The great debate. Which is better?
>>2878503>be europoor>brag about having sex with menchecks out
>>2878536chicken and rice? lol
>>2878545>chicken and riceThat's SingaporeMalaysia has amazing skewers, curries, and vegetarian/vegan food if you are a faggotI swear I'm not a jeet, I just like a good spicy curry
>>2878550how is that better than thai food?
>>2878552Thai has A-tier curry, Malaysia has S-tier curryThai food is second best in the region, but I prefer the indian and chinese influence that is found more in Malaysian cuisine
I have a conference in the Provence area in mid-June and another in Lisbon in late June, leaving me a bit over 2 free weeks in-between. I'm considering staying in Europe rather than fly back home. What should I do?
do cool stuff
>>2878478Why is everyone always going to conferences around the world? Makes me feel like a loser. I only travel for vacations like a loser
>>2878478get a rail pass and slowly make your way down. Check out some cities, go visit some wineries, hike and shit. Go nuts.
>>2878478learn the catholic saints and sites read thomas jeffersons accounts in the region or nimes, or other 18th century writes, or Adison's travelsNimes ampeithere, Pont du Gard,Avignon, Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, La Couvertoirade, Millau. Perpignan, Mirepoix, Alet-les-Bains, Abbaye Canoniale Sainte-Marie de Lagrasse, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Abbaye Notre-Dame de Sénanque, grotto of Sainte-Baume, Annecyjust dot these in gmaps and find what you like
I'll soon be travelling to:>Kiribati>Samoa>Tonga>Tuvalu>Marshall Islands>VanuatuIt's tough to find info about things to do and see in these places. Most sources are local blogs that are just like "We went to this beach. It was really pretty. Then we went to another beach. The water was great. We ate a fuckin' coconut. The food was okay."I know these places are not huge tourist destinations, but surely there's some unique and cool stuff to see and do other than Just Another Fuckin Beach. I know for example that you can ski on ash in Vanuatu, and you can see church ruins half-buried in lava in Tonga, but those are not advertised in many places. Is there any other cool shit to do in these places?
>>2876260You could see if anybody will take you to any of the other islands of the atoll, but a return within a week won't be likely.Just hang loose in Funafuti and seize any opportunities that present themselves. If there's nothing happening, walk around and talk to people and something will come up.If you want, you can buy yourself a Tuvaluan driver's license at the police station next to the airport but DESU nobody cares about anything when lending scooters.Tuvalu post is surprisingly fast BTW, if you want to send postcards or buy exotic stamps.The luggage situation is nothing you can influence, but if you bring your necessities in a duffel bag as carryon, you'll fare much better than others trying to bring on their suitcases or cardboard boxes.
>unique and cool stuff to see and do other than Just Another Fuckin BeachThere is, it's call kill yourself (and nothing of value was lost)>>2876013Mentally ill low value male copy pasta from travel wiki
>>2876000Anon, this is like my dread itinerary. I love going on google maps and learning about remote islands in the middle of the pacific. I'm all about that tiki shit. Always wanted to just get lost on some tiny island in the middle of nowhere. So far I've only been to Maui, but I intend to change that.Some crazy shit they do on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_diving#Tourism>>2876013>Try to get used to kava on other islands first before trying it on 'Vatu.Why?>>2876260>I've tried it on Nauru before, and it fucking sucked.It's not supposed to taste good anon, it's supposed to make you relax.
>>2878389>dread itinerarymeant dream itinerary kek
>>2876260>TannaDo a tour to the volcano. It was mildly erupting when I was there and was an incredible experience.
Anything interesting to see in Malaysia or just skip it for Thailand?
Boring ass country overall. I was impressed with the economic development and how a bunch of cars on the road there are actually made in Malaysia. Food is OK, alcohol is expensive, and lots of people speak English. I stay in Thailand so it was a relatively inexpensive destination for one week. I wouldn't recommend anybody to travel halfway across the world just to see Malaysia.
>>2878220>>2878314this is pretty much true. if you look at any youtube video about malaysia, practically all of the views and comments will be from malaysians, because they love it when foreigners say nice stuff about malaysiabut on the other hand they are ultra sensitive if anyone dares to criticise the country. they talk shit about the place to each other but if any outsider says anything they have adopted that whole "if you don't like it then leave" attitude from americans.this goes double for the food. no other country on earth is as unjustifiably protective of their food. a few years ago there was a malaysian on a british cooking show and the judge didn't like something they cooked for some reason and it caused a major shitshow. this is from a country where the national dish is basically just rice and bunch of random leftovers on a plate
>>2878393Lol. It really is just a discount version of Muttmerica. >racially schizophrenic>fat entitled women>political clownshow run by geriatrics>carcentric>no culture/history>entire economy dependent on endless waves of illegal poor brown people >self-loathing but chimps out if you criticize
>>2878400Americans aren't that bad IRL, most all will instantly agree the country has some big problems. As seen in this thread Malaysia has no faults and issue you have with Malaysia is because you probably didn't understand culture.I remember having some talks with some Malay natives, when I wasn't totally wow'd by the food they have or some tall building they threw up it was like I insulted their mother.
>>2878323I would for Penang. Stay in the George Town City Center though as the resort area is pretty boring and the beaches are only really ok. Loads of tat, art, and random street displays to wander about in and of course eating. Then maybe a few days in Langkawi. Malacca is kind of cool at night with the market and bars along with the river. Ipoh has a bit of a vibe as well if you want another couple of days. All together with say maybe a night or two in KL and you have a pretty good little vacation. If you get bored you can always book a cheap Air Asia flight up into a random Thai city and get aids and then fly back before you leave.
I don't get the appeal of going to some run down looking third world country.Is it just me?
>>2878313>People who crowd one on top of another in a headlong rush to get rich are not the kind of people I want to talk to, because we don't share any values or mindsets. You can't know that a priori. Aren't you always in a headlong rush to get to see a different piece of rubble or whatnot? That could be a commonality.>If you're merely one stranger in a crowd of strangers, then you have to charismamaxx (i.e. put yourself out there) to stand out from the others and get attention. And guess what, everybody else is doing that. Flexing on social media, buying designer clothes, talking in cool slang, throwing rooftop parties.Not really. There's flashy people looking for flashy people and down to earth people looking for down to earth people. In different places the proportion might change, but it's true everywhere.>Revisiting a good restaurant is never as fun as discovering it. This travel life is basically hookup culture, but with map dots instead of sex partners.Some people hookup for external reasons, like to get their notch count higher or to get validation. Some people simply like the act of doing it. People in the former category get burned out and end up with lingering mental issues.
There's two types of /trv/ REAL TRAVELERS(tm) who go to third world countries:>Brown woman sex enjoyersIt's not for me, but power to them. Do what makes you happy. I personally cannot stand strangers touching me and I'm a bit of a germophobe. The closest I've ever gotten was a non-sexual full body massage at a Taiwanese spa (she kept asking special? special? please no, my shoulder is in pain from 30 hours of transit just fix it) and going to a hostess bar in Ho Chi Minh where the girls were particularly handsy as I was the only customer willing to blow hundreds of USD just sitting in a bar talking. I felt like an idiot afterwards, but it was a lot of fun. Even if it's all fake, there's something about 5 women excitedly talking to you about anything you want. Some sort of strange and intense dopamine avalanche while one girl sits on your lap. But I would never have sex with any of them.>"tired" of Western SocietySwap "tired" for "disillusioned, angry, annoyed, exhausted, shut-out" or any other word that fits here. These people have existed in every era of modern Western society, regardless of the economic situation. Unlike the first category, there are some women in here, but still almost all men. Wanderers, thrill-seekers, the depressed, the outcast, or the self-styled 'explorers.' Personally I hate when people on this board use the word explorer; you are not exploring anything, you are traveling to known parts. But I would count myself in this category. Specifically in the 'depressed' and 'tired' subcategories. I am married, but it is not a happy marriage. I like my job, but it can be repetitive and doesn't pay well (for a Master's anyway). My city (medium-sized New South tech hub) is a decent place to live, but I've long worn out anything fun/interesting about it, and the never-ending parade of Yankees and Indians moving here has increased the cost of living. And so, why not strike out to East and Southeast Asia?
>>2878366Coomer real travelers who play but don't pay are the only real travelers. If you pay you're a paypig simp engaging in exploitation. If you don't play your experience will be shallow and inward. The experience of connecting with people and understanding who they really are is unique to consensual cooming. They will let you in their house, show you how a normal person thinks and feels about things, and connect you with their culture as they experience it in their heart. Paypigs and sightseers might as well have stayed home and swiped on instagram. They are not real travelers. They treat foreign culture like an expendable snack to be consumed, and they never evolve past a vapid and superficial understanding of outside cultures.
>>2878369>They treat foreign culture like an expendable snack to be consumed, and they never evolve past a vapid and superficial understanding of outside cultures.This statement definitely applies to those coomers who prioritize casual hookups over everything else. All that matters to you is easy fun. You're so fixated on chasing the dopamine rush of sexual success that everything and everyone else is merely a backdrop. You have no interest in evaluating the soul of a place, of pondering its ugly realities without flinching. Your kind always prefer the privileged setting of a beach bar or luxury rental condo.>connect you with their cultureCasual sex with random strangers encountered on a dating app is Western-inspired degeneracy; it has nothing to do with local culture. It is merely two people enjoying a dopamine rush together. Once the fun fades away, as it inevitably will, so does the supposed mutual understanding that you thought was so deep and meaningful. You become strangers to each other once again.>your experience will be shallow and inwardWhat a homebody at heart imagines travel to be. You want to remain firmly at the center of your own universe, surrounded by your house, your possessions, your friend circle, your date of the week. You can't stand the idea of being a rootless observer of the human condition, the product of his ever-changing environment. Owning nothing, believing nothing, only looking outwardly with wry amused detachment at the antics of the people around him.>>2878366>You are not exploring anything, you are traveling to known partsSpeak for yourself. There's many places I've been to that don't have jack shit about them on the Internet.
>>2878433>This statement definitely applies to those coomers who prioritize casual hookups over everything else. All that matters to you is easy fun. You're so fixated on chasing the dopamine rush of sexual success that everything and everyone else is merely a backdrop. You have no interest in evaluating the soul of a place, of pondering its ugly realities without flinching. Your kind always prefer the privileged setting of a beach bar or luxury rental condo.A swing and a miss. I live a modest lower class lifestyle wherever I go>Casual sex with random strangers encountered on a dating app is Western-inspired degeneracy; it has nothing to do with local culture. It is merely two people enjoying a dopamine rush together. Once the fun fades away, as it inevitably will, so does the supposed mutual understanding that you thought was so deep and meaningful. You become strangers to each other once again.I don't use dating apps. Only pussies use apps. I approach in person like a man. I build relationships with women I connect with spiritually>You can't stand the idea of being a rootless observer of the human condition, the product of his ever-changing environment. Owning nothing, believing nothing, only looking outwardly with wry amused detachment at the antics of the people around him.Already did the same bullshit copium as you bro, it's cool for a little while but after some time you have to admit that it's copium and cooming is a more high level experience than looking at rocks and leaving. What you do takes no skill. To coom you need to be an expert in language, psychology, biology, behavior, health, and more. It's a test where you need to actually understand and connect with people on a functional level. What you do is trivial because it has no real fail state. Your pseud anthropologist larp is trite and performative. If you had an actual vested interest in civilization, the meaning of life, the origin of man etc you would look at all expressions of it.
Is Austin worth visiting?
>>2874919We can all clock you, those who say otherwise are just being nice.
>>2873823If you don't drink probably not. Also Stubbs sucks don't bother going. Go to Joe Rogan's comedy club for kill tony and the other comedy clubs. Other than if you are into comedy I don't see the point.
>>2873944Better than the alt comedy faggots of 20 years ago crying about everything. There's a reason Marc Maron is gone from the zeitgeist
>>2874919trans women are men and look male
>>2874919the irony of this post when he clocked you as a tranny instantly just by your mentally ill posting style keeek
Should you goTo Greece ?And then do what?
go to myconos Santorini Milos totally worth it if you are not miserable poor
>>2876882>if you are not miserable poorshalom. i am happy to take your money.>mykonos has nothing to offer other than the clubs on the beach i guess? but then if you wanna do clubbing there are better places for that?Little venice my ass, every island looks like that>santorini and milosi believe both of those islands are ultra worth it, but, in santorini at least, you want get the greek experience. its more like disneyland, Akrotiri and the views of the caldera are worth it
>>2876882What time of year should you visit
>>2875562>WomenOnly if you like them hairy
It's unappealing. Athens is completely plastered with mindless, quick, "shitty tagging" that is just ugly vandalism. I don't know if it's worse than Berlin though
I'm leaving, I'm fed up and want to go someplace else, but getting a residence visa in the US right now would be unlikely even though i have relatives who live there legally. Is there any reliable alternate way to get into a country? i dont think hitchhiking on a shiping dock like its 1920 would reallly work.
>>2878189Libya was comfy before globohomo invaded to kill Gaddafi. I wish your country well in its fight against the Jewish menace, Libyabro.
>>2878189Im not a jeet, also just go to Canada or london those placas seem to be india 2.0 nowadays
>>2878189there is always space for more Libyans in the UK
>>2878189Whatever you do the west is gonna die anyway, feel free to come but many newcomers end up disappointed by what they find
>>2878191>healthcarelol stfu fatty>groceriescheapest in the world relative to wage>carcities and college towns are walkable you're just a dumb fat faggit that's ngmi
It was basically like an American chinatown but with skyscrapers. Also I could access the global internet just by buying an international sim card. What's so scary about this place again?
>>2875668The worst experience I ever had in China was probably ordering something without knowing what it was for the adventure and then it being weird tasting and very hard to chew. The lady even looked at me like really? But I stuck with it and ate as much as I could. I still don't know what it was, it's been over a decade, probably the innards of something. Anyway this was on me, as are my other not great experiences but I loved studying there and I'm going to visit again this summer. I wasn't there in the summer before. The worst part about China is probably the air quality, it's so bad northeast.
>>2877941Ironically, I've had the that exact experience in Japan. "Crab innards" sushi. Now, I've eaten the head of a crab before; it did not taste like that at all. This sushi was a sludgy grey color. Felt sick that evening.I bet the staff were laughing in the back calling me "baka gaijin" as I enjoyed my bird poop on rice and seaweed.
>>2877954Grey? Probably was expired and you got food poisoning. I've never seen anything grey in Japanese cuisine or any cuisine really. My stuff was a light brown like mushrooms but way harder to chew.
>>2877954>>2878184It’s a real thing. I tried it too and was less than impressed
>>2878260what you want are crab brain noodles in phnom penh
I heard some guys in Mytnitsa saying there's a maniac living on the peninsula (behind the port). They saw bonfires and chains there at night.
Going to Gdańsk for a weekend. What can you do there?
>>2877370>>2877424Ah these were all around Krakow btw.I personally like venturing down into Podkarpackie. Sanok is a cool town, with the Beksinksy museum, and a 'skansen' reconstruction of an old town.The birth of the oil industry is nearby, too, in a city called Krosno (Bobrka museum). Not many people know what oil drilling started in Poland.Further southeast you've got Bieszczady, which is a depopulated region, and is now practically wilderness. If you're around here, it's probably worth going to Lviv, and crossing the border on foot (via Przemysl). I've done this countless times, including during the war. You'll have a very unique experience.
>>2877425Forgot to add there's a kinda tourist train connecting Sanok to Krakow. IIRC it's a single track railway built by the Austrians as a 'back up supply route' in the hills to the main railway connecting Krakow with Lviv. Takes like 3 hours?
>>2877426jezioro sounds cool, thanks for all the reccomendationsI was in lviv in 2020 and would like to go back, maybe this yearThe small carpathian towns in Ukraine must still be chill too right?
>>2854078Except your leaders are on full record literally cumming their pants over the prospect of luring Germany into a war from 1938 onwards in particularThe historical record does not lie, the truth wins out
>>2878121Politicians fantasizing over what-if scenarios aren't comparable to actually firing the first shot.>The historical record does not lie, the truth wins outTrue and the historical record does show that Germany started it and lost.
I calculated that I spent almost $120 on ATM fees and exchange fees/rate arbitrage only withdrawing from ATMs on my recent trip. Do you have any tips on how I can potentially reduce the overhead I have to pay?I withdrew a total of $2,000
1. Don't use cash unless necessary2. Exchange the cash in US before you go directly with your bank, no ATM needed
Do very few large withdrawals instead of many small withdrawals. Using the cards that I have now, I could easily withdraw $2000 and only lose about $10 in fees.
Get a Charles Schwab account. They refund all atm fees no matter how much it is. They also will express ship you a new card if you lose yours. Easily the best bank.
>>2877828Lost my sides at that pic
>>2878002How do you know how much cash you will be spending in a country? I don't like to withdraw more than I intend to spend.>>2877828You sound like a Chase Bank user, kek
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
>>2873468>how much would a 1-month stay cost in a reasonably priced Airbnb?About £4000
>>2877751kek do airbnb cucks really
I am eastern European and I was living in Croydon for one month. The black gentleman folk, even youths, were friendly to me and I had any issues. Most of the people love to talk to strangers in London, it seems. What's this phonomen? Why were they so friendly? Am I being just autistic?
>>2877807It's all on a sliding scale. As you know your brethren from the Warsaw Pact all hate humanity and life itself, and don't feel alive until they can scowl at a darling old lady. Smiling is a sign of retardation or of actively planning to sodomise the smile's recipient. From this background, it's little wonder you thought everyone was friendly. Conversely, Americans, who visit London in large numbers and write most of the travel discourse about it, have the milk of human kindness flowing through their veins because they are innocent like children. They will start telling the roadmen about their little niece Tammy and nephew Tanner, their hopes and dreams, the nice young lady at college who hopefully Tanner will marry some day, and so on. When they are greeted with a boilerplate response or an hour an uninterested grunt, they naturally think that the Euros are a very stuck-up and cold people. Then of course they go to Paris, and learn the true meaning of "stuck up and cold", at which time they feel positively raped. It's a funny old world we live in.
>>2873468Don't forget to eat some fish n chips innit m8
White tourist is in coma after getting beat by Thai security guards in Phuket. Part of the reason why I avoid Thailand now. They are starting to hate White people. All their jealousy and resentment is really ugly. It is not the land of the smiles. I only found Thailand enjoyable in rural areas, and cities outside tourist hubs with sub 250K populations.
>>2876446fuck you
>>2878029Only for distribution amounts. Many of the bargirls in pattaya are users, they’ll keep it in their handbag or motorbike. So when you’re in your hotel and she spends too much time in the bathroom, she’s using. You can ask her for some and do it together. Not risk free but not likely a death penalty. The police already know who the local users are, every so often they raid the homeless camps and then release them from jail.
>>2878112That’s for smoking it obviously, if it’s pills she won’t take a long time but same thing.
>>2876416>Waaah it's my fault i'm unfuckable and my women prefer BWCOkay lill chang
>>2878116*your faultIt's early lel
Anyone ever been here (Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan)? Does it live up to the hype?
>>2876758Garni-Geghard was the best of those 3 IMO unless you're a huge religious nut, then Vagharshapat has more sentimental value
>>2855476it's all amazing just go to wine bars/wine stores in tbilisi and ask them what their recommendations arewineries that are into sustainable viticulture without leaning too hard into the natural wine thing tend to make the best wines, pheasant's tears, do re mi, ori marani are excellent producers at the top of my mind
>>2854178never going to go I don't care about the meme video
I'm moving to Azerbaijan for 4 months next Fall.Any tips from travellers or locals?
>>2868912Thanks Israel very cool
