Will I get robbed/raped/organ harvested?
nosome kids might throw rocks at you though
Songkran tart edition
>>2847472I don't know where that is but please evacuate all the cute ladyboys before you do it.
>>2845289>40 yo Thai single momyou're american aren't you? Only people attracted to old single moms
>>2845289>and potentially ruin my relationship with the gym I frequent.how would it get ruined?
>>2847488Not him, but I'm American and a hag enjoyer, so maybe you're on to something.
ok where do I go to get currency exchanged and not slaughtered for it? Or do I just do it all before I get in-country?
Flying to Japan next week after a hellish stay here, holy shit no wonder this place is barely talked about there is fucking nothing outside Seoul and a few specific spots worth a damn>oh you want to go to that cool shrine/temple you saw a picture of yeah hope you got an ARC card because you need to book it on our shitty government run app that barely works>Ha paying with visa? chump, not accepted here why you not have Kakao pay? Oh yeah you need ARC for that lol.>oh that cool thing you saw of these temples/shrines/buildings? Yeah those are closed for uhh idk... Oh no it doesn't look like that really except one short part of the season that lasts for a week or so>every subway smells like kimchi+garlic+fish even if you're on the 5am train it somehow still smells>every historic site is basically a reconstruction of what it might have been way back when Korea was a farming nation>Itaewon is a fucking joke(wasn't expecting much but damn), drinking culture is okay(?) at best>want to go up mountain path or hike get asked "what are you doing here?" by every passing 50 year old park hand?>half the websites barely work when using an English function if you're a foreigner some shit is just completely off the table to attempt even if you want to pay cash>korean men are some of the biggest incels I've met, it's like /pol/ irl>every point of interest you try to find boils down to shopping mall, shopping mall connected to train station, or shopping mall+amusement park>try to find some other tourist tips but it all boils down to "Seoul->DMZ->Gangnam!!! and maybe Jeju">women are decent but have insanely weird expectations on things or full on crazyThe only thing I can say going for this place is that it's cheap in transportation, beer, and food, but I feel like I spend more just to not be bored to death here. I finally see why this place is only referenced for a visa reset. I got one last weekend here, is there something I am missing? Staying Itaewon was a mistake...
>>2847374>>2847380>asia>drinking is le badI know you're trolling but having a drink pairing of a local spirit is the norm, please go back to eating KFC/McDonalds.
>>2847403>obsessed with america>drunktypical
>>2847160is it really this bad? i wanted to go but now im kind of wondering if its really this shitty lol
>>2847318I guess so, I mean I also never go anywhere expecting tourist infrastructure to hold my hand and don't mind jumping through some hoops when visiting some place new, but again I would be the exception and not the rule for most tourists as most people like things as simple as possible, cut and dry when visiting somewhere. Now I personally never had an issue using a credit card for payments in Korea so the whole Kakao pay thing is news to me although I am sure it was in use when I visited. Naver maps, OK I will give you that one because Naver is a pain in the ass to use and google maps are so much simpler. So if we re making the argument that SK is not an easy place as a tourist to visit, yeah i'd agree, Is it not worth to visit? I would disagree I do think it is still worth visiting SK, the culture is still interesting. Again, I had a good time visiting there so I am only basing this on personal experience of being in Korea. Anyone else who has never been to East Asia or Southeast Asia, I would say go to Japan first and foremost then check out the other countries if you want to explore more.
>>2847322You totally missed everything else I said and just focused on hating Hongdae, but ok...
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
I just got back from Japan, spent 3 weeks there. Was in Tokyo; Shinjuku, Shibuya, Roppongi for days, and Osakas Dotonbori, and never had a single negative interaction. Never saw any violence either. Yes there were touts in Kabukicho who approach you occasionally but you can just wave them off. Also lots of chinese tourists went home or cancelled their trips due to Japan China geopolitics, so places will be less busy
I was in shinjuku one month ago and it's literally overrun with black people, I easily saw 100 just walking around in a 15 minute period. They all walk up to you and try to talk to you so that they can scam you. It made me think that Tokyo is a shithole but maybe it's just shinjuku and rapongi. I literally walked around rapongi for 5 minutes before I decided that it was a shithole and that I was going to go back. It's absurd how many black people there are in Japan and how 99% of them are engaged in crime.Look I'm just telling the truth because it seems like there's so much lying here.Best part of my trip was leaving Tokyo
>>2844775>um akshually the metropolis where a third of the population lives is not the real japan
>>2847507He was talking about that crossing specifically retard. Shibuya crossing is like the one place all the tourists go in tokyo, it’s not uncommon for a third of the people there to be tourists.So yes it is objectively the least Japanese and the most touristy
>>2844094valid pointcounter point: why spend money to travel to where black people are?
im going to instanbul for 3 days you roachesi only know of agia sofia,what else does your shithole have? what scums should i avoid?answer and i wont kill you when we retake konstantinoupoli,also ill go to the knockoffs bazaar,any tips?thx
>>2847511Have you seen Midnight Express (1978) by Alan Parker?It really tells you all you need to know about this place.
>>2847511>i only know of agia sofia,what else does your shithole have? Hagia Sophia just started a refurb to the dome that could take years. Can still see the galleries, youre not allowed on the ground floor anymore. Chora Church has more impressive mosaics. go there, walk the wall, walk back through Balat and Fener. Stop off at the shops there. See the patriarchal church of st george.take a ferry at eminonu, go the right place it is cheap like 3EUR for 90 minute ride>what scums should i avoid?obvious tourist trap shit like rooftoprestaurants/bars. taksim square is not worth visiting. the blue mosque is shit>answer and i wont kill you when we retake konstantinoupoliyou'll do fuck all>also ill go to the knockoffs bazaar,any tips?theyre better than you at bartering. remember that. they'll go down and make a deal but its delusional to think they'll meet your low asking price.if you want to know more, ask away
>>2847519thx roach broill tell my travel buddies and maybe ask again tommorow :)
My sister lives on Umnak. What else is there to do here besides hike. DESU I'm afraid of bears and natives:https://youtu.be/L3BiQuZfUQY?si=xUv2R4ZWRTLxvEIECan I island hop to Dutch Harbor easily? IDK if I want to spend a month on Umnak. She said she'd be willing to go to Unalaska with me but she doesn't want to go to Dutch Harbor becasue she hates the fishermen there.
>>2845433Is Yukon actually poor? I've no idea what happens there.
>>2845433It really is sad that Russia does not care about its own land. They just do not take care of it.>>2845444Canada is too busy importing indians and taxing to death their citizens to care about their backwoods part
>what is there to do in Aleutian islandsDie.
>>2845432start at king salmon and checkout Katmai National Park / Brooks Bridge. From there you can slowly meander your way down to places like Ketchikan n shit. I hope you dont mind spending a billion dollars on bush planes tho
>>2845432I know cost of living for food is high and it might eventually be depressing, but this entire picture gives me ultra-high comfy vibes.If I could, I would stop everything and live here. Some of you don't know how good you have it.
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?
>>2834708I saw this monolithic beast today
Is it common for your guys' easycard to not tap quickly at places other than train stations? I gotta retry 4 times, then I end up paying with 现金The parks here are really nice. Peaceful, despite the nearby freeways.When I start off a conversation in Chinese, people know English, or they don't know either language. When I start off asking if they speak 汉语, they don't. Too funny.Met lots nice people in public.A nice auntie talked about politics with me. The thoughts of mass Indian migration live in her mind, like many posters here (and on /g/). I thought that was remarkable.I asked a thick goth girl where the closest park was. She pulled out her phone to showed me.
>4 dollar meal>4 dollar drop in workout>4 dollar best coffee I've ever had4 really is a killer
>>2847368You mean indonesians? You can come across lot of them the last time I was there. But I won't be surprised if indians overtook them If you're interested, there's a SEA nucleus in one of the underground shopping arcades by central station where you can sample Indonesian, Filipino, or Vietnam food. Their price was quite good if I remember correctly
I’m in Taipei right now and need to send a suitcase back to Europe. Has anyone done this before and knows what the best option is? Normal package at the post office would probably be cheapest but I would have to put it in a big cardboard box and from what I found online they don‘t sell sizes that big.And I have no idea where to get a big enough box in this country.Any advice would be appreciated
Post your travel maps in this thread. Pic related is the official /trv/ Real Traveler's map™, edition 4.0.5Fill in the countries and subdivisions you have visited, talk about your map and ask others about their maps. You can use the map however you like, the colors are more like suggestions, you don't have to use them, and you don't have to use all of them. You can add or remove colors and change the map as much as you want in any way you want. Don't like this map? Upload a completely different one. Up to you. Despite what some might say, there's no "wrong" way to use the map, and new posters and less travelled people are welcome and encouraged to stay and post :) This map is a group effort by our board, and we can only improve it if people reach out to share suggestions or corrections.This is the newest edition of the map, edition 4.0.5, updated for September 2025. Thanks to an Anon in the previous thread, it is now easier than ever to fill in the map. You can use the website splored.com to easily color in entire countries with a single click. At the time of making this thread, it uses the old 4.0.4 template, so you still need to update it to 4.0.5 with the simplified template, but hopefully Anon will update the website after I make this thread.Topic for this thread: Should we have a Real Traveler's Discord? Just something I've been thinking about. I don't use Discord myself, so it's not important to me, but it could be nice to have a hangout for the regulars or a "backup" in case 4chan goes down again or somewhere to share subdivision news if there's no thread up. Just interested in hearing your opinions on this.
>>2846004via the sea?
>>2846008From where? Don't you need an approved tour from a specific port?
>>2846004>>2845969D'OH I forgor New Zealand
>>2846105>drives past a hangar in NZ>colours in the entire ''''''country''''' of antarctica
Paris was decent, but the secutity check theater at every place really drives you mad if you come from a free society, holy shit.
Any based /trv experiences from dangerous countries like Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Afghanistan?
>Show compassion for manThats not whats happening here...this is peak feminism. Literally.
>>2840692Those aren't exactly "dangerous" countries you picked for your list Anon. Iran is perfectly stable and safe. Lebanon is safe everywhere except Southern Beirut and the border with Israel. The wars in Iraq, Syria and Aghanistan are over and there are travel vlogs all over Youtube of people going there. Practically all of Africa and most of Latin America is worse off than the Middle East these days. To answer your question, I lived a year in Lebanon a while back. It's a shithole, but it wasn't dangeorus.
>>2847324>Iran is perfectly stable and safeIts stable and safe until the Amerijew glowie alliance decides to nuke it you mean
>>2847474And that's happening any time soon you think? They literally attacked Israel and it didn't devolve into a war. Even Americans aren't stupid enough to go to war with Iran.
Haven't been but I know Papua New Guinea is legitimately unsafe for foreignerst. know people whom have worked there and they conveyed stories
Have any of you cancelled trips to the US because of Orange Man?https://www.weku.org/npr-news/2025-12-01/u-s-ski-resorts-are-bracing-for-a-steep-drop-in-international-travel-due-to-politics
>>2846459I don't think it's orange man causing the problems, it's the people who hate orange man.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_gwxZuUoguU
>>2847304>reduced ski passes hopefullyHahahaha no. This is America we're talking about. You'll pay more, and you'll be happy. Welcome to the golden age.
>>2846459desu it's more because we've had like 3 years of pretty mild winters
>>2846488i'd love to ski in france or japan one day
If you have nothing to hide, then you have nothing to worry about. If you try to come here and you hate America's president and his allies, we will imprison you.
why the other thread get yeeted?food, places to stay, places to go
>>2847478It seems fine bro, like I might go if I was invited, but I'd expect the idea to originate with a white woman.
Anyone ever go over to Cambodia? What's the best way to travel from HCMC to Siem Reap or Phnom Penh? Just flying, or is there an easy reliable way by land?
>>2847491Yeah you can drive or take a bus, numbnuts.
>>2847491coach takes a few hours, maybe 5 tops. cheap. cambodian side of the border is a big chinese casino town.
>>2847491>HCMC to Siem Reap or Phnom Penh?I did HCMC to Phnom Penh several times by bus like 10 years ago and it was usually about 6 hours. It's another 4 or so to Siem Reap, I would just fly if going that far, but the bus is cheap, just ask at any tour booth.
Wtf happens here?! >huge country>absolutely beautiful>same part of world as Thailand and Vietnam kino>ancient history >probably cheap as fuckIs it an Islamic hellhole, or an untapped resource? There must be some amazing experiences lurking in the 10million islands*apart from Bali
>>2834644I did travel to Indonesia this summer. Did a conference in Bali. We stayed at this hotel that owns sizeable portion of private beach. Very nice place, good food. Being a work conference I was forced to socialize with other westerners, so it felt more like an all inclusive resort.Traveled east to Flores after the conference. Labuan Bajo airport is >90% westerners. All the tiktok zoomers are doing boat trips to Komodo Island, Padar, etc. because apparently it became popular during covid. I was planning to travel east instead, to the inland areas that are less touristy. I had always planned to biketrip, so flew in with my road bike and biked to a town called Ruteng in the middle of the mountain in Flores. Flores is really pretty, 90% Christians, churches everywhere. The villages around are nice. But IMO Ruteng is still too big for my taste, but Indonesians called it small city. Being in the mountains it was not as oppressively humid as other places in Indonesia. Physically I got crushed by the mountains, the hills are unforgiving. I learned that they did have an actual bike race called Tour De Flores and it's all steep grade climbs throughout the island. The locals are very friendly and even random villagers surprisingly spoke decent (at least comprehensible) english. I showed my electric bike pump to the local kids and it blew their mind. I hiked to the top of this mountain, themed with Stations of the Cross for Good Friday. Pretty neat hike, although it was misty at the top so the view wasn't that nice. The locals said it will take a whole day but I did it in 2 hours. Overall had a great experience. I checked on my less outdoorsy work conference friends, they went to Jakarta for partying and mongering and seemed like they had a good time as well; although they said that they got really bored because there was nothing to do in Jakarta before sunset, then the food, cafes, and mongering were good. 9/10 would highly recommend Flores.
>>2845948Any hunger for independence in Flores? Seems like it doesn't match the rest of Indonesia, and would be better off more aligned with Australia or something.
>>2845957Idk - I didn't have the chance to talk with locals beyond basic nicities and I don't know a lot about Indonesian politics. But I think they have more in common with Indonesia than Australia, in term of food, spices, etc, e.g., they still eat white rice. But because they're Christians they eat pork as well. They are more of a remnant of colonial Dutch Catholics than anything and Australians are not Dutch Catholics. One thing I noticed though is that they had massive gasoline shortage throughout the island. Like a village will have only one paved road through it and there will be a traffic jam around gas station, apparently they have buying quotas. People who live nearby buy the gasoline and scalp it, they sell them in 2L water jugs at elevated prices. Like many provincial areas, they seem to be ignored and really behind the times. That can't be that nice.
>>2834683Hey, that’s not fair. That’s one hell of a generalization. Some of us talk about latina hookers too.
>>2834757im expected to believe I can go there, say im a muslim by saying that one phrase they got and just raw dog a selection of whatever I want? yeah idk about that
Discussion of Asian Cities and recommendations on which one to visit next. I've been to Taipei and Tokyo and thought Taipei was the best city I have been to in the world. The food was great, the people were friendly, and the day trips were so much fun. Looking to go there again next year but am unsure of which city to pair it with. My options are Kyoto, Seoul, and Singapore for about 4-5 days. Looking for a place with solid food, somewhere relatively easy to navigate, and something with just good vibes all around.
Tokyo/Seoul/Taipei/somewhere in China idk/Bangkok/KL or Buenos Aires/Sao Paulo for making local friends aged 18-30 and ascending spergdom?Plan is to work remote and digital nomad in Asia or LATAM but idk which one to pick, I think I'm more interested in Asia but LATAM potentially looks like it'd be way easier to integrate socially
>>2846835Taipei is probably your best bet at making local friends. Don't know anything about KL though. If by local you're including expats who live there, then any of those cities are fine. Honestly these cities are all enormous and you could probably find a niche in any of them, my take would be to go with whichever culture you find most enjoyable to be around. I've met lets of expats who went somewhere for reasons of convenience but can't stand the behavior of the locals, and they're all miserable cunts
>>2846909Thanks anon, I've heard good things about Taipei. What's English proficiency among 18-30 year olds like over there? Would learn Mandarin to the best of my abilities out of respect but it's one of the languages I really struggled with in the past ripOnly thing about Taipei I didn't like the look of was that the subcultures I'm into looked really small over there, everything else looked perfect honestly
>>2846826You're just being creeped out.
Which of the East Asian countries (Japan, China, Taiwan, South Korea) are the best when it comes to cooming prospects (And by that I mean actually dating).
Will be there next weekWat do?>cultural shit>best way to get from airport to downtown>dive bars to meet drunken travelling slags>any other shit to know
stuff that hasn't been mentioned:>there's a hospital museum beneath castle. was used in ww2>the old subway i liked, and if you want to go to varosliget it ends there and is only a couple of stations from the city center
>>2841140Should I try to ice skate without a coach in one of these rinks? I want to try but I am not exactly nimble and athletic. Also those blades look sharp and I have read stories about people having their limbs amputated by them
>>2847308I went to a similar ice rink a couple of years ago after a 15-year hiatus and had no problems whatsoever. just take it slow, stick near the sides, and wear gloves. you’ll probably be wobbly at first, but that’s how everyone starts. go for it and have fun!
Best place to go for new years?I'll be in a hostel so hopefully I make some friends to go out with. Are ruin bars good for new years or is it just boomer tourists?
>>2847494The three middle bridges attract a lot of people (locals I mean), all drinking and celebrating. There's a crazy tradition that some still follow where you're supposed to jump from the bridge into the water at new years.Here's just a random video of someone doing it: https://dailynewshungary.com/british-tourists-jumped-river-danube-video/
I don't even like travelling. I think it's stressful and I get over-stimulated and anxious and I'm scared there'll be racism or I'll get food poisoning or whatever. I experienced none of this in Greece.I did, however, see the Parthenon without scaffolding. I cried at the Dionysos theatre. Got lost on my way to the Agora, and then ran excitedly hand in hand with my friend squealing as we neared the Hephaistos Temple.I travelled with a group of other classics enthusiasts, my Ancient Greek professor being our academic guide. We visited the incredible site of Delphi, and my heart exploded. We saw a giant rainbow at Mycenae. I ran the whole lenght of the stadium at Olympia (and regretted it). Walked the 999 steps up to the fort at Nafplio. Visited the National Museum; how I sobbed while looking at the grave stelae!Our final day, we visited Cape Sounion and stood at the foot of the hill where the Poseidon Temple was bathing in sunlight, my professor reading out loud a poem by Hjalmar Gullberg - a poem written about that particular temple.I don't know if I like travelling now, or if I just love Greece. Coming home hit me hard, like an actual heartbreak. I cried for days, feeling a hole in my heart like I was yearning for a lost lover. Idk. Luckily, Greece isn't lost and I'm definitely coming back.It's so strange, realizing - it's all real. Having studied ancient literature, Ancient Greek, ancient philosophy and art history... And it's all real, not just textbooks and pictures. Idk man, Greece really changed me. My heart is so full.
AI slop from the tourism board. Anywho the Greece mainland is a shithole, rapidly depopulating and decaying. Only thing fascinating about it was looking out my window watching middle age cat ladies scurrying about feeding strays as the sun went down in what looked like bombed out streets full of garbage, graffiti and junkies . Crete was nice tho in the off-season
>>2837196Are you a woman?
>>2837196lol
>I'm scared there'll be racism Do you know where you are?
>>2837196Greece is awesome. Its like a comfy south american country but they speak something that sounds spanish but isn't and just use olive oil and vegetables instead of sofrito and fruit. Making water bottles legally €0.50 is also an awesome move since its pretty hot there.
