What's the most you can handle driving in a day? I'm thinking of driving from Kansas City, MO to Buffalo, NY in one day which is about 14-15 hours of pure driving time + breaks to refuel the car, get food, etc. I'm not sure whether I'm deranged to try doing this and should just stay somewhere else for the night or whether this is a good idea. I think the most time I've spent on the road in a day before is 9 hours.Pic unrelated: I would be driving a Honda Civic rather than a big ass Cadillac.
>>26455995 hours per day if I'm a tourist9-12 hours if i'm just trying to get somewhere (depending on traffic and the types of roads im driving)
>>2645599Last year I drove an 08 civic from close to Buffalo (Hamilton) to Utah. I left at 6 am and probably was in Kansas city before midnight. I ended up doing 21 hours that day and than pulled over at a rest stop for a couple hours. I made it to my first camp sure in Colorado at 6pm next day. I drank a lot of those PK things you can get at the dollar stores.down there. I'm doing another one to Wyoming in about a month and I got some LSD to try microdose driving.
>>2645599I’ve driven nearly, but not quite, that long in a single sitting at least a couple of times; I’ve moved cross-country by car twice. The stretch I recall most clearly was between Madison, Wisconsin and Cheyenne, Wyoming, which took more than twelve but fewer than fifteen hours door-to-door, including a couple of stops to use toilets and/or get gas, and pump myself full of too much caffeine, but no long rest or meal breaks. When I was younger I had a weirdly masochistic, arguably maybe slightly self-destructive, attitude towards road trips undertaken out of necessity rather than for fun; although I didn’t fixate on being as fast as possible (although I will absent-mindedly catch myself going much too fast on sparsely populated highways once in a while, I don’t like to speed excessively in the presence of any other traffic; tailgaters and gratuitous lane weavers hell-bent on passing everyone they possibly can wherever they can are dangerous, dumb cunts), I liked to get them over with, and often didn’t eat at all over the course of a day of driving. It’s not smart, as I much later understood that low blood sugar will eventually fuck up my judgement and reaction time, as well as just making me foggy-headed in general and more prone to fatigue. In retrospect, duhh.So I guess I can honestly report that “around 14 hours” is the most I CAN drive in a go, I don’t *like* doing it, and don’t recommend it if it’s avoidable. Nowadays I would sooner drive no longer than eight or nine hours at once at the absolute outside, and can admit to being tired enough that I would rather be done for the day after as little as six or seven.
>>2645599>What's the most you can handle driving in a day?30 minutesI hate driving so much bros
>>2645599Alone, i can do 20 hours.With a bitch, i can do 2 hours top. I learned this the hard way, doing a road trip with an ex gf.
What did he do right? What did he do wrong? Do you like VH, anon?
>>2648111>Why do you base your personality around media that you don't consume?because its a bot whose goal is engagement and drama
>>2648108>What did he do right?everythingWhat did he do wrong?surveillance camera man can do no wrong
>>2648108>surveillance camera man can do no wrongHands down one of the funniest things I've ever watched.
>>2648695>DON'T FOLLOW ME...I GOT ALL THE RIGHT TOOLS...>I HAVE KEYS OF CHINA WHITE FOR SALE...SCM: YOU SEEM CONFUSED...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9sVqKFkjiY
>>2648735>dude it's like any other camera, lol, why are you mad?>don't show my face on the internet though pls, I need to be anonymous
Going to picrel for 5 days next month. What do if I want to eat with and talk to Polish people and avoid filthy tourists like myself
>>2646268Also you can't avoid tourists there, you'll overhear people talking in several languages as you walk around. There's a ton of Brazilians and British people there.
>>2646268I can guarantee you this is no longer the case. Eating out went ~80-100% up since COVID, the cheaper the place the worse it got. 25zł is about right for a medium kebab or chink takeaway now.
>>2643458Need to give more info on what you're looking for, the things you like, and what you're aiming to get out of the trip. If you can't provide any of the above, then tourist traps are probably your thing.
>>2646686i'm looking for underrated but beautiful spots, maybe some you remember from your childhood
>>2648742Ok, here goes:>Nowa Huta & Beksinski Permanent Exhbition Nowa Huta is the 'communist' settlement which was built for steel miners. Feels totally different to the rest of Krakow. Watch the movie "Man of Marble" to contextualise this. Beksinski was a famous Polish painter who made fucking BLEAK works of art. There's food trucks around the cultural centre, and you get a very nice view of the city from here. Great place to grab a beer. A little further afield in this district is Zalew Nowohucki. A lake where people chill. The river's a bit shitty, but you should be able to book kayaks from near here, where you go down a stream to get to the main river.>Podgorze, Kopiec Kraka & Liban QuarryKrakow has various mounds around the city. A legendary king is apparently buried here. There's some pagan festivals around place for the solstices. You get the best view of the city from this point. From here, you can take a path which leads down into the quarrry 'next door'. This is where scenes from Schindler's List were filmed (another film you should watch to contextualise Krakow). There's industrial equipment scattered around here to explore. After, you'll be able to get into Podgorze - the 3rd touristy are after the old town and kazimierz. Here, there's plenty of restaurants and bars. (Spoko, DrukarniaComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Which island should I visit if I want the following:- Stereotypical Caribbean island feel (palm trees, exotic birbs)- Island is bigger than 1 mile. Not sure about the maldives.- The closer to europe, the better- Limited death and suffering risk from marine life (sharks are fine, but not sea wasp level)- No all inclusive resort shit and guards, or at least you should be able to move outside without getting hassled by 1000 scammers other than the average masseur or beach ball sellers- Focus on nature, no jet skies, paddles and sun lounge covered beaches with current music barsUsually I go to greek islands, get a basic room and drive around with a scooter while eating sandwiches and local spirits and hiking/swimming. I guess the seychelles are good, but I'm not sure if they are worth it and more for couples and luxury style holidays.
>>2644650tip the islanders well
>>2644650>Limited death and suffering risk from marine life you are buying into the fear porn. driving or walking around a city is always n^10 more dangerous
>>2647105I had a friend that trod on a stonefish whilst snorkelling and was hospitalised for 3 months, had to do physio to walk properly again
>>2647105yeah, that's why I won't visit Detroit or Mumbai. But it's about if the sea isn't full of poisonous jellyfish giving 50 days of pain or bats with rabies in island caves.>>2644668Seems harder to get to by plane without using air africa.
I am also looking for a cliche tropical paradise holiday but I want to avoid too many tourists. I have been to the Bahamas which was extremely beautiful but partially ruined by all the noggers and tourists. I think Sao Tome and Principe along with Micronesia/Polynesia is the best bet. San Andres or the smaller islands off Panama as well.Seychelles and Maldives just seem full of annoying rich couples
For those of you who have visited Greece, what were your favorite beaches? Planning a roadtrip with my girlfriend, maybe for late summer. What we care about:>nice view, sunset view would be nice>clean water>shallow enough so she can take a dip, she’s not a great swimmer>quiet, not overcrowded>good hotels nearby with parking>points of interests nearby, cities, historical sites, nature, hiking trails, restaurantsWhat’s not important>price of accomodation>sailing, scuba or snorkeling>kid friendly, family joints, entertainment>tourist traps, souvenirs>nightlife, clubs, cheap drinks>wild rocky “instagrammable” beachesComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2648361I've been to a few Greek islands. My favorite spot is Mastichari beach along Kos northwestern coast - small chill village, decent restaurants and a huge sandy beach that doesn't get crowded. Probably not ideal for your girlfriend though, it often gets pretty windy which whips up the waves - also makes the water murky and sometimes dumps a load of seaweed.Some other nice shallow water beaches down the southern end of the island that don't get the wind, but they also tend to be more crowded.
>>2648408Only drove there, I stayed in the south, but around Porta Roxa. Doesn't have the swallow beach, it's pretty rocky, but it's like made for couples with that sunset view. Really nice hotels and apartments, but more pricey. The whole west side overall is rocky, but is way more quiet and really clean water. Not that many historical sites other than the average churches and venetian wells.
Thanks again to everyone for all the replies, i was also wondering about Voidokilia. The distance from built up areas would seem to deter small children and drunkards. There’s a Westin Resort about 15 minutes away, surely it can’t be too hard to rent a bike, i hate driving back from the beach, you never get the smell out the car. Anyone here visited? Seems kinda perfect, but the internet can be misleading.
>>2648361I'm going to come to Greece and fuck your girlfriend
>>2648602>The distance from built up areas would seem to deter small children and drunkards.yes, also if there are no sunbeds or bars on the beach. I haven't been there but I am considering it too.
anyone else enjoy planning their packing for a trip almost as much as the trip itself? it really suits my autism to make sure I have every item I need squared away and accounted for.
Not the packing itself, but the day I have to pack. i usually gather the essentials a week leading up to the trip and then pack the night before which is pure ecstatic and slight anxiety
Speaking of traveling.I need to buy a cabin suitcase, are there any specific ones you guys recommend?55/40/20cm size wise
>>2646957Absolutely not! I go into "oh fuck what if I forgot to pack the one important thing I need, ahhhhhhh shiiiiit panic panic panic!" mode. (To be fair to me, I mostly travel on trips that include being part of a set of cultural festivals, and the gear I need is part of it and varies from trip to trip. And I'm always hard up against my weight allowance.) But I have gotten much better about it, but it is NOT something I enjoy.
I don't have fun packing because my camera tends to get in the way due to space and weight. Might bite the bullet and do two bags just so I have extra space for souvenirs.
I normally just lay everything out on the dining table I want to take with and then systematically remove things I feel I dont need because I can see I already have something similar. Having an overall visual of what you're taking helps reduce the guess work and over packing.
how bad is the actual pickpocket situation in europe? planning to go to Rome next month and everyone on reddit just called me a paranoid schizo for worrying too much without offering any real advice
>>2648663they prey on unprepared tourists. Just read up the usual scams, and how to carry important stuff safely. Also learn to racial profile, gypsies and arabs look similar, but both should be avoided. Some are eastern european though. Visit websites/blogs about that topic instead of asking on leddit, you won't find good answers there
>>2648663just keep everything zipped upno open bags, no wallet shoved in back pocket etc, keep bags in front of youmain problem areas are tube/metro systems, don't let other people stand very close to you if possiblebiggest problem cities are barcelona, paris, london. anywhere where there are lots of filthy eastern european typesbasically keep your eyes open, you'll probably be ok
>>2648663Keep your wallet in your front pocket. That's literally it.
>>2648663ignore everyone approaching you trying to talk to you, keep wallet inside your shirt. Got mine stolen despite being zipped inside a front pocket. Don't carry a wallet at all, just some cards and small cash. You can be there 50 times and nothing happens, but when it does it's really annoying.
>>2648663I’ve lived in multiple pickpocketing hotspots. I currently live downtown Barcelona, which is probably one of the worst in Europe. I’ve never been pickpocketed, ever. Not to victim blame, but the people who normally get shit stolen from them are the ones who are blissfully unaware of their surroundings. The ones that keep iPhones and purses sticking out of their coat pockets. Another big one is having your phone on the table whilst out for drinks, or a wallet in your back pocket whilst searching for directions on your phone. My single best advice is keeping one thing with you, that’s your phone. Maybe your ID and some cash in your phone case. Keep that with you in your front pocket with your hand on it when in most areas. Another thing is, don’t think that because you’re in a place that you perceive as safe is actually safe. I’ll give a perfect example. Right in the city centre here I’ve seen several people arrive into the city, Monday morning around 8am from the airport, normally looking on Google maps for their hotel or their bus, a time when most people are heading to work. It’s pretty quiet and seems very safe. It’s not busy, there’s not many tourists and people normally let their guard down a bit. This is a perfect opportunity for pickpockets because they know all of this, they’re not dumb. The other thing is, if you do notice a pickpocket, don’t ever be afraid of confronting them. They’re sophisticated and are business-minded. They’re there to make money, not get into fights and have heat on their back. Grab them. Confront them. Demand whatever they’ve taken from you. To be clear, if you’re not a fucking retard, pickpockets are not something you should have to deal with. Just be aware that they exist and operate in every major European city and they’re extremely, extremely successful in what they do.
For those of you who travel a lot what's the best experience you have had on a flight booked with credit card points and with what airline did you use? Also, with and what credit card did you use to get those points? I want to go to Japan one day and say up my points so that I'm able to get a first class experience for almost no extra cost.I'd like to apply Amex Gold card one day and get that welcome owner but they don't have the special offer right now.
>>2648041Fuck off with your freemason shit.
Having the points is one thing. Having actual availability is a lot harder. The airlines I have experience with, trying to book a premium ticket with points is difficult as the availability of award flights is low in general. First class tickets don't often show up for award availability until just a few days before. You need to be flexible on your travel dates to have a decent chance.
Venture X was definitely worth it desu. $750 credit for spending 4k (you can put your yearly taxes on it and drop your withholding to zero for example AND make a small amount of miles back since its %2 and the American tax payment is only a 1.68% fee). You end up paying $395 immediately so that cuts into the benefits of the $750 though. Also I find the portal online to be kinda garbage, or overpriced at times for hotels. Works well for flights though and able to grab up the cheap ones aside from certain airlines like Cebu which for some reasond doesn't show. If you keep it open a year you pay another $395.. but get a $300 credit or flights so it pays out. Lounge access is also incredible so you can eat when you can actually taste food before you get onto the plane.
>>2648160Yeah I'm in the first year of ownership of a Venture X, zero complaints. I like that it's part of the Visa Infinite tier of perks too. No brainer for anyone on this board tbqh, doubly so if you have a Capital One lounge at your home airport. Well, actually that is my one complaint, wish they had more of their lounges. I think they're up to like, four?
>>2648275I will try out the Dulles airport one in June. But you also have partner access to most lounges in the world if you make an account.
>you will never circumnavigate the world in your comfy capsule with everything you need to survive including electronicsWhy even live
>>2648413Circumnavigating the world is not that hard. I did Orlando -> Frankfurt -> Yekaterinburg -> Beijing -> Seattle -> Dallas -> Orlando
>>2648413the toilet is next to the food supplies ew
>>2648537Yeah what if they accidentally spray liquid shit out of their anus so forcefully it penetrates the plastic bulkhead and aluminium containers and contaminates their food? Really poor planning.
>>2648452>I did Orlando -> Frankfurt -> Yekaterinburg -> Beijing -> Seattle -> Dallas -> OrlandoNot the same thing, it's in one flight
>>2648569Romanticize de odour
I used to host and travel using Couchsurfing up until the coof kinda killed it.Since it took a wrong turn and forces you to pay just to use it: What types of hospitality exchange platforms are there? I especially liked the hangouts thing to meet random people from all walks of life.Tried trustroots but it kinda feels odd and also lacks the hangouts.
who /cruise/ here? Thinking of taking my parents on one I'm curious if there is any good ones for North Americas
for the alaskan ones: do they let you out to go hiking or are you just trapped on the ship the whole time? i know cruise ships are typically full of fat boomers. if they do release you for hikes, are you allowed to pack bear mace?>>2642914at some point i get tired of all the 'muh pollution' arguments while, meanwhile, most of the planet is occupying themselves shitting out 8 kids and eating out of styrofoam and plastic bottles. if you want to save the planet why don't you throw a dart at a map and genocide whatever country it lands on?
>>2648218How do you find said repositioning cruises?
>>2648398They often have their own section on third party sites.
>>2646661based king, I knew /trv/ was full of it when I was opening cruise threads a few years ago
>>2648691Conversely I had a bad time on an MSC. Mediocre food, insane overcrowding (buffet was hell on earth), awful shows (did one and noped at doing any more once we realised they'd all be the same sort of thing) and rude staff.Don't do MSC, it's cheap for a reason. I did it because it was cheap and wanted to go on a mega ship (MSC Euribia). Going to give cruising one more try, will probably do a northern lights cruise with NCL (or celebrity if we can get a deal)
In contrast to the other US cities thread, what are the best US cities that you travelled to?Pic not related, I'm American but I've been to more cities outside of the US than in and I want to change that.
>>2648259New Hope is better
>San Diego (My personal Favorite)It's a beach town in SoCal that more conservative than LA and 30 minutes from Mexico. What else do I need to say. If i was a multi millionaire id have a condo there for sure. >St. Paul Its super comfy although this can probably be said about most of the Midwest. The architecture was old yet beautiful and reminded me of an old booming industrial town. Super nice people as well and>Tampa beach life but not fast and flashy like Miami and not hicksville like north Florida. >Fort Worth Much better than Dallas in my opinion.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2648626>Fort Worth
>>2648604Why
>>2648626fuck off back to reddiit retard
which ones will you visit? https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Next-to-impossible_destinations
>>2647778The difficulty getting there adds to the mystique
>>2647000pretty sure thats the french island nation st pierre and miquelon off the cost of NFLD(which isn't hard to get to just a pain in the ass and also fucking tiny) maybe it was closed due to covid or someshit not many people living their lots of old people.
>>2646923The isolated Brazilan islands there isn't on this map:>Atol das Rocas>Trindade>Martin Vaz
>>2647251>Cree people, like I said, can be pretty quiet and shy. They also don't often say please or thank you, coming off as blunt or rude at times when they're not trying to be)Ah, so it's not just me.
>>2647613That's for sure, I think the biggest problem is the US government making it a crime for US citizens to visit NK just because that one guy couldn't behave, absolute clown shit
What place would you recommend a bong move to in the USA?
>>2647925Awful
>>2643979those are full of jews, I wouldn't recommend going there
>>2648323The sewers?
>>2648126>noo! youre just retarded!!!!!Your shitty state has more kikes than in it than the sewers in Manhattan. The rest of the population consists of boomers and south american drug gangs. Nice bro youre really living it up. The only plagues of egypt that shit place is missing is the blood in the water.
>>2648335yes, unironicallyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_synagogue_tunnel_incident
Is hitchhiking in the United States completely redundant? I wanted to hitchike from Philly to Chicago. I just packed my backpack took a train out of town to a good on ramp and then backed out. I always wanted to try hitchiking when I was younger but once I got to that dirty highway i just started to feel like this is really stupid especially since I am 26 years old now and should be focusing on my career and have also already driven across the entire US from coast to coast. Is this pointless? Seems like I can already expect what I'm gonna see since I'm so familiar with the US by now. It's just gonna be a shity way to get to Chicago since plane tickets aren't too expensive right now. The only thing I feel like I'm gonna get out of this is that it make me feel more like a man by doing something adventurous.
>>2647345Because they all have men and families to pay for them to fly first class to a tourist destination.
Hitchhiking is basically impossible these days. No one will stop and everyone will assume youre an escaped convict. Not to mention cops will arrest you for it as its illegal almost everywhere in the states. If you want adventure consider doing partial parts of the big hiking routes in the US. Pacifc Crest Trail for example. Theres an equivlent in thr appalacians but I dont reccomend it, unless you want lyme disease. Or you could fly to euorpe and follow some ancient pilgramge trail. >>2647652They realize subconciously that their only value in existing is producing wealth for people who actually have souls, but they are often conned by jews. So they have to project this onto non normies and autists because they cant stamd seeing people with souls who are also not getting exploted by kikes
>>2647652You ever realize every incel's advice is to travel in order to escape their banal existences?
>>2647345Dude… you know the answer.I’m a pretty moral, polite person, but I probably couldn’t help myself if a vulnerable attractive woman was at my whim to get to her destination. I’ll leave it at that.A random girl from Indiana followed my mutual friends back home from a music festival and me and her had a fling. Let’s just say when I was fucking her I created this story in my head as though she was some naive girl who I took back home with me on the side of the ro-………Made the sex way better tehe
>>2647689>Not to mention cops will arrest you for it as its illegal almost everywhere in the states.It's not quite THAT bad, but yeah, there are many places where it is illegal, and often will be winked at unless the cops want to hassle you for other reasons ans hitching gives them an excuse. Know the rules in the place that you are.
