>never thought of traveling in between college semesters or during a gap year>now stuck at a job and can only take week long trips twice a yearIs it over? Have I officially wasted my life? All I want to do is travel non-stop for a few months like a normal person but I can't
>>2858604I work full time at a university and PTO accumulates along with "personal" PTO which is for mental health. I just save all my hours for travels and don't ever get sick. I traveled to places I would never have dreamed of. I also take short 3 day weekend trips (Martin Luther King day, presidents day) to new cities for fun.
Hey some of us did travel during those times but spent that time walking around and "exploring" rather than dating and shit because we were too autistic or whatever the fucking problem was.Now we're old and look back in that time as "god what was I thinking" because dealing with women only gets worse as age advances.
>>2858642>Where I work we automatically earn a three month (unpaid) sabbatical every three yearsyou must be european or something.that shit doesn't exist in north america, you are pretty much a slave to your job.
>>2858607>put your entire paycheck into snowballing dividend investmentDo not fucking do this.
>>2858607Don't listen to this. Buy Bitcoin, it's far from it's ATH now. You can almost buy a whole one.
I’ve been traveling solo for almost 10 years, but I always stick to big cities and safe nature spots. The only wild thing I’ve tried is the bull run in Spain (I was standing behind the barricade thingies on the street). Now I want to push myself and do more exciting stuff while I still can. What do you recommend? Could be local events, extreme sports or anything that’s not just the usual tourist things.
>>2856785Bungee jumping is awesome, you should try it if you get the chance. I did it in New Zealand. The adrenaline rush is insane, and it is very safe. Just make sure it's a reputable company.
>>2856785>assuming you are Euro Get into diving, it's the ultimate sport especially for /trv/ purposes. Lads really don't understand how good it is and I don't want to spruik it too much because diving lasses are worth their weight in gold and there's already too many fuckwits competing with my fat ass
>>2857152i started freediving a couple years ago, best thing I ever did and it's taken me to some places I'd never have gone otherwise (Honduras, Hurghada, Coron). Way easier than scuba to just pack your mask and fins and go
Don't go travelling over Chinese New Year editionPost trip plans, past experiences, questions, advice etc in theis thread.No political arguments and no spam please.(anyone replying to your posts with reddit spacing and twitter links is the chinkspammer and can be ignored)old: >>2826208
>>2859586>Your only real option is English teaching.That was one of the options we discussed or working for a US company. Her family lives in a smaller city so the house prices aren't as high as something like Shanghai.
>>2859587Yeah, you could do remote work for a US companyIf you're going to her hometown beware of meddling in-laws and relatives. Also it might not have any other foreigners so you could be a bit isolated Another thing is schooling, schools in China are super intensive and very stressful, but the choice is between that or very expensive international schools. Something to consider
>>2859578>Not to turn this into an "America bad" rant but the US is anti-family in so many ways and isolating.Compared to what? The educational thunderdome that is China?
new thread since this has hit bl:>>2859668>>2859668>>2859668
>>2859669Buddy, next wait till we reach page 10. This is a very slow board.
This is my 3rd trip. Are there any cute femcels who want to do landscape photography with me? You have to be fit enough to hike long distances min. 20km without crying. Im planing on going to a location that only Scots know and tourists never heared of. If you can drive the better.Afterwards want to go to Stornoway, Orkney then back to Ediburgh. Planing 3 weeks for this.If no femcels here which board could I find them at?
>>2858296>>>/r9k/ and stay there.Stop shitting up other boards with your retarded 5min of mania fever dreams.
>>2858296https://www.ranker.com/list/hottest-scottish-models/no-rupaulogiesAre these really the hottest women in Scotland? I've been there 2 times and soon to be there a third time.My caramel BBC is twitching and I need a Scottish woman ASAP
>gay burgers shitting up the homelandYou love to see it
>>2858818Where are your young women hiding? Only in Glasgow and Edinburgh?Are there only elderly women in the Highlands. Even in Inverness I only saw like women in their 30s. The hottest women up there were Asians.
For the maple syrup people here, I'm thinking about moving to Canada (will start applying for jobs this year). I already have few years of experience.What should I expect there? Is it a nice country? Hows life there? Hows life compared from province to province? Is it like the UK on steroids and Timmies or a completely different place? I'm a Turkish guy who did in fact live in the United Kingdom.
>>2858081Except OP is planning on moving there not vacationing
>>2858081>weakbrains who get caught up in social media trendstry living for decades in a freezing wasteland while watching your quality of life plummet and then get back to me.
>>2858081As someone who's lived here his entire life, you're a fucking idiot. I guarantee you've never set foot in this country, and if you ever did you'd want to leave in a second.Every issue laid out in this thread and on the internet in general is not only correct, but likely an understatement. I wouldn't accept a trip here for free.
>>2849713in Vancouver area it is ridiculously expensive for housing. Good fucking luck. Even with a well paying job. Fucking lawyers even struggle here to make rent. The suburbs and the Valley are a bit more affordable but not by much and are boring as all fuck. Safe though and kind of solid if you do not want to deal with all the bullshit like you see on the news in the US. Still there are far more affordable countries to choose that may be better. It rains constantly and is dark and gross for at least three months of the year. The summer is great with loads of outdoor shit on your doorstep. Local mountains during the winter if you are into skiing or snowboarding that are also top notch. Loads of different ethnicities as well if you are down with that and good food. Getting a PR is getting more and more difficult as the government has clamped down but everyone thinks they are letting in all the Jeets when they have been here for generations and apart from killing and extorting each other are pretty nice. Road tripping around in the summer time is fucking fantastic. Loads of scenery to soak up, camping, lakes, and rivers. Easy air connections over to Asia and down to Mexico as well if you want to get out on vacation.
>>2858415Idm suburbs. I may be a social person, but I sure love my serenity.
I've been traveling for about 13 years now consistently after selling a financial services business in my home country. If you want any advice for anything at all id love to help! In particular people looking for motivation, tips, and tricks/advice for travel feel free to ask here! XD
>>2858118>>2858282Sorry. I meant to ask this guy>>2855808OP doesn't seem particularly well traveled at all 2bh
>>2854939Are there even attractive women in the highlands?
>>2858282>You never go far from airportsI did the...[sigh] I wrote why but you didnt read shit...>>2858118>it was 20 solar-cycles agoIts not remote, anywhere, in SEA, without an island hop by boat only.>that's why you say the region is modernized. When I visited Cambodia TWENY YEARS AGO there was ONLY dirt roads, none of them named. Now it has ChiCom cities for a tech hub front for international fraud schemes.>Afghanistan/Tajikistan/KyrgyzstanBeen to two of the three, but I would consider both better because theyre not "modernized for tourism and foreigners", though Tajikistan would be more "Soviet Bloc" flavored, like Hanoi, Vietnam.>A six-month stay in India cost $40Trash, youre letting the visa's low cost sway your tour's enjoyment. I didnt need to travel to different towns to find access to things I enjoyed (namely decent resturants since I wasnt "touring" the country). Ukranian, French, American.>doesn't rain for half the year hereAs if thats a bad thing?>but here you can if the heat becomes too much.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2858014If you want an off-the-cuff adventure where youre a foreigner in a country where foreigners are rare, go Central Asia, like a Kyrgystan to Azerbaijan kind of tour. You will get VERY little help with things making it a true "adventure" that will mature you in the process.SEA can be fully booked online and totally paid for with a credit card. The tour above bring cash and expect plans to change.
>>2858118>VietnamOh, and the local food was worth it here, with other places in the region being mediocre in comparison. Ive had better Thai food in the States than in Thailand. Pho elsewhere wasnt as good, the herb plate was no where as interesting, the coffee is unique, the sandwiches were the best, I doubt elsewhere can remake them like they do at home.
Which countries are the best for cheap cigs and liquor? I want to have a good time. Bonus points for indoor smoking.
>>2856948Japan.You can get a smoking hotel room and can literally sit in there all day smoking cigs and drinking $1 chuhai if you so choose to.
Cuba
My vote is for vietnam. A cheap dirty local pack is 50 cents, a foreign brand is $1 to $2 at most unless you're getting ripped off at a tourist hot spot. You can also drink coffee outside or drink beer/alcohol
>>2856948Laos for cheap cigs. But you have to be careful with the liquor there as they are notorious for serving up methanol.
>>2856948Macau
Going to Gdańsk for a weekend. What can you do there?
>>2856186>Didn't know it was renamedWere you born in 1930 or something?>>2856197Centuries of genocide by Germans/Russians?
>>2853123>Gdansk has a zoo but it's closer to Sopot than Gdansk iircIt's kind of close to the airport technically, but the busses have to take a fairly long route there as they can't just go through the forest in between. But you can take an e-bike at the airport and take the forest route there. But I wasn't exactly fan of the zoo. Some of the cats especially were in enclosures way too small with few hiding spots. My personal favorites are Malbork castle and a cocktail bar called Winston. The drinks can be a bit exotic, and their presentation is absolutely fantastic.
>>2856186i mean since the beginning "Pomorze" (seaside) was collonized by Prussians and then Teutonic Order (religious fundamentalists) with which Real Poland waged a war in 15th century.Real Poland, since the beginning was just Wielkopolska (Poznan) and Malopolska (Krakow and other places) - oldest states in Poland. So yeah, Danzig originally was not polish at all
>>2856350>So yeah, Danzig originally was not polish at allUhhh"Gdańsk" is the original name, "Danzig" is its germanization. This original slavic -> germanized name thing is coincidentally true for a shitton of cities in Eastern Germany (Dresden, Leipzig etc) as well, courtesy of the Sorbs.
>>2856214How exotic are we talking about?
I've never been anywhere in the SouthWest and I'l be passing through Phoenix for a few days next week. What goes on there?
>>2855639Formerly one of the most desolate and inhospitable regions of the country...not it's crowded elbow to elbow with Amerimutts who love the desert dunshine but don't like each other. Trying to settle down in Lake Havasu City, rent a shitty room and work an awful job with nasty people was a mistake and one of the bleakest periods of my 20s. Arizona is soulless suburbia incarnate. Even the nicer places like Prescott are still so anti-social. Everyone is like "fuck off we're full" IRL.
>>2858471Why? I've heard good things about Scottsdale>>2858474is it that bad? I spent a chunk in Tucson for the university and found it alright. Didn't explore much else besides a few music festivals in phoenix, but found it pretty easy to date locals. >Lake Havasu City>Prescott Maybe these were the problem. Both pretty small locations where boomers retire. You might have to pick a college town when it comes to AZ. At least Flagstaff.
>>2855639The Grand Canyon is the most beautiful place in the entire world
>>2855639Tucson is so nice dude just travel around the mountains then hit downtown, so many horny 9/10's everywhere even on men if you care. Its gotten so much investment don't listen to old 4 year old Reddit posts that say its a shithole, its becoming like Comfy Denver with Santa Fe tier murals and old historical neighborhoods.
>>2858676It's a giant, barren hole in the ground. The first white men who saw it thought it was one of the most awful sights on earth. It didn't do anything for me like the Big Sur coast or the giant redwood rainforests did.>>2858725I spent two nights in Tucson while backpacking across America. One on a park bench, another in a shitty $72/night motel next to the awful I-10. The city is less ugly than other desert cities thanks to the native Sonoran Desert xeriscaping - it's the most vegetated desert in the world - but the human landscape on the streets is so barren. Evidently you have to spend a lot of money at a private establishment to be social (and of course, being a paypig draws in women like nectar draws bees). I never saw any friends groups or teenage lovers hanging out in public spaces while I was there. Mostly bums and rejects, especially in winter - which gets a lot chillier than you think. I'd pick Hermosillo over Tucson any day, not because HMO is some amazing place, but because it at least has some soul, especially on weekends. It's also warmer and closer to the beach.
what is Laos like?
>>2856688And you couldn't spell your own joke right.
>>2829744Because it's past your bedtime?
This thread has been active for 3½ months, and not one of you losers has visited Lao PDR? Jesus Christ, this board really is dead. Nothing but travel-themed shitposting from Losers At Home
Is Laos discount Thailand? Even their capital is a border town.Never been there. From economic data and google street view it looks very Sub-Saharan. Even red earth dust checks out.
>>2858298>Is Laos discount Thailand?only because the baht is strong. usually it's more expensive because they have to import everything.the geology is kinda weird there. red earth is prevalent in certain areas but not others. in the north and the plain of jars area, they have a lot of gravel. in oudomxay, the earth is very fertile and dark. in other areas the "dirt" looks white. there are also areas in central laos (khammouane area) where it's gravel.
What is this state like? Whats the culture like? Please tell me some fun things to do in Delaware, for someone without a car.
lotta rich but dumb kids go to university of delaware
The beaches are great. Cape Henlopen State park has some beautiful undeveloped beaches. You can find great subs, great pizza and great crab cakes. The beach towns are laid back and have low crime. Dogfish head brewery is fantastic. Definitely take the ferry over to Cape May.
I was thinking of taking a camping trip across delaware but its probably too cold now.>>2855369Good advice. Maybe i can stay at the park and leave my car and take the ferry in the morning.
>>2854556Aubrey plaza is from Delaware
>>2854552Decent bus system and public transit to be expected from a small state on the East Coast. Everything is relatively developed, some rough spots to consider.Parts of Wilmington are pretty sketchy and there's like one main street. Not much to see or do there. Dover is pretty nice. Small but pretty old town. Not much outside of it but there's at least some sightseeing to be done there for a daytrip from Philly. Couple good restaurants too and the people in Dover are pretty chill. Haven't been to the beaches. Heard they're okay.
Questions That Don't Deserve Their Own Thread>also known as /sqt/ (Stupid Questions Thread)For your quick one-off questions that pertain to travel.Long or convoluted questions should get their own thread.Questions about popular destinations should be asked in any active thread about them.Previous: >>2788942
>>2857563How old are you? Do you not realize people have different opinions and values and goals?
>>28381251 hour of layover is never a good idea imo. Too risky
>>2838125kek. glhf.we need more information for the lulz:>self transfer?>single ticket?>terminal change needed?>need to recheck baggage?>huueg airport?>stats on flight punctuality?>need to cross border control?>redo security in transfers?>where did you buy tickets?>where the fuck are you going to/from/through?you're in yolo mode. make backup plans.
>>2838125Is it on the same ticket? Then you're fine. Two separate tickets? Too risky.
So I'm looking to buy a new phone. How it relates to /trv/ is that I happen to have a big Asia trip lined up, so I'm wondering if I should just wait until I'm there to buy a phone. I'll be going to Hong Kong, mainland China, Japan, Korea, and Malaysia.
What do you like and dislike about Australian cities?>Brisbane>Gold Coast>Sydney>Melbourne>Perth>Small towns that are between them
>>2856193>$60k USD for a software engineer in Sydney lmaoAustralia deserves its fate
>>2856207Regularly get ~$220 AUD flights from Syd-Sin, it's a reliable price point for years now and a fucking good deal for an 8 hour flight on a dreamliner with wifi the whole wayNeed to start booking earlier mate.t. fly the route 6 times a yearTo get to your actual point yes, Australia is a fucking joke, the value for money simply isn't there with accommodation and activities.The nature stuff is worth it imo but Aus cities are retarded places to visit for a holiday for what you get.If you are in the neighborhood go to Bangkok or Tokyo. Wtf does Melbourne or Sydney have to offer over those two for 3x the price?
I don't get why Americans travel to Australia It looks exactly like America except the houses are smaller and have fences in the front yard instead of just the back. Why would you spend $2000 and 18+ hours on a plane to see that?
>>2858248Checking off the "Australia" box on your world travel bucket list, seeing the exotic wildlife, exploring all that coastline, working a seasonal job for the hell of it, then going on 4x4 adventures with a big bold aussie girl and a cooler full of beer...>70% of people are overweight or obeseThat's just as gross as America, but on the plus side, Australia has few black people.
>>2858248The environment is completely different
And I have no idea how to start properly planning the logistics. I leave early march and return at the end of the month, and my route is somewhat long and I worry I'm overdoing it. It is as follows:Rome>Florence>Bologna>San Marino (maybe)>Ravenna>Venice>Milan>Monaco>Nice (maybe)>Marseille>Barcelona>Andorra (maybe)>Mt. St. Michel>ParisAny suggestions or route alterations? I really like historical stuff and seeing a bit of the countryside would be nice, but I do not speak italian or french, even if I can pick up bits and pieces here and there, so I'll mostly be speaking english. Is there anything here that isn't worth it? I'd also really appreciate recommendations of places to go and stay in, this last part in specific is driving me nuts with indecision. Regular hotels? Airbnb? Hostels? I also can't drive, so I imagine it's going to be all buses and trains for moving around.
>>2857826staying long in transit can be fine if you have kindle full of backlog books waiting long for rare vacation to finish
>>2858622yeah there's a difference between offering travel advice and being a twat about it though isn't therei really don't know why people on a travel board are such cunts sometimes. 4chan is always 4chan i suppose.
>>2857784you could spend 1 month, hell even 3-6 months exploring rome alonedon't rush it
>>2857784You’re gonna spend more times in airports and on trains than enjoying your destinations. Trim 8 off the list.
>>2857784I flew into milan and am currently in bologna >milan>venice>rasen anholtz (bus over from San lorenzo)>cortina>udine(with short change over in milan)It's entirely do-able, but do you plan to stay long enough in rome, Florence, and Paris to really take in what you want?I'm mainly doing airbnb. Everyone I've spoken to so far has spoken English, and even when I did a trip in southern Italy I was able to make it work with a little Google translate. Pick your places, make sure you have the ability to travel in between, book your stays, book your flights, don't get fucked over by united in Newark, and have a nice time.
It's scary, should i postpone my travel to Tokyo?If it's like London or Paris now, no thanks.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVnLhVmJOFY
>>2858121>>2858142You sound incredibly catty. Get your test levels checked. Imagine living in a country as a guest and brazenly insulting the locals who were gracious enough to welcome you.
>>2858142And where did I say that Japanese men can dress you absolute retard? You wrote paragraphs of shit just for stating what was already said. Except that Koreans still dress better than Japanese men. And Singaporeans are retards who just dress "look at me I have money!" and that's it.>>2858162How is that an insult you Akihabara fatfuck? Since you replied to two different posters assuming it's one it might be you the one suffering from an oestrogenic breakdown.Japanese and Korean women keep my test levels very high and they love it that way.
>>2855724>>2855694God you're fucking pathetic, leave those poor kids alone. Sex pests and pedophiles the lot of you.They're just alt crowd runaways with shit families, it happens in every country, they just formed a counter culture around it here.Don't bother them. It's seriously fucking weird.
>>2858162imagine thinking you need to suck-up to random people that couldn't give a single shit about your opinion on an anonymous imageboard where those people never go. i dont even plan on living here forever lmao. >>2858265>And Singaporeans are retards who just dress "look at me I have money!" and that's it.valid way to bumblefuck your way into dressing well. same shit as those retards who just buy piles of reps and end up putting together decent fits with them. koreans dress well but they're extremely samey and their domestic brands are objectively worse than japan's, although the quality is better.
>>2855860English teachers aren't well-compensated, but at least they go home at the end of the day knowing their work just unambiguously helped people learn.There are many, many jobs, both in Japan and around the world, which can't say that kind of thing, which vary from morally neutral to outright destructive but still get paid.It's far better to get a low wage for an honest day's work than to sell your soul for six figures in dollars or eight figures in yen.
