https://www.rocairport.com/nonstopThese are all of the direct flights out of my airport. Which of these cities should I visit?
>>2747842I'm not from the US but I've been to DC this summer and it was really fun
>>2747842Idk if you've literally never been anywhere then you need to know that these cities aren't really safe to just walk around unless it's like 7am. Regardless, NYC or DC are the picks if you've never been there.
>>2747842Ok that makes sense. What city are flying out of? What do you like to do? What's your budget? What time of year? If you want to do tourist stuff like museums, my answer would be different than if you want to hike or go to a nice beach, or camp. For tourist stuff, DC is hard to beat. All the museums are free. The Metro makes it really easy to get around and connects to anywhere in the city. The food is decent in general, not amazing, but there are some gems.
>>2748223>What city are flying out of?Rochester NY>What do you like to do?Mostly eat, but also just walk around and view interesting views, and find random shops to peruse. I like the idea of going to a place and thinking "it would be cool to live here" based on the regular things I see and do.>What's your budget?Nothing I think too hard about. I make a middling amount but use very little of it outside of bills and basics, got plenty of savings.>What time of year? Any and all. Though I'd prefer to stay out of southern states in the summer months.Thanks to you and >>2747846 >>2747886, DC is on my list, though I've heard some unsavory things so I'll need to research areas to avoid.
>>2747886>safe to walk aroundSomething that city walkers figure out is that if you keep moving with a sense of purpose, it's very difficult for people to fuck with you. If someone starts approaching you in your peripheral vision, tense your muscles up, put a nasty scowl on your face, firmly shake your head "no", and keep moving on. They will get the hint. Most Americans carry very little cash these days, so mugging isn't really an urban pastime anymore. Lots of people carry firearms as well, so you can mimic the body language of someone preparing to use a firearm in self-defense if you feel threatened. But again, don't stop and engage if someone starts talking shit or acting crazy. Their problems are NOT YOUR PROBLEM. Keep walking.
Central asia thread, including>Afghanistan>Kazakhstan>Kyrgyzstan>Tajikistan>Turkmenistan>UzbekistanRate my planned itinerary, please. I'm considering adding the Pamir highway through Gorno Badakhshan but I'm deathly afraid of altitude sickess (lived in lowlands my whole life and never been higher than 2000kms)
>>2748417I have a rich girl from KAZ on my instagram and KAZ is one of my focus countries in my jobso while I havent been there I know a thing or two, probablyshe posts a vast variety of different stuff when shes in Almaty, and I am seriously impressed by how fuckign hot her entourage is and how kino some locations lookgranted, I presume they must be on the pricier side (she posts from swisshotel almaty spa etc) so idk if you can afford the lifestyle but my gut says there should be things for middle class as well
>>2748314plov/polo, leghmen, skewers, lots of lambsome people really can't stand eating lamb every dayImo the best "Central Asian" food is in Xinjiang simply due to variety, you have everything that you could find in the other countries plus Chinese food plus Han Xinjiangese food (大盘鸡,炒米粉) which is different from Uyghur food
>>2749096Almaty is not cheap. It's comparable to western Europe prices.
>>2747837>BishKEKLiterally a meme destination, there's nothing to see there.
I'm also considering a flight to Central Asia or the Caucasus region once the rainy season kicks off in Southeast Asia. Alternatively could do Taiwan again but I just didn't enjoy Taiwan very much on my last visit, stayed only 25 days out of 90. Like all prosperous islands it's insular and self-satisfied. Property owners couldn't be bothered to stop by and check me in. Foreign visitors are treated with indifference. Central Asia is much more dynamic, with its vast continental landscapes. It mogs the American heartland in many ways. More hospitable, more adventurous, more land area, more cultural variety, taller mountains, bigger deserts, better value for cost.>>2749319Google Maps shows hostel bunks starting at $7/night in Almaty. Hotel rooms in the city center for $20/night. This for a cityscape comparable to European cities in climate and desirability. Maybe the lodging prices spike in summer when it's a lot more pleasant to visit.>>2748794Georgia is not part of Central Asia, geographically or culturally.
I'm going to Japan and I came across thisgive me a reason for going to Nagoya instead of all the other cities in Japan
It depends on your interests, which you haven't stated. In a general sense however, there's less tourism. As a consequence there's gonna be fewer escapes for foreigners, and you'd have to do more research, assuming you don't know much Japanese. This is opposed to Tokyo/Osaka/Kyoto where you would come across far more English speakers and tourist traps that would forgive your gaijinism to a degree.
>>2749309They have good chicken wings
I was just told a few months ago by an honest to god japanese man that nagoya is actually indeed boringonly time I've ever been was when my bullet train passed throughdidn't even see any cool landmarks or buildings like tokyo
The Chubu region is like the Ohio/Illinois of Japan, except with mountains
Is there anything to do in Ireland besides drink and look at fields?
>>2749642The reason to go to Ireland is the people
>>2749642No reason to go unless your some sort of brownoid looking for gibs, or you have some sort of connection to the land/people.
Do you guys have any tips on how to live abroad without having any particular skills in Digital marketing expertise, analytics, or other online jobs? I want to earn a stable income and move out to south east Asia. In particular Thailand. I’ve been there a few times and found myself, as many others very comfortable and happy there. I have friends who are dropshipping but I don’t know if that’s a thing for me. I have a regular job as a cook and not exactly the smartest guy,
You are a bum, don't fool yourself.
>>2749355You’re a prime candidate for the “loser micro-retirement plan.” >save large amount of money>quit job and spend 6 months somewhere while still paying your rent back home>return to apartment you’re still living in and paying rent for and find another jobThis is what I’m gonna do next time
>>2749355You should be a mechanical turk
>>2749391my rent is so high idk if this is worth it manI need to be able to find sublet for this but I want to do this at least for 3 months in 2 years
>>2749355> I have a regular job as a cookDo you enjoy cooking? In all seriousness, you might consider looking for a job in a kitchen with an international hotel chain. I know several people who have enjoyed significant training and international mobility in the hospitality sector. It might take some time, perhaps additional outside training (culinary school?), but it’s 100% feasible to work your way into a hotel restaurant in a 5-star resort in Thailand within a few years.Otherwise, the two-years-on, six months off scheme described above sounds achievable.
Trying to develop a plan to travel abroad. 3 of my last attempts to travel were destroyed cuz my parents had urgent bills to pay and I had to wipe out my travel to pay them. But now I got a plan and would like it critiqued.Background: 32/male/American/115k salary/live with parents that have PoA of my finances.Step 1: Go on /soc/ and /int/ to befriend cute foreign girls in Europe, south America, or Japan/Korea, or Australia Step 2: Charm Foreign girls into letting me stay at their place and to give tours of their cuntStep 3: create cash stash so my parents can't steal my moneyStep 4: build cash by flipping cars or equipment on Facebook marketplace.Step 5: get travel credit card to obtain travel promotion Step 6: once 5k has been accrued book flight to girls cunt preferably several 5-6 months in advance to trip.Step 7: 1 week before departure tell my parents I'll be gone for vacation and that the tickets have already been bought by a girl in foreign country Step 8: enjoy my vacation is this fool proof?
>>2749559>parents that have PoA of my financesis that because you're a creepy psychopathic weirdo?
I want to move to Los Angeles (I'm Irish) to pursue my career of working in film and the arts. Is there any effective way of doing this short of overstaying a tourist visa? I have a degree BA in anthropology and also experience working as an archaeologist. What are the chances I can get accepted on a permanent basis using these attributes? I also want to have the option of one day returning to Ireland briefly in case a relative gets sick or for a funeral or something before returning to the US which is why overstaying a tourist visa is not a great option for me, especially since it would require I work underhand or in fast food to earn a wage.
>>2746933>The film industry is about 2 years from going full AI anyway. They're going to fire 90 percent of the people in Hollywood.A.I. generated porn gives me the creeps
>>2746816Are you looking for a job in the film industry? If so, take a job as a runner at a studio and work your way up. It’s a shit job but will give you a foot in the door to move up. t. works in post
>>2746816They don't allow white or Irish people in films anymore retard
>>2746916>Since you're Irish I'll assume you aren't JewishBoth volks are leprechauns/goblins.
>>2746933>They're going to fire 90 percent of the people in Hollywood.What about the people that want to do films in the traditional way (includes not using CGI or using the minimum, but practical effects)?
A hold your hand tefl course with job placement assistance runs about $1500. Anybody here ever done one? I really really don't want to go back to the states. I don't have a degree.
>>2748450how hard is it to fake a degree? do places like cambodia do their due diligence?
>>2749261it is easy to do and you can buy fake copies online to have a physical fake.due diligence depends on who you are working for and whether they have the money to dit and the need to. it doesn't cost much for the top cambodian universities to check if things are legit but if you applying at a not so great place then they will likely just be bribing the official to accept whatever is presented to them. everything is Asia depends on the circumstances.
>>2749261You don't even need a degree in combodia. Just a tefl and the right skin color.
>>2748621Lol lil bro is seething >>2749045I gave it a shot but realized that my rightful place in the SEA foreigner community is a white loser in the red light districts where I don’t have to live some double life of false morality. In all my male TEFL instructors, when I looked into their eyes for more than a few seconds I could just tell they were pieces of shit inside>>2749258I’m actually enjoying the view from this luxury office building so uh stay mad >>2749443Yea, if you want absolute ground level position off the street type of deal I’d just go to Cambodia. If you can make it Cambodia, you can make it anywhere Tbqh. No, I don’t have any experience because I did the “TEFL tuck” which is where you don’t even go get a teacher job after you graduate your course and just tuck your tail between your legs and get consumed by hedonism.
>>2748371It’s so funny how there’s a bottleneck of white losers anywhere where they think they can get a whiff of East Asian pussy indefinitely.
What places in Colorado are worth visiting?
>>2747912Campsites 9000' or higherNone of those other states have anywhere close to the number of high-altitude summer campsites that Colorado has. >won't have to deal with ColoradansI don't have to deal with them in Colorado either, apart from sharing the roads with them. Coloradans are anti-social toward strangers by nature; their politeness is always a facade.
>>2747156Sounds like you've been to Fort Morgan, kekThey should change its name to Mutt City.
>>2747912Nah, Colorado's mountains are great, they're colorful and pretty, especially the San Juans and Elk, I prefer them over any other mountains in the lower 48 besides maybe the Glacier NP area. I also love the Sierra but more so because of the waterfalls and Sequoias and not the mountain scenery. And especially in fall, no other area in the west can touch Colorado's fall colors. And more /trv/ than /out/, Colorado's mountain towns are the best, and there's tons of them for different fancies. Telluride is the most scenic mountain town this side of the Alps, it's what you picture when you think mountain town. Ouray, Crested Butte and others aren't far behind. Aspen, Steamboat, Breckenridge etc have more amenities like shopping and night life but still have that cozy, isolated mountain town feel. Jackson is good but it's almost "too" isolated, and thus has "bigger city" amenities like shopping areas with big supermarkets and parking lots. Also it's not actually that scenic since it's not actually adjacent to the Tetons or the ski area, and it doesn't even snow that much in Jackson proper so it rarely has that cozy, heavy snow look. Park City is good too, but it doesn't feel that isolated, very close to SLC of course but also that whole valley area east of the Wasatch is basically SLC suburbs at this point. Also the mountains it's directly adjacent to are not actually that big either.
>>2743878Jefferson County Jail, feels like home bros can't wait. Last time I was there we had tv, food, comfy beds, was allowed to go to work and I got to sleep in my own clothes. Surrounded by friends, was awesome bro
>>2744054durango is boring as fuck. lived there a few years. much nicer places the farther east you go
What single language opens up the most doors for travel? Or maybe 2-3 languages
>>2748505English and then probably Spanish
good:>spanishcentral/south america>englishanglo worldaverage/niche:>chineseupside china downside china. seems to >russianstill widely spoken in eastern europa>japaneseliterally only japan. >frenchfrance is full of muslims and niggers, as is africa, but many speakersComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2748505English is king and superior. UntouchableFor the sake of argument...SpanishArabicRussianMandarin>SpanishCovers all of LATAM except Brazil>ArabicWill help you from Morocco to Dubai, >RussianThanks to the USSR, the territory which Russian is spoken is gigantic. Add Mongolia and some parts of China tooComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
spanish and it's not even close.
You only need English and that's about it. Although in the future, as the West continues to die, it will likely result in regional languages being more important:>Hindi>Arabic>Mandarin>Bahasa Indonesia>Spanish>Portuguese>Maybe Swahili if the East African Federation becomes a thing>Russian maybe, they're a dying power getting replaced by Turks, there's a good chance they won't exist in the future.
Will Syria be safe for tourism in the coming months?
>>2741220Israel's foreign policy dictates it keeps its neighbors perpetually destabilized, so they can't mount any offensive operations. You won't see peace in Syria any time soon.
>>2741287This but unironically
Looks like Bald and Bankrupt's been on a propaganda run in Syria.
>>2739791yes
Damascus Airport is back open, Qatar Airways has daily flights into Syria, plus some othersnobody knows what the visa situation is, the new govt hasn't said much, it may be possible to just enter the country without any checks like Bald did
What can I await when going to these spots (in winter as in summer).Want to do some nice hikes and to make nice scenic landscapes for /p/
What awaits you in the tundra? I can think of a few things>literal wasteland>blackflies>musky shitty weather>drunk injuns clubbing seals>overpriced food because there's barely anything to survive on up there for locals alone>MILLIONS OF FUCKING BLACKFLIES>polar bears (aka the ones you should DEFINITELY fuck around and find out with)Honestly just stick with Anchorage or Yellowknife and do some day hikes from there. Good chance if you're driving you'll get stuck in mud and will be literally fucked.
>>2746472Haida gwaii is nice, Okanagan lake country in summer, small islands like Cortes, orherwise Nunavut is like a frozen wasteland but tourists go to Ellesmere Island it's pretty kino
1 has the train from jasper to prince rupert, can also drive there because of the amount of money america has put into alaskathere's also alaska ferries, can do a cheapo cruise of bellingham to juneau?2 has yellowknife, not much else3 has a train to moose factory, there's also one to churchill, quebec has a road to the towns up there because of their hydro dams4 has iqaluit, it's the most remote of the previous 4don't know about greenland, 1 seems the only practical one to visit if you're coming from europe
>>2746661Lots of dead people in zone 4. Lots of depressed alcoholics in zone 5.
>>2746472bowhead whales
To the anon that made previous thread, I'm still around to talk Shanghai vs Taipei in a janny-approved fashion if you need.Alternatively, /china general/
>>2748435Depends what part of the city you're in but most likely no. You'll see other whites around. Shekou is main expat area but I imagine if you're at school there are plenty there, too. However getting that experience is only a day trip away to literally any T2-T3 city nearby
>>2748431pretty retarded to skip on Shanghai because you can't be bothered to spend one Christmas away
>>2748495I agree but I don't like the idea of doing it to my family as we celebrate it with small company (just the family), I just feel it would be very selfish thing to do even tho they would let me do it
>>2748736you need to start living your own life at some point buddy
>>2747534What university would you go to in Taiwan? NTU?
Hey guys, I live in Central Europe and there's this special program that will get me a visa, so I can go for a year or so to Australia, where I can live and workI want to try it out because I'm young (20yo) and I can speak English well. I also always wanted to visit Australia and try to live in a different culture.My question is, if it's hard to find a decent job in Sydney as a foreigner how do Australians view people like me? Just how life could be for someone like me in Sydney in general.I don't want to go there all naive, I want to have some real expectations. Is there anything I should know?
Yeah, the problem is that the agency that offers this program operates in Sydney.While expensive, I thought I might have a better chance of getting a job in a bigger city, no?
>>2747797I mean if its your only option go for it, but I personally don't like Sydney. But I am just some random guy on a forum.
>>2747786It's a police state since COVID
>>2747786>find a decent job in SydneySydney hereYou are going to have to compete with cheap labor (you know where from)Living in Sydney is difficult financially, lots of people leaving to live out in the regional country areas each year.Sydney is a nice place to visit but even then it will hurt your wallet
>>2747786>>2747790Get on a flight to Melbourne. It's so much better than any other city in Australia. Large network of foreigners that you can meet as well. Melb has good public transport, cute girls of every ethnicity, beautiful architecture, much better nightlife than Sydney.Honestly there are so many foreigners that as long as you're not brown, people wont give a fuck that you're here for 1 year.
Anybody here have experience skiing/snowboarding in India/other Himalayan countries? Where I am (Canada) most people go to Europe or Japan for a crazy ski vacation that's outside the norm. But recently I've heard more about skiing in India, and was wondering if anyone on here has had any experience with it, how expensive it was, and would they recommend it over other ski locations.I understand that the infrastructure there might not be the best for groomed runs, park, and apres but I really don't care about any of that desu. The only thing I would be really concerned about infrastructure wise would be ski patrol availability and avalanche testing on the mountain as well as accomodations. I've heard that a lot of the resorts recommend that skiers are experienced with the backcountry and have avalanche gear+training
Yeah Gulmarg in India is great, has every piece of infra needed along with insane views. The season is about to end soon tho ig
