>>2866069
Why did you travel if you didn't know what to do?
Genuinely idk how it's possible to get into this situation.

>>2866069
I enjoy seeing my posts on /int/ from other flags

>>2866069
>what do you want me to do, go for a walk?
Do this first thing in the morning. It's a lot more fulfilling than you'd think.

>>2866169
I prefer late night walks.

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>>2866333
Midnight walks through musty old Eastern European towns full of strangely nostalgic odors will give you deja vu, make you feel like you lived in such a place in a previous life. Urban overlooks in the dark are awesome as well. You feel like a wild creature perched on the edge, surveying the teeming domesticated masses below.

>>2859796
Im guessing because they dont live or visit there and watch a lot of baity travel YouTubers who are inauthentic for views

>>2866203
That smell is purely subjective. It is an objective fact that East Asians lack body odor due to apocrine glands having degenerated through mutation. Of course, even East Asians will smell musty if they are unclean, and their breath will smell if they eat garlic.

>>2865940
Chinese tourists are basically gone this year. The Chinese government banned travel companies from organizing trips to Japan (that's how most Chinese tourists come here) and ordered most flights canceled. They got pissed over the PM's statements about getting involved in a China-Taiwan conflict and told Chinese to not visit under any circumstance and that Japan is too dangerous for Chinese people.

In the place of Chinese tourists, Indian, Indonesian, American, and European tourists are through the roof and higher than ever.

>>2866285
Chinese tourists haven't dropped to nearly zero; more accurately, the number of group tourists has nearly vanished, causing their overall numbers to halve. Even so, this alone has made Kyoto dramatically easier to walk around and much quieter.

>>2859900
That's going to change. They likely had more encounters with coastal Indians and not Punjabi subhumans.

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>>2865121
Based.
>Mobility is the key to warfare.
Don’t try to defend anything or prepare for that. Be ready to move fast. Have some money, ideally have a little bit of gold too. You can make certain eyes shine with a piece of that
Start eating as much meat as possible for health, be sure to have dried meat as your food

If you insist on doing this illegally, sincerely best of luck

>>2865121
Why on earth would a Russian want to move to Poland? They're brainwashed retards and beyond Russophobic.

>>2865121
>>2866237
anon if you are willing to become russian female I can take you to my house

>>2866237
>brainwashed
>beyond russophobic
Choose one.

Are you flying into Kaliningrad or something?

>>2863791
Newness lol? Cities along the east coast are hundreds of years old. Learn some history FFS because it seems you have zero clue what you're talking about. Boston, Philadelphia, etc aren't as old as other cities but even close to being 'new'. Even most West coast cities are 150+ years old.

>>2866240
St. Augustine, Florida (1565): The oldest continuously inhabited European-settled city in the US, known for its Spanish colonial architecture, narrow streets, and the Castillo de San Marcos.
Charleston, South Carolina (1670): Known for its massive, well-preserved Historic District featuring antebellum homes, cobblestone streets, and the French Quarter.
Boston, Massachusetts (1630): Features the "Old City" areas like Beacon Hill, the North End, and the Freedom Trail, which includes 17th-century buildings.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1682): Often considered the birthplace of the nation, with its "Old City" and Society Hill areas featuring Elfreth's Alley (the oldest continuously inhabited residential street).
New Orleans, Louisiana (1718): The French Quarter is the historic heart of the city, featuring unique French and Spanish colonial architecture.
Santa Fe, New Mexico (1607): The oldest state capital in the US, famous for its Adobe-style architecture and the Historic Plaza.
Savannah, Georgia (1733): Renowned for its large-scale city grid with 22 squares and preserved 18th- and 19th-century architecture.
Williamsburg, Virginia (1632): A restored living-history city that represents the 18th-century capital of Virginia.
Alexandria, Virginia (1749): The "Old Town" area is a well-preserved historic district with 18th-century townhouses and cobblestone streets.
Newport, Rhode Island (1639): Famous for its colonial-era homes, wharves, and historic downtown, particularly around the College Hill area.
Annapolis, Maryland (1649): Known for its 18th-century brick architecture, the Maryland State House, and colonial street layout.
Nantucket, Massachusetts: A former whaling port that has preserved its 18th and 19th-century buildings.

>>2866241
ChatGPT ass post

>>2863786
Barely any history, thus no soul.
That's the sad truth.

Fucking retarded man. Asking why Pittsburgh is boring is like asking why Nagoya, Chelyabinsk or Curitiba are boring. The only place where 10th largest cities and the like aren’t totally boring is Europe and only because Europeans built a beautiful culture that left nice buildings and statues everywhere. These people were the ancestors of Americans also by the way.
> hurr durr why is Pheonix, a former military mail post town that only exists as a pit stop for wave after wave of Mexican immigrants and is scarcely a century old so boring? Why is Pittsburgh, a post-industrial town in Appalachia that isn’t even in America’s top 15 most populated cities so boring?
It’s retarded.

>>2865777
Naw, opsec and all. But it’s extremely beautiful. Although 3 pipes just shit the bed this winter.

>>2865777
>>2866272
But anyway, it came with the house, 畑、原野、山林、in addition to the house zoned. Local nogyou inkai was super chill and let us takeover the field. You mileage may vary on what zoned land you can actually be allowed to buy depending on how welcoming the local council is. Local jichikai is chill and it’s just old dudes getting slammed once a month. I would say 9/10 people would like this life for a month or 3 but then hate it. I have seen too many of you r9mantic fags move here and pitter out after a year or two and leave. Only gaijin people who really stay in the countryside long term are self sufficient weirdos, so that’s why I like it. Japan in general is not a great social destination.

>>2866273
And to add, I don’t mean people who ‘think they are’ self sufficient weirdos. Or those who think that ‘being a self sufficient weirdo sounds nice’.

Both those people learn quickly that they are a no. I’m talking Harrison ford mosquito coast type eccentrics, which most of you are not.

>>2866151
>You can get an entire villa in Italy for that,
Yeah and if you look at those the "half a villa" places require often 40k of modernization.
>>2866232
>taiwan
>thirdworld
wut

>>2866296
You'd be lucky if you only spend 40k trying to make an akiya not be a rotten moldy dump.

>>2866154
>You can always hide from people, even on a ship, it's not a big problem.
True. A lot of anons don't get that there are plenty of places to find peace and you don't have to hunt to find empty deck chairs. But if you're the type who projects your own faults onto others like >>2865341, nothing can help you, you're going to be miserable.

>>2865244
>$400 all in
Maybe if you're going to drink nothing but tap water. Cruises exist to gouge their captive audience on egregiously marked up soda and alcohol. I had a coworker who basically got disowned by his mother because she didn't explain to him that drinks weren't free before he went on a cruise she was treating him to. He ended up with a tab of over $3,000

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>>2866208
In all fairness, assuming alcohol was free without asking is pretty retarded. I've stayed at a number of resorts and have never in my life seen alcohol that didn't have strings attached or require a seperate purchase/package. That should just be second nature.

>>2866242
Outside of maybe the casino floors in Vegas, even then it's been like 5 years since I've visited so I don't even know if they do that anymore

I'm new here, so I don't know if I was able to respond to a specific person, but:
#2866196
Some areas on the ship open late at night, where you can safely come and chill on your laptop. I got coffee from the bar, and then my boyfriend and I went into a "closed" area. We worked and watched a movie. There was a piano there, and an older couple joined us one day. The man played the piano well and sang a song or two. There was no one else there. The trip lasted over 14 days.

Regarding Costa, that's a long, separate story. Divided into three acts.

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Titan Missile Museum

>>2864688
Seven falls is a good hike, start in the early morning before the sun rises or else you won't have a good time on the way back
Pima Air & Space Museum (think that is what you mean by airplane museum)
Drive up and down Mt. Lemmon, there's a cafe at the top that has good (yet overpriced) desserts
Drive up Oracle Rd. at night because its eerily dark for a highway and kind of comfy (unless they installed a lot of road lights since I last went there)
Bisbe, AZ is close by and pretty cool for a day trip as well
Avoid hanging around the more southern part of Tucson, near the airport, at night because it can be a bit sketchy there
Have fun!

>>2864820
thanks, most of that is already on my list.
i will be doing the 7 falls hike.
can i get some recommendation on what i need to have with me? i saw is some knee deep river crossings.
mt lemmon is on my list
the space museum is on my list, but I think i'll only have to go there before my flight back.
i also want to go to the car museum, probably wont have time for both
I will be going to brisbe and tombstone, and will be spending a night there

>>2865661
>can i get some recommendation on what i need to have with me? i saw is some knee deep river crossings.
Get plenty of water for sure, and some sort of snacks. And then get even more water than you think you'll need, just in case. I only say to leave early because it gets hot in the noon time when you are hiking back. I brought enough water, but my hike back was slower (and therefore hotter) due to being tired from the hiking up to that point. It is no problem if you have plenty of water though. Also wear lots of sunscreen.
I would also advise to look up the hiking route ahead of time and not be a dummy like me hiking in the actual ravine lul. There are hiking trails along the edges of the ravine you are supposed to follow that lead to the waterfalls. I mean you can go through the ravine too, but you'll realize its a pretty tough hike with lots of water and slippery rocks. At some point I went 'this is ridiculous, and where did all the hikers go?' till I looked up and saw thiem alongside the cliffs..
Eventually you start out the main hike crossing over water areas, so you'll likely get your shoes a little wet. Not foot deep or anything (inless it rained like crazy recently). You should be able to cross over most of the water areas without getting a splash. Then when you get on the trail above the ravine its really straight forward where to go.

>>2864287
So when you said rich, that's what you mean? That's the threshold?

>>2863667
>it's shit for the local people
You say that as a rich (((westerner))) trying to sow dissatisfaction among the natives by telling them they should all have a car and a flatscreen TV and a swimming pool, and because they don't, their lives are shitty and horrible

>>2865059
nice bro keep keep it quaint and rural around here

I'm currently in Hanoi, staying in the Old Quarter, anyone know where or how to score some ganja?

>>2866263
at ho chi minhs mausoleum

exploring appalachia all year long AGAIN
this year I hope to see the ozarks, ny state, pa, wv, tn, ky, nc, georgia, and alabama

I don't get why you would fly to the third world to be around brown people unless you are really that desperate for sex.

>>2859773
I would do Munich -> Innsbruck for the awesome cross-mountain train ride, then Innsbruck -> Salzburg to see an amazing town settled right between the mountains, then Salzburg -> Vienna and continue on your way.

>>2864765
Because I don't want to be around ornery, armed white people and their goddamn "PROOVATE PROOPERTY" signs hogging up every acre of land for miles and miles. I also don't want to deal with the costs & responsibilities of owning a car, after years of cruising around America in increasingly aging and unreliable vehicles. I want to eat tasty food and shower in my cheap hotel room and walk streets full of life and go on $1 bus rides into the mountains every day. Oh, and the cold rain. Fuck the cold rain. Give me warm sunshine and brown people instead.

>>2854381
>fuck knows what I'll do here
China has some amazing shit, don't listen to internet idiots. Hiking in Chengdu up that big ass mountain is good, can recommend

>>2855737
My grandma said stuff like that and lasted another decade. You'll know when it's getting close lol

>>2865440
aye thanks, doesnt sound to bad honestly. but maybe ill go to mumbai after all

The Satara bus station is the worst one I've encountered so far. Nobody knows anything. The buses arrive and depart with zero regard to any schedule, resulting in a crowd rush for the door. The signs when they do exist are faded and worn. Sometimes there is no sign at all, and the bus driver fingerpaints the destination on the windshield. The local pronunciation of the destination is just as hurried and difficult to understand. I had three possible destinations in mind today, but none of them have materialized after an hour plus of hurrying to check out every arriving bus.

And no, it's not a skill issue either. Many of the locals trying to get back to their villages are just as confused and stressed out. The staff are barely any help at all, and the PA system plays ads over the announcements. Only the heavily populated flatland towns and intercity routes are well-served; you can wait all damn day for a bus to the mountain villages.

There are quite a few friendly people here, but I've become prickly and distrustful. Urban India is not for me. I need a place surrounded by nature about 3 km from one end to the other. An island of nature rising from a sea of traffic & development is not sufficient. People are greedier in the larger cities as well. Sauces are watered down. Chana is extra at the bar. You have to pay a premium to get a decent room with such luxuries as WiFi and a showerhead. Bangalore anon definitely scored a good deal. I haven't been offered an A/C room for less than 1500 in a long time, but locals tell me A/C rooms usually cost 1200 or 1300. Realizing that you are getting a worse deal than others can rankle you regardless of how low your daily average spending is. Once again that flight to Thailand is beginning to look like an attractive option for the upcoming hot season. The Indian Himalayas are beautiful, but the locals know this and gouge the hell out of visitors.

Two buses for Patan showed up simultaneously at this clusterfuck of a bus station. All but one person picked the newer bus, but then the older bus suddenly began leaving, and a dozen people rushed down the stairs to stop the other driver and get on board. Gonna be glad to leave this place behind tomorrow.

>>2866163
I think what happens is begpackers try to stay at local hole in the wall "hotels" which are really more like dorms for migrant workers, which are not equipped to register foreigners. Then they complain about hotels being a pain.

In 10 years staying at hotels in big and tiny cities thruout the country I've never had a single issue. Though Ive also never stayed somewhere which was <$20/nt

>>2866180
I don't know why but I almost always see exclusively german randos doing this shit.

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>>2866022
I see my opinion has rustled a few jimmys

>>2866200
I mean a US citizen can get a 5 year visa for little to no effort, you can do it entirely by mail

>>2866201
You don't understand, anon. Think of the *four* extra transit visa days our Anglo brethren get to spend in glorious Beijing.
It's unironically over, Yankeebros.

Unironically the 15 bucks 3x packing cubes. Makes shit nice and tidy.

>>2865496
Does it actually work? The ones I looked at don't seem good as actual vacuum packed good
For organisation its probably good though

>>2865496
>>2865498
Rubber bands > packing cubes

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>>2864491

A spare phone. You almost certainly have an old one in your house somewhere. Bring it with you and write down + safely store important numbers and log in info. Then if you lose or get your phone stolen, you can just get a cheal local sim and not br left up shits creek.

Is this perpetual travel anon from the other thread who's doing 1k/mo only?

1000 is more than enough, stay out of Istanbul (central) and you should have it easy finding something 500/mo on airbnb. Can get cheaper to like 350-400, if you're okay with just having a private bedroom in a multi bedroom apartment. Food is pretty cheap and the buses can get you most places.

>>2866014
Honest to God advice, if you're too poor to travel comfortably, you should probably focus on fixing your own life first.
Traveling is an escape. Just like how you should cut down on candies and video games if you're too poor, you should cut off on travel too until you can sort your life out. Travel won't make you rich, so focus on what will first.

If you're going to sight see things, yeah 1000 for a month is fine.
If you're going for "fun" aka whores and drinking 1000 for 2 weeks is fine.

>>2865403
I found the funner activities are spending money with mafia types. They're generally welcoming if you're there to genuinely have fun and spend some money. Showed me where they get their suits and leather goods made. Introduced me to some pimps and his women. Which bars to go, to meet other tourists/foreigners. Which places to eat at. If you're going to be brokie, I don't think you'll find anyone who will respect you in any country. It's a place that caters to wealthy and luxury experiences.

>>2865403
Anyone have some of the best recommendations for hair transplant clinics where they use my own hair to fill in the bald spots on the back of my head?

>>2865805
I grew up skiing all the time though. It's fine for a weekend trip, but I couldn't imagine traveling for it.

>>2865810
I think you're lying. If you grew up skiing you know how much conditions and location matter, and you would already understand ski culture and the attraction (no niggers).

Stay brown and stay lying.

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Chamonix skiing has the best views I've ever seen. I'm dying to do the Dolomites next year.

I just did a little resort in Arizona called SnowBowl. We bought lift tickets for $12/day and stayed in Flagstaff. Its a super underrated town. I skied one day, snowboarded one day, and we went hiking in Sedona one day. The food and bars in Flagstaff are really fun. The Mead Hall in Flagstaff is a 10/10. I'd do that trip again anytime.

>>2865927
Do they have real snow or is it all snowblower? I didn't know Arizona had skiing

>>2865929
They get 250+ inches a year at Snowbowl. But this was a below average snow year for them. 42/62 trails were open though. It was decent conditions. They just got 4 feet of snow in the last week, so it's much better now.

The problem on the west coast is price and weekend crowds. Lake Tahoe and Park City have lost their minds with lift ticket prices. Heavenly is $200/day, park city is $250+. Mammoth is $178 and it gets insanely overcrowded on weekends. So we've been checking out some of the other lesser known resorts the last few years. Brianhead Utah and Snowbowl in Arizona are both great and insanely cheap. Brianhead has better snow, but Snowbowl is right next to Flagstaff and has more to do. On a good snow year, I'd pick Snowbowl easily.

Tons of people making it work but those people are poor and move to the cheapest possible places and pretend to work for 8 hours scrolling social media and maybe work for an actual one hour a day at most. The rent is a few hundred dollars, and some food, they are basically wagie bums.

Source I've been in these towns and walked around the office to see people doing fuck all. I don't work online I just use the office sometimes to study or relax in the living room when nobody is there. There's free tv and video games, and a kitchen. I go with someone who pays for it, free for me anyway.

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Done it for years, it can be done still be done it's just wild how people overexaggerate it. Typical work abroad from US based CST working in Asia
-wake up 8-9PM grab a snack and a coffee
-say hello to coworker or two to ensure they know I am alive/online
-answer emails+check on projects
-work from 10->4AM maybe sneak in a snooze or two (project based so not a big deal)
-usually eat some bento or grab/uber
-5AM head to gym(anytimefitness is pretty GOAT if you're DN)
-workout till about 7am
-grab breakfast or some post workout meal
-8AM till about 1:30PM do some tourist shit
-Head back around 2PM to be asleep by 3PM
-rinse and repeat

It's fine, biggest issue is that Friday nights are usually a bust work gives me a lot of freedom to take fridays off/light "on call" but even then it's often still much more lacking than I would be able to have back home. Depending on your gig you might also have to spend more $ on proper places to stay, now that I am a Sr. Infrastructure guy I can't get away with private rooms in hostels anymore. My boss doesn't care that I work abroad just so long as I am not drunk and get my projects done on time.


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>>2865103
>Get a base and take occasional trips abroad.
1000% this
full time digital nomad will make you hate shit. Nothing like being 90 days in a new country moving on to the next and the next. More often than not you'll get full on hermit mode at some point, then you look back and realize shit you glossed over because everything was blurring together. So many times I look back at where I was months ago then realizing I was either too tired or too tied up on something completely missing events, people, festivals, etc because I had to hit the hay or still had to work. Your weekends get shafted no matter how you shape it if you're US working remotely.

>>2865733
>immigration does not drive up cost of living
Oh boy

>>2865792
im a native born english speaker and i speak alien english