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Help me I think I willingly ruined /trv/ for myself.Im a brazilian nepobaby, I have visited every single western european country (except France), Sweden, the US in 3 different states, Japan, Australia and Hong Kong but nowhere, and I do mean absolutely fucking nowhere is as good as Italy. I just recently went to Saint Petersburg in Russia and kept thinking to myself "Jesus fucking Christ I could have went to Italy instead" Every fucking street corner in Rome feels like a painting, the vibes are fucking immaculate, the people are so damn friendly and if I could choose to be born anywhere in the world it would be there. It's absolutely everything I love, art history and aesthetics with just the exact amount of cheer and life that it doesn't overblow itself or ends up stale in bureocracy. Any recs of places for something similar? I heard someone tell me to go to Germany but I only went to Berlin and it was so damn tiring, maybe Munich might be better?I genuinely can't go to another country and not think to myself "Damn I could have gone to Italy instead" and get pissed about it. Im thinking about a Thailand trip up until the middle of february after Carnaval ends, and yes I am doing it for the hookers. No LATAM tropical shitholes please, we have those at home and im not very big on beaches, feels like a waste of money.
if your ancestors are from germany which is not too unlikely since youre from brazil and wealth, you could watch the heimat movies and visit hunsrueck in germany. find your roots.
>>2751623My ancestors are spanish and russian, with a smidge of my family being entirely japanese, that's why I travelled there btw.I will 100% check the movies out though
>>2751620Then just travel to Italy?Nobody is forcing you to run around the Globe
>>2751815https://youtu.be/gf9E0xKybjk?si=L32g05kUWAuRuv2J
I'm going on a trip soon to Australia and I have to buy some new clothes for summer there. Some t-shirts, some shorts, maybe a nice shirt and pants for going out to dinner in, some new shoes. But I don't even know where to start, and time is running out fast. The thought of going there and looking bad is making me so depressed. I've never looked good, never had a good outfit, but all I know is, I want to look like someone well travelled, laid back, care free. It's hard to do that with new clothes, but I don't want to buy thrifted shit. What should I do /trv/, and have you ever felt this way during or before travel? inb4 I'm a retard yes I know be helpful or move on.
>>2751650Post your outfit, one you actually own and wear.>>2751645>Give zero fucksIf I wore wht I actually wanted to wear I would draw too much attention to myself. I want to blend in but look good.
>>2751653You're being purposely obnoxious. No one can help someone like that. Please don't come, we are already full.
>>2751657How about you tell me exactly what you wear because I want to make sure I get the same brand others are wearing.
>>2751684>because I want to make sure I get the same brand others are wearing.Shop at KMart once you get there then.
>>2747428One pair of my $180 boutique california made stylish cargo pants are too smallWhat do I do? Give them to a random Asian? Guffaw!I would NEVER buy clothes overseas. Maybe I will look for a pair of shorts in the mall but my bag desperately needs room.. who is going to get these pants? The nicest pants they will ever see in their lives?
Maybe I just follow slob tourist news too much but I'm actually thinking that excessive tourism is a bad thing now. Especially short term rentals in cities people actually live in. On the other hand, places like Ibiza and Barcelona are the ones attracting tourists. What do you think, how do you balance this?
>>2751838>I'm actually thinking that excessive tourism is a bad thing nowI though this was a well established fact by now
giant cope for not having a real economy
>>2751852>Sell 1€ pints to British people who flew there on a budget airline>"Wow why is this so shit why are they so poorly behaved"
Have you ever tried to live in SE Asia (specifically Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Vietnam) on a very low budget? I’m talking living in fan rooms and having a monthly budget of under $500. Basically, just a fuck it and go kind of escape from the west. Anyone currently huffing it hardcore in SE ASIA? What’s your budget like and what do you do all day?
>>2751125After 12 weeks on the move, hanging around Xayaboury for a while is appealing to me. This is a city where I can feel special & valued while also enjoying my personal space. The podunk nature of the place is charming rather than boring. The mountain background and sun-drenched dry climate are reminiscent of Colorado Springs. Exceptionally low cost of living is the cherry on top.>>2751109Nothing about it makes sense, unless you are one of those maniacs who loves nothing more than adventure on a rough road. There's the high cost of renting a vehicle, the inevitability of official extortion when doing so without the requisite paperwork, the horrible condition of the roads, the reckless behavior of the local drivers.
>>2751625>I can feel special & valuedWhy?Also how much is motorbike rental? It's very cheap in Vietnam.
>>2751625>XayabouryBeen following your threads every day. Think I'm gonna head to this place in a few weeks and bless them with my USD. Is there a variety of restaurants? If the people, nature and food are nice and it's cheap, I might mellow out there for a few weeks actually
>>2751625Have you gotten your dick wet in Lao?
>>2751635 it’s illegal for foreign men to have sex with Laotian women out of wedlock. I’m sure OP isn’t but let’s see his response
do you have stories about tourists misbehaving in another country and you witness? Which country is the most obnoxious when they travel abroad?please shit on all the nationalities
>>2751843I give nothing but respect for months, and receive at best, not contempt, but a notch above it, and then some faggot thinks they're gonna run a scam on me and I'm just gonna smile while I take it in the ass, no sir. You just earned the worst thing in your pathetic little life: confrontation. And I don't lose. I will manipulate you to make you emotional and admit to a police officer that you committed a crime, and be content with your soul bowing before me, you piece of shit bug.
>>2751842Fucking goddamn chinks and Koreans visiting Seattle don't know how to look where they're going or understand personal space
>>2751845Latin American hereI think the whole no sense of personal space comes from commuting and going to nightclubs etc where being squished like sardines here is commonPeople don’t really see touching strangers as particularly weird, I guess the same happenes in Asia
>>2751846Of course. Dutch people also have no sense of personal space.
I’ve been told I’m a rude tourist before but I don’t really give a shit. I’m spending lots of money in your country so as long as I’m not breaking any laws get over yourself
I've going to San Antonio in a week for a work conference and will be there a few days. I know it's like 60% hispanic. I'm a white guy. How anti-white is this place? Will I feel safe?
/THG/
>>2748617Many nicer looking pharmacies have the real thing but is like 60 bucks for two pills
>>2751781>she insisted to keep the lights off>philipineI don't know why but many of them only like to study in complete darkness
>>2751809What??
>>2751811What the fuck>>2751781>so her study materials were not visibleWhat's the point, why not just use your hand. Is this an inside joke or something?
>>2751820Cialis brand is a rip off
>Last Thread: >>2739376>2025 edition>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: Go to Epic Universe and Six Flags Qiddiya this yearPark Crowd Tracker:>https://queue-times.com/en-US/parksRoller Coaster Database:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2751678>And I don't even understand why such scanners are necessary.Keeps banned people out and if interfaced with other databases, they could detect "flagged" persons to monitor/beware of/deny entry to.Hypothetically they can be used in-park to track where any particular guest goes and determine what they do and for what amount of time. This is mainly to determine the popularity of areas, attractions, shops, and restaurants. It's something that parks have been desperately trying to figure out for decades. They want to know what people like and what they don't for future removals & additions.It can also be used to track and find people in-park, from kids that got separated from their parents to people accused of breaking rules or committing a crime.But those presume the system is hooked up to work throughout the park and not just at the front gate, which is something we may not know for a while, if ever.
>>2751525>>2751551>>2751560A large portion of the Disney fanbase consists of overweight women whose favorite hobby is getting preemptively offended on behalf of an imagined, scared, hypersensitive child. It's like their fucking hobby.
>>2750409Why is everything at Alton Towers themed to be so sinister?
>>2751800It's amusing just how much is themed to horror. At least Project Horizon, if it ever happens, isn't supposed to be horror.
>>2751551Yet oddly the story with the new beating heart bride is that she's still killing all her husbands since they now all fully disappear in the portraits rather than just their heads. Also her name is still Constance, it can be seen right above the portrait.
Is Korea the only good Asisn nation worth visiting anymore?>Taiwan is full pozzed globohomo>China is a soulless communist shithole where escalators eat you alive>Japan is getting more nigs and jeets everyday like every western country
What to do in New Mexico?
>>2750484Sounds pretty cool
>>2750653It’s a trip to visit for a weekend. Couldn’t imagine living there though
>>2750683What would be the downside?
>>2751152Small and isolated. Hippies and ski bums. No real people, no jobs. Isolated.
I lived in NM for many years, so I think I am qualified to speak about this.>OutdoorsArguably the only things worth doing in the whole state, NM has plenty of outdoor activities to see its wide expanses of desert beauty. Off the top of my head, Chaco Canyon, White Sands Nat'l Park, Bandelier Nat'l Monument, and the Sandia Mountains are great for hikes. It gets hot in the summer, but Northern NM isn't too bad. >NightlifeNM is almost completely devoid of an active nightlife scene, even around UNM (I can't speak for NMSU, but Las Cruces is a dump, so I can't imagine it's any better). The best nightlife activities are going to bars or breweries. There are a lot of good breweries in ABQ and Santa Fe in particular. The problem is that the lack of a centralized nightlife district means you either have to pick a location and stay there, have someone DD, or pray that an Uber is available to pick you up (there was a severe lack of Ubers and Lyfts the last time I went out drinking, maybe that has changed in the last couple of years). I wouldn't go within a half mile radius of any nightclub in NM, so don't even bother looking.>Living thereLiving in NM is horrible if you are in your 20s-30s unless you are married. Lots of people stick to their social groups from high school. There has been an uptick in transplants, but the lack of things to do or quality nightlife hampers your ability to meet them. NM also has a huge attitude problem in my opinion. Nobody cares about their long term future or aspiring to make things better. It makes people complacent, and as a result, NM hasn't seen very much development compared to say, Arizona. It doesn't help that it's one of the poorest states in the country. Overall, I wouldn't visit for more than a few days, and I sure as hell wouldn't move there. I'm grateful for the time I spent there and have a lot of good memories, but I was lucky to escape when I did.
If I have two and a half weeks in Argentina to visit Patagonia in late November / early December, should I just focus on Buenos Aires and El Calafate / El Chalten, or should I add more stops?I like the look of other places like Salta, Valdes Peninsula, Bariloche, Ushuaia. But I recognize that the country is massive and I don't want to spend too much time flying around.
>>2751382>>2751388>this autist is still going at itYou tried bitching about the crime angle until you were told you were being retarded by multiple people, when that didn't work you bitched about some SUBE card registration problem you googled about (when in fact the registration problem happened for two days, and SUBE registration doesn't apply to tourists anyway), now you are claiming you had to wait two hours for a bus which is hard to believe given your shitposting across the entire thread. OP just wants to go to see the glaciers in Patagonia, nobody cares you have an axe to grind against the country dude.
>>2751764>until you were told you were being retarded by multiple peopleIt was all you, and you never denied it.>and SUBE registration doesn't apply to tourists anywayI don't believe it, there must be a catch, there always is in that shithole. Like how you need a DNI to use the rental bikes.>now you are claiming you had to wait two hours for a busI was waiting for the 60 to Benavidez, retard.>nobody cares you have an axe to grind against the country dudeArgentines are such pussies, I swear. Your egos are so fragile. You, like in other threads, lied about Buenos Aires and I simply wanted to set the record straight.
>>2751816>It was all you, and you never denied it.No, kek, multiple people laughed at you like >>2751173 for example wasn't me.>I don't believe it, there must be a catch, there always is in that shithole. Like how you need a DNI to use the rental bikes.Not beating the "I'm obsessed and have an axe to grind against the country" allegations with this line.>I was waiting for the 60 to Benavidez, retard.Well I've lived here all my life and I never had to wait 2 hours for a bus.Who the fuck waits two hours for a bus anyway? Just take something else retard.My record for waiting for a bus was 50 minutes, one time, but typically they arrive on time every 10 minutes or so. It's not a problem a tourist will encounter.>Argentines are such pussies, I swear. Your egos are so fragile. You, like in other threadsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2751828>>2751816Also you literally googled for problems in expat forums and on the newspaper which is why you picked a "problem" that lasted for two days and which doesn't concern tourists >>2751243 since they are not meant to register their SUBE cards, which makes you look like a fool.I hope you realize how creepy and schizo this behaviour is and get your head checked.
>>2749516Buenos Aires the city looks like Madrid/Paris except poorer, really not a lot to see desu unless love tango or somethingI’d recommend going to Jujuy or Bariloche, Misiones is a lot more tropical and the Iguazú falls are incredible to see>t. Lives in bs as
Not sure whether to use this board or /g/ for this topic but I figured that anons who travel abroad might know more about this. My little sister makes a long drive through zero service mountain roads when going to college and I was looking into getting her something like a satellite phone for emergencies. However, they are pretty pricey and more importantly every single subscription or prepaid sim I can find is time based rather than usage based meaning that in 99% of cases when she doesnt have an emergency it's just pissing money down the drain. I'm not sure if I just don't know where to look, but would anyone know if there are any usage based sim options (i.e. set amount of minutes as opposed to X days of service then expiry)? Are sims used in standard smartphones as reliable as an actual satellite phone?
>>2751817Is there traffic on those mountain roads?Because if there is I doubt a college girl is gonna have any trouble getting help from passerby’s
About 10 years ago it was effortless to find study partners in Thailand using the apps. In fact, back then I found way more study partners than I ever had time to meet up with for a study session.Today, using the exact same apps it seems impossible to find even a single decent study partner. I have tried like 4-5 different apps now with extremely disappointing results, I would say the success rate is even worse than in the west. The only study partners that have matched me are either 35+, fat or otherwise unattractive. It looks like if I want to get any studying done at all, I have no choice but to hire a paid tutor and it is depressing. >But you are olderYes, but is early 30s really too old for study partners that are in their 20s?>You are unattractiveWhile I am no gigachad, I am also not unattractive. Even if I say so myself, I believe I am slightly above average in looks and do not think I have become noticeably worse looking with age. I am still fit, and while I was poor 10 years ago I am now rich.>JBWI am whiteComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Sooooo I guess it's okay to discuss whores on this board?
>>2751715 Probably South African. Best command of English. Best bodiee, amd will often engage in threesomes. Check out the talent on African sex tour ,or African Casting and note the ones from Soith Africa.https://www.xvideos.com/video.ottkupm5e20/ebony_sluts_horny_for_white_meat_join_interracial_fuck_to_get_their_sharehttps://www.xvideos.com/video.ueomoth41b5/three_amateur_ebony_hotties_focus_on_one_lucky_big_white_dick_
>>2751744>If you had ever been to Bangkok>>2751755>have never been.>>2751790>>2751794>don't actually own a passport they just larp in the threadshow delusional are you, do you even hear yourself? why the fuck would someone larp about going to bangkok of all places? a dirty and cheap shithole with a horrible reputationyou sound like a boomer who is assmad that the beer bars where you used to receive all the attention 30 years ago are now full of younger, richer and better customers. Sorry bangkok is no longer your secret hideaway
No vietnamese girls tonight, just ladyboys who looked like it.. no sandwaches, only weiners on sukhumvit
>>2751827Not that cheap or dirty or bad of a reputation...My room is only the last two!
I always liked the vibes of college towns. The towns that are in rural areas that are mostly dominated by the colleges in them. I think I might move to one of them.What do you guys think are the best college towns in America?
>>2751424I know more than a few people who still live there—like most good college towns, some graduates decide never to leave. So a handful of my college classmates stuck around and made lives for themselves there (at least three by taking full-time staff jobs at Cornell, two who became teachers at local public schools, one who was running a restaurant but is now doing I’m not sure what). Also know a guy from a couple of classes ahead of me who recently went back to accept a professorship, although he’d been elsewhere for a decade-plus. They all seem to like it. It’s a midsized, largely upper-middle-class town with more affordable semi-rural/suburban towns around the edges, only a few of which are dismal. And although the people who kept working on campus seemed kind of weird to me at first, they all seem to dig their jobs.
>>2751427There's also the visual element, anon. If you've ever lived in one of those bleak American towns with a complete dearth of attractive women, you'd understand. Just seeing pretty girls going about their day can give a guy a good dopamine boost, let alone catching a smile or a "hi" from one on occasion. Mooning over e-girls on your laptop screen is a lousy substitute.
>>2751608Gotta ask, how is the Asian women situation there? I ask because Ithaca has the highest Asian population of any upstate NY city/town.Are they into white guys?
>>2750738It's mit listed, but Lafayette, Louisiana should be up here. Bonis for being the heat of Cajun country >>2750957Greenvile is an excellent choice. A lot of top tier female talent at that school in the nursing and teaching programs, and has a party school reputation >>2751293Gwinnett has a lot of Asians, but not a college town in the country byt nay strectch. That said, you aren't far from all UGA in Athens.
>>2750740Tallahassee does not feel big. It only has a population of about 200K and the environment is dominated by the colleges. Like Just FSU and FAMU student populations are over 50K, not to mention all the other smaller colleges. The college town feel is so strong it's easy to forget that it is the state capital