I planned on visiting Madeira sometimes in November/December for about a week and I was thinking of doing couple of hikes and generally explore the island. However, i was thinking of maybe going for one night to Porto Santo with a ferry. Is that doable or is it too much ? It takes about 2,5 hours to get there which is not long. Has anybody done it ? Also any general recommendation would be appreciated. Hikes I planned> PR9 Levada do Caldeirão Verde>PR 8 – Vereda da Ponta de São Lourenço>PR 6 – Levada das 25 Fontes>if i got to Porto Santo then also PS PR 1 - Vereda do Pico Branco e Terra Chã
>>2827889>drythis is only in Porto Santo (a smaller island off the main Madeira island withing the archipelago). The biggest island withing the archipelago is actually quite lush and green, looks like a paradise. It's the island of eternal spring. Temperatures are always between 18-25 degrees.
>>2827893they are really good at railingsyou aren't really telling us how hard these hikes are or what shape you are inI don't like serrated shapes like that. I prefer smoother rounded hills that stack.
>>2827896They are not that hard of hikes and not too long. I am in quite good shape rn as I daily go walking/hiking at least 20km. Also the inclinations arent that high in any of these and th scenery is breathtaking. Additionally I am planning to buy Salomon x ultra 5 gore tex, did you have experience with them so far ? I am kind of torn between them, merrel speed and hoka kaha 3 but I am pretty sure I will go with the salomons.
>>2827899I walked ~ 3km yesterday and it took me nearly 4 hours because it was a combination of slippery wooden steps and lots of them, a rocky inclined trail up a gorge side and I was already sore from other hikes this week. I guess you have nothing to worry about.
>>2827916slippery WET wooden steps cuz it had rained the day before*
Anywhere that doesn't have a Mediterranean climate is simply not worth living in. I will fight anybody on this.I can't understand some of you idiots that fetishize Nordic and Scandinavian countries. Even something like London, Germany and Netherlands is depressing as fuck.Constant fucking rain and everything is blue, gray and dark. I like a bit of darkness and gloomy mood once in a while but not all the fucking time.No wonder why history's greatest civilizations revolve around the Mediterranean. Living anywhere else is simply not inspiring enough to get things done.
I lived in San Jose (close enough to perfect weather) for 5 years and most of my coworkers worked 9+ hours and then took 1 hour commutes to avoid seeing their families. They were all pudgy and rarely spent time outside. It comes down to whether you were ensorcelled with a soul I guess.>>2826866>>2827336I love how if you go to /r/samegrassbutgreener (r*ddit's premier sub for ideas on where to live), they'll use global warming to basically explain any and all weather-related phenomenon. Truly the "god" of our post-Nietschziean age, complete with capricious personification and all that.>>2826865Reminds me of the xkcd comic where people are on a bus and they're all thinking: "everyone is a mindless sheep except for me".
>>2826234ty anon
>>2823814>my subtropical humid climate (mid atlantic america)subtropical zone is south florida only, everyone else can have frostMost people don't know Miami has better summers and milder temps than say Virginia, thanks to closer proximity to the gulfstream. You get the same massive humidity and another 10-20F on the hottest of days. We'll get the tropical breezes too.
>>2827584Subtropical regions are only tropical in summertime, not in wintertime. High humidity moderates temperatures. Miami in summertime is between 80 and 90 F 24 hours a day. Virginia sees a more variable summer climate, with temps typically between 68 and 98 F. >>2827363>everyone is a mindless sheep except for meIt's natural for travelers to feel like this when they are on a journey of adventure, but find themselves surrounded by people going about their daily grind, preoccupied with their phones and their worries, showing zero interest in the scenery.
>>2823813i hate mediterranean climate and prefer this northern grey, cloudy and rainy weather. i can maybe enjoy the sun for couple of days a year (not even every year) and that's it. i just cant stand the warmth, sun and humidity.
What the fuck is going on? The hotel I used to stay at, 5-star luxury hotel, used to cost $250 a night on the absolute worst days. Yesterday I looked at the prices for booking 5 nights and was met by $7500. That's right. That's a fucking 6X in price.I looked at other dates and the lowest I could find was $500 a night. I haven't been in that hotel since the spring of last year.Is there something going on with the hotel market or is it just the market of my country (northern Europe) that's booming?
>>2827101A hostel is not a room.
>>2827112Shared bathroom != hostel
>>2822440Festival?
>>2827337Cope for poors.
>>2827337>I don't need bathrooms cuz I'm a jeet who shits on the floor
Looking for some logistics advice. Haven't done any research yet but was thinking of doing a trip around the pacific northwest and seeing some of the national parks and forests. From New Zealand and have done lots of travels around Europe/Asia but never the Americas. Only been to California and Hawaii when I was 10.> What's the best way to travel around?Buses, trains, hitchike, rent a car?> Where do I stay?Hostels in the big cities? Lodges in the parks?> Is it easy to meet people?I'm well accustomed to making acquaintances in hostels, would there be any other early twenties people or will it be full of oldies?My friends are pretty broke so I'll likely be alone.
>>2825924You better be going to BC bud. The American PNW has its charms but is ultimately mogged by us.
Hostels dont exist in America.Do not hitchhike, you probably wont be murdered but you will have the police called on you and people will film TikToks and laugh at you.Dont take the bus or train, unless you enjoy the shenanigans of the homeless and minorities and you are willing to accept you might not get to where you are going.If you really must visit that part of North America go to BC like this anon said >>2827693 The rest of your countrymen and Australians seem to love it. Yes you will see poojeets working at Tim Horton's but the white Canadians arent all crazy and hostile like Americans. If you do come to the USA, avoid the people at all costs unless you go to some rural white state like Nebraska where there's not much to see or do but at least society is still polite like in the 80s.
>>2827712>t. fox news
>>2827712>Do not hitchhike, you probably wont be murdered but you will have the police called on you and people will film TikToks and laugh at you.HAHAHAHAHAHAH
>>2825924>From New ZealandReported for spam
I don't reserve hotels ahead of time. I plan the first day for hotel shopping. I walk in, if the hotel seems good, I ask to see a room, check for cleanliness and noise levels. If it doesn't pass, I move on. I've had to look at 6 hotels in one day before finding a good room before. Having a good, clean, safe place to relax and sleep is the #1 most important thing in a trip.
If you walk out of the train station the "wrong" way in Udorn Thani, you will encounter this hotel.
>>2827835I recall that walk-in rates in Thailand aren’t inflated as a rule; it’s also a place where it’s often possible to get room upgrades/added value from front desks. When I was in graduate school and spending a summer doing research there, a 5-star hotel gave me a state-employee discount rate just because I was tangentially affiliated with a public university. I was by no stretch of the imagination a Thai government employee, and they knew that, but they didn’t care.As for the third-party booking sites, it’s literally always cheaper to avoid them in Switzerland, and just book directly with a hotel, whether online or otherwise. It’s often cheaper in other parts of Europe as well (pretty sure it’s also the case in the Netherlands), but it’s not totally predictable. And I think Luxembourg hotels do add fees for walk-ins, or the one place I booked as a walk-in seemed to, but who cares?
>>2827668Imagine being too dumb to understand luggage storage.
>>2827638I had to stop for a night in budapest and I didn't bother booking anything in advance for so short a stayso when my overnight train reached Budapest Keleti I just walked out and to the first hotel I saw and it was the comfiest most amazing hotel I've ever been to not necessarily luxury, just in terms of the basics - like location, comfortable bed, adequate furniture, being able to open your window, general decor and facilities. and price wasn't too bad eitherso yeah that's the best way to do it if you can
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Any advice for Estonia? Planning to go there in 2 months.
>>2827745It's just like any other random European country. Everyone speaks English, easy public transport, sparking water everywhere. It's such a small country you might as well combine the rest of the Baltics in the trip
>>2827745speaking of tallinn, full of borderline retarded russians, kind of deserted city literally no people. expensive alcohol (8.50€ beer around city center), it's a nice medieval looking centre but can be walked in 1 hour. take the ferry to helsinki
>>2827764I've heard the exact opposite, that Finland is boring and the best part is taking the ferry to Estonia
>>2827780you've heard wrong/thread
Is there anywhere I can travel around Christmas that isn't ruinously expensive (I have 2 weeks off which is my only vacation time I get from my job really)Even if a place has pretty cheap flights from US during that time (thinking London, Dublin, Munich) hotels are ruinously expensive like $200-300 a night
>>2827777>London>Dublin>Munichyou listed one of the most expensive cities accomodation wise and you're surprised. if you want cheap go portugal, spain, poland or baltic and balkan states. if you still want to visit specifically thise countries you listed then you have to settle for some hostel/shared accomodation or maybe somewhere outside of the city. dublin is exceptionally expensive as far as the accomodation is concerned. in munich and rest fo the germany you can try looking on wg- gesucht dot de (website mostly for renting out accomodation mostly shared) but sometimes people who go our of their apartments for holidays can rent it out for a week or two for like 300-400
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>>2827777go to St. Petersburg in Russia. take one of those beautiful polar express trains you see on instagram and tiktok
Why does every single building in this goddamn state smell like a septic tank? I had a great time at Zion but GOOD FUCKING LORD the high class hotel, every restaurant, every facility I entered into had that nasty ass poop fume smell.>B-But no sewers because muh natural beautyI have been to other beautiful desert states like Arizona, they didnt have this problem.Utah anons, explain immediately
>>2827405Malfunctioning drain flaps allow sewer odors to permeate buildings. It's a very common problem in Third World hotel rooms. America has a maintenance crisis. The country is quite literally falling apart as fast as it is being built new.
>>2827679Jesus, this wasn't a problem for me in desert towns even like 4 years ago
>>2827717Laughlin was famously stinky for many years. The original Don Laughlin's Riverside Resort would make you literally choke if you walked downwind of it, that's how putrid the shit odors were wafting out of the exhaust system.
>>2827381Seasonal agricultural bullshitt. on the Colorado/Utah borderfarmers and ranchers are subhuman btw
Also oil workers have chemicals they can accidentally spill and basically nuke a whole 50 square mile area for weeks
Cooking up a free-ass service for cruise boomers where you can stalk prices from a bunch of sites in one place and snipe the cheapest deal.http://www.track.cruisesRoast me / give feedback, anons.
>>2825281Ah my days coding systems for cruise sites. I was actually the lead developer working on one of the big cruise line's sites. Hopefully everyone's moved over to APIs (ideally via Amadeus) rather than the hell that was managing faulty inconsistent CSVs from a dozen companies.Anyhow, here's feedback:You need the departure port and end port showing in results and ideally available as a filter. Lots of people cruise because they don't like flying.You post on here and you don't have a solo cruise price/filter?I wouldn't include "call for prices" in results by default. Very few people want to call in general, let alone when using a price tracker site. There was a slightly autistic company where they flat out refused to let their bookings be booked via E-commerce (despite it being offered at no cost by our company) and when you "booked" it was really "let us call you about it" but they had a very specific target market.It's a pain in the arse maintaining but linking to the ships stops people going to google to see what the ship is like.>>2825314Are those dyslexia fonts or something?
>>2825645wow cool, great experience.Interesting thing about departure port, will definetly add it, personaly I dont like the UI experience of filters but I dont get how to improve them.About solo filtering, you mean filter by number of persons? This is a bit complex in current implementation because in this case I need to have price calculation more complex and I dont have even in database this information if some cabin is fine for single and would price would be."call for prices" I will remove it, was like a placeholder as app doesnt make any booking foto of ships, good idea thanks
>>2825928Solo prices are usually listed as their own thing (or there's a markup % to add for them, may be listed as single supplement). They can vary massively. The standard is 80-100% markups but sometimes they're a lot smaller for last minute cruises and some cruise lines offer special single cabins that have a lower markup. Fuck Princess Cruise where they have a markup that's 110%.Standard for filters is checkboxes on the left or for a mobile friendly option, a hamburger icon that does a full screen overlay
simple question, how do I know which cruises AREN'T filled to the brim with ghetto atlanta hoodrats twerking all over the boat?
>>2826832Short cruises are booze cruises. Once you go past 5 days it eases up a lot. Carnival, Costa and MSC are the biggest booze cruise lines and get the clientele to match. More expensive cruise lines also tend to have a better class of passengers. The number of formal nights and the strictness of the policy tend to be a good way of gauging the passenger types they're aiming for.
So, I'm looking to retire at 36. I'm worth about 1.8m USD, and I want to buy a house under 100,000. My plan is to fly in girls off mail order bride websites and play with them; then report them when I am bored.I need a country that lets me own land as a foreigner, cheap real estate, no child support or alimony, and preferably lax laws about marijuana (not required).I'm thinking Malaysia, Japan or Colombia.
>>2824501Argentina>lots of english speakers>italian style women>good food
>>2827159>Argentina>then report them when I am boredI don't think Argentina has ever deported anyone, OPs going to get stuck with one of these gold diggers
>>2824501Im a 3m, just loving Haiti.
>>2824501Finland is pretty cheap.
>>2824501>cheap real estate>lax laws about marijuana>JapanVERY high IQ post
Share with us a tale from your travels.Doesn't matter if its not very interesting - what comes to mind?
>>2803643>go to Vietnam first time doing hostels>twenty nine years old then>miss hostel breakfast that’s included >russian guy then 26 asks if I want to go to breakfast around the corner at a place he knows >he missed breakfast too>we sit down and eat and within two mins he asks if I’ve tried any of the local girls>I say no>he goes on to say that he’s been in the country three years starting in Covid times and has never left>…yada yada etc but his first time with a local woman was with a girl he met in a bar and then took on three dates>he had seggs with her on the third date and then did so a few more times >until she told him one time — I have something to tell you>im underaged (he said she was like seventeen) >then his immediate thought was she was blackmailing him so he beat her with an open palm and his passport in his hand>I responded saying that’s crazyComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>staying at a "hostel alternative" in Hawaii>an alternative to a hostel, which is already an alternative to a hotel>sharing a room with two Japanese tourists and a Vietnam War veteran>I'm not Japanese, but I am Asian>we somehow didn't trigger the nam vet's PTSD>my last day arrives>staying at the hostel alternative until it's time to go to the airport>one of the Japanese tourists tells me not to go>"Aww, are you gonna miss me?">"No, it's that you shouldn't be drinking and driving!">"I'm not drinking.">"You're drinking right now!">I'm drinking picrel>I guess it does kind of look like a can of beer, especially if you're unfamiliar with the brandComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2827531>shedid you fuck her? If not, why not?
>go to China first time>land in Shanghai at midnight after 18 hours of flying>tired as hell, give up on trying to figure out metro>guy with Didi/Uber lanyard at exit tells me taxis are over here>get scammed by fake taxi at airport, $40 gone>learn how to use Gaode maps>after 2 days, fly to Beijing>first day, visit giant imperial palace starting at 9am>theres multiple encompassed security control zones separating different areas>leave my bag to go check out Mao's mausoleum>go to Tiananmen Square, entered the imperial palace nex- SHIT LEFT MY BAG>already past the one way gate, but info desk says I can easily exit and pick up my bag>decide to just commit to imperial palace tour and then leave early to get my bag>walk around the Forbidden City with hot milk tea in hand, feeling like a kingComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>December 2021>in NYC, late 20s>bar hop in Greenwich, end up in an Irish pub chilling>turns into a nightclub at a moment's notice>start dancing with an NYU girl who tries to teach me a dance she called "the spongebob" and spent a few hours hanging with me and her friends>too drunk to understand, thought she was messing with me>ended up leaving to smoke with randos even though I don't smoke>wake up realizing she was into me and I was an idiot>the day after that I was sick as fuck from Covid and spent a week coughing up my lung
any advice for san francisco? im relocating there for 2 months.
>>2825816>Free Gold Watch arcadethank you finally someone gives me an actual place recommendation
>>2823737I kind of like San Francisco, even as someone who can't stand liberals, but I will repeat something the car rental people told me, which you should know. Don't leave any bags or really anything in your car, leave that shit spotless, especially downtown people will break windows for things.With that said, go check out San Francisco's outdoor botanical garden, probably one of the best in the US. Also enjoyed the Trolley museum.While I wouldn't in any way spend the majority of my time there, Oakland has a certain authenticity and grit that I somewhat enjoyed. Probably would be less enjoyable if I spent a longer amount of time there but Lake Merritt is actually really nice and a good way to see Oaktown. Few good hipsterish restaurants nearby.
>>2826004trolley museum sounds goodthanks
>>2823737Golden Gate park is amazing at sunrise. A trip over to Sausalito is fun too. Actually I recommend the areas in the West of the city close to the coast. They have a very chill vibe even though there’s nothing going on. You’re visiting at the ideal time of the year for weather too.
Don't drop the soap
Going to Germany next month, but still undecided on wtf I should do. Should I spend a few days in Berlin area, then head down south to Munich area for final days, OR should I focus entirely on Northeastern Germany and just do day trips to all the cities near Berlin? I have 10 days. Also general Germany thread
>>2827463You don't need to be a chad for these clubs. It's literally the easiest city to get sex in the world.
How do I avoid getting scammed when renting?I'm looking into renting a small studio, and want to get some more info, the host didn't respond.I've contacted them repeatedly, is this red flag for a scammer?It's the basecamp student flat, through AirBnB.
>>2827464 Well I was there, and everywhere is just full of people chatting in their own groups, just like every other city in the world. The concept of picking people up at a bar is a myth. You meet people at school, work, or online and go on pre planned dates.
so I have a question, what is the general opinion on DB? next year im going to start working with them, but im not from germany and I don't what the consensus about them is
How's basecamp accommodation in Dortmund?The AirBnB doesn't show actual rooms and just "ideal", and there aren't much of review
It feels like these days the only way to have a good life is to emigrate to a second world country, and take advantage of the currency valuations to buy a home. Many of these "developing countries" (China, Malaysia, Thailand) have already overtaken Europe and the USA in terms of quality of life. Over time these differences are only going to get larger with the west on the way down. On top of that, the idea of paying 2 million dollars to live in a plywood shack in a neighbourhood that is 99% fent junkies and jeets doesn't feel appealing.
The hotel I stayed at can be found by searching for "porn hill paradise" and costs $10 per night. I stood on the A/C ledge outside my second-story window to smoke my weed.
Sorry, Piyaporn Hill Paradise.
No need to rent an apartment when you can book this on Agoda for $10 per night.
>>2827313So it is still a good destination for a hag connaisseur like me?
>>2827609Is it better than the commie shithole across the river?
I just came back from two weeks in Romania completely exhausted. First few days in Bucharest, Constanta and Brasov were great, I travelled a lot on foot from place to place and seen a lot of shit, but after a few days it started to get a bit boring and depressing. The original itinerary was for around three weeks but I came back after only two without seeing everything I originally planned to, though I covered most of it.So I'm thinking the ideal time is between 7 to 10 days.
>>2827508Bucharest 4 days Constanta 1 day Brasov and The Prahova Valley (Sinaia, Bran, Campina, Rasnov) 2 days Sighisoara 1 day -> Cluj Napoca 1 day -> The Carpathian Mountains 2 days -> Sibiu (and Hunedoara) 3 days. Wanted to see Iasi, Suceava, Alba Iulia, Oradea, Arad, Timisoara and Craiova as well, but meh, it's a big country and that's just the way things go. Will do another trip one day.
>>2827510>4-5 yearsNot sure if you’re being totally sincere or just joking, but this is obviously an option, as is the perpetually nomadic/always traveling lifestyle. While I’ve never personally felt quite rootless enough to want to keep moving forever, I’ve spent two extended periods (3.5 years when I was young, 6.5 years much later, when I wasn’t anymore) as a full-time expat. In both cases, I was able to enjoy a semi-permanent home base from which I took short local/regional trips as often as I could.I’m really grateful to have been able to do that, but I would never suggest that it is an ideal—expatriate life can be immensely rewarding, but it can just as easily be socially and emotionally damaging. I’ve known dozens of serial expats who have chosen to be bounced all over the world for decades, their entire adult lives, usually by their ostensibly impressive multinational corporate careers, and a lot of them end up really weird, neurotic, unhappy people. And it can be particularly taxing for people who have or want families (although it doesn’t have to be, and certainly isn’t always). Lots of divorces and children who grow up resentful.
>>2827011I got tired of Europe at the two week point as well.
Green is train and blue is busThis was a two week trip
Americans might assume the last map is a highway map of Poland. It's not. It's a passenger railroad map.
