>>2734874
did you get the hiv?

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>>2735788
for me, it's key lime pie

>>2727520
just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. a good pizza is balanced. too many toppings (including cheese) can fuck it up

Stay away from all food in Morocco, better yet stay away ftom that country altogether.

>>2722843
Czech goulash and pork knuckle. Nauseating and flavorless.

>>2739146
imagine being filtered this hard by traveling with your parents on a package tooooour

>>2739337
It's the most liberal of MENA countries, which isn't saying much. There are bars and such, but it's not the most exciting place.

>>2739018
how come all schizos can ever do is copypasting links?

>>2737634
oh no global warming capsized the middle east

i went to tunisia in 2018, could still see bullet holes in the glass panels at their national museum
yes I speak french, yes I got scammed by taxis

>>2737866
where is?

>>2737867
Yeah, that is probably accurate for lots of stuff. Going to the tombs at Hegra definitely book. Stuff like hot air ballooning or the like you'd book that anyway. Check things like Elephant Rock -- there is a fenced are around it, within which are a couple of snack-bar or fire-pit areas, you may need to pre book that if you want to do that and be able to use the amenities and hang out There may be music and such. If you just want to stand back a bit and see the rock you can do that from outside the fence. The scenery is everywhere around, no worries there. Somebody will try to talk you into going out to Maraya, the mirror building. If you happen to be passing by, stopping to see it is very mildly interesting, and you can take some odd pictures, but unless you are going to an event there it is not worth a trip out there just to see it.

>>2734241

already a thread

>>2739557
That's a similar thread, but specifically for pics taken this year. I've been posting pics here that don't fit in that thread, since they are older.

>>2738205
NC500 is definitely up there. borrowed someone's motorhome and drove round during one of the lockdowns, so it was essentially deserted, and it was wonderful. weather was glorious as well which basically never happens. even the midges were staying indoors that year.

if you do nc500 do not forget to take a side trip to some of the islands (Skye, Mull, western isles, ...). They tend to be a bit quieter (although skye can get busy). some of the world's most kino sights are just a boat ride away

A lot of people talking about driving the US here so I'll ask:

Mid January I'm flying in to SF. I've never been to the west coast and I have a week to do fuck all, want to drive all the way down to LA through the coast and stopping by wherever, then flying out of LA.
Is this a good idea?
Three reasons why I want to do this drive. I like driving, apparently the Pacific Coast drive is great, and I'm gonna meet with an old sneaky link who lives in Beverly Hills.
Or should I forget about LA and spend my time driving around Sierra Nevada instead? Bad idea during peak winter? The chick says she'll fly to SF if I don't go down to LA.
I guess the logical way to do it would be to drive to nearby places around SF, then take the plane to LA, then drive around LA.

My only concern is snow and getting stranded for several days. I remember last year a friend was stuck up in Tahoe for almost a week. Specially because the stuff I want to see are up in the Sierra.

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>>2737823
The highway from Rio de Janeiro to Petrópolis going up the sierra. It's really beautiful albeit the constant unfinished construction work, bad lights and all the whirls and turns everywhere make it nightmarish. I had a little spot in the woods I would being my girlfriends to fuck during the night, there was a abandoned cabin there. You could see all the stars and spend the night over, so beautiful.

In my home country of Croatia

Most scenic places I’ve driven are the east coast of Taiwan, pretty much all of Morocco, the mountains and coast and desert. Also holy fuck northern Nevada is empty and beautiful.

>>2739482
That’s fuckin wild

>>2739344
please explain what "demons corrupting reality" is

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>>2739346
>what "demons corrupting reality" is
Distortion of the natural order and harmony of existence, basically.
We may not fully understand what demons are but their influence is evident.
Take picture related for example. Under the pretence of "art" we are seeing the torture of a tree yearning to go back to the earth. Is this a statement, some sort of ritual, or a joke that only the demons who made it can understand?

>>2739340
Try Jerusalem or Tel Aviv. Gaza if you're hardcore.

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>>2739375
>Try Jerusalem or Tel Aviv. Gaza if you're hardcore.
Idk if you saw my threads on other boards or just guessed but all of these pictures were taken in Tel Aviv. I'm probably going to do Jerusalem next. Gaza is military restricted so probably no.
>>2739391
Damn that's pretty wild.

>>2736733
Berlin is the last place you should go to if you are visiting our beautiful country

>>2728475
Went there in November of Last year overall very German there is a very clear divide between the residential and downtown aspect of the city. As a Canadian it was very walkable and the people there were nice. Besides the small group of Kurdish communists and Turkish Nationalists that go to university there really isn't much of a problem.

>>2728475
>Göttingen
Not the best place for cooming, but you have a few alternatives.

>>2739358
>Besides the small group of Kurdish communists and Turkish Nationalists
lol what?
From browsing /pol/ my understanding those are fighting factions.
>>2739360
>Not the best place for cooming
Really? no girls?

>>2728480
that map is complete bullshit
t. German

>>2739347
Oh! And this will be late February, as well. A good time frame was missing, my apologies.

Thailand sounds like a good candidate minus the whales part.

>>2737654
>My native language is Spanish
Listen spic,
You already have a massive advantage over us Aryan Germanic speakers. Just spent a few months in Brazil and get a job in a bar or something. That helped me learn German

>>2737750
I'd recommend globo shows/movies as well. The way actors speak in our shows is what portuguese "should" sound like when spoken correctly, which of course nobody does. It should ease you into the language. I do enjoy watching talk shows, either Programa do Jô with other international guests or Provocações, which can be watched entirely for free on YT and feels more natural since it's not a big production.

Michel Thomas is the fastest way to advance in any language. Unfortunately he only does European Portuguese, and that’s not much use for South America
Try an AI tool like teacherai

I believe this thread belongs on /int/

Start imitating what you hear when you think it has tricky pronunciation.

You have to be able to connect the sound contractions with the mouth/brain mechanisms that cause them in the first place.

So if you hear 'sokay in English, you have to understand it comes from "it is okay" and get a feeling for saying it so lazily that only the S remains from the first two words.

Once it feels logical, and you're able to produce it on command, you'll start hearing it more naturally.

bump

>>2736176
No, it's Vegas and Boulder's baby

>>2714905
I grew up in Reno, for state track meets in highschool we would drive 6 hours into the middle of nowhere to compete at the highschools in places like Ely, Elko, Winnemuca, etc.

Also recently I went to Great Basin National park, right on the border of Utah/NV, but in the center of the state. Its something like the least visited national park, but it was amazing, I recommend it.

It's insane that people live out there.

went to Reno yesterday and it is one of the most depressing shitholes I've seen in the USA. I was memed by this thread. Do NOT visit reno it sucks

>>2739366
yeah it's not a great place in general. that's why comedy central made a show entirely about mocking the city. it's like a small redneck version of vegas. most of my experience there is downtown and the airport, but i also spent a lot of time in sparks, which is just the suburbs next to reno. i go there for the same reason
>>2733321
>>2733289
this loser does.

i wouldn't recommend it honestly. get further away from reno unless you're a burner. tahoe is great for a few days on vacation but seems insufferable to live there. i would just move to carson city so you have quick access to reno and california or vegas if you want that

>>2739385
Hospitality pay in Nevada is pretty low. IDK how it compares to Philly. You might come to miss the greenery and shade of an Eastern city yet. Henderson is soulless boomer suburbia, but it's true that you can easily escape the city and be out there in the vast wastes all alone. Hope you enjoy the wind that comes with living in an arid continental region. Winters aren't as mild as you think; all it takes is a little high clouds and that cold breeze blowing at 47 degrees or so and you're wishing you didn't throw away your warm winter coat.

>>2739211
I'm a looksmaxed white incel

>>2739212
Yea but do you have the fuckin gift of gab buddy? Are you gonna randomly do some weird chest beating bullshit and knock everything over at “Alexa beach club” and show your wild side?

Where’s your instagram buddy?

>>2739210
Not in hospitality myself, but have two close friends who are and one who was for many years. The two who are still in the sector are in management positions at international luxury hotel chains (one in Thailand, one now recently relocated to Indonesia after a couple of years in Australia), and they seem to be enjoying themselves well enough. The big chains are pretty impressive when it comes to in-house training and promotion, and especially international mobility—the guy I know who’s now in Indonesia started his career as a lifeguard, now manages a small army of Indonesian receptionists, and has lived and worked in four or five countries so far.

The hours are often longer than in some normal jobs, and people have to be “on” in public-facing, customer-service mode whenever they’re potentially visible to guests, but it doesn’t sound like an intolerable grind by any means.

The guy I know who WAS in hospitality but isn’t anymore was a slightly different case—he was initially a sommelier who spent time managing wine cellars, bars, and later restaurants at a series of very small, very expensive resorts, the last one in Phuket. He worked long/late, and managed locals, and kissed wealthy ass (he was on a couple of occasions an on-call wine-steward/bartender for visiting members of the Thai royal family), but also developed and maintained what became a debilitating drinking problem—bars and restaurants attract a lot of party people. But whatever the taxing elements of the job were, it wasn’t a product of any kind of Asian grind work culture. Work culture in Thailand isn’t like Japan or anything, of course—there’s a lot of looking perfect and displaying surface-level subservience to superiors while slacking off as much as possible. The guy I know who still manages a hotel in Thailand spends a lot of his time catching underlings sneaking off to eat snacks and gossip when they’re supposed to be working.

Why would you want to simp for fat boomers on vacation? Seems like a horrible career.

>>2739251
Sounds like I'd fit in quite nicely
>>2739255
Because they're the only ones with money to tip me 100usd/day

>>2738632
Oh, I wasn't talking about the Chase portal. I've heard that 90% of the time you're overpaying on there.

>>2738160
>lack of good exchange rates
When do cards get bad exchange rates? I always thought banks and credit cards usually had the best rates since they do the most volume. This is assuming the card doesn't have foreign exchange fees

>>2738831
yea idk what hes saying it has good exchange rates since thats done through visa which is basically the best possible exchange rate you can get

>>2738831
Depends on the card

I've had the yen at 150 but my card only gets 138, and then if you look at the fees there is a small 1% conversion fee banks do. My bank with wells fargo or chase before was shit, chime is the closes I can get without going back to schwab

>>2738156
Hey wagie check the catalog and shut up

>>2739293
The number is a lot higher than .1% and it's not outwitting anything. And the autistic number crunchers coming to a niche subreddit on a swedish paint drying forum would be more capable than most to figure it out. I personally only buy groceries and gas. I cannot think of a time I bought something I wasn't already planning to buy and researched extensively in the last five years. If you can literally just stop yourself from buying a funco pop because you have a piece of plastic in your pocket it would be stupid to not at minimum filter everything through a 2% cashback card. I also have never once floated more money than I already had at any time once even in my early twenties and I know have extensive savings. There is a 0% chance I would get anywhere near a financial emergency without knowing my financial situation was becoming dire many months if not multiple years in advance at which point I would consider cutting up the cards if I for some reason couldn't change the behavior that was tanking my networth. And if I have bought things I wouldn't have without cash there is no way it adds up to the 10,000+ dollars in flights and hotels I've redeemed over the years. And if you are still worried about spending more you can just manufacture spend the cards and get gift cards to the bonus amount and stop and with all your other spending you can practice your nigger tier envelope method or whatever the fuck you do.

tldr: Normie npc idiots who think finance is voodoo should stay away from credit cards. If you are even remotely intelligent you are leaving money on the table not leveraging your everyday purchases.

>>2739354
Yikes! I've clearly struck a nerve.

Ok, you win — you're smart and the banks/CC's are dumb. Thank you for helping bring them to their knees.

>>2739352
If you're getting a credit card just to use oversees I wouldn't get an AMEX given the lower acceptance rate and foreign transaction fees. But if your goal is to pick a card to earn a lot of points to redeem for travel, AMEX is still a stellar choice depending on how you spend your money.

>>2739355
It has nothing to do with the banks being dumb or trying to bring them to their knees. I'm just taking what they are offering and nothing more. The bank or I don't have any feelings about it one way or the other. They just know I'm most likely not a single mother and will send different mailers accordingly.

>multimillionaire with 2 debit cards and some cash here
>yes I sit coach
>yes a ladyboy is 1000 baht

>>2735875
To be fair to him that does sound pretty badass

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>>2735889
>Why do you even have to bring up communism?
>>2735984
>You are not any fucking sense.
>>2736712
>bringing their insane politics in every discussion
/trv/ is filled with no-travelers.
/sci/ is filled with pseudo-intellectuals.
/x/ is filled with LARPers.
[sigh]...4Chan is reddit now...

>>2739217
the government there consists of morons, completely inept, corrupt, incompetent all of the above. one of the worst violators of human rights in the world, so yeah, it's not a surprise that six tourists would die while the politburo sits around drinking beer

>>2739217
>"/trv/ is filled with no-travelers."

You don't really think that do you? Is it like a coping mechanism because you don't get to travel?

>>2735796
SD has hard water and it tastes foul. is why everyone needs a water softener.

Yes, I've been. You can't really do much at all without a local guide. Arrange for a driver/guide to take you on a trip around the steppes for a few days.

I have tried to make this thread so many times but it never gets bumped, I wanna try and go around August next year.

>>2739316
Now I know why there are so many Mongolia threads on here.