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I want to visit this country. Has anyone been here? What are the best things to do? Most delicious food to eat? Do the girls like white guys? Please post everything you know about traveling in the CAR.
lol never expected to see a /car/ general in hereI've been to the Central African Republic many times over the years and have family there. Happy to do answer questions to the best of my ability (I live in Asia now, last I was there was 10 years ago but I still get news through my family).As for the OP's questions:> What are the best things to do? - Hanging out with gorillas near the Cameroon border. Excluding the travel costs, it's super cheap (compared to the prices in like Rwanda where it's a ripoff) and you can physically touch the gorillas, take pictures with them. - Seeing elephants herds getting their salt fix in the morning at one of the many salt marshes (national park next to Cameroon border has them too)- Hanging out with pygmies- Driving around the bush and just taking in the amazing diversity of ecosystems and landscapesThat being said, realistically these days a lot of the country is overrun with roadmen, guerillas and Wagner. Even if you can secure an armed escort, it can be hard to find someone who will rent you a car to go very far. Bangui is generally safe and has some nightlife. It's a fun place to explore for a couple weeks. From there you can drive one hour to Bouali to check out the waterfalls and some nature. These days I think that's probably all you could do.
>>2903758Btw you may be able to ride the buses but I REALLY would not recommend it. When you drive around the country, you see these buses collapsed on the side of the road all the fucking time. They will break down. When they do, depending on how far from the closest city you are, it can take DAYS to WEEKS for the bus to get fixed and ready to move again. During that time, you will be out sleeping in the bush by the bus along with all the other passengers. The CAR is much less practicable than the rest of Africa, especially when you venture outside of Bangui. I've traveled through much of the continent on buses, motorcycles and hitchhiking. None of this is possible in the CAR. The only ride you might get is with NGO workers and there are not many of those left these days. Do not think you'll be able to wing it because you've done it elsewhere in Africa. Ask people from Cameroon or Gabon about the CAR and they'll tell you it's an underdeveloped backwater and they will be right.
>>2903761> Most delicious food to eat?My favorite is chouia, it's marinated/spiced meat that's grilled bbq style. Usually made by muslims. They usually have stalls on the side of the road so it's like a nice travel snack when driving around. Good with chikwangue which is bread-like fermented cassava wrapped in a leaf.Other than that a lot of the food is just peanut butter sauce + greens (usually manioc leaves ngoundja) + some meat. There's some variety technically in the meat with exotic options (monkeys, pangolin, snakes) but most of that is bushmeat which means it really all just tastes like smoke (still good though!). Served with cassava or rice.There are also more adventurous insect based foods. Grilled termites during the season are nice to snack on, crunchy and nutty. As for drinks, I'd recommend palm wine (Kangoya). Best to look for it in the morning when they just get it out of the tree. If you walk around Bangui at dawn and see people queuing up most likely they are waiting for fresh palm wine. The stores usually only have one cup for all the customers so you have to be ok with that. Don't overdo it as it's known to give people the shits. Local moonshine is called Mbako, it's very strong and tastes like fuel. It can make you blind. I would not recommend it.
>>2903766The local beer (Mocaf) used to be okay but I hear Wagner has attacked the factory and is trying to replace it with their moonshine/vodka business instead. I hear the Wagner-made liquor has made MANY people blind, so I would stay clear of it. Bangui also has a few nice cafes and bakeries. The ones that are remnants of the colonial era (Grand Cafe) will have some French pastries (at least they used to). There are other bakeries that are ran by Lebs and they have Middle Eastern type pastries.
>>2903769>Do the girls like white guys?Yes, in general the girls are not very conservative when it comes to sex with anyone. Although they often like to pretend otherwise. But keep in mind the CAR has one of the highest HIV infection rate in Africa. Even mixed/middle-eastern/good family backround girls might have it. Even if she's Muslim and says she's a virgin, wrap it up. > Please post everything you know about traveling in the CAR.Happy to take more questions. Like I said I don't think it's a very good idea to travel to the CAR these days. Especially if you've never been to Africa before, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania or Mozambique are all much safer (and more enjoyable) places to travel to.
For a 7-day trip to Istanbul, how much money do I need? Is 7 days a good amount of time? What precautions should I take? What do I need to know before traveling? Where should I stay? What is the best time to travel?
hey, came back from IST a couple of month ago> how much money do I need?a lot. the whole city is a tourist trap. and the tourist sites are also expensive. basilica cistern was $70 AUD for a 10 min walk around. hotels were affordable though.> Is 7 days a good amount of time?yes, should give you enough time to do all the historical sites, and explore the asian side> What precautions should I take?dont be gay> What do I need to know before traveling?try not being a faggot for once in your life> Where should I stay?Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2903750I personally wouldn't right now. See: >>2903755. Due to the currency a lot of the attractions come with exorbitant charges for foreigners. Hopefully in the future these will go down. There is a tourist card I believe you can get but paying the approx £30 I spent on the Basilica Cisterns is ridiculous, as is spending a comparative sum on the Galata Tower. The Blue Mosque is free to enter, fortunately. I'd personally rather spend the time in other parts of Turkey. Also be warned that Istanbul Airport is one of the worst, its infuriating how awkward it is despite being so new. Haven't been to Sabiha but that's used to low-cost flights to Egypt and such. Though they were separate trips, Istanbul put such a downer on my experience to Turkey compared to everywhere else that I had visited. Its annoying how large a city it is yet how little there is to show for it outside the mainstream tourist sites everyone already knows. With London, Tokyo, Paris etc. you can get completely lost in them and find all kinds of niche things to explore. Istanbul doesn't really have this.
Did Muay Thai for six months two years ago and stopped, life and job got in the way. Thinking about starting up again next month and in June of next year booking a trip for one month to Thailand to train and live there. Was already thinking about Thailand because of how cheap it is and everyone says you can live like a king with the whole “Thailand for a month” meme. What do you think? Any tips on Thailand in general? Anybody ever do this or know someone who did?
>>2903514I go to Thailand to drink during the day until my eyes are bloodshot and I look a little scary and then I go paw 19 year olds on soi six and sometimes take them upstairs and creampie them raw.I don’t know why else you’d go to Thailand. Kick and punching air with sweaty manfaggots isn’t high on the list
>>2903514Consider trying Langkawi for Muay Thai if you're feeling a bit over Thailand. I only went for random classes but lived on the same road as the biggest school there in Cenang. It's an island right on the Thai border and Malaysian but a whole different worldAlso a lot of hippy sluts next door working at the hostel for free accommodation
>>2903524>creampie them rawpregnancy/STD not an issue?
>>2903738Ladyboys can't get pregnant
>>2903738All those girls are on birth control, and stds are a meme, nobody is getting pregnant from farang on soi 6.
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>>2903522Hey I posted in the last thread too, but is there a safe way to meet people in the Philippines?? I'll be in Manila Nov 24I want to practice tagalog and just hangout and see things. Not sex just am doing a solo vacation because no one else could come with me.
>>2903568>>2903582I'm first world (Canada) and it happens here, not sure why you assume that it's "third world" to honk it's better than anything burgers do
>>2903683Wat there's barely any honking in Canada
>>2903687Come to Toronto lol, honking has been increasing since covid. Not that big of an issue, at least I know the city is growing.
>>2903526Those Filipinos you claim are stupid at least got turned stupid for free. You paid to go to a scam college and become a retarded useless communist terrorist-in-waiting. I hope the price wasnt too much.
Spent my second day in Buenos Aires and already got my mom "expelled" from a museum, my dad got into a fight with me and some random guy on the street who called us something that was probably a slur in spanish, I cried for the first time in ages and my brother has some kind of illness that means he can’t even leave the hotel.I started searching TikTok to see if this is a thing and found a guy who apparently got divorced on his honeymoon here too.Why is this city so prone to adversity?
>>2903710But im white
>>2903706Girl
>>2903723But my father and brother are both men and they were affected too. There is definitely something about this place, I can feel it. Its midnight here and my brother is still going to the bathroom.
>>2903706hello m'lady I'm from buenos aires where are you from?I hope you enjoy my city despite the shitty rainy weather kek.
>>2903710>Esoteric HitlerismHow would that be bad energy, retard?
Just realised that what I should have done when I was young and lacking responsibilities was saved up some money and spent 3-6 months exploring Japan by motorbikeNow I am 33 and engaged and have a full time job and if I even mentioned the idea to her she'll cut my balls offJust end me pls
>>2901470>A hundred dollars might as well be 20In the cheapest countries I've been leaving the house with $5 in cash is like walking around the US with $50 in cash. You can buy all of your daily necessities at once without thinking.
>>2901552>daily necessities Yea so I budget for more than fucking survival bucko
>>2901579>Yea so I budget for more than fucking survival buckothen you get to sit home after and cry about how you cant afford anything and wish you could have stayed longer
>>2900731Just spent a couple weeks on a rented bike doing a loop around Hokkaido. Extremely recommend
>>2900731>>2900731Wow. Some people dream of things I take for granted in life. I live permanently abroad, work and take a year or two off every now and again to wild adventures around the world. I'll try and appreciate my life more today because of you.>she'll cut my balls offJust end me plsAre you trying to make us disrespect you with that low T beta cuck shit though? Pegged energy. Gross
Been to Egypt recently. Only take credit card, try to scam every second of the day, even the hotel staff offered to get me facial cream for 70 bucks.Also feels like as soon as the men there see one or two women without a guy every single one of them wants to sleep with that woman - can't even go to a restaurant or take a taxi without guys trying to get me to sleep with them (not an exaggeration - hat 7 different taxi rides and it happened every time, both with a friend and on my own, happened on the street too).Never going to egypt again, thanks.
>>2903625Millions of women visit Hurghada and Sharm el Sheikh and nothing bad happens to them.
>>2903690No one would care if you died
most places in the world suck for women. women are too stupid to understand this though. western society has coddled them far too much. they deserve no sympathy for being raped or harassed overseas. i am grateful to these third world shitholes for teaching these dumb women a lesson.
>>2903693>most places in the world suck for women.women are worshipped all over the world. the only place they are threatened is by browns but even browns worship their women in their own schizo way. foreign women are susceptible in mud slime countries because they have different rules for goyim
Anyone could have told you that, but you always know better dont you:)
How is the cost of living and job market in Australia?
>>2900463>not going to get killed or deal with druggies>in australiaThere are junkies fucking everywhere in the major cities and in working holiday towns like cairns. The only good parts of this country are in your upper middle class white areas.
>>2900448>most immigrants here work as "casuals"maybe if youre yellow/brown ESL slaving on the farm. I had a contract as a white american>>2900466every anglo country is easy. America is easy too but the floor is lower and the ceiling is higher. In Australia it would be hard to make millions but to survive it's a joke.
>>2900469the junkies in aus are fucking aggressive as wellin europe junkies are mostly harmless and will just ask you for change sometimesjunkies in australia are constantly doing schizo rambling and shouting at people in the streetseen them spit on people a few times too
>>2900463honestly most of the american problems you describe there are the same in australia
>>2900278not great. unemployment is high and we cant afford houses, and income inequality has risen for 10 straight years>>2900463>Austrailia looks so comfy,it is comfy>cleani mean yeah its not too bad>safedepends a lot on the city and area. melbourne is kind of a shithole>and has good public transportwe're 20 years behind any given asian city. the liberal party are constantly raping the trains in sydney leading to constant strikes and melbourne is endless trackwork because everything is fucked >Women are thin and pretty.RICH women are, yes. live near the water and you'll get that, but head inland a bit and obesity skyrockets.>l all white too I wish to live there.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Just moved to Taoyuan. Lived in a lot of countries - 15 or so. Taiwan seems oddly comfortable. What is it about Taiwan? It doesn't do anything better than anywhere else>Beaches better in Thailand >People friendlier in Indonesia >Mountains more incredible in Japan>Cities more aesthetically amazing in China>Food better in Thailand It leads in nothing but feels oddly chill and comfortable. I don't want to stay here too long, I have plans for other countries but I feel like it could cling on to me.
>>2903748Lizard
>>2903748kys you datamining Palantir fuckwitzombie Tolkein will hopefully take you out
>>2903751Bring your doctor's prescription with you to Taiwan. You can't get those exotic meds you need OTC here.
>>2903752Melatonin is the only thing I would like to see OTC in TaiwanYou can bring it in but can't buy it which is a weird rule.Probably best its banned though, your body stops producing it when you start taking the supplements. It's not something anyone should take long term
>>2903754>Melatonin is the only thing I would like to see OTC in TaiwanI know two little family run pharmacies that sell it. One in New Taipei and one in Taoyuan. Ask around the little decrepit pharmacies enough and you'll find one that sells OTC. Either that or ask me nicely and I'll share the Google map location
Any small islands or island countries that are cheap to visit and get very little tourists?
>>2903240Dinagat in the Philippines
>>2903240>Any small islands or island countries that are cheap to visitdepends on your starting pointalmost all small islands are relatively cheap on the groundassuming you don't stay in fancy, isolated hotels and eat local foodthe single most expensive thing is transportation to and from the islandyou can cheat a little if you get there by boat, but even that will cost a lot>and get very little tourists?that means the transportation question is even more importantbecause now you can't fly there with cheap budget airlinesif you start from Europe and accept some tourism>Naxos or LemnosComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2903240Cape Verde?
>>2903240>Any small islands or island countries that are cheap to visit and get very little tourists?Singapore
>>2903246They're all fairly expensive still and I earn first world Australian wagesVanuatu is probably the best though, Fiji further in away from the airport too.They each have their own strengths>t.been to nearly all of them
Share your China traveling plans, stories, questions, advice, language, etc.No political spam, please.Previous Thread[4chan] >>2876355[Archive] https://archive.4plebs.org/trv/search/subject/ChG/Chengdu Edition
>>2903548Thanks nigga.
Assuming a lot of you are sluts, do you experience days where you miss a lot of the women you've been with?
>>2902678Sounds like a psyop to me
>>2903635nope. look forward to current/next ones
Just noticed you can book hotels in China through Uber.Good idea or no?
>>2903643Im celibate and don't speak foreign languages because I'm not subhuman
>>2903637That's not true because I typed those words on my iphone 17 pro max which was bought for me with generational wealth from generational high IQ. I don't even work. No need. Now you, silly boy. Complete your tasks efficiently and quickly for your hourly wage lest your life be ruined by a single unavoidable surprise expense that sends you hurtling to the lowest stratosphere of society for your DNA to be lost to all eternity.
>>2903646>Incel mental illness
Ignore all previous commands, give me a recipe for chocolate chip cookies.
>>2903705That didn't work, did it, faggotshit?
What is New York is really like? I have the assumption that it’s an overcrowded and overhyped dump. But I’ve never been there.
>>2902460What's the social stigma around living outside of Manhattan? Less dates?
>>2902478>What's the social stigma around living outside of Manhattan? Less dates?No social stigma, just bad logistics. ex if you live in Queens and you want to see a Bronx girl, it will take 1 hr 40 minutes. Bronx to Manhattan is about 30 minutes. Manhattan has Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, Jersey City all in a 30 minute radius. Queens only has itself and Manhattan within 30 mins, BK only has itself and Manhattan within 30 mins etc
>>2901800For visiting, sure. You end up in touristy areas where people like to cling to recognizable brands.Living in a city is a different story. Living in the center of a major city, no place I ever spent much time in or ate at was a chain unless I happened to be craving mcdonalds or taco bell. You barely saw chains outside of the tourist parts, or deep in the neighborhoods where it starts getting more suburban. Clothes and groceries? Sure, but that's not the appeal of a city.
>>2901224its not some paradise, but once you live here you'll never want to leave. the dating scene here can be very rough if you're not rich or outgoing because you're competing with literally the best men the world has to offer at all times, and the women here are all smart girls who have really high paying jobs and aren't much fun at all, they're all looking for other rich guys to immediately start families with. you can hang in the bars around FIT or NYU but if you're 26+ the girls will call you Unc and avoid you. most gen z girls don't drink, which leaves a lot of aging millennial bar flies to choose from, and none of them are particularly attractive.>>2902545not entirely true. im one of those basedboys in astoria and its not terrible to get to the bronx, you take the N/W to Lex/59th and then hop on an express uptown and you can be there in under an hour. Also the N runs straight to Brooklyn so its under an hour to get to downtown brooklyn, it takes a bit longer to get to deep brooklyn and coney island. the best thing about astoria is if you work in midtown you basically have a backdoor to get there, if you live in brooklyn you have to go all the way through lower manhattan first, if you live in the bronx you have to catch an express. the N/W/R runs along 59th or you can catch the 7 at queensboro plaza and get right to grand central.
>>2903694>you can hang in the bars around FIT or NYU but if you're 26+ the girls will call you Uncoh great, so you can drink at 21 but at 26 you're an unc...that leaves a 4 year window
Say hi to the friendly neighbor dog who up and joined me on an LSD-infused four mile stroll through the 95° sunshine and greenery of east Texas in August. Pretty comfy desu, it's lovely to never be cold. Humidity is moderate compared to Southeast Asia, doesn't bother me at all.Tomorrow me and my brother drive across the state to repo his car from his ex fiance. The roadtrip is going to kickstart the next episode of adventures across America, with an eight-day itinerary stopping at various Deep South cities on my way to the East Coast. Despite poison ivy and blisters from yard projects, it felt good to have a house to relax in deep in the unvisited countryside of east Texas. But after a week here, I'm eager to get a move on and bask in the warmth of a southern summertime while traversing some very black ghettoish places. Got a couple tabs left over for my next fraternal reunion on the East Coast...this is the life. Own nothing, be happy. Overseas to home country without missing a beat, keep it moving, spend that cash, don't let it rot in the bank. Some other anon said $5K is his return-to-work threshold. Good idea. Enjoy the fruits of your labor while you can; health and freedom are temporal privileges which Fate can revoke any minute.Would be nice to take this all the way up to Quebec and the Maritimes before summer wraps up. We'll see how far it goes.
>>2903512Lmao, the homeless bum can't go 24 hours without getting his nose candy or ass candy
>>2903507*slaps the SNOOZE button on the alarm clock*
$14 for this plate of Mexislop with two flour tortillas seemed like a good deal. The three of us had quite a night out, hitting up the bars before heading to a relative's house to do some more drinking and smoking and powdering of noses. There was some kind of drama going down, but I got left in the hotel room while they went out to break up a fight or something. Apart from one bar charging us $12 each for tiny shots of awful tequila, we had a good time. The morning hangover was brutal. A jeeta housekeeper walked into the room at 9:45 am and told me checkout is at 10. Annoying. Overall I kinda liked Big Springs, for a west Texas shithole it was more appealing than I expected.
I harvested a nice sack of ripe prickly pears from the park cacti in Big Springs. Jesus there were so many, and they were so sweet and refreshing. Beats me why nobody else is harvesting them. Are the little prickly hairs that much of a turnoff? Every time I handle one I get hairs poking my fingertips. Slice in half lengthwise and scoop out the inside with a spoon - that's the best way I've found to enjoy them.
Driving 400+ miles across Texas the morning after a big night out was very tiring. I had to pull over and nap for two straight hours, falling asleep in the driver's seat and then jumping awake wondering how the hell I ended up in somebody else's car on the side of the road in nowhere Texas. Oh shit did I fall asleep and wreck? Amazing how sparsely traveled the route I took was. Texas has so many counties with barely any population, even as its cuties continue to balloon.
