What are some basic etiquette and formalities to learn before visiting Japan?
>>2884446Most South Asians living in Japan are Nepalese or Burmese. On the other handthere are relatively few Pakistanis and Indians—fewer even than the number of Americans living in Japan.
>>2884411Chinese and Japanese people have completely different senses of styleand Japanese fashion tends to be more minimalist, while Chinese fashion is more vibrant.
Starting June 1, Shibuya Ward will impose a 2,000-yen fine for littering.https://www.city.shibuya.tokyo.jp/kankyo/machi-seiso/seiso/shibuyaku_poisute_rule.html
>>2882399Recently, downtown alleys with a growing number of foreign tourists have become covered in discarded chewing gum. It makes the town look even dirtier than littered trash does. In Japan, walking while chewing gum is generally considered poor manners, let alone spitting it out on the street, which is completely out of the question.
>>28858922k yen's not a fine, that's more like a usage fee for the shibuya garbage dump
Hi me and some guys are on a trip right now and we wil be be spending tonight and tomorrow kald a day in krakow. But i am struggling to find places to visit. Except for the salt mine nothing really seems unique about the place. So do any of you have any recommendations, any great bars or museums or just great views or whatever.
>>2886528Yeah I was definitely planning on trying zurek, I've had it once from a supermarket jar but I would like to try the real thing as well
>>2886528Does it really make sense to dine out for pierogi when you can get them in a grocery market and cook them yourself? Add some herbal butter, fry them up and enjoy.
>>2886648Jesus. This guy
It's a sad cuisine when pierogi is the thing people settle on recommending.
>>2886512Nah it's boring, not worth it. Take your gay buddies someplace else
Greetings /trv/, I'll go to Central Europe next October/November for 35 days. I'll make a comfy trip in a region where I haven't been there for (mostly) 21 years. My route is>Vienna - 2 days >Ljubljiana + outskirts - 5 days>Rijeka - 2 days>Pula + Rovinj - 3 days>Slovenian sea towns - 4 days>Trieste + Udine - 3 days>Maribor - 2 days>Budapest - 4 days>Bratislava - 4 days (with outskirts)>Vienna - 3 daysAs you can see, threre are some days still avaliable, and I don't know where I could go more. Zagreb was meh, I am not that found of Venice (even because I'm going alone) and I'm clueless on the Southern Austria cities. Do you have any suggestions?
Why rijeka for two days?There's nothing of interest in rijeka for a tourist, it's a small ugly industrial city.
>>2883823Padova is nice and close enough to your route
>>2883823I would halve your days in Bratislava and split them between Budapest and Vienna. you could also go for a daytrip to Szentendre and spend a night in Győr on your way to Vienna, it's a lovely Baroque city on the banks of the Rába and Danube rivers
>>2883823skip maribor, it's boring and uglybrno is surprisingly nice
>>2883823Why the fuck would you go to a bunch of small irrelevant cities that have nothing but Thai and Nepali service industry workers and overpriced pizza cuts?
Looking for opinions on Argentina. I am looking at options for living long term part time (5.5 months) away from Canada. With the possibility of making a permanent move in the future. Background: Retired CAF with a substantial retirement combined with injury pension. Would just be me and my teenage son travelling.Funding wise, I clear approx $6000 USD/month after taxes.What's the internet access like in the rural areas?I plan on renting a car for mobility as I hate public transport.What's the best places for rural living where I can enjoy the Gaucho culture?Are there any places I might be priced out of living?Thanks
>>2884540lit. whmst.?
viva la raza
>>2876976Hearing Uruguay is better and has an actual visa for people like you.Also hearing Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina are pretty European demographically if you're into that.
>>2885945Mayra Breckenridge. She was the first tranny.
>>2887046>looks up nameThat was apparently a 1970s era movie and apparently it sucked.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myra_Breckinridge_(film)>it received little to no critical praise and has been cited as one of the worst films ever made.[5]
This is not a politics thread. With looming kerosene shortages and big low-cost carriers already shuttering, are my summer travel plans fucked?I wanted to go to Vietnam, is it better to start planning to go ASAP rather than July or August like I originally intended to? Or are international carriers safe? I'm genuinely scared of getting stranded.
>>2880051yes
Could my return flight to America please be fucked? I really don't want to go back in two months and stroogle finding some wagecuck job in a bumfuck Midwest town that doesn't require a car commute, plus an overpriced rental room in some boomer's house with either ten million rules or a horrible filthy mess.Got half a mind to get that TEFL (while in America) and teach English in Cambodia. Being a hardass autist I know the kids will respect me. I can live on less than $1000/month easily. So why not? I'll make so little money that ZOG won't even try collecting any taxes from me. And my savings are adequate enough.
Are lodging costs dropping at all due to the "OMG nobody's traveling in Europe because gas prices!!!" bullshit?
>>2880051So, LOL, apparently American Airlines has cancelled six of its routes until jet fuel prices normalize.Which routes got killed, you ask? LOLFive to California, LOLOne to Ontario, LOLNot sure if that's Ontario, California or Ontario, Canada, LOL
>>2886947Found another newspaper reporting that it is Ontario, California. LOL.Fuck California, I hope all the Californians get stranded there.
Will this officially kill the Cruise Ship industry? you would have be an idiot to book in 2026 after the current Hanta situation and formally the Diamond Princess covid ship dilemma.Personally I hope it kills the industry
I went down a big cruise rabbithole. I also thought they were just NPC floating theme parks but that’s only on segment of the market. Cunard, Viking, and Silversea all seem more upmarket, no waterslides and pool parties, and they have onboard libraries and lectures. I want to go on a (nice) cruise desu.
>>2880563>OMG this rare but well-known illness is totally going to kill off the entire planet, cruise ships first!Sorry Fauci, you shot your wad in 2021. I hope you get the needle for your crimes.>>2886564>STORM THE SHOPPING MALL!!!>[wave of blubber covers town]meh
>>2886734>they have onboard libraries and lectures. I want to go on a (nice) cruise desu.performative larping. zlibrary is bigger and free. jewtube has infinite lectures i can pause and rewind any time
>>2887028I can’t say I’d read their books or attend the lectures, but the different vibe isn’t going to attract obese amerimutt families trying to drink a dozen pina coladas every day
>>2887034most Americamutts on cruises are usually newlyweds or nearly deads. Shit is done by 9 pm on most roots as most are either asleep with the dentures in a glass or too busy taggin ass.
>when you go on holiday to Paris and it's the final day, before you go back to the airport, and you hear the Metro announcement sound for the last time
A aching back, a funny walk, and ten new venereal diseases. Such is the fate of all ytbois who visit Paris.
Why haven't you visited North Korea, the greatest country on earth? You have nothing to lose but your chains!
>>2886892When I was there in 2014 they took us to a newly opened attraction for tourists (horse stables). There were various vendors about selling tchotchkes and snacks, but none of them had dealt with tourists before. They gave real dprk won notes as change to many of us, instead of tourist notes or hard currency. Before we left, military boarded the bus and the vendors pointed out who received the notes as change, and the notes were confiscated, since tourists aren’t allowed to hold real dprk won. Thankfully I wasn’t pointed out and managed to get mine out of the country. One of my coolest keepsakes from the trip
>>2886892This is the way - if you want to see/experience NK to some degree without actually entering go to Dandong. Never ever waste time with South Korea DMZ tours
>>2886904https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6y3CugYBaI
Are gays allowed there?
>>2886829did so back in 2010. Mass Games was wild.
How much have your flight tickets increased by ever since the retarded Americans ruined things for everybody? I flew this last year at $1000.
>>2886386Probably Auckland to Manila bro.I was about to say that current prices aren’t too bad until I realised that the NZ dollar is down the shitter.
In my experience over the past 2 years, ~$1500 USD sounds pretty standard for a round trip ticket to a third world country.
>>2886032infinite more respect for the jews in isreal, who at least have soldiers in the wars the us is convinced to die for. unlike our crackkker allies who do nothing but get handouts and cry that we are the only military relevant western nation.
>>2886411And who convinced them? Back on topic Yair
Just wondering for anyone who has flown recently, has your flights been emptier or more full?
I went to West End, Roatan years ago and kept hearing about Utila. What are the differences between Utila and West End? It seems like Utila has more nightlife despite being way more remote. West End seemed to be a diving paradise for 30+ and especially 50+ yo people. There wasn't really a party scene besides one bar that was open late. I started looking at Utila and it seems like great diving and great nightlife. Is it worth the pain in the ass getting to Utila?
I haven't spent much time in Roatan so I can't really compare. Utila is a party zone for scuba kids, but there's also plenty to do if that's not your scene. I went there twice for freediving, so drinking was definitely off the table. There's great shore snorkeling, lots of good restaurants and chill bars. The whole place is very, very small; while the island is big only about 1/4 is developed, so if you ride your bike 20 minutes to Pumpkin Hill you've explored pretty much everywhere.Don't go during the stormy season when the visibility and trash levels are very bad, I think between Nov-Feb.Yeah overall it's a nice vibe. I've now been disappointed by so many dive towns around the world, I've decided not to dive anywhere except Utila from now on.>pain in the ass to get toNo kidding; I'm too cheap to fly to Roatan so I just went to San Pedro, took a 3-hour bus, which never aligns with the boat schedule so I always have to spend a night in La Ceiba, asshole of the country.
>>2887004i guess I didn't really answer your question. The dive shops host big social events every night of the week, plus there are resort hotels, for party kids who don't like to get wet, with much fancier venues. So you won't get bored. There's also a big "treehouse rave" in this weird outdoor museum, I think that's every month or couple months.I liked the bar at Underwater Vision dive shop, that's where you can argue with Australians over a game of pool. there's also a dive bar north of the ferry terminal where locals play tourists for drinks at pool.
I'm Japanese, but I have claustrophobia and can't fly.I probably won't ever be able to go abroad. I'd be happy if you could be friends with me here.
>>2886859Japan has lots of ferries to other countries! You can also board international cruises to many far off destinations
>>2886859For some reason, the idea of a cruise had completely slipped my mind. Well, that gives me hope.I’m planning to travel abroad someday, so please come visit Japan, everyone.
>>2886879>please come visit Japan, everyoneThis confirms you ain't no jap
>>2886859国内旅行は?
>>2886859The only reason you can't fly is because you don't have wings, dumbass. Some abstract fear of enclosed spaces doesn't stop you from flying. Claustrophobic jeets crowd onto buses and do their best to control their anxiety at being crammed in such a small space.
I want to leave everything behind and start from scratch in Iceland.
You'll still be a retarded fucking frogposter there too and your life will suck even more
>>2886838>Iceland>sun shiningkekekek it's one of the cloudiest places on EarthI don't think it's very friendly to immigrants either
>>2886838You meant to say Costa Rica
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>>2888195I have a wide brimmed sun hat to protect my pure white skin from the devlish foreign skies, too.
>>2888195I dress like this, even in summer
>>2887793No opinions on Shodoshima or the other islands versus a daytrip from Takamatsu still on Shikoku?
on one hand I feel like dropping several hundred extra dollars for more space as a solo traveler is a bad idea. On the other hand I don't like hostels and I don't want to be confined to a single room
>>2888482Literally all you need is a clean bed and a barebones bathroom. Unless you're at a ryokan the point is to see and do shit not sit in a hotel.
We're screened for dangerous items in a very zealous security process. So why can't little kids see the cockpit like back in the day before 9/11?
>>2886690You can usually get a peek after a flight is over.You can't do it while airborne because even if the kid isn't a terrorist, the parent might be, or at least might be a nutcase.>>2886696>The cockpit voice recorder revealed the presence of the relief captain's teenaged children in the cockpit at the time of the accident.The kid who caused the crash was the son of one of the pilots. That was all a result of Russian alcoholism and family values, not of a random kid visiting the cockpit. The pilot would have let the kid in with or without such a rule.
>>2886690>very zealous security processIn which airport? Most of the ones I travel through they barely even give a fuck. It's more a formality than anything.>>2886693Have you flown recently? Nobody talks to strangers on airplanes anymore. They all just take naps, stare at the goyscreen, or zone out. Only one time on a flight I was seated next to an American boomer returning to his Filipina wife in Mindanao after completely closing out his life in America, bank accounts and all. Next to him was another guy visiting the Philippines on business. I snuck six shot bottles of vodka into my carry-on, drank them after takeoff, then we three chatted off and on throughout the flight.
>>2886819I haven't talked to any stranger in a long time since I only fly business or first for long haul and get my own private seat.
>>2886690Because they don’t want you to see the indian/female pilot, especially on a Boeing.
>>2886819Nigger why not just 2 hip flasks.
Anybody here have any experience with living in their car while traveling? I'm going to be traveling across the country in a few months and I'm trying to make a good setup for the back of my Rav4 but I keep seeing what seems like ads for these foldable bedframe/storage things.Is there something I'm missing with these? It seems impractical in the sense that you lose what little headroom you already have if you want to sit up and the storage requires you to get out and go all the way to the back of the vehicle and open the door to access it.Is there any reason I should consider getting one of these instead of just getting a single trifold mattress and having storage on the side of it?Any other tips would be appreciated as well as this is my first time making a trip like this
>>2879245how many days? recline your passenger chair?
I've only slept out of my car a few times so I don't have too many tips but>get a planet fitness black membership/any other nation gym chain. It's nice to be able to shower and change somewhere. You can also get away with sleeping in their parking lots too.>do tinted windows if you can afford it. It's not a great feeling just having people walk by and being able to see you lying in the back of your carThe next time I sleep in my car, I'm going to try using an inflatable mattress instead of a sleeping bag. I'll report back if I do it sometime soon.
>>2882095There are smaller, 12V AC units or it's easy enough to build one with copper tubing, butane under pressure, and a fan.
good thread, what cars would you recommend for traveling and sleeping, i own skoda octavia, do you think ist suitable?
>>2879245Just get a rooftop tent if you wanna sleep in your car. Unless you're trying to sleep in like parking lots and shit ig. Camp sites are cheap and plentiful, plus they have showers and toilets
