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Flight attendant stories?
>>2650144>has job where he is surrounded by attractive young women every minute>still complainsare you an actual homosexual? or do you work for one of the airlines that hires 50y/o FAs
>>2650147i work for the largest US airline, so ages vary from young to very old. ive hooked up with two FA's that ive worked with. most of them just arent my type desu.One of them we still hook up regularly, as friends though.
>>2650140Not many airlines have first class these days, only business.
>>2649685>5/10>perfectYellow fever fags really are this retarded
>>2650179>>5/10actually delusional
Post the downsides of living in the midwest
>>2649921>why /trv/ thinks everyone in the midwest is a hambone nationuh because it's true? so many fat fucks all over America. You get used to it until you travel abroad and realize how disgusting Americans are. And if they're not fat then they have some sort of mental illness they're taking meds for or they have ugly tattoos or piercings. Americans have an ugliness on the inside and outside that is quite apparent.
>>2631839murica. apart from murifats and some poor jeets, no one likes burgers
>>2650047Unless you live in westgate I'm not seeing any number of them to bother, this is from a perspective to most places in the US. I think the only time I run into anyone like that is Walmart on 1st and 15th of the month or for some unholy reason a coworker wants to go to Chili's or BWW. Oh the buffets attract a lot but you're going to a buffet... Just go to HuHot to avoid.Compared to DFW area, Austin, Phoenix, Atlanta, Tampa/Miami, LA, SHITcago, you really aren't running into many on a daily basis unless you're going to their kind of bars. It's night and day in more ways than one, I picked up on where people go within the first month of living here so not sure where you are going wrong.This is why I can't help but agree that either anons here are gatekeeping the midwest or they simply have yet to travel more than once or twice and use this place a pol/int lite. Comparatively speaking for the jobs available in a town like this you don't run into much issue with people unless you are simply a hard boiled shut in. I don't remember ever saying it's white as snow in peoples colors, but it's a far cry from most cities in the US.Maybe stop eating at Chicken and fish and move out of westgate
its astonishing to see how well the propaganda has worked on you faggotsaccording to this thread, being around white people with little crime or disruption to your personal life, with plenty of personal space and privacy is....LE BAD!>it's boringso the fuck what? what is 'exciting' to you? street crime and homeless shitting themselves while trying to steal your converter? >things close earlythey also OPEN EARLY, get up at 7am like everyone else and you'll be fucking fine>the food is boringholy shit faggot who cares? food is CHEAP in stores, most people cook for themselves, time to learn! I promise you will actually love it>the roads are badgranted, the roads do suck>the winter is longyou're fucking WHITE, you were built to endure winter and make it your bitchif you are afraid of winter you are not-white
>>2650111>you're fucking WHITE, you were built to endure winter and make it your bitchbased and checked
Osaka Castle editionー How do I travel by public transportation? ーUse Google Maps within cities, install the Jorudan or Navitime app for intercity travelー Dude, what should I see in ________? ーhttps://www.wikivoyage.org/https://www.japan-guide.com/https://www.jnto.go.jp/>Solid general guides - sights, sample itineraries, pre-travel considerations, etchttps://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1fmfaySQHmojbRGKWCwRecq6Ln1Bb2Xdh&ll=35.67928012473078%2C139.68638283648374&z=12*You should probably check on google if a place is still in business before you plan a whole trip around it*ーJR PassーJR Rail Pass is it worth it? Since JR is going to adjust the prices for the pass soon, not really anymore, unless you want to travel by train very extensively. You can plug in your itinerary in the links below and compare prices to the JR Pass.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Wakayama Castle. Zero foreigners in sight
>>2650070I met some local Japanese that were pissed the ragheads copied the whole "crashing planes into things" and the fanstisim.Ligitmatly pissed that they could be 1uped on extremism.
How do you actually get the full exchange rate, everywhere you go it's like 6yen off the headline rate, do you just have to do FOREX to get what it actually is?
>>2649969Well whatever you're reading is bs
what are some good places you can get other than hotels if you're looking for staying somewhere 3-5 weeks?
Continued from >>>2640924I am a US Citizen, got a tourist visa, and visited St. Petersburg for three weeks. Here are my pro tips:Visa:>DO go through a visa agency because they will make sure you fill out the visa application properly (if you want to know the name of the agency I used, you can ask) but apply far in advance to avoid massive costs for expediting.>DO apply for the three year multiple entry tourist visa. It is the most generous tourist visa that Russia offers and it is ONLY available to US Citizens. It allows you to stay in Russia for up 364 days per year and up to 182 days at a time without needing to do a visa run.Travel:>The only airline that you can get from the USA to Russia is Turkish airlines but be prepared to pay through the nose. The cheaper option, which is slightly more adventurous, is to fly from the USA to Tallinn, Estonia (first cheap) and then take a bus to the Russian border, cross the border, and then take a train to SPb. This will take you another day of traveling but it will save you about $2K round trip. AMA
>>2649131> If you have a Mir card, you can tap to pay at the gates and save yourself 5 minutes by avoiding the ticket counterif you stay longer you can buy a local transportation card which will save some money compared to using credit cards
>>2648984in my life I've had three different russian people ask me if I was russian (I'm not)should I come to russia?
>>2649946>Russia will be a lot more Westernized. Sanctions will have ended by thenHugely doubt it.
>>2648986Putin pays him to say russia goodboi russia dindu nuffin.
>>2648984>>2648985>>2648987>>2648990Legit good tips. Thanks anon
You can make it here. Schools are all privately owned, you don't even need a tefl, just bullshit a resume and dress nice. Felon? Failure? It doesn't matter, you can start fresh here.
>>2645723Was not expecting to see my home town mentioned on /trv/
>>2649977>with my friendsJust go to Koh Samui you dumb normie.
>>2649951>unrelated languages.Go tell that to Myanmar and a hundred other countries.
>>2650146That's very rude.They went to Thailand last year, we'll probably go back next year as well.
>>2650171>That's very rude.Fuck you.
Did you go and what did you think?
>>2646490I enjoyed it. Went in early April. I found the Tube really easy to navigate. Really easy to get to wherever you wanted to go quickly. it's definitely a walking city. Wear comfy shoes with good support. Also, all the tourist things for a first timer are very crowded. Buckingham Palace, Parliament, Elizabeth Tower, Westminster in general is mostly foreigners. Lots of French and Dutch I noticed. Everything else is just regular London. Oh...Camden Market is overrun with tourists. Forgot that part. I recommend wandering off the beaten path and exploring. London is fairly safe, and most people are so busy with their own lives that they don't give a shit about what you're up to.
>>2646490I’ve been to London many times, and unapologetically love the place, warts and all. It’s self-obsessed and money-obsessed in ways that are kind of depressing, and there is a strange blend of shiny and new and far more decrepit than you would expect from such a rich/expensive city. But it’s got some of everything, and is a great place to eat, look at old things, and listen to music.
>>2647035Yeah, we're rude 'cos you dipshit tourists are constantly blocking the street, shuffling along at a snails pace and stopping for no reason, milling around in choke points like big dumb idiots and making us miss our Tube trains 'cos you're in the way AGAIN looking at a big paper map and going: "Durrr, do we need the Northern Line or the Central? And how much should we tip the train driver?" Don't come to London, ever: we fucking hate you and don't want you here.
>>2650012>t. mohammed who moved here 6 months ago
>>2646490Never felt like a proper city to me. Could never tell where the happening spots were, what the cultural flow of the place was, et cetera. In Tokyo, in American cities, hell even Paris and Berlin, I could immediately understand the flow of the city. London felt very slow, isolated, and lonely, which I found so fucking weird. Absolute dogshit city.
Thinking of heading to Colombia next monthWhat am I in for?
>>2642320>“There’s too many tourists here!” said the tourist.
>>2642397>find some trouble>find some trouble>troubleYou are going to be murdered and the only record that you ever lived will be a hastily-written article in a Spanish online newspaper describing Plaza Botero as a place where foreigners go to look for cocaine and whores.
>>2642752Escobar bombed an airplane you fat retard.
>>2645619> Blacks are preferred because they spend more money.Bait but read this sentence back to yourself and see why no one fell for it.
>>2648722> This arepa stand is worth walking from CandeleriaThat’s like a 2 hour walk one-way, you fat retard.
How's Southeast Asia at the beginning of the rainy season? Does the rain make it not worth going?I just want a nice comfy place to spend 2 weeks around the end of May
It's kind of rainy Only if you don't like the rain.Depends if you think rain is comfy.
Anyone ever been to Similan islands? Thinking of flying to Phuket for a weekend and going there, but not sure about the crowds and how long it might take. Water looks amazing though.
>>2650132>I've spent that much in one night in Angeles City.>$4kSTORY TIME
>>2650132So just to be clear, when your divvy stocks distribute cap gains, you don’t have to pay taxes on them UNTIL you sell similarly to any normal stock in a brokerage account?I was under the impression your divv gains had to paid yearly on your tax return or something.So ultimately, I can hodl and let the divvs accumulate indefinitely?
>>2650136No
>>2650142>noSo you don’t pay taxes on divvys until you sell?
>just invooost bro, line goes up trust me broThis is /trv/, when are we going to talk about the based kind of investing. I'm talking about owning a sweatshop or some kind in SEA. Somebody here must have done something like that right? Or are you all just beer guzzling pay pigs for your SEAmonkey hosts?
Tell me why I should go to India.
Do most of you just travel for business or are there some passport bros here aswell? I just don't understand what type of job you could have to maintain this type of lifestyle. So my main question is, what job do you guys have?
>>2640387I am wondering about this also, If I was able to get a remote job would it be better to do that? Seems like when people do the digital nomad thing they limit themselves to be able to get access to local banks & rentals in their host country. I sort of have career roots laid down right now in marketing so I could go the remote route, but I want to live abroad outside the US, so would it make sense to just become a TEFL teacher or work for some company abroad? Id like to stay somewhere for at least 6 months to a year, the whole nomad thing just seems very unpredictable and limiting, but maybe I am wrong,
>>2650048bank account might be a problem but why do you need one? just use cash1-year rentals aren't a problem at least in Asia, but why would you want to commit to a single country, single city, and single apartment for a year??being a nomad is extremely flexible: after you get bored of some place you just move to new one
>>2649333Based swashbuckling real American
>>2643239Dream height frfr
>>2650074yeah, I get that but you can get real in depth with just 1 country, see things that most people who just come and visit for a few weeks may never discover. Use whatever city you stay in as the base and just take short trips all over the country for months. Idk, I just think going in depth and learning more with some places is more fun than surface level stuff.
Happy Sunday Catchan,I thought I might tap into the collective travel knowledge here since we are all a bit of a diverse bunch from varying backgrounds. So I just booked a flight to Japan next month May 3 to Jun 1 and I'd like to hear any tips or reccomendations from those who have visited there or anywhere in the Orient really. This seems like one of the best months to travel there. Golden Week is just ending so less crowds and just before the wet season and before summer vacation for much of the world. I got a large backpack and plan to buy a second hand piece of luggage to load up with goodies before I head back. I know there might be a bit of a culture shock when I get there so I am doing my best to be prepared as this country is probably the most "different" country I have been to. So please share any thoughts or your experience in the matter. I am a well off male around 40 and I am planning on staying at a variety of different properties including ryokans, capsule hotels, hostels and Marriott properties as I am a Ambassador Elite with them. Also, I love hot springs and considering walking the Nakasendo Trail. A good primer or must knows would be very helpful for my trip. Thanks!
Japan is great. You'll have a great time. GET YOUR FLU SHOT BEFORE YOU GO! I caught the flu while I was in Japan and was sick in bed in my hostel for 5 days sleeping. It was awful. You can make your plans up while you go along. Shinkansen is expensive. Get the pass early on because you'll probably end up having to use it more then you expect. Hiroshima is great. Get the okinomiyaki.
>>2647447Oh snap thanks for reminding me. I'm not OP but i have a trip mid may.
>>2647447>make up plans as I go along That's how I normally do it in other countries, but Japan is just so different and I know so little about it I need to at least plug in some waypoints to hit beforehand or else I'll already pass something I wanted to see. >>2647447Thanks for the reccomendation but I have never been sick in my life that I recall. Felt like shit falling out of trees or being hurt but never from the air.
There isn't much you need a reservation for if you aren't going to the top tier attractions.
>>2646371>>2646362I didn't prep very much, so I ended up doing a lot of similar stuff - once you've seen a few temples you've seen most of them. It got hard to be enthusiastic/find new stuff to do. I really miss it and would love to go back but doing a whole month all at once was a bit much - I just got bored and wanted it to be over. My trip was later than yours in june-july so it was hotter though.Don't expect to buy second-hand luggage, just go to a donqi or bic and buy a cheapo suitcase. When I was there I bought the official The Pokemon Company Pikachu carry on and really like it, https://www.ebay.com/itm/235165028643 this one but unsure if it still existsAbove all I highly recommend biking around, especially in quieter cities/off peak hours. I visited a temple in Nagano at midnight with barely anybody around, it was magical especially compared to them normally being so overcrowded
14.8 seconds of airtime edition>Last Thread: >>2637085>What is this thread? Why are there two generals?/rcg/ was initially created as a way for the roller coaster enthusiasts on here to discuss all things roller coasters and theme parks. While roller coasters are the main focus of these threads (and the title of the general) there is also discussion on other theme parks, their rides, as well as the parks themselves and trip planning too. That's where /tpg/ comes in.>Can I talk about Disney/Universal parks in this thread?Absolutely! Disney discussion of all sorts including rides/resorts/dining/trip planning is OK.Thread Tip Pro: When in line for a coaster with a bunch of normies, feel free to autistically infodump to them every single iota of information you know about the ride you are about to go on: opening date, manufacturer, # of inversions, stats etc.Roller Coaster Database:>https://rcdb.com/Amusement Park News Sites:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2648804https://youtube.com/shorts/DMzUv185eR8?si=wcwYxtO3V5QfNjz8
>>2649452We decided on doing Magic kingdom instead while staying at Cabana bay. I couldn't convince her to just spend a day at Volcano bay or something since the timeframe was on such short notice and nonflexible. Any recommendations for dining out near the hotel? There's a bunch of stuff on I-drive so I will do research
>>2649837depends on what cuisine you're into
>>2649837You're a short free shuttle ride from City Walk so that probably makes a lot of sense. Cowfish and the Chocolate Emporium are interesting places that are good birthday restaurants.Outside of that, most of I-drive is low quality tourist traps, especially the Universal end. Don't do the Brazillian steakhouse (terrible). The Cuban restaurant in Pointe Orlando is really good
>>2649837>Staying at Cabana Bay>Not going to Volcano BayDamn shame. Is this a Universal trip you're just tacking a Disney day onto?
What is it actually like to live in Florida?To put it short. I'm sick of cold winters. I want to live next to theme parks... (not a disney adult)I've visited Orlando a few times, so I'm not just shooting in the dark, but I wonder from any locals, what do I not understand as just a tourist? What is the deal with all of the development complexes and HOA's? how do you even know which ones are for old people? What area's do I avoid?
>costs look low compared to other places with the weather and beaches until you factor in the unholy HOA's>if you suffer from bad allergies good luck mold is a constant battle>weather isn't bad... for 4ish months out of the year heat isn't the issue it's the humidity WITH the heat+random storms (from az heat does not bother me)>not owning a car is a worse death sentence than no car in the midwest>if you life in a place without a gate or without HOA hope you don't mind random fuckjobs coming in>Homeless/petty crime is a real problem because tons of homeless end up in FL due to weather>tourism bucks means many of the 'fun' things to do have tripled in cost and lowered in fun/value>the amount of tourism constantly flowing through anywhere decent to live means you have to deal with all the pitfalls tourism brings>tax savings are meaningless due to all the other bullshit you constantly pay for>cheap housing almost always comes with income limits, Armed Forces, or 55+>place is purgatory for tech jobsIf you have some remote gig that's not going anywhere good for you, but you'll need a fair bit. Panhandle gets a little cheaper but you're farther from things. If you love the mix of Caribbean food, lanito food, seafood, and bbq it's GOAT. Winters are unironically GOAT.>>2642228Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2612436>- No culture. Everyone's either a tourist, or they're coming here from somewhere else. Try exploring the panhandle for pockets of "real" Florida.You don't understand CULTURE means big iconic thing I saw in a Hollywood movie or poster! That's why midwest = no culture for USA, everything else is BASED.
>>2612436How bad is it in Orlando? I remember seeing with my friends (5 of us in total) as they want to plan a move to Florida, and a shared a house rent seemed cheap up that a junior programmer could pay for (mind you at the ones we looked hat ad least 3-5 rooms).It is good to know about the cons but really, how bad is it to afford living there? is it too much of a nigger shithole or are some places clean enough and safe to live around? I don't really plan to tag along with my friends if the cons related to these questions are too high.
>>2649580Just avoid Pine Hills or OBT most of Orlandob isn’t dangerous. Weather and traffic are awful though.
>>2649580Orlando is a beautiful city/metro with some rough areas. Overall, it's a very nice place to live.
