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I've fucked up and convice a guy to walk 60km with me, would you have some advice ?
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>>2727716
not gonna happen in one day
if you were a runner you could run/walk it, but then you would've be asking
no way your fat ass will walk for 13 hours without stopping
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A backpack with hip support is very, very advised.

Check the weather for rain. I recommend ponchos of the plastic emergency-kind, not rain jackets; they just about always get soaked. If it's gonna be dry, don't bother adding extra weight though.
Three, four pairs of socks. Bandaids. If you have Compeeds, apply them on spots that you know are sus. They are not effective then the blister is already blistering.
Water: bring at least one litre. You're hiking past towns? Pick up fresh stock. Maybe include drinks with electrolytes or electrolyte tablets.
Energy: I'd advice good breakfast and/or lunch with plenty of proteine. Eggs, sausages, bacon. Energy bars with high caloric content. Maybe wear underwear that's not going to chafe your inner legs to shit (I'm prone to that).
Clothes: comfortable synthetics or the meringo wool meme. You're gonna sweat the shit into cotton and it's gonna feel heavier to wear. Plus, synthetics dry faster. Pack extra if you have them. Not a bad thing to change into a fresher outfit along the way.
Keep pauses to a minimum time, but do have them. Air your feet every three to four hours and change socks after a while.
Start early, like 7, 6 or even 5 AM.
t, moderate amateur hiker, but also did a 50km hike in a forest trail with hills. My tips include some learned lessons that I would do on a next take.
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^Also, expect to add 4 or 5 hours extra to the trip. Those estimates don't take into account pauses and other reasons like variety in pacing.
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>>2728164
>>2728168
Based actually helpful poster
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>>2727716
I don't recommend doing it in one day unless you're a really hardened hiker and pack light. 30km on road or good track is doable with even a heavy-ish pack. I've gone wayfaring on occasion, and after 30km things get really uncomfortable, after 40km you'll probably be completely worn out.

What's it like in the jungles of Papua New Guinea?
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>>2726835
They will literally kill and dismember you. You will never be seen again except as carved skeletal ornaments worn by men on their genitals and earlobes.
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>>2727679
Murder is illegal
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>>2727679
This would be a kino way to die.
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>>2727684
There's routine incidents of lynching people for witchcraft while the cops look on unable to do anything.
This shit is only an hour out of Port Moresby too.
It's as wild as it's gets.
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>>2728101
Scary, but still kino.

Leaf / Slav here moving to Czechia soon for tech job. What am I in for? It's in Prague. I just couldn't stand Canadistan anymore.
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>>2726631
>Prague with its rich historical, cultural and artistic heritage.
you mean German? pepiks have no culture
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Czech here. Just act normal and everything will be fine. And avoid Gypsies and other dark-skinned peoples.
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>>2727968
Thanks, yeah of course, it's human nature to avoid melanin like a spider sense. Is there at least some expat communitues in Prague to ease into my move? Also, do Czechs hate Croats? I'd assume they hate us less than some poo skin moving in.
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>>2727972
>Is there at least some expat communitues in Prague to ease into my move?
I dunno, probably.

>Also, do Czechs hate Croats?
No, why? Croatia is one of the most popular holiday destinations for us. I mean, I went once with my family and even though I hate beaches and sea, your country itself was pretty nice.
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>>2727986
Ok that's good to know, wanted to make friends over there and was wondering if locals would automatically hate me.

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Going to Japan for the second time in my life and I'm trying to find more food out there that isn't just like ramen/soba/udon, katsu, rice bowls, traditional set meals, sushi, nabe, and curry. What are the stuff you guys liked (or specific places) that wasn't exactly the stuff everyone else always ate?
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>>2727660
Google asari don
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>>2727685
For some reason, yakisoba served at festival stalls are very tasty.
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I've been here 6 months and the best I found is McDonald's and burger King
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I live in Japan.
There are a lots of tasty local foods in Japan, but they are not popular for Japanese when they are eating out.(Local foods are eaten at home.)
Maybe you can find local foods at ''KORYORIYA
'' (small restaurant), but Its number of stores decreasing.
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>>2727753
Butter is much more dangerous in such a comparison.

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Hello again /trv/, I got solid advice from people here on my Montreal trip 2 years ago, so I'm hoping to get more for a Japan trip. I'm looking to go in early November, so not sure if I'll catch any festivals/holidays between the 1st and 15th. The purpose of the trip is to explore the Japan I grew up being fascinated by, especially the feudal period. I don't know much about the prime historic sites, but I've narrowed down the options: Tokyo - Nara - Kyoto OR Tokyo - Kyoto - Kanizawa. I'm really into traditional crafts and handmade goods, so Kanizawa drew my attention when I was perusing through wiki travel. Not sure if anyone is familiar with it, maybe I'm romanticizing a bland tourist trap. If anyone has a good knowledge of *actual* castles to see, rather than the reconstructions, I'd also appreciate that. For lodgings, I'm not sure what works best for a single traveler on a budget. I've read from the Japan general that there are shrine-associated lodgings you can rent for very cheap, so long as you follow the rules and are quiet. I'm not going on a cooming trip in the slightest (not into Asian women in general), so the focus of this trip is entirely on the local culture, peeking my head around weird places, and savoring some nature between cities. Good eating too, but that I've managed pretty well on all my travels.

Suggestions, rebukes, etc. are all appreciated (and no, I'm not trans. Bet that poster is still here)
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Gonna lurk this thread. Going to Japan near the end of November for 3-5 weeks. Hoping that late in the year will have less crowds
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>>2725537
Looking hotel bookings... yeah, no.
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Was planning on going mid-late march for 2 weeks, is this a bad time? I wanted to avoid the cherry blossom tourism bloom but not be too cold like jan/feb. I hear the plum blossoms are alright as well.

Is it a decent off-season?
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>>2726547
The closer you get to major holidays the more expensive I'm thinking. Went in October
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>>2727085
Mid-late March is exactly the time for cherry blossoms you silly sausage

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It seems like a total waste of time learning foreign languages when you only stay in a country for 3 months. I tried talking in Spanish when in Spain and the people understood nothing and vice versa.

Assuming you know English can't you go anywhere and get by? Or just use Google translate? I also feel like I'm doing the locals a favor by speaking in English since it would improve their job prospects. I used to learn how to say thank you etc but now I don't even do that anymore
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>>2727289
>>2727295
I lived in Argentina and I can echo what you said. Latin Americans don't appreciate the effort.
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>>2727301
No one wants their time wasted by some nerdy faggot who expects headpats for garbling the local language
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>>2727310
>headpats
vs
>simply being civil
retard
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>>2727297
Seething
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>>2721678
>It seems like a total waste of time learning foreign languages when you only stay in a country for 3 months. I tried talking in Spanish when in Spain and the people understood nothing and vice versa.
This is true. Foreign language education is largely a jobs program for otherwise-unemployable teachers. There's no use learning some hideous obsolete burrito-speak when you can obviously get by without it.

I'm gonna be working in the UK from January to June for my Job. It'll be in either London or Bristol, I'm not sure if I'd switch between spots. What should I hit up while I'm there? Anything big to attend during those months? I've been to the UK like 3 times before. I've already seen
>London
>Oxford
>Windsor Castle
>Warwick Castle
>Stonehenge
>Bath
>Canterbury
>Dover for like 10 minutes
>Leeds Castle
>Glasgow
>Edinburgh
>Lock Ness
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>>2727771
SAAAAAAAAAAAR
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>>2727771
Pls sirs
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>>2723203
missing Cambridge
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>>2727771
very archaic Victorian era expression for "do what needs to be done" that only Indians still use
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>>2728002
>>2727771
"Do not redeem" is even older and more archaic

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How is the city these days? I'm going to be there for a week or so in November in a nice hotel downtown. Used to visit regularly, but have only been once since the pandemic, in mid-2022, and it was in pretty rough shape.
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>>2726877
Violent crime against randos? No there's not. But anon said
>Vehicles are constantly broken into and dismantled. Property crimes are commonplace. Feral homeless are violent towards each other and anyone else who is around them

Which is objectively true
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https://www.reddit.com/r/Portland/comments/17cdcd2/target_says_3_portland_stores_closing_due_to/

>Target says 3 Portland stores closing due to crime; Police records don’t match up

Yep all the businesses are closing due to crime, but when you report any crimes from rape to robbery the police don't show up because they are under orders from the mayor to pretend there is no crime....it's a death spiral
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>>2726891
Target frequently will blame external circumstances (mainly crime) to cover up bad expansion/management decisions. I wouldn't put that much stock in what they say.
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>>2726727
seattle is the same. this place is dreary and boring. hightlight of my day is going to a random coffee shop and getting served coffee by the most ridiculous looking liberal freaks that america can conjure up
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>>2726727
No it’s not. Excellent music scene, nice nature in town and nearby, great coffee and beer and food. Portland is a fun town

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What'd the best strategy for getting/getting over the shits in Mexico, or is that even possible?

I would like to be able to eat fresh fruits and vegetables, salad etc in hotel breakfast buffets.

Should I just eat tiny portions for a few days. Anyone have some experiences going to Mexico and getting explosive shits. I'm totally not interested in getting food poisoning so will probably avoid street food
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>>2727433
Avoid drinking unbottled water
Practice basic hygiene habits like washing/sanitizing your hands regularly
Avoid street food like you said

If you do get the shits; drink plenty of liquids to help flush it out. Take meds to either stop the shits or treat the bacterial infection. Take a pro-biotic to boot.
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Yep, I had two bouts of severe gut illness in Mazatlan and Chihuahua. The latter was from a burrito made from the leftover scrapings from the grill, the vendor had put it aside for a homeless person but I was hungry and demanded it, so he sold it to me for 15 pesos. Never quite figured out what made me sick in Mazatlan...it could've been merely brushing my teeth with the tap water and swallowing some, or it could've even been something I'd eaten earlier in Durango.

I've heard many stories of tourists getting sick from hotel buffets. Personally I'd rather go to a market and pick out my own fruits and veggies.
Judge street food by the vendor's food handling practices. Watch him work for a bit before deciding whether to order.
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>>2727433
Bacterial infection is not so much explosive shits as a constant leaking of watery stool from your inflamed colon. Very annoying, will confine you to your room almost 24 hours a day.
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>>2727433
There is a special anti-biotic called Rifaximin that works in some circumstances
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Charcoal tablets/capsules. Beware tap water and donkey meat tacos. Kekekekek

Recently noticed you can take buses from Lithuania and they're offering visa free entry for Brits
Got 11 days of holiday coming up mid November and thought this could be somewhere quite unique to visit

Anyone been here and can offer some specific recommendations? How long I should spend and where?
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>>2727552
They don't even have any diversity how can people live without kebabs?
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>>2727146
have fun getting arrested on false charges and used as a bargaining chip. the visa free entry is there for a reason. IT'S A TRAP.
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>>2727584
Nah they wouldn't arrest me
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>>2727584
Like Daniel Penny and Derek Chauvin?
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>>2727569
>>2727659
>>>/pol/

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What's the appeal of traveling?
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>>2704666
Hawaii was actually really cool for this reason. No nigs smoking weed, no spics with Bluetooth speakers, the beach was the beach. More places should legislate nonwhites out of existence in public spaces.
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>>2727920
This. Travel is expensive escapism.
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>>2727926
Travel is cheap escapism. If you live in a shithole like the UK or America it's cheaper to travel to a nice country like Japan or Albania and stay in fancy hotels than stay home
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>>2703754
Mainly escaping the long and brutal Canadian winter.
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>>2726972
It's amazing how the entire zoomer brain revolves around interactions with a screen.
>I'm horny
>look at e-girls and porn
>I want to shop
>go to Amazon
>I want to relax
>turn on some nature soundtrack
>I want to travel
>watch a travel vlog
>I'm hungry
>sees what Grab Eats has to offer
>I'm bored
>watches a movie or plays vidya
>I'm lonely and miserable

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what does a would be traveling need to know about mexico? I would like to tour mexico on a motorcycle
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>>2727787
How to speak Spanish would be a good start.
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>>2727794
>How to speak Spanish would be a good start.
I learned that recently. I had a buddy that visited mexico and he told me got around fine with minimal spanish, so I crossed in for some taco with no spanish skills and immediate realized how difficult it was to interact with people with no spanish skills.
currently learning spanish and looking for someone to practice with
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>>2727794
Nah, you only need the universal language, US$
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>>2727787
>I would like to tour mexico on a motorcycle
even mexicans are not brave enough to do that. so i suppose you need to research every route for safety information.
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>>2727849
Gringo privilege is real, anon. If you do what very few dare to do, you will be respected for your badassery. Deal with difficult situations as they arise. Always be calm, never show fear or anger.
>>2727804
You need pesos, not dollars.
>>2727802
In 2017 I picked up Spanish along the way, then took a week of conversational classes in Morelia, where I finally realized the word for "near" is "cercano", not "proximo". Yep, those language exchanges are a great way to meet young Mexicans, including single girls who speak English.
>>2727787
Your dollars are buying almost 20% more pesos than they did five months ago. It's a good time to visit Mexico. Winter weather is dry, sunny and very comfy for bike touring. Expect cold mornings. Don't leave your bike parked on the street overnight, unless you are in a small village.

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Which is superior for "budget travel"? I'm fed up with the loneliness of the West and wanna be human again.
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>>2727136
Stopped reading at "mogs".
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>>2727157
This is all part and parcel of walking around in the poorer parts of Southeast Asia. Cluttered sidewalks used as parking lots and pop-up restaurants, having to step aside when larger vehicles go down narrow roads, darting across traffic if there are no breaks, always walking behind a car crossing your path, keeping to the side of the sidewalk to let bicycles and motorbikes go by if it is wide and clear.
>>2727178
Better yet, I've been on foot all over Pasay, where most streets look like picrel. Yes, cars and even trucks use these streets. It's still walkable, you faggots.
>>2727155
>dirty dishes left on the tables
Lazy staff do this to dissuade new customers from increasing their workload, kek.
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>>2726768
youre a lower life form thats why.
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>>2727049
>Of course the tropical conditions are not conducive to abstract thinking and other manifestations of high intelligence
So we agree, then. Later, monkey boy. Ooh-ooh ahh-ahh!
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Indonesia (outside Bali) is one of the cheapest countries on Earth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FSlRZzT69g

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Is Washington State worth moving too? I want to live in Western Washington, with all the trees.
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>>2727904
It depends on how old you are. If you're under 25, you might do ok since it's a college town. Either way, actually integrating socially will be tough if you're an outsider.
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>>2727897
The benefit of Moab is that even if the town is way, way smaller, there's lots of people with interests relevant to yours, and they all tend to work in the same band of employment opportunities. It also has forested mountains close by.

It's also a transient place where people live a few years and then leave. But you have a higher chance of meeting people, I think.
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>>2727915
Nah, 30s and never been treated so well by women in my life
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>>2727919
Nah I do everything solo Moab would be fucking hell for me I want to be the only fucker around
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>>2727896
Yep, Junction got that straight shooter mentality. Pretty high suicide rate, needy little pussies tend to cull themselves from the herd. With the accelerating social decay on the Democrat-ridden Front Range, it's definitely becoming a more desirable place by comparison. If you're one of those hipster faggots who cry about "muh art" and "muh culture", then you'll hate being so far away from a big city.
>>2727897
Grand Mesa mogs. Amazing how you can go from Minnesota lakes and forests on top to Death Valley-tier alkali desolation in about ten miles.

so im thinking about making this drive next month. im a down souther who's only ever driven 6 hours in a shot and have never dealt with ice/snow on the road. how do i do this as the only driver with minimal/no drugs or caffeine?
i don't wanna end up wrapped around a tree off the side of i95 bros
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>>2727726
Doom-scroll through /pol/ or similar. That should get you amped up.
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Are kids today so soft and inexperienced they make a thread asking how to drive on I-95? Lmao
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>>2727861
negro i said it's the length of the trip and conditions im worried about hoe


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