Winter break is going to start soon at my community college. I'm taking online classes also so attendance isn't holding me back since turning in assignments is attendance. I'm 18M, but I know my parents still wouldn't like me getting a flight to Poland or Greece (leaving from San Antonio Airport btw). I do live with them, but pay my own tuition which is like 6k a year. I also have $110 dollars in credit card cashback if that matters (thought about putting it towards a flight to eastern europe).Not sure on how much to budget, I have 16k total. But I would like to keep most of that since I pay tuition, work part time, and make 13/hr. I was thinking a budget of like 2k for at least a week, hopefully. But I'm open to other options/methods. I really want to try backpacking in eastern europe, probably solo. Since all my friends in town are too broke from spending money on weed, alcohol, videogames, and food. So I'm the only one with money that can travel. Any advice/thoughts is appreciated. Thanks.
It’s a long ass flight for just a week, I would drag it on as long as possible. I don’t know if you’re 2K budget includes flights but it should be possible. Eastern Europe is not as cheap as people claim it is but by staying in hostels, using public transport and eating cheap you can easily get by on €50 per day no matter where you are. Hitchhike and stealth camp and you can do it for even less.Budapest is very comfy in the winter. Or you could try somewhere like Croatia where it’s not so fucking cold.
>>2733825Another generic 'i wanna backpack thread' won't give you much, desu.What exactly do you want to get out of the trip? Write down a list of experiences you want, hobbies you have, dreams, things you'd like to do, etc, and then we can help more.Don't be a fag and speedrun Gdansk - Warsaw - Krakow - Prague - Vienna, or something similar. You'll end up having more or less identical days, doing the same shit and won't have enough time to appreciate anything.Play on the fact it's winter, and pintpoint 'wintery experiences'.>Nowa Huta (Krakow's communist hood) on a grey wintery day and have a 'commie day'>Zakopane for skiing or soaking up general snowy mountain vibes>Visiting a quaint xmas market (Wroclaw?)>Chilling out in thermal baths outside in cold weather (Budapest? Zakopane?)>Taking a nice train journey up into the mountains (Bansko, Bulgaria)>Drinking Sahlab on ferries and potentially seeing minarets in the snow in IstanbulComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2733893Hey man, I'm thinking of spending summer in Japan, could you give me some winter suggestions for Angola and Namibia?
>>2733825when are you planning to do this?if you are from san antonio and haven't travelled much the chances are you have probably only seen snow and experienced temperatures below freezing a handful of times in your lifebear in mind that eastern europe gets pretty cold in winter time. your budget will probably have to cover some extra warm clothes
>>2734180Just layer up. All you need are a cheap hat, scarf and gloves.Only goodgoys go all in on the latest $800 goybranded jackets for a week's trip.
Woman in my late 20s. Don’t really have a remote job yet but working on it.Currently live in Bulgaria and it’s absolutely horrendous here.Visited Norway and Denmark, figured Norway has more job opportunities. Only other place I’m considering is Portugal because it’s cheaper than Spain despite not having job opportunities unless you’re in tech.Want to move somewhere where the air is cleaner. Ideally somewhere where there are also better social safety nets, in case I become disabled or old. In Bulgaria most people past the age of 25 are completely miserable.Willing to pursue further education as well. If anyone has suggestions of places I should travel to to check out before making the move to Norway please do post.
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I'm from Estonia and we have quite a sizable tech sector with a lot of remote work. A lot of foreigners work for Estonian companies.I've lived in Norway before and although the nature is splendid, I found the culture and people there to be extremely rigid and boring without any out of the box thinking. Look up the Law of Jante and you'll understand what I mean.That being said, the Poland and the Baltics are a good place to check out before you settle down.
>learn how to code for two years using Odin Project>make dozens of projects, volunteer to make full fledged websites for local organizations, even get paid for a few>still can't even get an interview for a coding jobIt's over. I don't have a degree. I DO have $80k to start a fully remote business that will net me $2k a month so I can live overseas. What type business should I make though?
Will remote jobs ever go beyond STEM and expand into other white collar work? It’s pretty stupid seeing people still pining after programming or SWE jobs when the time for getting in has passed
>>2731558Wow this board is really /biz/ without retards, jeets and other coinniggers.
>>2731564>>2731559when did things get this bad? it feels like it happened overnight I only just over last 3 months or so been hearing its incredibly hard to break through now. Did big tech finally realize 80% of the wfh swe are useless?
>>2734214God please let it continue this whole thread is making me wet. I’m just imagining all these zoomer dorkers who pretentiously adjusted their glasses as chad and Stacy walked by them on campus, thinking to themselves>”hah! Just fuckin wait. In 2 years, I’m gonna graduate and snag a remote job! I’ll be getting my 5 inch pecker played with in pattaya and arbitraging my remote salary! Hope the partying was worth it :^)”Only to graduate and start the dorker scramble for a job that lasts hundreds of applications and dozens of months. Enjoy! If I can’t live in Thailand, NOBODY CAN! AAAAAHAHAHAHAH
>>2734214Massive bubble up until 2022, then collapse and interest rates shooting up. It's going back to normal. Fake jobs for a fake economy. There will be a shortage of programmers again in 5 years from all the CS student drops.
As an American I'm used to hysterically overprotective parents who wouldn't dare let their children step foot outside without an adult, so I was shocked to go to other countries and see kids just walking around town, on the bus, at the store, all by themselves. And I'm not talking about high schoolers, I mean actual children.I remember one time on the bus in Eastern Europe this girl turned around and started proudly displaying her new lunchbox to me, I couldn't understand a word she was saying so I just smiled and nodded. Another time in Japan a girl came up to me at the arcade, couldntve been older than 8 or 9, and challenged me to a game, I totally got my ass handed to me.
in my experience (especially in asia) most of them just want to practice their english with you
>>2731816>in Japan a girl came up to me at the arcade, couldntve been older than 8 or 9, and challenged me to a game, I totally got my ass handed to me.Haha I would’ve handled her a-..haha..I would’ve uhh
>>2731816You're now beginning to see just how devoid of social trust America has become. It's revealed in many other facets of life as well.
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>>2731828Based Rape Rat
I’ll be visiting Panama soon for a frivolous vacation but I don’t know what to wear. How do I larp as a Reagan-era American neocolonist without being too obvious about it? What hats are acceptable?Also what the fuck should I do in Panama
>>2732808Panamanians have a weird relationship with America. On the one hand, Panama only exists because of the US, and only has money because of the US, on the other hand there's been a century of local whinging over muh canal zone. Check out the Panama Canal Museum for sure. Generally I found the locals to be very nice, but the city's a dump. If you're visiting on a weekend, you should be able to take a boat tour up the Canal - do that if you can, it's the main unique thing in Panama.In the old town (i.e. the nice bit), get some nice rum cocktails at Pedro Mandinga, eat at Fonda Lo Que Hay (only good meal I had in Panama, but some of the best fish I've ever had), go party on the rooftop bar at Selina (hot local girls and assorted young foreigners).
>>2733274Watch any average white American in South America and tell me he can't pull 10/10 model anywhere he goes.
>>2734073Cool thanks for the tips. I’m currently reading a John LeCarre novel about espionage in Panama and it’s teaching me a lot of history. Super looking forward to cheap tasty alcohol. I’m not trying to look good for girls though; just trying to look good for me. To be cool like Dodgson.
>>2734073>>2734171I've also been to Panama, to visit relatives. My impression and recommendations are the same, basically. There's tons of Venezuelan prosties and cheap alcohol, that is correct, even the imported alcohol like scotch whisky and chilean wine was cheap there. The country doesn't really feel like the US but doesn't really feel like the rest of latin america either. It's a 3rd place for sure. Maybe like Puerto Rico? Similar caribbean culture too, even on the pacific side, that felt very different from mexicans and US chicano hispanics I'm used to.The area around the Costa Rican border was very pretty, and climatically very nice in the highlands, not sure you'll make it there though.
>>2734201>t doesn't really feel like the rest of latin america either.Once you travel enough you realize there isn't a typical "Latin American country". There's this image of a sepia filter Mexico Breaking Bad stereotype, but each country is very different. I have been to Bahia in Northern Brazil and experienced the African influences on the culture. I have been to Peru and had Asian-style foods cooked by Jap descendants. I have been to Patagonia and visited Welsh tea houses, saw glaciers and Scandinavian landscapes. Even in Mexico it's very different to what you'd expect when you see a bustling metropolis like DF. As for Panama I've never stepped foot outside of the airport but it struck me as a small Latin American Singapore. Very interesting region.
I was looking at St Helena it occured to me how there are still some distant relics of the British Empire and idk why but I have a real heartfelt desire to visit St Helena now. But since it is so far and so remote I was wondering what are some good locations which have kept intact the old empire that may be worth visiting?
>>2734138Just load up a British Empire map and look where they were. The bigger the shithole, the more of the old empire has been kept around, as nobody cba to replace it.I know you can see glimpses of British and French imperialism in Cairo, which is interesting, if you know where to look.
>>2734138If you're actually keen on doing a trip to St. Helena, I'd advise tacking it onto a trip to South Africa. Cape Town still has lots of Dutch and Colonial architecture, as do many other cities in SA. Cape Town also has some great, but smaller, museums about the empire.
Why is this country slept on here? Not even "le wild west" posting but its got one of the easiest visas in SEA, cheap rent (like <$500/mo including utilities for a full serviced 1bd 1br in PP, probably cheaper in SR), and expats are opening businesses all the fucking time it's so easy. You don't even need a degree if you want to go the standard ESL teacher route. What's the catch?
Anyone got advice for a degree-less American interested in pursuing a CELTA certification and teaching in Cambodia? Reading the comments here makes me think everyone hates Cambodia/PP. I don't have a degree so my teaching options are limited. Seems like Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar are the only places I could teach until I get experience. Myanmar is obviously war-torn rn, don't know enough about Laos.Rent and food seem pretty cheap but the someone said the wages for teaching (especially without a degree) are terrible. Is this true? What's like a healthy budget for a single guy? Any schools/scams I should look out for? capcha:T0ASS
>>2733354The issue with living in shitholes is the streets are sweltering, hectic and unpleasant places used for business only. What do you do in your free time? Lay in bed all day? In a semi-civilized setting you'd have parks, temples and other desirable public spaces to visit daily. It makes a lot of difference in quality of life. I guess this is why so many foreigners want to live near a beach, it is a great public space.
>>2733649One of the biggest downsides of staying in se asia. Everyone goes to the mall to hang out. Literally cannot take a walk to clear your head and enjoy nature. Even places that are close to nature tend to be shitty, with garbage being dumped everywhere, awful things washing up on the beach
https://t.me/+9JUSwjm42OUwOGVhfor those who dare
>>2729138>>2729154>>2733402>>2730197>>2729856>>2729841>>2729169>>2729178>>2729151>>2729238Cambodian men literally pimp Vietnamese girls to white paedophiles. Vietnamese are in the bottom rung of Cambodian society and are the ones being fucked by expats. Vietnamese girls and women fill Cambodian brothels.https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/05/cambodia-wants-china-as-its-neighborhood-bully/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Anyone find theme parks... quite odd?Like they're these almost scared places of joy and adventure. Especially the Disney parks.But in reality they're like three miles by three miles square (of course the Orlando one is quite spread out), and the minute you break that magic and see all the back lots and service areas. Y'know, there's like a five-lane interstate road within a few meters of some of the rides.I just find the contrast between the two kind of interesting, and for example how much work Disney put into making places the size of a few football pitches seem like the whole world whilst you're in them.
>>2731092>the minute you break that magic and see all the back lots and service areas.vatniks cannot comprehend logistics and maintenance.
>>2731092Just lighten up and have some fun ffs
>>2731092That whole park is going to be devoid of green space and any remaining naturalistic feel once the rivers of America are filled in.
Disney does a good job at maintaining the illusion. Most theme parks just kind of half-ass it. If you really want immersion in a theme park, you have to go to at Halloween. Knotts Berry Farm in southern California really does it right. They hire hundreds of actors to walk around the park, they set up a dozen mazes, they do shows all over the park, they hire bands to perform every night. They divide the park up into separate themed areas. It's the best Halloween attraction I've ever been to.
The 90s especially was quite odd with theme parks.
Should I visit Philadelphia or Dallas next May? Would be for 5 days. I'm a euro and have friends in each but have never been
>>2733506he might be a samefag but hes also not wrongwhat the fuck is there to do in dallas? its a suburb city that's nice to live in but not to visit. "good food" isn't a argument for dallas when its nearly impossible to get a bad meal in philly and there's tons of hot young girls and a actual arts scene from the 4 or so universities in the area. just accept your city is fucking boring and move on. you live somewhere like dallas but you visit philly. t. lives in nyc and goes to philly 4-6x a year because it has sovl (and its a 1.5-2 hour drive away)
>>2733571>he might be a samefag(You) might be a samefag
>>2733576schizoi have been to dallas and houston its just fucking boring suburbias with more mexicans. everything you can experience there you can experience on the coasts other than maybe more access to gun ranges (the novelty ends quick desu)
>>2732365>>2733494>>2733571Pretty sure all 3 are different people, considering I was one of them but okay.
>>2733577>>2734153>t. legit schizophenic
When it comes to December options (in Europe), is Portugal a good place to travel to? I noticed flying to Lisbon is pretty cheap, and hotels seem rather cheap too. Thinking Lisbon a couple days, then getting a rental and heading to Porto (and various coastal towns)
>>2732303Where's the best place in Porto to get that sandwich?
>>2732503Anywhere you go it tastes like absolute dogshit.
I'd toss Albufeira into the mix. Admittedly December might not be the moment to be at the beach, but it is beautiful. If you are worried about the weather, save it for next time. If you Do go there, go eat at Roulotte Do Sr. António, outdoor place, sand floor, weird old guy on the grill, great steak or seafood. If you got o Porto and are into such things, look into the "Spiritus" videomapping AV show at Clerigos Church, it was the best such show I've seen (if those bore you, this one probably will to). If you go, sit to the back for a better view -- and be sure to look up.
>>2733269You seem upset.
>>2734134That light show, from what I'm seeing, looks awesome. I'll have to check it out.
What are the downsides of living in the UK?
>>2733989kek.
>>2730023Downsides> anywhere with a job market is extremely expensive > anywhere affordable has maybe three minimum wage jobs a year advertised> weather is crap. No nice winters like Scandinavia, no nice summers like the south of France, just wind and rain and cloud and a penetrating damp cold that’s somehow chillier than much of the Arctic Circle > most jobs pay very poorly, a handful of City spreadsheet abusers excepted> urban areas being swamped by immigrants and the far right is ascendant, going to be some major problems before long > class structure is everywhere. Crap food meme is an aspect of this, caring about food is seen as a posh thing so most of the country reacts by insisting that tinned slop is just fine (of course you can get excellent food from people called Tarquin if you want) > local culture being annihilated and this is weirdly celebrated by many > scenic areas are either very far away or completely ruined by town dwellers amazed at the sight of a tree Pros> end of list
>>2734011fucks sake. miserable whiny poorfags should be banned from this board
>>2734015Everything shuts at 5pm too
>>2730023Britain is in many aspects the most grimmest country on earth but also in some ways the most comfiest and sweetest and the worst part is that those disparities can so often be displayed on two ends of the same street. As we say its swings and roundabouts.
Near Luxembourg so you can take a day trip to Metz and otherwise you would never visit here right?
>>2730989You can make day trips to Luxembourg and Trier, so maybe yes.
Is Metz overrun with Muslims and Africans yet?
>>2731165its france, so got figure. but the old town is still glorious
>>2730989I hope you like africans and muslims
Hello, I am in Luxembourg... A coworker of mine recently took a few day trips to Metz out of boredom, says it's cozy.. Would I say it's worth a whole trip on it's own? Maybe not, but probably if you combine it with other nearby cities and towns... If you want, we could go together! I'm very lonely.My e-mail is... theloneliestanon@gmail.com
Which one of these cities is the best for living?Requirements: Least niggers, large-assed white women, cheap housing, things to doMilwaukee WIPittsburgh PAGrand Rapids MIMinneapolis MNCincinnati OHIndianapolis INcan't decide which one to buy a cheap home and impregnate a white woman in. I am on an adventure to find the best place to live in america.
>>2734047yea i do know what i'm talking about since i am originally fucking from therecharleston is far blacker than anywhere in the north so is florida. all of the south is obviously far blacker percentage wise. plus i have done countless hours of research which is why i say those 6 cities, housing is cheapest in those cities while still being close to population centers and historic cities even if there are some niggers in there. you can buy for 250,000 or less sometimes, and still live in a white area in the rural suburbs while being close to large cities at the same time instead of moving to bumfuck west virginia or south dakota, it is a good deal but all of those cities are so similar i cannot choose which is best so i come to 4chungus
>>2734047charleston is also one of the most dangerous cities in the country btw nigger. just cause downtown is black, the surrounding area of ohio and kentucky is not black at all and is well off and safe. cincinnati is a beautiful historic city keep its name out yo mouf
>>2734049If you have a source that shows the population of Destin is more than 3 percent black, I'd love to see it. I've been there a dozen times. It's rare to see any black people.https://datausa.io/profile/geo/destin-fl#demographicsYou know how people end up in situations like OP? They play too many video games, smoke too much weed, drink too much and they didn't study in school. Don't be like OP.
>>2734078ohhh i get it they included spics in the white population oh okayflorida is still only 50% white as a whole and you didn't mention charleston which was mainly what i was talking about because it's niggerville usa. destin fl is one quarter spics which is basically niggers to me. fugouttahe
>>2734078i will make it more clear i am moving to the north/west because there's no niggers OR spics
https://www.fodors.com/community/Obviously a lot more heavily moderated than /trv/. Is it worth contributing to? They like trip reports.
>>2733997I'll give the average /trv/ poster about 4 days before the banhammer starts falling.
I assume you’re not allowed to say what you’re thinking - things like, how do I avoid undesirable brown people
>>2734060obviously, it's a heavy handed shitlib moderated forum with a narrative carefully shaped by overmoderation and echo-chamberism most places on the internet are like that, which is why its so amazing the first time when you actually get out into the world and discover how fucking disgusting brown people really are literally everywhere
Is there anything good about america or should you just move to europe and asia as soon as you have money? is it time to see an immigration lawyer?
>>2733778well you said it no wife and kids. youd want to send your kids yo orivaye school, have private health insurance a nanny etc...
>>2733544Tight American Pussy
>>2733758indeed i quite like germany but all of east europe looks pretty comfy, even greece or armenia
>>2733661>well how do you get out even if you wanted to? you just simply go?I went with job offers. “Just simply go” is occasionally possible, but not very practical—to move to anywhere in Western Europe, you can’t stay more than ~90 days, and you can’t officially come in for the purpose of seeking work, unless you’re an EU passport holder. Parts of Eastern Europe let you stay longer and are less anal about jobseekers, but if you plan to stay long-term you pretty much have to come with a good reason already lined up. >i thought immigration lawyers were the methodImmigration lawyers are good for helping sort certain categories of visa problems, but these are managed with/by employers in normal long-term expatriate situations. People who are good candidates to stay forever don’t need them. Lawyers can also help sort out things like “golden visa” or investment by residence program paperwork if you’ve got a LOT of money and working isn’t in the plan, but they’re not required. Oh, and I know one American who used a lawyer to get him through acquiring Italian citizenship by descent, but his case was unusually complicated. Most people with time and tolerance for bureaucracy can do even that on their own.>plus the european city design i assumed was more convenientUrban planning, transit, and cheap and easy regional/intra-European travel are aspects of life in Europe that are unquestionably superior to life in the States—I haven’t needed or wanted to own a car in more than five years and I do not fucking miss it for a second (although I do rent cars short-term occasionally for errands involving cargo or the rare trips I can’t take by train or cheap airline). Also way better in Europe are some quality of life and work-life balance things, like respect for taking time off—everyone I know is away for a month or more every year, and nobody eats lunch at his desk.
>>2733916yea might have to just go illegally. i heard a nice loophole for poor people is buying real estate but that seems very hard to do for some reason. not sure where to even go for that. oh well
