all of this is in a nice central park area thats pretty chill. City walls. a little castle on a hill nice photo framing. there are medieval shopping streets (the shops are touristy but still nice vibe).
national railway museum - has lots of full size trains of all eras.
jorvik viking exhibit - never went inside, maybe it is a performance show aimed at families i duno.

>>2853322
I've been to the viking exhibit many years ago (probably decades now), I remember it as a show more aimed at families.

>>2853255
Splitting the UK into North/South is the biggest delusion of the most irritating people on this island (not blaming you, being a burger and all).

Even between counties life is significantly different, let alone East vs West or getting into Cornwall/Wales (and then South vs North Wales within that).

Most of the people who perpetuate Norf/Souf are old boomers from Thatchers days or Norfern Uni students whose only personality trait is living in the North and desperately want to believe that it gives them working class kudos.

The real divide in the UK now is between big cities (Liverpool, Manc, Brum, London) and "the rest" which ironically makes it heavily Northern biased.

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>>2853338
Most global cultures are connected to drainage basins. Rivers were ancient motorways, and the first kingdom were formed by owning the rivers, with hills and mouuntains between basins forming nice defendable borders.
Eventually, sea trade then gives each basin its unique flavour, as people start to develop external connections.

I'd argue the basin districts massively match the cultural groups of the UK

anyone been to south west wales - further past swansea?
any neat sights to see
(assume im cursed and have to spend time there, make the best of it)

>>2854252
there's the national botanic garden
the usual collection of castles
a couple of steam railways
most towns etc will have a museum or something of that nature

>>2853953
It’s hard to blame him based on the India videos. It’s fucking filthy, chaotic, disorganized, and a hundred people are trying to get his money at all times like they see a tall white guy as an ATM. I liked the video where he ate street food and predictably got super sick at the end lol

>>2853960
well yeah, india fucking sucks. he generally makes realistic videos but doesn't hide his biases.

it reminds me of bald's old videos before he got weirder and more political about shit

>called small brained american
>has giant fucking cranium
???

>>2853953
The Somalia video was kino

>>2853960
I've walked in crowd traffic three times denser than that faggot did in his india sux vlogs and didn't feel stressed or bothered by anything. He's a drama queen who is too hypersensitive to enjoy the good side of India because OMG there's trash, OMG somebody honked, OMG the train is overcrowded. This country is much better for stoic, emotionally inhibited autists who have accepted that life is no gravy train of fun and pleasure.

>>2849668
>goes to Paris
>gets Paris Syndrome
how could this happen drill seargent?

>>2854122
anon did you really have to bring this stupid fucking thread back from the dead
>Nobody in France gives a fuck that you don't speak French
you have clearly never experienced waiters in paris. they have a level of cuntiness than even the cunts on here can only ever aspire to

>>2851085
This is what autism looks like

>>2850872
I think you need to realize that no one on earth could possibly give a fuck about you at all. You are likely the least memorable person anyone has ever seen, I would be blown away if any of these people you are so worried about are even thinking about you by the time they turn to a coworker to facilitate your order.

>>2854128
Dude I know many restaurant people from Paris, they really don't fucking care as long as you're not a dick. Sure you'll get the occasional eye-rolling prick who's lamenting over serving someone who doesn't speak or read French but its nowhere as common as it was 20 years ago.