What is there to do in Alaska?
>>2880032yes, many natives about>>2879880>What is there to do in Alaska?work at fish cannery
>>2880053Word is people who work at those canneries are constantly sick with colds and coughs due to the shared living quarters and chilly damp conditions. I recently caught the flu while traveling in a cold place and it was fucking miserable. Constant shivering, no appetite, hacking cough and fever. Fuck that. Give me a warm climate any day.
>>2879880lots to do if you're a linguist. learn and teach and Indigenous language. I learned at UAF but I think you can learn at community insitutions as well. The largest language, and easiest to find classes in, is Central Yup'ik, but you can also learn Gwich'in or Tlingit at UAF and UAS. Spend a few years learning and then you can start teaching. Get involved in the revitalization effort. Besides languages, the cultures are also very much worth learning about.Hard to find girls up there though.
>>2880368>linguist>classesfaggy monolingual larper detected
>>2880032>There are a lot of problems with the people, however.How so?
Has anyone been to the Stans recently? Was scoping out a trip and want to know the vibes.
>>2880154I flew there last year for less than $120 from Europe using combined low cost flights. WizzAir has a route from Abu Dhabi to Samarqand that often runs dirt cheap, your only issue is getting to UAE cheaply. Istanbul has a shitloads of low priced flights to Central Asia too as Anon before mentioned.No idea what you'd do flying from the states though, but it's nothing particularly expensive from Europe at least.
>>2880185>>2880406guess it would make more sense from N. America as part of a round-the-world trip
>>2880185If you're flying from Kuala Lumpur, it's like 150 minimum for direct flight. That's how i get there.
Planning a trip to Uzbekistan soonAre these good or bad options to include, looking for touristy areas Turkmenistan Kazakhstan Tajikistan Kyrgyzstan
>>2880910You can only do Turkmenistan as part of a guided tour.
Have you visited any Christian pilgrimage sites or relics? What was it like?
>>2880773>Have you visited any Christian pilgrimage sites or relics? i have been to canterbury cathedral>What was it like?it's like a big cathedral dude
>>2880777So you saw Anselm of Aosta?
>>2880780no dude i don't really like modern metali'm more of a classic rock kind of person
>>2880773I've been to the churches in Rio de Janeiro since I was a kid, so I'm not sure if they count, so I'll start with the first time I went to a different state. I First visited Aparecida in 2015 out of curiosity, it was always a big thing with old people but I never really cared that much about it, it's like, always been there, I guess? I went by bus, it took a couple hours, dropped at the local bus station and walked to the basilica, there's a market on the way with lots of interesting stuff, a man was selling corn, I went back several times again and always stopped there for corn.At the time the streets were dirtier, they cleaned everything up during covid. I followed it all the way to the basilica, and I don't really know if I was expecting anything, I mean, I found it cool looking, the old church is baroque wich is way better, but still, I enjoyed seeing nuns and monks everywhere, there was big room downstairs where the priests would hear confession, but they did it kinda like an office thing with a desk, I thought it was weird but I guess it's to avoid accusations.I kept going back there from 2015 to 2019 by myself cause I thought the place was cool and I prefer traveling solo, but after covid I started joining my parish group trips too, so I've been there maybe twice by myself since then. Regarding relics, I've seen several, I currently take care of 3 that my parish got because I'm autistic and talked the priest into it. St. Frei Galvão. St. Dulce and Bl. Isabel Cristina. They're like little dots from their bones/ashes, pretty cool stuff, we mostly venerate it at Men's Rosary and I show kids at catechesis. I think I'm a weird guy but people like me.Anyway, for non Catholic stuff I've been to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Armenia and Georgia too. I went purely to see religious stuff out of genuine curiosity, I thought it sounded interesting and wanted to see what they were like. Idk if that's the kind of answer you were expecting.
This is not a politics thread. With looming kerosene shortages and big low-cost carriers already shuttering, are my summer travel plans fucked?I wanted to go to Vietnam, is it better to start planning to go ASAP rather than July or August like I originally intended to? Or are international carriers safe? I'm genuinely scared of getting stranded.
>>2880093>kerosene prices are fairly stable for the last 30days>even fallen a few percentFutures or the actual price?
>>2880070>Refineries only can process one type of oil and Gulf oil mainly went to SEA+EA+Oceania>countries like South Korea and Thailand are majorly fucked because their Kerosene was basically 100% gulf oilSo my late July Asiana LAX to BKK flight isn't happening? When will they email me to make it official?
>>2880739you already boughted the ticket retard. it's happening
>>2880748Not necessarily, if fuel shortages get bad enough then airlines will have to start canceling flights. He won't be stranded though, they'd just move him to a different flight
>>2880581>we still saw profiteering continue to increase prices for yearsuh no!?covid was like 5 different things (supply chain crunch, increased transport cost, money supply increase etc.) after one another, hardly a single moment and while some did profiteering, the increases later were partly actually genuine>>2880528>Airlines typically hedge their fuel pricesdepends on the airlineno big US carrier today hedges for more than 6monthsthe other extreme end like Singapore Airlines do up to 5 yearsmost are in the middle at 12-24months
I love tacos, tortas, and tequila. Give me one good reason to not visit San Antonio (I've never been to Texas before).
>>2879303>How anti-white are they?From living in Houston for several years, I don't think racial animus is a particularly serious concern with Hispanics. Under normal circumstances, you'll get some funny looks and a bit of a language barrier at worst. The black ghettos in Houston and DFW are significantly more dangerous to be white. It's just normal "don't trust random poor people soliciting you" situational awareness.
>>2879368You're less of a human if you don't enjoy food, it's the basis of all culture before language, architecture, literature or music. It's only second to natural landscapes and not traveling for food puts you among lesser apes. Empires have been built on food resources. Can you name another economic activity that is shared by all human societies and that will always exist? It's also the only thing along with sex that involves all five senses and without which the species wouldn't survive.
>>2879383senses are but one. and when you understand this youll know its bound to far higher than walking, talking, obeying, swaying and caving.
>>2879386I've done a bunch of acid too buddy but you're not supposed to smell music or taste colors in everyday life
>>2879368You're the third enlightened gentleman I've seen in the maybe 15 minuets I've been on this board. Can you tell me what sophisticated higher lifeforms like yourself are into? What do you go looking for when you travel?
Albertan here. What do you guys think of the Canadian Rockies as a travel destination?
It's too remote and boring for me. I like hiking, but I want a good meal and a warm bed at the end of the day. And it's not exactly cheap to do it. If you have to fly to Canada, rent a car and then pay $7.50/gallon for gas, you could have just flown to France and taken the bus to the Alps. You could stay in Megève for $500/week. No car needed in France. Just take the lifts up to the mountain tops and hike around the prettiest areas in the world. Come back down at the end of the day and eat the best food of your life in France. Canadian food and nightlife is horrid.
Jasper is fucking amazing and a great place to roast marshmallows
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>>2879124Tell me more? Where do you stay in Megève?
>>2875549Canadian Rockies are not really a great travel destination for most people wanting a mountain vacation. Canada just does not have the same level of services and amenities typical vacation type people want. Most people only really want a lake or a mountain top to be a 20 or so minute brisk walk from a nice comfy hotel. And they want restaurants to be close by. Also shopping, there needs to be a gift shop and a quaint local mountain souvenir shop with lots of turquoise covered jewelry.What it does have is near untouched open wilderness with no element of human encroachment for the people that genuinely want to go the fuck away from every single level of civilization.and just be out in the woods.The issue for Americans is that...why go through all the trouble to go to a foreign country to see their version of a thing that is already in the US where you can keep using US money? That amount of effort can be spent on going to a more interesting place like Europe or Asia.
If you had to spend all your vacations at just one ocean, which one would it be? Coasts or islands, fancy resorts or beach bumming, but just one ocean for rest of your life.If you were to be banned from one of them, which one would you choose?
>>2880087ban me from the Indian Ocean , please, I beg of you just do it I don't want anything else
>>2880087How tf that shit not flood with the tides
>>2880087Pacific. Better marine life, better waves, is fucking massive which just feels cool, better beach fronts from Hawaii to SEA to Japan and etc. Atlantic is gay as fuck and Indian is aight
>>2880184>ban me from the Indian Ocean , please, I beg of you just do it I don't want anything elseWhy? Is it the name?
>>2880087pacific in any caseas for the bans, depends on how we treat marginal seas. if mediterranean and carribean don't count as atlantic then by all means i'd ban atlantic since by itself, atlantic is completely unsuitable for beach holidays. otherwise i'd reluctantly ban indian.
Come here to discuss travel in India, be it a week vacation or a six month odyssey. If you've gotten bored of Southeast Asia, visit India and rediscover the feeling of exotic adventure on the other side of the world. Be prepared to step over a lot of cowshit!
>>2880709It's been a miserable past few days, with persistently damp gray weather combined with a stubborn respiratory virus likely picked up on that day of socializing with all the different groups of drunks. Thanks for the parting gift! Hacking coughs are extremely prevalent among the men up here, because they all smoke heavily. Thankfully, the sun is shining this morning for the first time in almost a week, meaning temps might actually reach a balmy 20 C today. Locals in the street told me about a UTC bus going downriver to Jauljibi and Pithoragarh that leaves at 8 AM. So much more convenient than taking multiple share taxis along the same route. With ten minutes to spare I return to my hotel, pack my bags, stop briefly to buy a Mountain Dew, and then step around the corner to see the bus already departed the stop and heading down the hill at 7:59 AM. I was briefly upset, but then realized that another day here was acceptable. 16 C room temperature aside. Feels pretty awful when you soak the bed with night sweats in a chilly damp room. Bus drivers leaving a few minutes or even as much as 20-30 minutes before their scheduled departure time is very common in India. People telling you "there is no bus" when they mean "the bus already departed" is also very common in India. Strategic distrust of people's words will always serve you best here, no matter how friendly or sincere they seem.
>>2880731Are you now heading to Delhi? Many hate Delhi but I have a soft spot for it
A little glimpse of a snowy peak is better than nothing, I guess. Other peaks failed to come out from behind their caps of cloud. Despite a lot of walking around in the sunshine today, I didn't find anything of particular interest. Awfully strange how there are big vacant patches of flat land here and there around the village. Are they haunted or something? Flat land is at a premium here, but these prime lots remain completely untouched. >>2880738One night in Delhi near the old railway station is already complete. I did not find the dirty rat-warren architecture to be charming, nor were the people friendly. However, nobody tried to scam me either. >>2880709My departure flight is from Kathmandu, Nepal on June 8th. Using the 30 day Nepal visa option, that means I can leave India no earlier than May 11th. OTOH, I must leave India no later than May 31st. Banbasa is the border village down in the flatlands of Uttarakhand where international tourists are permitted to get a Nepalese visa on arrival before continuing on into Bhimdatta. Sharing taxis are a necessity due to the long distance between the villages. I don't think tourists are allowed to enter Nepal at Jhulaghat, which is the nearest crossing to Pithoragarh. But I'll ask around anyway.
While walking down the river road to check out the hot sulphur springs, a local man pulled up on his motorbike and offered me a ride. He owned a restaurant and guesthouse down by the springs. Four Israeli longhairs were currently staying with him. He looked kind of like Vincent from Pulp Fiction, and evidently thought his powers of charisma could cast a spell on any foreigner. After repeated pressure to eat some food at his restaurant, I settled for a basic breakfast - everything being charged at a foreigner price, of course. Then he offered a stay at his guesthouse for 400 per night. But I didn't want to stay 3 km from the village in some kind of bunkroom with a bunch of stoned Zionists, completely dependent on him to cook for me. He was so persistent, but my mind was made up. Food selection and prices were much better back in the village. >I will stay in the village.>But you will visit my restaurant tonight, yes? I can cook you mutton, 250 rupees.>I will stay up there.Eventually he realized that I wasn't going to be led along like a sheep, and he desisted. But while I was walking through a weird haunted parcel of forest next to the road on the way back, he called out to me from his motorbike wanting me to meet one of the longhairs. We shook hands, but I was not at all interested in chatting with an Israeli, and he was also quite cold and sneering as well, so after a few seconds he continued on down the road.The villagers evidently thought it good that their small children keep the Israelis company. They had several photos of him smiling with kids hanging around him. All around strange cultish vibes. I was glad to return to the village where people are stolidly normal.
In the interests of truthfulness, it must be admitted that the rubbish problem has infested even the most far-flung villages of India. Everywhere you go up here in the Himalayas, there are piles of rubbish strewn and dumped off the edges of roads, or from the back sides of buildings. Doesn't matter which kind of building. Every steep dropoff is a trash disposal, and if there is a water feature down below, so much the better to contaminate it with trash. Then the locals wonder why I refuse to drink their spring water...when it comes out from the bottom of a mountain that has villages all up along its flank, with rubbish-filled creeks and new toilets flushing shitwater into holes in the permeable ground. Every time they bring me a glass, there are numerous floating particles in it. In fact, every single glass of normal water I've been offered in India has been contaminated with dirt. The restaurant pitchers have grease slicks floating on the top, dead bugs, and crud on the bottom. Nobody cares. They slurp it down and say "this is good water! here, drink some!" I don't even like to accept hospitality from any Indian villager because they're always going to try and foist their dirty water on me.Not that drinking exclusively AquaFina has eliminated all problems. Extremely low customer volume here in the smaller villages means that mutton stew or dal might've been prepared in a big batch several days ago, reheated every time it is time to serve a customer. No, it doesn't make you sick per se, but the lack of freshness in the food on offer sure can result in a lot of rumbling and messy bowel movements. You can live the simple village life on $10 per day up here. But you are sacrificing a lot by doing so.
Some of the best experiences travelling are found with a teleporter. Here are some tips to enjoy your teleporting experience while travelling, maybe on vacation.1. Be completely ready to go before starting the teleport. Meaning that your shoes are on, your luggage is with you, and you are not leaving anything behind when you leave.2. Treat it like a regular arrangement such as a booking with an airline.3. Arrange additional teleports for pets, children, and extra luggage. 4. Remember international rules. Respect and dignity are required to enter certain locations worldwide. Agents quay ask to check your passport and luggage as you are arriving. 5. Plan extra time (an hour or more if desired) for entertainment such as visiting additional scenes or travelling to world scans. 6. Take advantage of a free return by going back to the exact location where you arrived. 7. Remember that the real world is to always be respected. Always treat people with respect no matter where they live or how long it took to travel to them. 8. Remember to convert your currency in advance before leaving to a remote destination in a teleport. 9. Check into your vaccinations and make sure you are updated for the location you are visiting. 10. Hotels are a preferred place to begin your vacation.
>>2879540lmao the fuck is this. they will get arrested for scam
Why is Napoli the greatest place on earth?
I don't really like nepalese food
>>2880140>picGod, everywhere is becoming a watered down localized version of early '10s Brooklyn and California.
the scenery, the native dances, the charming songs
i imagine it is a very loud city
>>2880246Not very loud as there are not too many cars, but there are a lot of mopeds (the drivers are reckless as fuck)>>2880140Naples was very dirty and the small streets made much of it feel very dark. it was cool to look around for a day, but I would never live there
planning a 1-week trip to London for tourism (an by tourism i mean hanging out at Cafes, Bars, and Brothels)>what's the cost range? >what areas are fun? I'm a walker and train rider, i hate taxis>how much would a 1-month stay cost in a reasonably priced Airbnb?this will probably my one and only visit to the UK, since as turd-worlder the visa cost me an arm and a legpicrel for your troubles
>>2879916i thought as long as it's close to the subway, it's ok
>>2879919this is true. most places anywhere in the vicinity of central london are a 15/20 minute tube ride from anywhere you might want to go. unless you care about having shit right on your doorstep you can be pretty flexible with there you want to stay, I've stayed in Kensington most times I've visited
should i book a pub crawl as a 35 y/o boomer? or will i be looked at as a weirdo?
>>2880160>should i book a pub crawl as a 35 y/o boomer? or will i be looked at as a weirdo?Completely unacceptable. Go to a bingo hall or some shit unc.
>>2880160Do people really "book" pub crawls? Can't you just go out and do it? I don't drink so I don't know.
Things to do in Chicago during the summer?My three "must-dos" are (1) eat a really nice Chicago-style pizza, (2) see an improv comedy show, and (3) hang out near Lake Michigan. I'm also really into photography, so anywhere that I can get nice photos (nature, buildings, people, etc.) would be nice to visit.I'll be there for about 3 or 4 days.
>>2878513I'm gonna DOOOOOOOOOI'm DOOOOOOOOOINNNNNNNG ahhhhhhhhhh nnnnggggrrrhhhh
>>2878544>restaurants, bars and museums I'm not really a museum person desu.Any restaurants you'd recommend? I'd like to go to Guzman y Gomez for the Mexican food. I've only been there once, in Singapore. As for bars, I like chill places where people can just hang out and chat without much else happening. I'm definitely not into extremely fancy places where you have to dress up, or clubs with loud music and dancing and everything.
>>2878513>nature>Chicongopick one
>>2878557Some restaurants are mentioned in the other Chicago thread:>>2861553
>>2878557>Guzman y Gomez>Australian restaurant chain>serving Mexican food>in ChicagowtfLike, seriously, we don't have enough Mexican chain restaurants and family restaurants and food trucks without importing them from Australia?What's especially weird is that there are THREE LOCATIONS for this chain in the entire greater Chicongo metropolitan area, and I drove past one just two days ago. I had no idea it was a famous Australian Mexican food chain or else I definitely still wouldn't have stopped in there.
>be afraid of flying >bought a bottle of vodka before flight>accidentally drank too much>stomach starts turning mid flight >feel vomit coming >keep it together until landing >start puking in the airport bathroom How do I get over my fear of flying
>>2879331Any time a commercial plane crashes anywhere in the world, it's international news. How many of those do you see a year? Just a few, out of tens of millions of flights a year. Just think of it like take a bus or a subway, just another tube you get into
>>2879331Maybe try whiskey instead of vodka
>>2879331Stay home. Prices are too high and planes are too full already. The world does not need more air travelers.
>>2879331Alcohol approach is valid but you over did it, next time try two glasses of wine before boarding and one more in the air if you feel like it, your goal should be to relax, not to pass out.
>>2879331Don't be a pussy, I've flown in a tiny 182 without doors
I’m looking at moving to Japan for about 6-7 months a year. I work in hospitality and have a strong culinary background as well. I bartend a beach bar in the summers currently and I’d like to settle down for the off seasons, maybe buy a house and get married eventually. I’m planning on completing Genki 1 and 2 this summer, then traveling to Tokyo in the fall for about a month to see how feasible it is. I am confident I could work in a tourist or international hotel bar, the culinarian in me knows I should also consider being a line cook, it is a passion of mine and my resume in both regards is impressive.Does anyone have any advice or recommendations? I have never worked internationally before.Thank you.
>>2879322No, unfortunately english teachers and """people""" like jake adelstein are entrenched and won't leave unless the native population quarters them and dumps them into the ocean to be eaten by marine wildlife.
>>2879354You've never been outside of the tourist containment zones. There's trash everywhere in Japan.
>>2879631Can you provide an example on Google Street View?
>>2879631I have been all over rural Japan. The only trash I have seen was in the tourist areas.You are the coping mongoloid who has never been outside of his favela.
>>2879631Ok Chang
Flight prices are so fucked right now and I'm scaredIs this a blip or will it last all year
>>2879518Yes personally I'm American
>>2879516>Implying they'll be back to normal in a yearEven if the Strait of Hormuz opened tomorrow insurance firms underwriting the shipping industry will have to continue pricing in the possibility of conflict for years to come. That means that shipping costs for jet fuel (and everything else t b h) will remain elevated. Similarly the illusion of safety that Gulf countries relied on to attract foreign investment for their ports and refineries has been shattered, that means supply costs will remain high too.Then you've got the impact on airports and airlines passing through Gulf airspace.God I hope it doesn't get worse though. If Trump is actually stupid enough to invade then things won't be back to normal for decades. At least now we have a unified government to negotiate with, imagine a 20 year insurgency in the model of Iraq or Afghanistan with a dozen splinter groups all with the capability to lob missiles or drones at any passing ship.
>>2879516Why is this board so plagued with low effort ADD posters? Focus, you jitterbug. Stop doomscrolling and start diving deep into Google Flights or Skyscanner, jotting down prices and itineraries and dates on a note app or even a piece of paper as you hunt for an overseas escape that won't break the bank. >>2879520My circumnavigation of the world from the US East Coast to the US West Coast on this current trip cost me $1167 in airfare. Raleigh, Paris, Mumbai, Kathmandu, Bangkok, Taipei, Los Angeles.If you want to travel abroad affordably in current year, you must let the airline determine when you are flying and even where you are flying to.
>>2879562To be fair there would be a ton of political pressure to get prices down
>>2879516i saw the cheapest airfare europe (specifically dublin) to toronto i've ever seen this month of may
