I am not very bright and this is the thing I have the most difficulty with when trip planning. There are a lot of places out there and I am sure there is a lot of cool things to do/see... but how do you go about finding out what there is? I've gone to an area on google maps and gone to a city's main webpage but neither of those have given me anything that useful to go off of. You all seem really knowledgeable about how to find stuff to do so i ask: how did you attain those skills to learn what all is going on out there?
>>2865002oh little bonus, you can search things like "museums open wednesday" and it can often handle more advanced queries
>>2865002I made this thread mainly for generic advice; I stopped traveling mainly due to poor planning on my side. I want to go somewhere for baseball opening in a month. Leaning towards NYC to watch da mets but I might also meet a friend of mine in Cleveland if he's free that weekend.
>>2864894>>2864903this, plus search the city on youtube, 4plebs and reddit and the google maps "Attractions" category is sometimes helpful
On monday I will go to [insert area], so while I'm there I will [open google maps and find interesting things to see and do in that area]Repeat for every day of the week
>>2864866Everything starts with Instagram. If I can get a good pic for Instagram/dating apps, I am going there. There is no other point to traveling.
This is Taiwan Travel General, where we discuss visiting Taiwan, not Communist Ch-na.>BudgetI have approximately $4,000 to spend visiting Taiwan and supporting local businesses, staying at local hotels, etc., and ensuring that my tourism supports the local government that in turn supports Taipei.>InterestsI want to do my best to help ensure the strength of the Taiwan national government for its future, so I intend on visiting numerous state-owned attractions so that my dollar can go directly to the government. Thoughts? Do they have national, government-owned museums?>level of understanding of the local languageI speak English and am American.NOTE: In this thread, sex tourism is not permitted. Please keep politics out. Keep this thread strictly to travel to Taiwan and visiting Taiwan.
You should be supporting Israel instead you stupid goy
>>2865324This is a thread about travel to Taiwan. Besides, Israel has enough support and doesn't have existential threats on its borders--it single handedly has defeated all of its neighbors/regional opponents. Taiwan is against the juggernaut of Communist China and needs every bit of tourist support they can get.
>>2865324>and I thought I shitted up the last thread too earlynice job anon
>>2865255Taiwan's government is remarkably competent and efficient. They've been enjoying a fat budget surplus; they don't need your revenue or support. But hopefully they will still welcome you anyway, provided you speak some Chinese. Personally I found most Taiwanese to be deeply introverted (when sober), unwilling to speak English and either shy, indifferent, or curt with foreign visitors.
ITT: We crown the king of SEA. Tell your craziest story while in Southeast Asia, could be about anything.
>>2864819>Do people seriously thinkNo, people don't think that. The dumbest people on the planet, who you choose to surround yourself with, think that.
>>2864825>call up high-flying escort agencyIt literally does not count if you got escorts.You cheated. You ain't no chad
>>2865265Bro it's not that deep it's a made up story to elicit replies.
>>2864819Sounds like you have extremely low quality friends
>>2864815Yellow fever anons are beyond redemption
Where can you go to stay or live that will genuinely let you be alone?Looking at cabins, camping, land plots still is a struggle for they are all too close to others and when that happens you inevitably get surrounded by the burden of the braindead masses who will blast music, smoke weed and cigarettes among other drugs, drink too much and yell at each other, bring their yapping dogs and machinery, and leave trash behind. I sincerely want to get the fuck away from all of this permanently. Where then? Do I have to hide out in the wilderness? I could set up a small hut there. I don't need much just survival. I don't even want electricity and hvac shit, it's a nuisance.
>>2863391>>2863442"The projection of a miserable person"It's like fine art
>>2863743yes anon you're totally right, i'm just miserable and projecting, and it's completely realistic that op will fulfil his disgruntled daydreams and give up his modern life for a cabin in the woods of siberia or the pitcairn islands or wherever, and it's also completely true that you're not just another pompous 4chan narcissist with no personality to speak of
>>2863442hang on those cat videos aren't real?
>>2858019>>2858030it used to be empty forty years ago but then it filled up with all those california people
>>2856749Northern Norway is a safe bet if you want to remain in a civilized country.Other than that, bothe th US and Russia are sparsely settled and consist of mostly empty land with no soul in sight once you leave the areas where the locals shacks and commieblocks are huddled together. In the US alone, the distance between two trailer parks or nigger ghettoes can sometimes be hundreds of Kilometres with basically nothing but the odd gas station inbetween.
Flying into Wichita to see family on spring break late this March. Visited when I was younger a few times but never really did anything. What is the proper midwest experience?
>>2863499Whenever I'm down in the valley there's this place on Cottonwood in CG I go out of my way to visit. Mr. Baja I think? In Flagstaff our mexican restaurants are eh, pretty expensive
>>2863546The last time I was in flag was for a Cherub concert. I regret going to asu and not nau. Just as long as you aren't on the dogfood factory side of town
>>2864954I don't think either of the three state schools are bad but they all have their tradeoffs. NAU is a nice campus, lot of respectable programs, and the scholarships were more generous than ASU and UoA. But the cost of living up here is no joke. Job market is very competitive. Finding a decent job and 1br in a nice location were pretty difficult my first year. A lot of people I know can't find one and just live off debt. Being surrounded by National Forest is a curse because the town has very little room left to grow. Very few jobs outside the university for graduates so the town is just an endless cycle of students and tourists. I couldn't imagine trying to build a professional career here. I disliked Phoenix and the desert after spending my life growing up there but I honestly miss it and will probably come back when I graduate.
>>2863358The state lakes in each county are okay. You can camp for free. They have an outhouse and picnic tables and fire rings. The Wichita suburbs are peak traffic-ridden sprawltopia, however. And there's some cheap motels near downtown that have a fair number of sketchy characters shambling about. I'd like to experience one of the mindblowing prairie thunderstorms sometime in my life. Preferably not while stuck in the middle of nowhere trying to hitch a ride across Kansas. IDK if anyone would pick up a hitchhiker in [current year]. People who drive nice new crossovers would never, ever consider giving a ride to a stranger waiting on the roadside, and increasingly, the entire Midwest is becoming a homogenous landscape of people driving crossovers with the windows rolled up no matter how nice the weather is.
>>2863358Is Kirby’s Beer Store still there?
How do you live with the regret of not traveling in your 20s when you were young?
My friends that traveled in their 20s stayed poor and settled for fat wives and are tied down with kids. I grew a business and have lots of money and a big pool of women to just take on dates and fuck. I am perfectly fine woth my choice to not travel - ill get to it later
>>2860368But I'm pretty fucked up. Live in a small city, don't meet anyone. Although I make a very good income and own a home and have all the trappings of success, I feel like I've been spinning my tires and wasting my time. Mid twenties were spent dealing with a severe autoimmune disease, and when I got that under control I was diagnosed with CANCER at 28. I survived - four more weeks of chemo - but I lost all my muscle, my hair, and it's going to be a lot of physical therapy to regain my physical function, if ever entirely. I used to do trail running - I ran an ultramarathon once. I lifted weights. Now I can barely walk. And aging is staring me down like the barrel of a gun. If thirty is the start of the decline, I've been thrown in at roller coaster pitch compared to most. I had these grandiose dreams, direct a movie, release a music album, but everything feels stupid and impossible now. >>2860423 seems to be telling the truth to me. I've never HAD a girlfriend. Oh, I was having my own version of fun at horror conventions and solo travel and lots of concerts. It all feels like an enormous waste now. I didn't fuck once, and I might never. The cancer gave me nerve damage anyway so I can barely feel my dick, the opportunity could be literally gone. "You shouldn't define yourself by women being attracted to you" well I wanted companionship, I never got any, and I only have myself to blame. This lackadaisical fucking idea that I had all the time in the world - "it'll happen eventually :)"I haven't been able to get a proper night's sleep in weeks because I'm so upset about my future. Just take one of my prescription oxys (probably addicted) and wait for exhaustion to give me a break from the constant grief and regret. I spent my twenties in a small town with a small but close circle of friends, doing solitary pursuits that I thought were interesting. I thought that was okay. Now I feel like it's all been a waste and I maybe should have died on the operating table
I did but I was too troubled to do it properly.
>>2858985I had 2 young kids and didn't have the money to go anywhere. Now my kids are old enough to stay home, and I have money to go wherever, it's great.
>>2864601I'm the guy who you say is right.Bro you literally had near terminal illness I don't think there's much you could have done. All I'll say is stop moping about, lock in and make the most of what you've got left. The wah wah woe is me won't get you anywhere. If you feel discouraged leave this website and never come back again. Look into antiageing and looksmaxxing in general for improving your appearance.You'll be alright as long as you don't jerk yourself off and wallow in your misery.
what is Laos like?
>>2836291what are you doing on global tourism forums, you need therapy for your failed relationship
>>2864748Yeah, I assumed any LSD available would be brought from the west, not made on site. It's easy to hide, after all. Vang Vieng is pretty lame anyway. Can't throw a rock there without hitting one of those guys with a permed mullet with shaved sides, a moustache, and tattoos. The density of those guys is inversely proportional to how worthwhile a place is.
>>2865029>one of those guys with a permed mulletwhat are they doing there?
Vang Vieng is the tourist party spot in Laos, has been for years. It used to be really easy to get drugs there but I think maybe it's harder now. Not sure.
>>2865032Drugs and raping drugged white teenagers.
I already bought my tickets. I'll be there for 12 full days (Not including flight dates) in March/April. I plan to fly into Santiago, stay 2 nights, then drive all the way down to Chiloe island.Any must-see places during the journey? We're planning to make a stop in Pucon/Villarica which is what I've seen recommended the most.I'm used to driving in Latin America (driven in Brazil & Mexico) and speak Spanish, but is there anything I need to watch out for in that regard?
>>2861094bait used to be good>>2860965Chilean here, depends on what do you want to do. >>2861013 is mostly correct, 2 days is more than enough for the pretty parts of Santiago. Check museums that look good to you, go to the Sky Costanera (decent tourist trap) if you like a panoramic view of the city, go to the San Cristóbal Hill and use both cable cars. The Lastarria neighborhood is nice for a walk during the day. Big cities are divided in comunas, more or less districts. Of the places you might find yourself, avoid Estación Central and the Santiago Center district (yes it's confusing), they aren't like favelas or anything but it isn't the safest specially at night. Where is your hotel?I imagine you already know this stuff but safety tips (Santiago only):>muggins are a thing, but if you aren't in the places I mentioned during the night you'll be fine. >phone snatching is common à la London, mostly avoid waving your phone around. unlike muggins this also applies to nicer areas.>don't park in the street overnight (duh)Country wide (other cities + countryside):>don't leave shit unattended unless you truly are in the boonies, you are never gonna ever get mugged in Valdivia or in a small town but the local drunk will take your camera if you leave it on a bench. >DO NOT BRIBE COPS. they'll arrest your ass and be added to the 'tourists bribing cops' YouTube compilations.>DUI laws are stricter here, a BAC over 0.03% will get you a license suspension of 3 months, over 0.08% and you hit someone and fuck them up a minimum 3 years in jail.In respect to must see places: Valdivia and the Alerce Costero national park, the Huilo Huilo Reserve (Nothofagus Hotel is cool asf), the Alerce Andino national park (Puerto Montt is ugly as fuck). I would need more info of what you like to give more recommendations. i.e You prefer more nature trekking or cute little town with cultural stuff?
>>2863697Forgot, people will be friendly (specially outside Santiago) and you'll have the "cool foreigner" effect unless you are Israeli or are have a Colombian / Venezuelan accent. If you are black people might be prejudiced (they'll think you are Haitian) but the moment you open your mouth everything will be ok.
>>2860965It is the opposite way of where you are going, but if you were going North or had a little more time, Elqui Valley is one of my favorite places in Chile, and maybe it is being gatekept, but somehow people never mention it.About an hour West from La Serena, and is Chile's most fertile wine region, also the home of some of the best star gazing in the word. Also major Pisco growing region, and just a chill, off the grid vibe that I fucking loved.Rest of the country, outside of the far South which I haven't seen, and is supposed to be stunning, is just okay.Santiago is fine, but nothing stunning. They have the tallest building in South America and even with that you will likely just say meh.Valparaiso is far more interesting, but also far more dirty than Santiago. Chilean cities are really nothing special.
>>2865110I love Santiago. I think it's one of the most beautiful cities in S. America. If you're in the right place it also has beautiful walkable neighborhoods and parks along the river. The big park is also nice for longer weekend excursions or picnics.
>>2860965>Any must-see places during the journey?in santiago, the mercado central, cerro santa lucia, lastarria, the parque metropolitano, cementerio general, la chascona, la moneda and plaza de armas. valpo is also jsut a short drive from santiago and a must-see. make sure you eat some raw hamburger, try the mote con huesillo and you can try a sandwich at the fuente alemana just to say you've been there. also don't forget the completo. have some chilean pisco and vino but skip the terremoto
What a craphole that province is, especially Toronto. Overpriced as heck and the people are so rude and nasty. People in Alberta and Calgary are so much nicer and friendly.
I hear New Delhi is pretty nice. Maybe you should go there?
>>2865198Canada has became New New Delhi.
I've graduated highschool and I'm really just looking to explore the world or something. I've always liked the ig aesthetic of eastern europe, (drab, depressing, cold) and i've always wanted to travel there and spend some time there. too bad I don't really know where i'd go. me 10 years ago would of said probably russia or ukraine but that's cause I was obsessed with stalker and metro at the time, cant really travel there nowadays anyway.I don't really have a budget right now but preferably something on the cheaper side. maybe around like $2000AUD? I'm not sure desu cause i've never traveled anywhere before, but I'm not really saving for anything other then this.Like I said my interests are just the whole feeling and vibe I guess, I think eastern europe is a genuinely beautiful part of the world and I'd love to experience it at least once. I don't mind the drab. dreary. depressing nature it has and actually think that's the best part. i would like to go somewhere colder though, not freezing but a nice change from the usual aussie summers I've been dealing with, also I'd like to finally put some use on the M65 jacket I bought ages ago.I don't really have much knowledge on the local language other then english, I can probably start teaching myself the basics when I know where I'm going.any help is appreciated!
>>2864455>moldova
>>2864449I was there 2 and 3 years ago. The outside still looks grim, but the inside has been modernised, so the post-communist feeling is mostly gone. If you want some genuine experiencd, i would rather look for hotels in smaller towns, some of those places haven't been touched since the 80s because of the rural decline. The other option is to look for some airbnbs in the blocks. Check widzew wschód, teofilów or retkinia for 70s-80s designs, or bałuty/stary widzew for 50s-60s
>>2864455Ex-Yogoslavia countries (Serbia, Croatia etc.) never even were part of soviet bloc, so even their commie blocks hit different as they weren't imposed by soviet city planners. Together with Bulgaria they're half way between post-commie vibes and mediterranean vibes (similar to what you experience in Greece or even e.g. Naples)Romania is closest of the bunch, but then, next to it is Moldova - that is literally ex-soviet version of Romania, with population that partially is still maintaining its commie legacy (as oppose to Balts, Poles, Czechs or even Romanians - who are actively erasing it from their existence). For ultimate Eastern Europe vibes choice seems obvious.However if it's your first rodeo, I'd still start with Poland or Romania, just like you go to Thailand before going to Cambodia or Myanmar.
If you want some real Soviet immersion take the Soviet era overnight train from Bucharest to Chisinau then take a packed marshrutka to Transnistria, these places are all proper shitholes like you're imagining, although some people would disagree about Bucharest
You bascially want to travel backwards in time, what you want is similar to wanting to see the 90s United States. Its simply not really a thing. You can go to Transnistria (if they let you in) , but its more like a town sized Soviet Union museum than an actual country. Other than that, Russia maintains many of its Soviet monument and can absolutely be travelled to even in the current situation, but otherwise they are also developing their country and have moved on.Your best bet for the true depression vibe are probably russina former Gulag towns in bumfuck nowhere. But there really will be nothing elses there besiodes dilapitated commieblocks and Krokodil addcits with nothing better to do than stab the weird foreigner and redistribute his travel purse into their collectivized ciggies and booze fund.
places you hated so much you left early and whyfor me>swedenboring overpriced commie shithole>cubaliterally people starving outside "resorts"
>>2864976> I go to NYC and you have people on every corner selling drugsThe 80s were 40 years ago
>>2864886sweden is a very small country population wise, so of course socialism works at that scale
>>2864985This was 2019 lmao
>>2864976>I was told Vienna would be full of "refugees" who would kill me and steal my wallet. Same for Berlin.I have only heard people say this on 4chan
>>2865076Yeah, you've never been to New York City.
Why do people here get so assblasted about asking about traveling to date? I don't mean cooming (paid) but exploring other countries with the intention of meeting women? Any well traveled sex haver knows that non American women are almost always superior to their American counterparts. Traveling to date is valid. Discuss.>in b4 bro if you're not getting laid in the US you wont get laid anywhere elseI'm a straight white male btw.
>>2864767I’m an oldfag. Got divorced at 36. Re entering the dating market after being out the game for 15 years was jarring. Any attractive woman these days has literally hundreds of online/app suitors. Circa 2010 even an average dude had a chance with an 8 if they had something in common or if he could make her laugh. Now every woman 6+ thinks she deserves a 9/10 male with a $250k salary and pilots license or some shit
I can almost never get dates with white women in america, but in Japan, I get dates with american and european and australian white women.It's a situational thing. Women who solo travel are more open to spending time with a guy they just met, none of their friends or family are around. They're literally easier than other women.I ignored this red flag of woman type, dating a beautiful european woman, thinking I could go back to her country and marry her. She ended up breaking up with me a week after.from there, I realized this is something much more casualLike what this guy says>>2852820They will solo travel and taste different men but just return to be with the guy in their country.On another note, would it have been a good idea to never call her my gf (she told m she loved me) and just kept her in my "back pocket" so that if i ever visited her country, I'd get a fuck?Because it turned out to be this 3-4 month long relationship/ldr struggle session where at the end she blocked me. She said she wanted me to visit but then changed her tune completely after leaving.she cooked for me, massaged me, was a great temporary housewife for me but really started to nag at me and disrespect me, I guess cultural misunderstandings between and american and french. I got the same treatment from a japanese, actually. it's strange how similar they are.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>make women the main purpose of your trip>>get disappointed when you don't get laid>>ruin your perception of an entire country by going for the wrong reasons in first placeWomen need to be the hedge bet, not the main focus. as someone who has been on at least one date from every continent I've visited,...I always had the best luck when I wasn't looking. Just be ready when the opportunity arises. Don't smell, wear clothes that fit, don't be fat
>>2864950you have to find the ones that aren't online
>>2864950>Any attractive woman these days has literally hundreds of online/app suitors.Not a single woman in my circles uses taht shit anymore, because most of those "suitors" online are bottom of the barrel losers or creeps. I'm from Europe, might be different in the US. But women over here predominantly do not online date and do it only in short bursts unitl they found someone/ got fed up if they do it. In Asia, its the contrary, most single women us it, but guys a lot less so , making it actually useful if you're looking.Tinder working in Asia has littel to do with locals loving White dudes so much, but with how it works over there.>>2864986>don't be fatKinda optional unless were talking amerimutt tiers of fat tbqh
I'm doing my first ever multi-month back packing extravaganza.Is a 40L osprey bag good? I'm just bringing like 4 t shirts, 3-4 shorts, 1 light weight long pants, laptop, phone charger, laptop charger, 3 small backup batteries, basic toiletries, underwear, socks, light rain jacket.
This particular bag is a reddit favorite but it's actually fairly decent. It's within size regulations of most airlines for a carry on which is its main selling point while still having most the niceties expected of a proper trekking bag like a hip belt and a frame. Its only real weakness is the awful bottle pockets which are too small and poorly positioned (on the back and not the side of the bag so the weight is leveraged and feels worse than it should).
>>2865049Almost all bags are made in China including those from high end brands. And some Chinese brands are pretty high quality like Naturehike.
I haven't gone anywhere without two 80L suitcases ever since I got into my 30s. My tolerance for discomfort and inconvience keeps decreasing with age so by the time I'm 50 I'll probably be bringing 3 suitcases.
>>2865049You're the consoomerist coping with your acquisitive behavior. A marketer's perfect mark, you want to buy Brandname(TM) product simply because it's talked about a lot, and you hope this trend-following behavior will implicitly signal your normie status to chicks at hostels, thus increasing the likelihood of sexo.
>>2864562Yes its fine, its what I have. Get some packing cubes. Get a small stuff backpack for day trips and leave your big bag at the hostel.
How do Australian cities, Regional Australia, Rural Australia, and the Outback differ from each other?
How much meth are you looking to smoke?
>>2865080Why don't you visit Aus and tell us, anon? Strange how we never hear about adventurers doing a bikepacking tour of Australia. Maybe it is too much of a nanny state to rent a motorbike and ride the coastal highway, crash out wherever you end up at sunset.Or maybe Australia simply isn't a place of adventure. Its cities were planned and then filled in later by a slew of random migrants. They didn't grow naturally as a native population expanded and built up their surroundings. Natural cities are much more worthwhile and interesting to explore, because they are full of unique quirks that attest to their long and storied past. In a modern planned city, all you have to spice up the identical streets are fucking weird murals, weird sculptures and businesses which market themselves as quirky and hip (while charging sky-high prices for the "vibe", of course). As an American, such downtowns get very tiring very quickly, especially if you don't have huge wads of money to blow. And there's hardly ever anybody on the streets in these modern planned cities either. That's what makes them feel so soulless. All life happens behind closed doors. When people do begin congregating in the street in a planned city, it starts feeling like a ghetto or a homeless camp. Awful humans in a well-planned environment, versus good humans in an awful environment. Which do you prefer?
I've been here for only 2 days and my impressions are very underwhelming to say the least.I don't get it, what's so special about this city.
>>2862868Explain? Do you have personal experience?
when I went to Paris I took the RER D just after landing and I found myself surrounded by third-worlders speaking a language that I had never heard and considered cutting my trip short but the rest of my stay was amazing.If you just take a stroll in the city you'll meet a surprisingly high amount of japanese people but not that many arabs or black peoples, it looks like they're kept in some sort of ghettos on the edge of the city and only the richs are around during the day.I thought it was a shithole but it is my favorite place. I don't know how but it doesn't even feel that crowded unless you're right in front of the tower or the montmartre church
>>2858762Please expand on that.
>>2862821>Paris is the globohomo multicultural african/middle eastern capital of FranceI thought that was Marseille?
>>2861418>>2862812Holy fucking ameritards. You're either baiting and never been to France, or you're just the absolute bottom tier cliché american "tourist" that everyone in Europe would make fun about.>Marseille has few black people fucking kek. Paris is an Aryan dream come true next to Marseille.You faggots have obviously never been
