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
>>2847497>I was in shinjuku one month agoI believe you
>>2847497Funny how many people are trying to pretend this isn't real. It really is overrun. Kabukicho in particular, and even Shinookubo.
>>2844091there's probably only ten melanated people in tokyo and they've only taken over an intersection. most major world cities are far worse. pussy.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RBYsQE4Pxb4
When I was walking through Kabukicho, some big black dude was trying to rope me into a scam. I just told him I'm cool and he let me go. Obviously I wish it didn't happen, but that's the only time it did, and he wasn't forceful. It's not really a big deal.
>>2847497>>2848299>>2848319samefag
I'm going to be in Buenos Aires for two weeks in January for a grad student exchange ...Is there any natural beauty or super cool thing you would recommend that can be visited in 1-3 days, over a weekend? I have like $45,000 debt racked up on a student line of credit so am on a budget, but can make sacrifices if need be Patagonia (e.g. Lago Argentino) is allegedly expensive and also far as fuck from Buenos Aires, so as much as I love hiking not sure how to make that worksame thing with the Iguazu Falls - it is in Misiones province which apparently has a large Polish population (cool!) but is remotealso, > tips on how not to get robbed for being a gringo
>>2848267Come to Jujuy
>>2848294> everything cool in Argentina is as far away from Buenos Aires as possible so ironic. I'll consider it though
I'm planning my next trip to Japan and seeing all the JAPAN IS DESTROYED BY MIGRANTS content is really demoralizing.I'm starting to believe that those are just washed up english teachers who failed their fucking life and who want to gatekeep Japan only for them.
>>2841838People are sick of capeshit slop.
>>2843573You glow so bright, Chang
>>2846497Most intelligent post in this thread.
>>2840366Actually, I'm well respected here. I speak basic Japanese, I always treat people with respect, I understand the culture, and I stay in actual hotels, like a tourist should. This isn't America, tourist, start acting like a traveller.
Japan is fucked. End this thread
Was it a psyop in the end? Cannot imagine the fun of going to a crowded smelly building in the dark, paying unreasonable surcharge for drinks, and getting rejected by girls for the night.Some people actually factor in "nightlife" when deciding where to live in the future.
>>2848367that's what they play in most Canadian venues. Montreal can be good. Bangkok's insomnia wasn't great. Just put on some infected mushroom... men who dj have awful taste in everything
>>2848258It's fun if you're Chad or a woman. That's who it's for. It's not fun for anyone else
>>2848338sounds gay
>>2848338same experience for me, I have been to more than I'd like to admit and its not much fun. Cant hold a conversation when the music is loud enough to get hearing damage. Also difficult to pull in these environments even as a decent looking guy. The most fun I've had out at night is smaller venue concerts. music you like and then you go out for a smoke in between sets, strike up conversation on the fresh air, and then go back in and grab another drink. also a good way to meet likeminded people.
>>2848465Pretty much the same here. Used to think going clubbing to shitty pop/urban music was the 'done thing', and never enjoyed it. This slightly changes if you've got your own table booked, and are in a decent crowd, though. It's kinda based doing the whole vip thing and feeling separate to the peasants. On /trv/s, have always preferred a decent indie/rock bar. People seem to be on the same wavelength, and there's far less agression.Smoking's been a godsent at picking up girls. So much success in just learning the basics of a language, i.e. 'got a light?' and driving up curiosity from there.
What are yous doing this year? We ran out of the last thread, so let's get going again.Picrel - saw a definite channer in Frank a while ago, what do you fellers do on your days off?
>>2848334>Taipei is definitely not vibrant...I agree with what you posted but it doesn't feel harsh or difficult like one would expect after reading this. It's chill and whatever you make of it
It's always impossible to predict the vibe countries will give you after landing
Do you guys make eye contact while walking past people on the sidewalk? Is that all you do, or do you actively avoid that?
>>2847129Don’t go to 4chan expecting anything different
>>2848358Hey, by Dadaocheng? I love running there
is TIME travel /trv/ related?Where have you ventured, fellow Real Time Travellers™
Just came back from 33 AD, I went to see Jesus Christ but holy shit it suckedCrowds were unbearable, zero esim, border control just looked at me like a moron and wouldn't stamp my passportAt least I could leave knowing that 700 years later some other people would migrate here and then claim this as originally their land
>>2846144Lol, imagine being this much of a tourist. Real travellers go to the Mithraic caves, not the christcuck bullshit.>esim>not know how to communicate via Mercury>litereally the 1st century>still complaining about migrationI would speak about the Tiberian villas on Capri, but the Sejannies will v& me.
>>2841806>escape Rome for the beaches>it'll be fun>have a getaway from the philosophyLast time I'm listening to /trv/.Why must I look at drunks staggering along the shore or noisy boating parties. Who wants to listen to the squabbles of nocturnal serenaders?
travelling time 60 seconds a minute
>looking for a new era>ask nearby passerby if the time I reached is based or cringe>she doesn't understand>pull out illustrated timeline explaining when is based and when is cringe>she laughs and says 'We're doing well now sir'>get off the time machine>it's the tulip bubble
Where do you want to go?
>>2848254I was in Linville Gorge this summer and the dirt roads were absolutely trashed, but the dirt roads were kinda shitty there before Helene too. Definitely recommend checking out Lake Lure/Chimney Rock if you haven't yet and taking the elevator and then the steps up to the higher-up lookout. I think for Asheville proper it's mostly fixed although the Blue Ridge Parkway is gonna be mostly closed for repairs/winter. >>2848240Have you seen Sand Run Falls? It's sort of one creek system over east from Pine Creek (grand canyon).
>>2848254The trees would be mostly bare in April. >>2847983What a bleak, desolate, depressing landscape. Nothing like the brilliant colors and smells and liveliness of INDIA
>>2848378Depends where you go in April. Some places start greening up in early April, some in late April, some not till may, depending on the elevation and layout relative to cold air, winds, and rain. In my humble opinion, some of the best photos to be had, and just all around best in person experience, is capturing the land as it just starts to green up and it's tough getting pictures because once that process starts you have 2 weeks before they are fully leafed out, which, while still pretty, isn't as special as the partially leafed out look. Also, I think the starkness of the landscape is part of the charm. It reinforces what a meat grinder the area has been for workers in the past where rich men bring poor men to do their bidding and if you get injured or killed, oh well.
>>2848378wasnt the case when I was there. not even close.
I prefer the Ozarks. Appalachia has become overwhelmed with normies.
>Be me>Look up stuff about new country>Click on travel blog #823472342 by some random 27 year old girl who travels for a livingI understand being able to make a living if you're the top of the top but how the hell are there so many people who seemingly make a living writing articles on wordpress? And what's stopping somebody from using AI to pump out articles and itineraries?
>>2847946>so many people who seemingly make a living writing articles on wordpress?they don't.it's a trust fund kiddie hobby. there are like 60+ million millionaires in the world a lot of them have kids
>>2848062>Homebodies living vicariously through pictures, videos and stories of other people who travel.It's not just that. A lot of people follow these bloggers or influencers to take notes of what they post, that way once it's their turn to travel they can go to the same places and do the same activities. It's the new way people do research before traveling, instead of relying on physical copies of tourist guides.
>>2847946People will take a one week trip and turn it into 6 months of content. It's especially obvious with youtubers. They'll walk around a random street, pointing out everything and pretending like it's some grand adventure, and turn that into a 30 minute video. They upload their next video 3 weeks later and it's a video that they recorded the day after their last video. Even the big travel vloggers do this.The woman in your screenshot probably took 200 pictures in a day or two, rushing around at max speed to stop in front of every hot spot she can find, getting a picture, then running to the next stop. Then she changed her outfit during lunch time and again at dinner. She'll milk those pictures for months to come and pretend every single day is luxury for them.
>>2848332The camera is very selective. You can show whatever side of a country you want to show by hiding the parts you don't want to show. Fact is, vloggers (and bloggers to a less extent, because nobody wants to read anymore) get to actually be the main starring character of the show that is their life, and it's addictive. Especially when you start getting praise from all sorts of random people for, uhh, taking a boat ride or eating at a restaurant. >>2848320The last few Lonely Planet guides I got sucked. They had become listings of the most popular upscale businesses in every tourist destination, completely divorced from their original purpose of being a BUDGET travel guide assisting you in discovering unknown places. You know, finding those great little hotels that don't show up on Google Maps when you search. The restaurants that are tucked away in some back alley where nobody goes, but serve amazing food.
>>2847946Just don't be poor. I'm 25 and get $15k of spending money each month from rent income. I also pretend to be a "travel blogger" and give no fucks. It's more bitches to fuck(hoping you give them reach for their OF shit), free drinks and here and there a free room upgrade that is worth it.
>literal nobody posts a video of them walking around talking about nothing>i sleep>literal nobody posts a video of them walking around NYC or Tokyo talking about nothing>HOLY FUCKING KINO
>>2848146is it true? can i get famous just walking around NYC? i do it all the time anyways
>>2848443People get famous for sitting in front of a computer playing video games so I don't see why not
>>2848272The cities in japan are generic af, once you've seen one of them you've seen them all
>>2848448>every place is the sameYou simply lack the willingness to explore their different geographical settings and experience how this affects the character of the city.
>>2848472Rare to see comments like this here. This is the key to the best /trv/ experiences imo.
>be me>Bong>42yo just divorced >Don't speak any Spanish >Just about to book a (long) flight to Uruguay or Chile I used to be a TEFL teacher in Thailand but I just feel like a radical change (midlife crisis maybe). I want a cute wife and start a family. I have some half decent investments which means I don't need to save any money. It's not gonna be like SEA, is it bros? Especially since I'm only interested in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay.What am in for? Does JBW work out there?
>>2847169>mandarin or chineseMeant to say Arabic
>>2846978get that demotivational shit outta here. nobody cares if you can't roll your r's. having an accent is an asset, as long as you're comprehensible
im 45, half chad half autistic sperg and depressed retard. I'm finnering to go to chile. my spanish is quite good. i very well may book the ticket tomorrow and leave sunday. its still cheap somehow. gonna post up in valpairaso and work on my health even though its fine. let me know where u end up or maybe we'll make a chile general. I like taking lonely hostel incels under my wing and getting them out and about
slightly related note, Canadian considering south America as a travel destination. Argentina or Uruguay? also if anyone has language acquisition tips that would be gr8
>>2848471Come to Jujuy (Argentina)
>do digital nomad since start of the year>map out year through trv threads>blast for the first 6 months>go to Philippines get feel sick nearly every day from the smell of car exhaust, poop on side streets, constant lack of hygine>get really sick and leave after 1 month as it's as bad as what I imagine Detroit is like >over the past ~6 weeks have had nothing but feeling tired all the time not leaving my airbnb/hotel outside weekends>get depressed feeling like I am wasting the opportunities I have>decided to stop after Halloween festivals begin heading home>3 weeks later feeling more motivated, happy, and going back to the gym again>ready and eager to go back out but flight prices are mental right nowWhy didn't anyone tell me that having a 'home base' to return to is a normal part of this lifestyle? How do you keep yourselves motivated abroad? I feel trying to plan events each month around my travels would be the best bet.
>>2842322>So just go to short term accomodations in the US where it's known to be shitty and expensive.Doing less than a 12-month lease is a guaranteed way to get the pricing fucked on your lease agreement. I remember looking for a 6-month lease to do 6 home and 6 abroad. The rent I would be charged was like 80-85% of just paying a year. Just move to the midwest SD and TX have favorable tax laws, grab a cheap 400-500/mo studio and be done like other anons have. Last place I looked that had decent 6 month leases they wanted to charge me like 1500/mo and wouldn't go any lower than 6/mo. And yes, I looked up some of those extra-long stay hotels like Extended stay(and prefurnished apartments) in the US. For anywhere worth a damn I was looking at minimum of 1300/mo. 1300x6 =7800 so it's just not worth it, especially after you need to PO box bullshit and other crap to deal with it just is hassle. Airbnb would be nice but it's gigafucked in the USA for month-to-month.>>2846594That's basically what truck drivers do, they rent some small shack and just bank cash during the crunch seasons fucking off whenever. Problem is most CDL pays so good that most who would do 6mo on/6mo off end up just buying a home somewhere in the midwest.
>>2846590>I pay about 550-575/mo for an apartment+all utilitiesWhere?
>>2848226>Airbnb would be nice but it's gigafucked in the USA for month-to-month.Why do you say this?
>>2848323Go look at airbnb prices for month-to-month style renting and get back to me.Places you would like to be during winter in the USA are insanely priced with many places being just private bedroom/shared living space. Maybe it's because I often look at the American South West but man those prices go up quick to 1500/mo for something decent.>>2848321NTA but you can easily get those prices in North Dakota, wouldn't suprise me if South Dakota was the same and other parts of the midwest had deals like that. Des Moines has a bunch of 450-600 dollar places around Altoona, best to use facebook market place for those deals though.
>>2841649Yeah I visit my parents, but I don't have the entitlement mentality to claim their house as my home base and stay there for more than a few days at a time.
You're not going anyways so why bother with this thinly veiled pol thread.
>>2848458>thinly veiled pol thread.is /pol/ in the room with you right now?
Red-pill me on cruises.
I’d be interested if the cruise went to interesting places, I don’t want to go to Civitavecchia when I could just take a train to Rome any other day.My family went on a cruise to Bermuda, it was nice to have everyone in the same place and the restaurants were free. I didn’t have to pack and check into new hotels, just go back to my room each night.This isn’t a cruise like you mean, but my brother sails and I keep asking for us to island hop the Caribbean. He just got a job sailing in SE Alaska, which is the only way to see that area. live-aboard trips are the best way to scuba, I met someone who works on a cruise ship that hits all the dive spots in the pacific - I’d never fly to all these places but if I just get on a boat each night and wake up in a new place, sounds great.
I'm going on my first cruise in a couple weeks, but it's only three nights. My wife and I wanted to be sure we'd like it before booking anything longer.
>Watching poop cruise doc with sis>damn I should do a cruise>yeah you should>she buys 4 day mexico cruise balcony room for the lels because holy fuck it's cheap and she's never done it>watching ghetto ass carnival videos and various incidents on social media in anticipation for fabled "turn up cruise">expectations on the floor>drop her off, nogs and shit everywhere but the embarkation is easy enough>ship is actually really nice>complimentary food good>got wifi, got merch, got $75 tour of ship crew areas and met captainCarnival cruises are legit, there were some black people smoking weed on deck, but it was a super nice experience from what my sister told me when I picked her up today.
>>2843107You and me, we are Real Travelers who are habituated to petty annoyances. Some privileged Karens aren't gonna get it. They're gonna squawk about kids clowning in the pool, or owners who bring their own food on board, and leave a bad review.
>>2842860Cruises are based when everything is going good, but my god when some shit goes down like it capsizes or catches fire, you're straight up fucked and the company will do whatever it takes to not compensate, they don't even pay their own people that much.
Why don't we have a general for akiya homes? For people who got one, thinking about getting one, etc. Tips, tricks, general japan real estate discussion, whatever. Are akiya homes still cheap and available? Any good deals you saw recently?
>>2824655>When was the last time you had a 7-11 DINNER?Who cares about 7-11 when we have:Buc-eesRoyal FarmsKwik TripSheetzCasey'sand many other great regional convenience stores attached to gas stations that offer tons of food. Buc-ees alone shits all over 7-11 in Japan unless you're a total weeb and must have raman or onigiri to pretend you're a japanese (you're not)
>>2824655>When was the last time you had a 7-11 DINNER?7-11 near my house has hot and ready in 5-minute pepperoni Pizza's that are actually some what decent for 7.99 and 4 chicken wings. Has a mexican food place attached to it as well.
>>2847468>We're all quite comfy here.Cool way of saying "yeah don't actually want to have the reality of fixing up and maintaining a home be part of this discussion". I forget this board is 90% daydreamers.
>>2847419The mold issue is big for old houses. It's a guarantee when buying an akiya due to Japan's climate. People from dry places, particularly the US, really are not prepared for it. And Americans will think they live in a damp and humid place and they're prepared. They just do not comprehend how extreme it is in Japan all year, and how fast things can get moldy.We have to keep cabinets and closets open because things will get moldy in the span of days. I've had new clothes, fully dried, get moldy in a new home. I've had shoes get moldy after a few days in a closet. Now imagine leaving a home alone for months. Years. Even if the walls are scrubbed down, the interior is more mold than wood. It will ruin your life. And that's why no Japanese person buys these houses.
>>2848322Yup, many of these places were built without proper or a full HVAC system, yes those 'neat wall units!' are fun and all till you realize that you aren't controlling the humidity in every room and sucking up spores into a proper filter.Can't imagine what an anon would do if they come back from a 3 or 6month stint due to visa limits to find a 'small leak that's basically nothing' has rotted their entire roofing to the floor due to constant wet weather.
Is Mexico really that dangerous? Thinking of going to Rocky Point soon. Any tips to avoid being killed/robbed etc.? Going with my family that's white.
>>2848000>Also how car dependent is Mexicoveryguanajuato was nicedon't miss san miguel de allendethe whole province is quite safe, quiet, conservative, mining area, good food I also enjoyed Puerto Vallarta.
>>2846838Mexico is less dangerous than the American media portrays but it's still a backwards, lawless 3rd world country. Peñasco is safe but parts of rural Sonora are very dangerous. Mexico has places that are fine at all times, fine during the day, and unsafe at all times. The latter are actually pretty rare and confined to pockets of extreme destitution.The bottom line is don't travel at night and be aware of your surroundings. If you use an ATM for example, try to see if you're being followed. It's a sketchy but enjoyable country.>>2846846It's underrated but become kinda touristy. It's weird that there's east facing beaches a couple hours from San Diego or a coastline an hour from Tucson but it's there.This area is where the Colorado River historical ended, it's very arid, very sandy, the water is calm and turquoise and the tides are extreme they have like 20 foot tides there.
>>2848020The danger is most of Mexico has nothing to do with destitution, but rather to do with feuds between rival drug cartel factions that may escalate into a full-blown gun battle at any moment. As a casual visitor, you can notice cues that indicate the level of tension the people are living under, but nobody's gonna tell you what has been going on, so you really don't know just how dangerous it is at the moment. If you show up as a solo male looking to poke around the hill country, you will get a lot of hard looks from the local cartel operatives. But they will only make a move if the boss tells them to.Police are very corrupt and should not be trusted whatsoever. I'd sooner trust a random cow herder with my wallet full of cash than I'd trust a goddamn Mexican cop. All the same, you should be friendly with them and not show fear/annoyance.>extreme tidesYeah, be very careful when driving or camping on the beach at low tide. If you get stuck in quicksand in a remote area, you might be SOL.>>2848000Taxis are plentiful in Mexican cities, and intercity buses while not cheap are modern and reasonably fast. I'd say Mexican cities are much safer from a street crime perspective than most of Central and South America. You don't see drug addicts and homeless beggars everywhere like you do in Colombia. Mexican youth are not given to lawless insolent behaviors like snatch theft either; it's the 20-40 year old males in cartel-dominated neighborhoods that are the real danger. BTW the dangerous parts of Mexico are eerily quiet, because nobody goes outside unless they have to.
>>2848051>local cartel operativesany advice for how to spot these people?
>>2848002>I also enjoyed Puerto Vallartait is pretty nice, and safe, also has a super gay neighborhood if you're into that>>2848212Tourist towns are very safe, cartels are invested in them and protect them and keep trouble down.The only cartel people you're going to see are probably going to be drug dealers. Most posters that tell you to worry are talking about the northern cities by the border.I go to very poor areas, but no crime.
