I want to visit here. Mainly Kazakhstan, but I'd like to eventually see all of them. What do I need to know in order to prepare myself? I'm an American who's only traveled in first world, highly English-speaking western countries before. Are these countries cheap? What are the must see places? Do I need a tour guide? Are the cities as lively as the western world? How strict Muslim are they? Is it possible to pick up chicks here?
>>2846950>hitchhikingRough. The Pamir highway is challenging, not much traffic, and most won't have room for an extra passenger.
>>2848523More interesting to YOU anon. There's your answer
Heading to Kazakhstan with a bunch of friends for a few weeks, anyone got some recommendations on places to visit and food to try? I know absolutely nothing.
>>2825169Just dropping this here for posterity https://archived.moe/trv/thread/2366410
>>2850088Kazakhstan is kinda big. Are you visiting Almaty? Then do the Big Almaty Lake. As for food, in every -stan you need to try plov.
You're all financing your trips with credit arent you?
>>2851207There's literally no reason to not use credit. Nothing to do with affordability. Unless you're getting a fantastic deal with cash only it's just pure stupid to not use credit for cashback / points. Maybe it's different in cuck parts of the world, but interest does not apply to purchases unless you don't pay off the statement within a month.
>he uses his debit card overseas>if stolen he will ge none of the money backS.M.R.T.
>>2851203BTC gains for me, made 50k early on and have been sitting on it until now.
No I have job money since I slaved away during my youth like a loser.
>>2851207Especially if you have a well paid job. You can travel like a richfag.
Animatronic Michelangelo edition>Last Thread: >>2844519>What is this thread? Why are there two generals?/rcg/ was initially created as a way for the roller coaster enthusiasts on here to discuss all things roller coasters and theme parks. While roller coasters are the main focus of these threads (and the title of the general) there is also discussion on other theme parks, their rides, as well as the parks themselves and trip planning too. That's where /tpg/ comes in.>Can I talk about Disney/Universal parks in this thread?Absolutely! Disney/Universal discussion of all sorts including rides/resorts/dining/trip planning is OK.Park Crowd Tracker:>https://queue-times.com/en-US/parksRoller Coaster Database:>https://rcdb.com/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2851473Yes, I'm quite enjoying myself.
>>2851453If Stephen Hillenburg could see this he never would have bothered
>>2851473Yes.
What would a Kingdom Hearts ride look like?
Twitter is full of swiftfags wishing Rock n Roller Coaster would be rethemed to Taylor Swift. I hate swiftfags so much (which is difficult, as my mother is one of them)
Where do you want to go?
>>2848478What is your favorite place to visit in the Ozarks?
>>2849234Trevor’s house. He’s a buddy I met at college who used to sell weed on the side. Always something fun to do with Trevor
>>2850021Wait? Do you mean Razorback Trevor? Holy shit!!!! I know that guy, if you’re talking about the same guy. He’s a legend at UA
>>2850021oh
nobody interested?
Hope you're all having a wonderful day, however you choose to spend it.
visiting relatives, in a cold unpleasant place
>He flies economy class
>>2844627Manlet detected. I'm 6'4" and the last time I flew Aus-UK return was a facking nightmare, even with exit row seats. Going back next year and seriously considering business even tho I'm not a richfag
>>2845170Get a log of this weirdo
>>2838994hell yeah I fly economy. People who pay twice as much to experience 10% less discomfort during a flight fail the marshmallow test.
>>2851394But what if their parents already have millions of marshmallows?
>>2851394>10% less discomfortlmao
>cheapest rent in the USA>high paying seasonal gigs(oil truck driving energy)>stupid cheap housing>long comfy summers>train to Chicago dailyWhat's the downside? inb4 snow, I love snow
>>2851312>Flights from Fartgo to Chicago are a price-gouge.Because he's not flying from Fargo to Chicago, he's flying on to international destinations dumb fuck>>2851323It started under Obama, it used to be they were contained to the usual cities but they overhauled public housing policies & subsidies so they'd be dispersed. It's been horrible for smaller cities that don't have the police power to handle them.
>>2851323My guess is refugee resettlement, most of the larger towns in formerly 95%+ white areas in the US have been affected by it for diversity reasons..
>>2851373You're most likely correct, you see the same thing in a lot of Rust Belt cities. It's all part of a grand conspiracy by American Oligarchs to destroy social cohesion amongst rural communities and keep them in a state of fear by raising crime, and insuring that there is no enforcement of laws by appointing compromised judges.
>>2849711I remember going to Fargo in late March on a business trip and it was literally the coldest I had every been in my entire life.Also, as soon as the oil money dries up Fargo is going to turn into a ghost town.
>>2849711you develop a weird accent
Is it actually possible to go to japan with someone from 4chan who can speak the language without getting scammed? I just want someone to retard wrangle me for money. I just need someone to kinda act like a friend with me if that requires pay so be it
op here and anybody up for it then next year?
>>2844460The whole point of travel is learning about the world and raising your competence level. >>2846962Mexico is a society which glorifies violent revolutionaries whose only virtue was calling for bloodshed. Thailand is a society which glorifies a stable, peaceful monarchy.
>>2846841Sounds like a whole lot of poverty guilt coming from someone who never had to work hard for his money under the hot sun, so he spends it like water when he is overseas. If people didn't hand these scumbags money, and gave them a good ass beating instead, then they wouldn't even try to rob anyone.>le abject povertyOh, so poor. They all have motorbikes and flatscreen TVs and nice new clothes and nice phones and enough food to be pudgy, but somehow they're still stroogling. Bull shit. Criminals aren't struggling, they're always wealthier than the honest folks around them. They commit crimes for one simple reason: greed. Their desire for unearned money is insatiable; it's all they think about when they're hanging out with their buddies watching people walk by. I'm not an oblivious NPC, so I can sense the feral hunger in their eyes. It enrages me, because I have never experienced such dopamine highs as throwing a big party with stolen cash and being the center of attention for all the favela sluts. Instead, I grind away at work to save up money for travel. And they stand there lazily, contemplating the idea of taking it from me somehow. Just like a monkey who sees you buy a soda and then begins circling for an opportunity to snatch it from you. Well, they're not gonna fucking get anything.
>>2851229Yeah so how do go about doing that? Op here I'm still up for going next year. I just need tips on how to do it since I don't speak Japanese and don't know where am I supposed to go
>>2851240With all the time you spent on 4chan you could have learned the nihongo by now.
what your thoughts on van lifewanna try it out for maybe about a month with my 3 friends
>>2846335>with my 3 friendsDude just rent a fucking airbnb and split the costs. Good fucking god. Who would want to have to van camp with three other people in a tiny space.
I did it with my gf after college for a year and a half. It was amazing when you're 21 but it gets old fast. I did check off a lot of bucket list items and saw every province in Canada, every US state (besides Alaska and Hawaii but I went later), and much of Mexico. Worth it if you are at the right time in your life. But it's not going to be like your fantasies.
>>2846335Breasts
I live in a van down by the river!
>>2846335Maybe it's just me but I don't want to tell my friends to pull up to a Walmart every time I have to take a dump
How stupid would it be to leave a 100k usd management consulting job to go on work holiday visa in Australia?
>>2851366its kinda bullshit. i could do a bunch of nothing and get paid. i lucked into it long story just happened to know somebody who owned a firm that did this stuff. we work with factories and tell them to plan their jobs. just basic shit they haven't considered doing before. It's boring. paycheck is good but otherwise it feels like dishonest living.I try to help who i work, but this job you can genuinely just coast and make $$$$
>>2851364then either go there as a tourist first and network or do farmwork and go surfing in your freetime or some shit.
Bros talking like he's making a mil when he's making ends need for modern AmericaYou can go another year until you get so annoyed and bored of your work that youll want to do the next job and then actually inbetween you do your australia thingy.The dry ass job will eventually get to you, especially in your age.
>>2851403why another year. it's boring now
bro's talking like 100k is real money
What have been your favorite places to visit around Christmas?I might be looking to travel next year and I'd like to know what people's best recommendations are. What I'm looking for:Snow must be guaranteed or highly likelyMust have at least some nature or folksy component; I'm okay with going to a city but I don't want the equivalent of going to NYC and watching the tree lighting at Rockefeller Center, way too metropolitanI'd like to be able to get by speaking English, though if I have to use a translation app sometimes that's fineBut you don't have to reply to talk about places that I'm looking for, feel free to discuss your favorite Christmas travel memories too!
>>2849446It's just that I don't own a car and I'm already new to traveling, so I'd like to keep things simple. Maybe I should ensure that wherever I go is more walkable or has better transportation. I'm happy to take an Uber somewhere if I have to, but that won't work for all areas.
>>2849939buy a carnothing will improve your travels more
>>2849958>provudes no arguments for use case
>>2849976there's lots of fun specific places in appalachia you can visit but they require a car to get to and there's little to no public transit access to most of them
>>2849224No family eh?
I’m thinking of moving to a metro area someplace between DC and Boston, inclusive. Any advice?I’m kinda introverted, like access to interesting talks on policy/tech/philosophy, like to be able to spend weekends outdoors, like high quality food/dining experiences. I’m looking for a wife too. I’m really an independent or classical liberal but most people thought I was super conservative when I lived near an extremely left wing place several years ago. I want to be able to discuss policy and politics with open minded people who don’t think I’m Hitler or Pinochet because I agree with deporting illegals. Help me out? Any advice? I’m open to pretty much anything near the east coast but DC-Boston area seems best.
Don’t let the resident jeet fud you out of NYC. Unlike what he claims in every nyc thread, if you actually go there most girls are with white dudes who are probably conservative. And only walled millennial hags give that much of a shit about politics anyways. Zoomer girls are way more chill about it.
>>2850662you must be in a different city or don't go out a lot, zoomers here are by far the most political and leftist, especially with mamdani coming to power soon. they also definitely date other races often, if you're white you have to be well off to pull girls regularly.
>>2839531>I want to be able to discuss policy and politics with open minded people who don’t think I’m Hitler or Pinochet because I agree with deporting illegals.Right, it sounds like you're a conservative. Northern VA along the Potomac would be a good place to start. I grew up in Great Falls and it's definitely gotten more progressive over the years but it's still pretty conservative. If Fairfax county is too pricey you might try Loudoun county. It meets your requirements for outdoor stuff(TONS of parks) and high quality food.
>>2851440Must be nice having rich parents.
>>2850662Who's the resident jeet?
>literally fucking dies
>>2843227The value for money isn't there. You get nickel and dimed into an experience that's worse and more expensive than other major American cities.
>>28442962005 was fun, stayed at the Wynn for a little over $100/night and got $20 of casino credit (milked that for as long as I could for free drinks) and the buffet was amazing at $35 for dinner. That felt like a splurge to me at the time. ~2014 vegas was great also, when day clubs got trendy and they all competed with each other. Drinks were way overpriced but everyone just did molly instead. Hardly any fat people showed up to day clubs. All the fat girls would cram into tube dresses for the nightclubs and hoped they wouldnt explode out of them like a can of biscuit dough. Watching all of them do the 'vegas walk' starting around 2am was hilarious. Girls stumbling barefoot over sidewalk with puke and gum all over it. Once covid hit vegas felt ghetto AF, i felt weird walking the strip and it was the first time I ever watched my back there, and I've walked it dozens of times since I was 8 years old. Saw lots of cops running after people, people bleeding, etc. Never saw that stuff before covid (im sure it happened but it was rare).
Some hotel worker in Vegas came to my room just to ask for a tip. He didn't actually do anything for me, he didn't clean the room or anything, he just wanted a tip for existing.
>>2851435I, too, enjoy lying on the internet
>>2851486Found the tipped worker.
What is the point of travel in 2025?
ChatGPT said:In 2025, the point of travel isn’t just “seeing places” so much as recalibrating your life: stepping outside your algorithms, routines, and familiar pressures long enough to feel what you actually care about—through new landscapes, languages, food, art, and conversations that don’t fit your usual template. It’s a way to build perspective (and humility) in a world that’s louder, more optimized, and more polarized, to collect experiences that change you more than they impress anyone else, and to reconnect—with nature, with other people, or with yourself—by choosing presence over productivity for a while. And if you do it thoughtfully, it can also be a small act of responsibility: spending in ways that support local communities, traveling slower, and letting curiosity replace consumption.
To upload travel photos to social media and have a passive aggressive pissing match with friends and colleagues over who has the more interesting life
>>2851449To see and experience new places? Same point as ever?
>>2851449Travel gives me a new perspective on life, that of a lazy comfy NEET who enjoys all the benefits of Third World civilization without having to contribute anything (apart from money).I like a warm, dry, sunny climate in wintertime. The American West is freezing-ass cold this time of year. I like eating an enormous array of tasty dishes that I could never cook up myself on my single-burner hotplate and $10/day grocery budget in the USA.I like going to random map dots and seeing what nice things they've done with their land. I like the freedom of staying when I want to stay, and moving on when I want to move on. (Yes, I could do these two things even better while traveling and sleeping in a car in America, but the quality of life sucked ass.)And lastly, I like meeting people, having a good chat, and then never seeing them again.
>>2851449Troll the locals, get out of dodge before they figure out what to do.
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
>>2849941Half the trash they dump is stuff that was shipped over from your country to "recycle". It's your trash on their beaches.https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/southeast-asia-flooded-with-imported-plastic-waste-meant-for-recycling
>>2851247>get paid to recycle something>dump it into ocean instead>It's wypipo fault
>>2851397Recycle your own trash.
>>2851247>>2851419>open local dump in your town>people drive up and pay to drop off trash, you promise to dispose of it properly>just dump it in a local park>when confronted, act like it's their fault for trusting you???
>>2851397You can't deny that Western countries talk a big talk about protecting the environment, but in reality they've shifted all the dirty business overseas to poorer countries (for greater profit). The only people getting paid to "recycle" plastic waste are smugglers who illegally import it into Third World countries and dump it there.
