It's incredibly fucking boring and people in NM will try to rob your car so skip that state.

>>2849077
>maybe the way back is just to do I-10 coast-to-coast
This seems awfully boring to me. I'd much rather go through Utah and Colorado, but suit yourself.

>>2849077
>i-10
>in summer
I hope they allow heavily tinted windows in NY because you're going to be baked alive driving back via that route. There's also nothing of interest along it save for a few parks that you would need to detour for, but fucks sake in summer they will be miserable.

>>2849249
Utah and Colorado would absolutely be better, but from Nebraska on would be miserable
I-10 lets me do Texas, Louisiana, Florida, and Georgia

>>2849257
I used to live in the deep south so I'm not too worried about it
May need some sunscreen inside the car but so be it

>>2849261
I didn't hate Kansas, Missouri, or Kentucky when I drove across them. Stopping off at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve before I had gone over the endless High Plains of Eastern Colorado probably helped though.

>>2848568
He's either lying or he was born a rich cunt.

>>2847946
These people get sponsored by companies or businesses to shill online. It's why when you go to a certain place or city, it's actually shit.
As for normalfags. SEA is cheap and you can definitely live here for $4-10 USD a day. Many people hitchhike too.

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Some people here have already said it, they make money through sponsorship deals.

That said, I found it absolutely hilarious how there were so many travel vloggers who were shilling Pakistan around 2018 or so. The Pakistan government's tourism department was paying travel vloggers to promote the country for them.

The shilling backfired on them spectacularly.
1. It's unsurprisingly difficult to convince people to visit Pakistan.
2. The few travelers that did visit Pakistan ended up pissing off the locals. In many related travel vlogs, you can see vendors giving away free stuff to the vloggers and even refusing to accept payment, to make Pakistan (and by extension Islam) look very nice to outsiders. Apparently some people have been visiting Pakistan and just outright demanding free stuff, operating under the assumption that Pakistanis are just normally that hospitable.

>>2849220
>ye jus gonna go pakistan and demand free shit
kek, imagine getting on the plane with this as your plan of action

>>2847946
>And what's stopping somebody from using AI to pump out articles and itineraries?
Nothing.
Half of these blogs just copypasted generic bullshit from each other before the AI era, by the way. The "info" was mostly utterly useless nonsense when verified on-site.

>>2845617
Yeah, I am.
Leaving for Asia alone was the biggest thing I had done since high school.
Got drunk the first time ever with 2 girls in Hanoi.
Second time in my story.
I am shy and introverted. Asian girls seem to dig that on a tall, handsome, white man.

I got held against my will at a cartel trap house in Ciudad Juarez.

>>2847958
were you molested?

>drugs, cigarettes, sex with uggo ESLs
>interesting, funny, scary or cool
Travelling all that way, just to live like a homeless person, and then bragging about it to anonymous posters, is not cool, it's just fucking sad.

This is like Saudi princes or Zionist businessmen. All that money, and they're still just losers. There's some funny and interesting stories in this thread, but there's a lot to skip because it's not new.

>>2835924
My father had a buzz cut when he died. I noticed a sine wave, or zig zag pattern all along the back of his head in his hair. That was fuck up. Did your student have that?

Also, the smell of embalming fluid is awful. Like the liminal spaces of scents.

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>>2846558
the studio is out in the suburbs but it is not in the middle of nowhere. there is a train station (watford junction) nearby and there is a shuttle bus to/from the station. so if you are relying on public transport it is easy to get to. from watford junction station you can get to central london pretty easily. for example there is a direct link to euston station. from there you can get anywhere in or out of london.
if you do this i would suggest booking tour tickets for some time in the middle of the day so you are not rushing and you are not caught up in the commuter crush on the trains.
the other alternative is to go by car. driving there is not too bad and there is a massive car park.
enjoy it anon, if you are a harry potter fan it will blow your mind. i am not a massive fan but i have been a couple of times and it is pretty cool especially if you go when there is a special event on. of course you have to book way ahead. also bring plenty of money if you want to eat/shop there.
pic related, massive dragon suspended above the entrance hall.

>>2846558
Why are yanks so obsessed with Harry Potter? Watford is a shithole by the way.

>>2848657
Brit but the studio tour is really good, even if you've only a passing interest in the films

>>2848657
>Watford is a shithole by the way
people don't go to the harry potter exhibition to experience the joys of watford anon

>>2848657
OP clearly says he's from Europe. It's literally the first thing he says.

Western Union to yourself, and do thousands, dont expect being able to get cash at airports or in a new country, sometimes they wont let you (Malaysia needed a visa stamp...but I took the express lane at immigration....I had to go to Singapore to get cash.)

>>2849061
You had four cards, but didn't leave any of them in your backpack? My backup card and emergency cash is carried in a different pocket from my wallet (because I don't trust Indian hotel staff not to go through my luggage). Also, Schwab will send me a new card if the one I have gets lost. Get a better bank, and stop wearing such baggy fucking pants that your wallet slips out of your pocket when you put up your feet...or so loose that someone can slip it out of your pocket without you noticing. Tight jeans may seem gay, but their pockets feel so much more secure.

>>2849061
I survived without a single card in Asia, mostly transferred cash to girls via wise at building management who then went got it out for me
Otherwise get someone else to mail the new card to you

>>2849061
This is why I dont travel

its just not worth the headache

>>2849200
India lesson one: The challenges we overcome are what make life worthwhile.

>>2843107
You and me, we are Real Travelers who are habituated to petty annoyances. Some privileged Karens aren't gonna get it. They're gonna squawk about kids clowning in the pool, or owners who bring their own food on board, and leave a bad review.

>>2842860
Cruises are based when everything is going good, but my god when some shit goes down like it capsizes or catches fire, you're straight up fucked and the company will do whatever it takes to not compensate, they don't even pay their own people that much.

>>2842908
/THREAD

>>2842902
>Also, people don't generally want to live on a ship - so most ships are staffed by third worlders who resent your existence and it's awkward
It has to do with teamwork. Cruise lines tend to keep the same nationality of staff that work together. It all seems kind of racist, but have all the waiters be jamaican, or all the laundry staff be chinese, or all the cabin staff be pleasant and sweet Filipinos, makes sense. Cruise lines might restrict officers to brit or americans only too.

Cruise critic is a great website. It's got local port crime news reports with links to media sources better than anyone else.

>>2848459
Same for me with flying. It's based sitting high in the sky with a champagne in business class, watching the world go by. But fuck, when some shit goes down, like flying into a building, or ending up on an Algerian runway for days, youre straight up fucked, and the company will do whatever it takes to not pay out EU flight delay compensation. They don't even pay their pilots that much.

>>2848461
yeah I have no idea how can you pack for several days with only a carry on, just few pairs of trousers, sweaters, a blazer or jacket, an extra pair of shoes and ideally some free space for souvenirs, thats already a ton of shit to pack.

>>2848705
I travel 8-9 months at a time
>laptop + USBc screen + HDMI(nice to hook up to TV's)
>tablet for backup device if laptop shits itself
>2 cellphones primary w/ banking and work data and phone number/secondary for out and about shit
>2 usb c chargers
>external battery(20kmah) w/ 65w output
>3 pairs of pants
>4 pairs of shorts
>5 t shirts
>3 long sleeves
>5 pairs of boxers
>2 pairs of workout clothes w/ spare shoes
>electric razor/trimmer
>ice tray and spork

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>>2848461
>one carry one
>one checked
>backpack inside checked for shopping and hikes
Honestly this is perfect for me, plenty of room to bring shit back and I can get two bags to and from the hotel easy enough.

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>>2848944
>checked
now, checkem.

>>2848692
>Now you're stuck taking a hired car to go even 2 km because your shit's too heavy to carry
No I just leave my stuff at the airbnb/hotel. If I want to take a 1-2 night trip somewhere I just take my backpack and leave the rest of the stuff at my main base.

The clothes that are dirty for 3 weeks are only the clothes that were worn at the beginning. The average is like 1.5 weeks

The best roadtrips I've done were in Morocco and Oman. All wild camping, and with the girlfriend. It's a very detached way of interacting with the country, and for that reason I wouldn't do it alone, would be way too lonely. That's also why camping is a necessity; if you're just driving between hotels I wouldn't even call that travel.
Obviously I like deserts. For the Morocco trip we rented a car with decent speakers and listened to Tinariwen's entire discography during the days we were driving through the desert. In Oman we only played Moby for some reason.

>>2845720
Do you want to motorbike the Karakoram in April with me anon? Serious question. Rentals cost about $15-20/day.

>>2845877
>big mountain good
I've lived on both coasts and I'd take a misty path thru a forest of sugarmaples over some crowded, sun-bleached trail in a pine monoculture

>>2846208
I wouldn't go so far as to call it psychic damage, but it does make you feel alienated from the American culture of comfortable privileged affluence. Which is why I always disliked encountering other homeless car dwellers, because seeing them living in squalor in their beat-up old cars destroyed my own self-image of a unique adventurer who does what nobody else dares to do.
>>2846333
Walking in the woods in wintertime can be amazingly tranquil, especially after fresh snow. However, the general lack of wildlife and greenery cannot be ignored. Hike New England in a wet June, however, and you'll realize why the trailheads are all empty. The pest insects are an absolute plague. That's a problem you don't encounter in the cold months.
>>2848148
Whenever I go on a roadtrip with somebody else, they are always impatient to wrap it up and part ways. Enduring my company for any extended period of time really makes them dislike me...which is why I have embraced solo travel so resolutely, refusing even to go on daytrip outings with other people as a general rule.
>>2845877
I likewise enjoy the eastern forests more than the Instagram hotspots of the west, for the same reason as anon does. They are more biodiverse, more akin to the forests of my ancestral Europe, and free of annoying tourists who couldn't care less about nature and only want to take pictures for bragging rights.

>>2848388
>daytrip outings
either the people you hang out with are super retarded or your retarded if you cant handle going places with someone for less then a day

Last year did 5k km trip around Spain with miata and really enjoyed.
Now want go to Nordkapp with miata, just after new year.

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>>2845516
Oman as a wild card. The exchange rate is tough but once you're in everything is priced accordingly.
You can camp anywhere you like pretty much, the roads are good and it's the size of Italy. Just go in winter

What the fuck have they done to the CAPTCHA

>>2849064
>>2849057
That video is full of mixed people. California was never a white state. No idea how you delusional /pol/tards think it was lmao.

>>2849083
never 100% white, but allowing 25M brown goblins to take up residence really changed the vibe and the scenery, basically sucks now for all but the top 1% earners

>>2849065
having driven past enough farms and factories I do not trust the water in oceans at fucking all and would never swim in an ocean again
I like swimming in rivers but you have to be very selective and only swim in small creeks or upstream above any major population centers or industrial activity for larger rivers

>>2849089
Most of the year, California's rivers are dry. Only after a runoff event should you avoid contact with seawater (especially anywhere near the mouth of the Tijuana River.
>>2849057
Haven't been out there since March 2020, before COVID. The beach towns were very pleasant and full of street life, but as a van vagabond I knew I wasn't welcome to spend the night. The nearest dispersed camping is an hour plus drive away up in the coast range (which gets really cold at night in the winter months). Also, SoCal is more likely to be 63° than 83° in winter. Not really the kind of perfect beach weather that most people imagine, though it is great for jogging and climbing hills.

>>2849097
>Most of the year, California's rivers are dry
that's a shame
a lot of swimming holes you aren't really swimming in a creek that's more than a foot or two deep for most of it - but there tends to be deep pools and the location of those tends to make for popular swimming areas - there's tons on the east coast and you can physically see if the water is gross or not

im 45, half chad half autistic sperg and depressed retard. I'm finnering to go to chile. my spanish is quite good. i very well may book the ticket tomorrow and leave sunday. its still cheap somehow. gonna post up in valpairaso and work on my health even though its fine. let me know where u end up or maybe we'll make a chile general. I like taking lonely hostel incels under my wing and getting them out and about

slightly related note, Canadian considering south America as a travel destination. Argentina or Uruguay? also if anyone has language acquisition tips that would be gr8

>>2848471
Come to Jujuy (Argentina)

>>2846833

Spanish grammar is hard. Don't let anyone fool you.

>>2846979
Singapore is basically the only Asian country one can assimilate into.

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I'm a 23 year old and I'm in the same boat. Difference is that I am still going through university here in Brazil, a computer engineering degree through the south, close to Florianopolis SC. I like to surf, but there is not much else that I can do. Not even a girlfriend, loneliness is crushing me and the will to travel is only rising. Not to mention that I am addicted to vodka while going through uni.
Nice thread.

Guess I need to focus on my studies and mental health first.

>>2848995
Start going hiking. Tell us the beautiful shit nearby where you live.

>>2848413
>Could you guys give me some suggestions about the best way to break out of my hermitmode life and do some meaningful solo travelling?
its europe
you could get to an interesting town within 1 if not 2 hours by train. - you can do a day and come back before night time.

you could stay over night at such city and konw u can bail any time if you pay for transport.

then u can fly somewhere and do the same.

meeting people all depends on your personality and being in places to meet people
but i enjoy just autistically walking around european tourist sites and keep to myself.
if somewhere starts to seem like ghetto then just leave that area -plenty of cities have nicer parts and crap parts

>>2849000
Well I'm living on a pension away from my parents and the only great pleasures that I derive living in this place as a loner is going down to the beach and surfing or eating at restaurants.

I guess I need to start hiking yes, maybe going somewhere closer and cheap like Chile or Argentina.

>>2849029
Do the simple things well, anon. Build up from there. Don't dream about Disneyland when you haven't ridden the local swings.

>>2848729
If you're not a connoisseur of places, you won't enjoy travel. Some people can go almost anywhere on the map and encounter something or someone interesting. The reason they don't stay at home is because they already explored every nook and cranny around their hometown.

To others, every place seems the same because their attention is glued to their phone screen and they barely even notice their environment, except in a negative sense (it's too hot, there's too many blacks loitering at this gas station, the traffic is horrible, etc).

>>2848668
Stop pretending there has to be some grand cosmic purpose to sleeping, eating and moving around as one individual human on a planet of seven billion humans...or that moving to some other place is going to elevate your social status and make you the main character in some grand epic tale of adventure that will be told the world over. If you can shed yourself of your self-important delusions, then you can achieve travel Zen and accept that you are a nobody who is accomplishing nothing as you move across the map.

>>2848659
Delays and redirects are rare. It costs airlines too much money.

>>2848668
Just stay home then bud

>>2848659
>>2848668
>If I go to some new place, I feel like I'd just do what I am doing now but there.
This seriously sounds like a mental illness. You're telling me you go to a whole new place for a limited time, presumably solo, and you just do what you do at home? Sounds like you just don't know how to have fun

>>2846417
Charles De Gaulle? You've got to be kidding me.
The top two make this look legit but CDG is one of the worst airports I've ever been to worldwide, has something changed in the last ten years?
Changi is easily the best, surprised no one has done better or just straight up copied it.

>>2848812
What's bad about it? I didn't expect to have to go through security for my connecting flight, but other than having to dump my water bottles out and put all the LAGs back in the baggie, it was a reasonably generic and pleasant airport experience under the gray December skies of northern France. Some people were panicking because the line was long and their connecting flight was leaving in 45 minutes, but security was just like "it's okay, you're cool"

Next to my gate was a flight going to Yaounde, Cameroon. Interesting to see all the Cameroonians (and a few tourists as well).

>>2848862
It's not one particular thing I just didn't like it.
When you're a naive idiot arriving in Europe for the first time sorta expected better, place was a mess and chaotic, a lot of people sleeping everywhere in the middle of the day

>>2846039
Generally yes, but if it's a shity low cost shed airport, it makes me rage.

>>2846039
>Anyone else just like experience of being at the airport?
Yes
>Even without traveling.
Not really. Architecturally, some are really pretty and sleek, but TSA and tons of people ruin most of it.

I used to like dining across from Miami airport, MIA, at 94th Aero Squadron restaurant. It has a lovely view of the entire expanse of the runways, delicious food, and headphones at the tables if you want to hear the control tower conversations. You can also listen in at Dulles conversations in the Smithsonian Udvar Havy aviation museum in their tower too.

>>2848689
>If there are no hotels or guesthouses in the village, then obviously the people don't want any outsiders spending the night.
That's a good indicator, I hadn't thought about that one. I was rather wondering if Georgia or certain regions in it were special in that regard.

>>2848691

In 2024 I was told by the pro-EU bitch in Batumi, one of the few that wasn't a turbo cunt Slav, that people in the country side and especially Kutaisi were just fucking assholes that hated anyone that wasn't Georgian or Russian, and those mountain villages were especially bad.

Again, stick to Tblisi and break the ice with English but learn Russian. Even the Russian women there will receive you well, at this point there's no animosity from the Russians, at least the women. But know Russian because they wont give a shit about English unless she's sure tourw taking her home.

Use Gemini to role play Russian language learning from the basics. Fuck Duolingo. Get a quiet hotel and headphones and you can practice speaking Russian to Gemini as well although it's still fucking weird to practice like that with the AIs.

>>2848700
Thank you for your answer but I'm not a great fan of Russian desu, I would go for the nature in Georgia. Mountaineering, hiking, etc.

>>2848689
>So does this mean that Central Asian countries are significantly cheaper than the Caucasus region in 2025?
Always have been.
Well, maybe not Kazakhstan. The rest though, absolutely.

>>2848700
>speak russian in Georgia
>no animosity towards russians in Georgia
You've got to go back, draft dodger ivan. The locals hate you.

>>2847236
Based denial of renting chairs poster.

How is a civilizations supposed to be culturally and intellectually enriched when renting chairs costs $18 per sit?

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>>2847236
>BMI: 37
How do you not have a fucked back sitting on some garbage airbnb chair full time?

>>2847197
Lmao when was this? I left 2 weeks ago for Christmas
Otherwise maybe, it happens. I need a picnic rug to keep in my locker there

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>>2847026
I'm not even sold on the cowork space BS but anon, holy shit man that looks fucking horrible.

Imagine having the option to work abroad and experience something great, only to rent a 8x8 cube and work in said pod. Even a hostel common area would be miles ahead of workability compared to whatever the hell that is. You sure told us there anon. I'd just fucking stay home and work from there, at least it wouldn't be as depressing....

>>2848215
There's some dystopian accommodation in Taiwan. I've stayed in a fair few places without windows.