my mom loves travelling and i usually never want to go with her cause im either busy, relaxing or i just rather she save the money by travelling alone so that we can buy better food or nicer things in general. we are both argentinean and she is planning a trip to japan, which i am actually interested for, but i feel like a cringy weeb for being excited. Do you guys know any spots with cool animal stuff but no animal abuse? or an area with good seafood restaurants that are also cheap? im a big foodie too. I'm trying to learn the language so that i have a better time, but japanese people dont have an opinion on argentineans right?
>>2838529Nah, just put on a suit of serafuku and run with a toast in your mouth, you'll be forgiven
>>2838659That's explicitly against the rules I'm afraid. You will find multi-lingual signs in those establishments asking patrons not to wear swim suits. No one's gonna judge bodies in an onsen mate, we're either relaxing or deciding what to get for a cold drink after we get out.
>>2838672Do not soak the small towel in the onsen
>>2838705That is why you put it on top of your head to keep it dry.
>>2838676i have a problem that makes me look too femenine though, and people will know my genitals arent right, id rather not go just to not disturb others or get made fun of, i dont mind missing it though
Any other surf fags in here? where are you /trv/ing to? I'm pretty inexperienced at travel and want to go surf pristine beach breaks with minimal brazzos and israelis. Also general surf travel discussion welcome
Taking a surf trip to Maui in December. This is my first surf trip.>How is the public transport? Will I need a rental car?>What's the board rental situation like?>Best surf spots for a beginner/intermediate?Also what's the best hostel there? Bonus points for private rooms because I'm an antisocial autist
>>2835862>tf>vassal of USA
>>2835868I always wondered about this, as a thought experiment. What would the founding fathers say, if I could go back in time and tell them the 50th State of the Union would fly the Union Jack?
>>2835977I have to admit, I've never really thought about it, but this was hugely surprising:>Hawaii became the 50th state of the United States on August 21, 1959.It seems so recent. The Brits were fucking retards giving up such primo territory. An Australia-tier Hawaii would've been kino. Not too knowledgable about US history and the founding fathers, but were they actual anti-UK extremists, or just 'muh libertarian' anti-tax grifters? Surely the idea of the """British Empire""" stil lhaving status on a Pacific Island wouldn't be so alien to them?
>>2832610Just because it's an island doesn't mean it's easy to get around, also I would say as most US states/cities you need a car.Surfing in Hawaii seems scary to me, I've only surfed in Tahiti, with mild waves, super chill.
>>2834813The islands aren’t all terribly close together. It’s a 1 hour flight from the big island to kauai.
Favorite places in Brisbane, Gold Coast, and QLD Australia?
The airport departure lounge
Depends what your interests are, what you’re looking for, how long stay, do you have a car etc. Elaborate
>>2836270Tropical Fruit World, about 15 minutes drive south of Gold Coast on the NSW side of the border. Just look for the giant Avocado out front.
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I'm taking a week off from work next week. I. need to get away from it all. Something beautiful and scenic. No budget, I'm going to treat myself for once. Only requirement is must be in the US and can't be in the middle of nowhere i.e. somewhere beautiful that has a city center I can stay around and nearby outdoors attractions (maybe within an hour at most). Open to any idea though. The goal is to re-juice myself a little even if it just means hanging in a new city and going to coffee shops to chill.Give me some ideas /trv/, feeling really up tight and just need to disappear for a bit.
>only one week offGet a load of this loser.
>>2838390a week? LOOOOLa heckin WEEEK LOOOL
>>2838390Oregon. Pick anywhere within the western half of the state and it'll look nice.
>>2838390Santa Barbara, CA>>2838392Any random Amerimutt carrying a gun can kill you at any time. And you're worried about fucking bears? Bears are bros.
>>2838434Oregon is the only pick here. Or if you can at least go to Canada highly recommend Victoria/Vancouver area.
I don't even like travelling. I think it's stressful and I get over-stimulated and anxious and I'm scared there'll be racism or I'll get food poisoning or whatever. I experienced none of this in Greece.I did, however, see the Parthenon without scaffolding. I cried at the Dionysos theatre. Got lost on my way to the Agora, and then ran excitedly hand in hand with my friend squealing as we neared the Hephaistos Temple.I travelled with a group of other classics enthusiasts, my Ancient Greek professor being our academic guide. We visited the incredible site of Delphi, and my heart exploded. We saw a giant rainbow at Mycenae. I ran the whole lenght of the stadium at Olympia (and regretted it). Walked the 999 steps up to the fort at Nafplio. Visited the National Museum; how I sobbed while looking at the grave stelae!Our final day, we visited Cape Sounion and stood at the foot of the hill where the Poseidon Temple was bathing in sunlight, my professor reading out loud a poem by Hjalmar Gullberg - a poem written about that particular temple.I don't know if I like travelling now, or if I just love Greece. Coming home hit me hard, like an actual heartbreak. I cried for days, feeling a hole in my heart like I was yearning for a lost lover. Idk. Luckily, Greece isn't lost and I'm definitely coming back.It's so strange, realizing - it's all real. Having studied ancient literature, Ancient Greek, ancient philosophy and art history... And it's all real, not just textbooks and pictures. Idk man, Greece really changed me. My heart is so full.
>>2837196have you visited any of the studios located in Athens or Thesaloniki? Studios are part of greek culture as well
>squealingfag
>>2837196I felt this way when I visited Greece, anon. I spent years reading the classics and all that and it is crazy to see how real it is and how you can enter some small two-room museum on an archaelogical site and see stuff of the same or better quality that is in the great museums in the US, Germany, France, and England. My life went to shit immediately after but I'll always remember that trip.
>>2837196Why would you post a photo with a tamarisk? They're one of the ugliest fucking trees in existence.
You have the bronze age - antiquity sites, the old churches/shrines, mountain scale, the sea and the weather (after early April probably through this time of year), the people, the graveyards, the families, the almost anarchy but not anarchy especially on the roads, the Greek music, the taxi scammers. Big fan, big admirer. Might try to move there some day.
I have a remote job based out the US but have to work with a lot of Asians & indians next year and don't want to fuck with the timezones. I already pay $2k a month for rent & food in the states so I figure I might even save money. Has anyone done this with a real corporate job? Not some swe drop shipping shit. Will I get bored and depressed after like 3 weeks or is this a good idea or too much effort? I am already a loner but i want to explore and live in random air bnbs in different cities and get mercury poisoning from sushi
>>2830393It required a minimum tax when they first announced it and some other fee's not sure if it got revised.> it's basically same thing except I can't get deportedOkay yes if you are actually too retarded to make a basic itinerary of some bullshit weeb things and keep your mouth shut about working abroad, yes apply for the visa like a good boi. Then feel like a retard at the amount of Russians working in hostels and coffee shops, who did the one simple thing of keeping their mouth shut.
>>2830380The Jap DN visa isn't worth it man. All that paperwork for 6 months and it won't lead to meaningful better access to accomodation or anything else, better off just doing what that other anon says. Just dip over the border after 3 months and come back. Taiwan is close and just as fun, get 3 months there too.
>>2830380You have to do it on the down low and make it look like you are just a long term tourist. The biggest issue is getting an apartment to rent to you without scamming you AND finding a place that’s fully furnished. Will you save money on rent? Yeah, but you are living in a shoe box and probably not in the heart of one of the bigger cities. Outskirts or suburbs maybe. Forget having a car, bicycle or E-bike is the best you are going to do. Learn the fucking language, for real. You will feel utterly isolated if you can’t. There are rental companies that specialize in getting shorter term apartments to gaijin, you’ll pay a bit of a premium for it but it eliminates language barriers and the risk of getting scammed. You’ll be better off getting a six month lease, eating the rent for a month while you fuck off in Cambodia or Thailand and then coming back. The DN visa is whack. The only thing that makes Japan even worth it for DNs is the fact that the Yen is in the toilet. >t lived near Fukuoka for 6 months.
>>2832361take ferry to busan instead of going to taiwan
>>2830380next time post this in the general
I stumbled upon this travel vlogger and I was watching her videos, which are generally joyful and upbeat, and I saw in the comments one person asked when she would come back to Kerala. Her response was "I don't think I'll ever visit any part of India again". That piqued my interest. Then I found this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfzO-AuAhsMI was saddened and deeply disturbed by her horrible experience traveling in India as part of a guided tour. As someone who has never been to India, I couldn't help but have a few questions:1. There were some good Indians who made her feel safe. Yet there were dozens, hundreds who harassed her. Why the discrepancy? Who are these gangs of Indian men who just stand around the beach or on the streets doing nothing all day long until they find a foreign woman to harass? Shouldn't the government or police step in to drive them out or put them in cells?2. Why do they want a photo with her? Do they want to jack off to it later? Brag to friends about a fictitious relationship with a white woman?3. Has there been any incidents where a female tourist was actually gang raped (full-on assault not just groping) by Indians? How many of these incidents are reported and how many are not?4. Apparently this isn't isolated to just white women, and not even humans. https://www.vice.com/en/article/india-gang-rape-monitor-lizard-animal-abuse/ I wonder if there is an undercurrent of male rage in India where men who have little to no prospects in life either financially or romantically find a sadistic pleasure in reclaiming a sense of power over the vulnerable and protected (given that the type of monitor lizard is a protected species, I'm guessing the choice of victim was purposeful). I'm not excusing them at all, and their actions are evil and unforgivable, I'm just trying to understand how systematically things can improve.5. Are there any efforts being done either grassroots or governmentally to address this problem?
>>2837643how you integrate lodging suggestions into saved google map direction?
>>2838254a Darwin award is presented every year. There are multiple entries and challengers.
I've seen these stupid videos. Everyone leaves them alone and then some 12 year old sprays paint on them and all the racism comes out and they have a fucking mental breakdown. Crying because they are used to living in a 0 trust society when even looking at a women can get you a prison sentence. I'm sick of my own race as a white person, honestly Indians can treat entitled women like shit and entitled whites like shit.
>>2838345>SAAAR THEY ARE BEING RACIST NOT STOPPING FOR PHOTO MAAM MAAM STOP STOP I NEED GROPE
My sister is one of those annoying liberal feminist cunts who will yell at you if you tell jokes, but even she would never visit India.>be me>make jeet jokes>poo in loo, send bobs and vagene, good morning saar, etc.>"Oh my god, anon, that's so racist!">whatever, go back to the kitchen>"Ugh!">discussing travel later>"I would never visit India. It's not safe for women at all!">tell her that sounds incredibly racist, kek
Hello anons.I'm flying to Madagascar next week, for a month. Semi-work related, but will mostly backpack around. I'm landing in the capital, will visit Toamasina, Saint Mary's Island, loop around the north and go to Nosy Be.Anyone been there? What to expect? How to prepare? What to see? I speak fluent English, Spanish and my native slavic tongue. Will I be able to communicate with expats/some locals? How dangerous is it in comparison to LatAm?
>>2835527> shot in the legby whom
I think this thread is over. OP went back home.
>>2834639Sorry anon, I lost the french friend's phone num lol. Forgot to check the thread as I got very involved in stuff back home.>>2835970Yeah I've been home for almost a month now.
Tanzania used to be considered one of the most stable countries in Africa. Now look at it. Call me whatever but I don't want to be around a million enraged Sub-Saharan Africans who can pop off at any random moment over the frustrations of existence.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOZJACfaLU0
>>2816795>>2828661Great thread, thank you OP. I saw footage of Lemurs jumping around in Ankarana National park last winter and got hooked.Are you going there soon again or was that enough for now?Is nature-wise unique or can I get similar experiences elsewhere - how special is Madagascar?How difficult and and dangerous is it to travel there, can you compare it with other countries you have traveled so far?Which modes of travel do you recommend: car or bus+ferry/local transport?Any other advice new thoughts about Madagascar now that some time has passed?
Wtf happens here?! >huge country>absolutely beautiful>same part of world as Thailand and Vietnam kino>ancient history >probably cheap as fuckIs it an Islamic hellhole, or an untapped resource? There must be some amazing experiences lurking in the 10million islands*apart from Bali
>>2835617
>>2835605>loophole sex with a few virgins thereI... What? Like anal?
>>2834644I visited a friend in Depok (basically Jakarta) and the air quality was shockingly bad. I quickly got a throat infection lol. Wouldn't recommend. Extremely cheap thoughever.
>>2835743So many coughing people in Asia. Here at altitude in America I hardly ever hear people coughing in public.
>>2834644Indonesia is really nice. Friendly people, great nature, cheap, lots areas with few tourists. Skip the cities.Transportation is difficult or expensive and/or annoying to deal with beyond a few popular areas. Most people end up riding scooters/motorcycles. Better spend a few days riding scooters at home in order to not be overwhelmed driving them the first time in your holidays.Almost every tourist is somewhere on the same kind of beaten path between Jakarta and Bali/Lombok.I recommend to skip these places unless you have a specific interest in them. Look up which animals, plants and landscapes are where to find, focus on what you want to see the most and explore these areas. Don't hop around, focus on one area at the time.>>2834648Why not rent a motorcycle on Sumatra?What do you think is better in Indonesia than in Malaysia?>>2834694>Average meal price is like $1 US, and it will regularly be the greatest thing you've ever tastedNo and no.
Magna, Utah.There’s something about this place that has always perplexed me. On one hand it is everything people accuse West Valley City of being. Sure the accusations West Valley faces definitely check out (for crying out loud two or so teens got shot and killed in a Halloween party last week) but Magna takes it to a new level. I remember hearing about a haunting tale about a boy who got shot in the forehead in what many suspected to be a gang related incident. The mother, in her despair, tried to end her own life by running into traffic. God, this makes me wonder what sorts of horrors unfold here on an any ordinary night.And yet whenever I visit I feel as if everything has clicked back into their rightful place. Anemoia washes over me. I can’t shake the feeling that I, at some point, was supposed to move here and have a full life with a group of family and friends I would find all on my very own right here in this broken town. Maybe I did in some alternate universe, that guy may be cool as shit
My family used to visit Utah all the time and everything had a smug mormon identity. I thought it was just a meme but somehow people still believe some dude found magical gold tablets (they're gone though don't ask to see them) proclaiming him a prophet and that he deserves 80 wives or something. No nightlife because city codes kill it. All the caffeinated drinks were hidden in the back of stores with the alcohol. I was wearing a rock band shirt (think it was one of my dads old pink floyd ones) and had multiple people spout gibberish at me over satan or something. What even is the ideal weeklong Utah trip, utahnons? Need something to do over winter break from uni.
I grew up in west valley. For a brief time had friends that lived in magna and went to Cyprus and sometimes hung out there.The reputation is that magna is a dump with people who are either hicks or mexicans. There was never anything good to say about it from anyone. It was that everyone knew west valley was pretty shit, but magna was known as shit even to those in west valley.
>>2838416It's a muttsprawl suburb in a generic muttsprawl metro area, containing the usual Amerimutt mix of successful golems, retarded losers (who never go outside), and mentally ill criminals. I was cooking dinner on a freeway exit ramp in SLC and got pulled over by a literal faggot Utah patrolman with a rainbow flag on his uniform. He was pretty cool. Mormons worship the pursuit of wealth no matter how soulless and impersonal it makes their state. Nevermind the fact that the Bible saying that the love of money is the root of all evil. In 2023 I ate a bunch of edibles on a train ride from Oakland CA to Denver CO. It felt a little eerie to wake up from a THC stupor in the middle of the night and watch the bright lights and sterile industrial buildings of Utah civilization materialize out of the pitch-black desert. Utah definitely knows how to maintain great railroad tracks. The train does 70+ mph smooth as butter, only adding to the sense of dissociation.
>>2838539>Mormons worship the pursuit of wealth no matter how soulless and impersonalYeah because they're demons.
>>2838414Hello
What in your opinion is the ultimate China experience?And which Chinese city has the least tourism out of these?zhengzhouHubaiHarbinJinanNingboWenzhouQingdaofuzhouShenyangDailanTianjinYiwuComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2836241>And which Chinese city has the least tourism out of these?domestic or international?because international visitors literally only cycle between Beijing, Shanghai, HK / Shenzhen / Guangzhou, Guilin and maybe Chengdu and Xiamen>fuzhou>Harbin>Qingdaothose are all "relatively" popular by internationals but you wouldn't noticedomestic tourists go EVERYWHEREyou will not rest during public holidaysgenerally everything AAAAA will be packedbut most are alright during the week and on regular weekendsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2838495Holy shit, even Fuzhou. People are everywhere now. national tourist don't count to me.What about wenzhou and Jinan? Im choosing between those two. The home stays sound comfy as fuck. What did you like about the experience, any little details to tell? And how did you find them? It's not easy
>>2838495You didn't mention chongqing. I'm definitely doubting you now
>>2838513>You didn't mention chongqingand?it's only got (semi-)popular recently and only through social mediamost international tourists in China are boomers...sure the raffles will have many internationalsbut other than that, it's still quite rare seeing some (at least when I was there last this March)lots of domestic tourists though>>2838509>Holy shit, even Fuzhou. People are everywhere now.i mean you'll certainly run into international tourists in sanfang qixiangbut other than thisit's close to Xiamen so that's a "typical" tour routeComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2838517Sorry, that was me. I should've known better, you know your stuff.So is Sanfang really worth seeing? I'd rather go to Jinan and have a more individual experience unless the sights of Fuzhou are just that great it makes up for being more touristy (albeit you said still not many).And you didn't come across the no foreigner BS with the trip Home stays?
I don't know where to ask this, here's the deal:Since I reproduced I'm taking my family to safe resorts. We've been twice to Sinai - once in Taba and once in Sharm El Sheikh. Both times ended up with us puking and shitting our guts out after a week. Something like that never happened anywhere else in Egypt or in rest of the world (East Africa, Caribbeans, South America, SEA etc.) and we exclusively eat hotel food and drink bottled water.Was that just a bad lucks? Anyone knows something about some particular virus or bacteria in Sinai?
>>2838077Makes sense. Since I can't find better explain, I'll stick to that hypothesis.>>2838106>people who eat a $2 restaurants popular with the locals are always suspiciously fine.No they're not. Worst cases of food poisoning I've seen were of tourists who were larping as locals from the very first day of vacation.>You're not preparing yourself by consuming non-local bacteria.Point of most pro-biotics isn't to works as vaccine, but immunity booster. When your vacation lasts a week or two best thing to do is to avoid local bacteria instead of inviting it into your gut. These bacteria will most likely slip any way, but in limited quantity that your strenghten gut will be prepared for.Until of course we're talking about some badass virus or bacteria or other pathogen that leads to serious poisoning/sickness. In this case you can't prepare your gut, but at least you have greater chances to avoid it, if you don't act as some local-larping smart ass.>But you can slowly acclimate after you get there by eating local food.For longer stay it makes sense to build up local microbiota in your gut, but if you do that for 1-2 weeks of vacation, you'll spend most of that time on toilet.>How do you adapt to bacteria endemic to a place 5000 miles away before you get there? You don't.Actually there are specific pro-biotics that help building up local microbiota in advance, but taking these for vacation is overkill.
>>2838190This is a thread about a guy who consistently gets sick for a week after eating hotel food. Keep eating yogurt to prevent yourself from getting syphilis from your fat wife while eating at a hotel buffet and getting diarrhea. I'll keep eating local food and being fine.
>>2838239>consistently gets sick>Something like that never happened anywhere else in Egypt or in rest of the world (East Africa, Caribbeans, South America, SEA etc.)?
>>2838241Yeah, that happens all the time to tourists who take probiotics and eat hotel food. Doesn't really happen to people who eat local food nearly as often, though.
>>2838387>that happens all the timeWhole thread is literally how it happened in Sinai twice, and nowhere else.
Has there ever been a place that you have visited that made you have a sort of "opposite Paris syndrome".I visited Boston, MA last year for a wedding and It was the biggest culture shock as someone from bumfuck Yucaipa California. I still want to go back someday, while also visiting other parts of east coast while at it.
>>2831368lol another weeb that wants to be a special snowflake
>>2831081Hey Yucaipa isnt that bad :(
Europe as a whole is a massive overrated shithole. What the fuck is the appeal in seeing shitty run down buildings, the same 20 US shops, a population of immigrants and refugees, and the 5 remaining white people (stuck up reddit cunts). There are way better and cheaper places on this Earth. Europe is probably the worst region to visit after Africa.
>>2838049Cleveland rocks, great downtown, Rock N Roll Hall of Fame one of the better museums in existence, place has character. Matter of fact, all major Ohio cities are underrated, it’s actually Cincinnati which for years has been called underrated, that’s close to being overrated as the city down near the water could be much more vibrant, it feels like they literally ran out of room, which I guess they did.However let’s talk about the “other” side of the Bay Area, Oakland.I’ve randomly liked the A’s forever, who knows maybe it’s an autistic appreciation for the “moneyball” bullshit they once did, but enough about that. Had to see a game before they moved and spent most of my time in San Fran (Also better than expected) and was prepared for Oakland to look like hell on Earth, like the West Coast version of Baltimore.Now to be honest, a decent portion does, you have literal shantytowns near the tracks, and homelessness on the periphery that is worse than SF. However downtown is surprisingly charming in many areas, and I liked the more working class and low key vibes, in many ways a lot more than San Francisco. In my short experience, people also nicer in Oaktown.Lake Merritt as well is an underrated gem in the Bay Area.Would I tell you to spend more time in Oakland that San Francisco? Hell no, but it is actually worth a day or two if you are in the Bay Area for a week. Things can go shady however fast, so just make sure you are in one of the few okay neighborhoods.
>>2838143Ah right forgot this is /liv/ not /trv/
Hustling is endless. From restaurants to taxi drivers, almost everyone wants some lira from you and the moment you spoke English, you’re liable to tourist tax. You’ll also get carpet sellers, menu without prices, typical scammy things that you’d experience in India (and maybe morroco and egypt too - but I have not been). Supermarkets became my sanctuary as they are the places which consistently have clear price tags and the prices are the same for everyone.Admission tickets to main sights like Hagia Sophia, Topkapi, and many museums have two-tier pricing (which is fine) but the scale is rather extreme. And for the money you paid for, you are getting the barebone experience - no free brochure, some doesnt have English translations, some doesnt allow taking photos. I just have the feeling of being ripped off.Smoking is absolutely everywhere. It makes up the Turkish air basically. No smoking sign is decorative except in public transportation settings.
>>2837862I went for a walk along the Bosphorus and saw a huge variety of summer visitors. Nobody appeared to be harassing any of them. If you are not an alcoholdrinker, perhaps you are avoiding the ripoffs of the bar streets? It never occurred to me to drink alcohol in Istanbul, much less drink at a fookin Irish themed pub or some other gimmicky fool trap.
>>2837862you are not white
>>2837979Istanbul is Med adjacent. You go to nice places, you are going to get upcharged. You go to street places, they short you on ingredients if they don't like you. The price usually remains the same.
>>2837862because youre brown
>go to tourist trap places in istanbul>complain about tourist trapsgo to bebek, caddebostan or nişantaşı or even any other places apart from fatih and people wouldn't care about you. or probably despise you because you are a clueless tourist.
