>>2826410
I mean, by this logic then you shouldnt travel anywere that is not a developed first world country then.
Costa Rica is not that bad, i dont know about belize tho

Belize respond :DDD

>>2826412
No retard it's just a price/value calculation. You look at what you are actually getting for what you are paying realize it's a scam and a shitty dangerous one at that, then pick somewhere else.

Belize has pristine nature and coral reefs. Otherwise, it is less interesting than all its neighbors. The only pleasant towns in the country are San Ignacio, which is essentially a Guatemalan city, and Hopkins, where alcoholic blacks will sell you 7/10 seafood for cheap.
Costa rica has better rainforests, but much worse snorkeling. If you want a good balance of aquatic adventures and rainforest hikes, Belize is good.

>>2826403
Pretty cool if you enjoy getting robbed at gun point

>>2826116
>stay in business class hotels(dirt cheap there)
Uhmm, that's quite relative, I mean, you can get affordable stays in places like Aerocity in New Delhi, but I wouldn't say they are "cheap". However, they are waaaay better than staying in Paharganj, which is a total and utter cesspool.

>>2826157
Incredibly based. Some potential names:
>United States of the Brahmaputra.
>Jorhat Exclave Eastern Territories
>West Burma
>East East India Company

>>2826116
>dont even look at hawkers
What about the hookers?

>>2823025
If you go to the poor places, yes.
If you go to the middle class places, yes.
If you go to the high class places, maybe not.

>>2826151
>they allow you to leave
You tell them, you don't ask them.
>>2826159
What about rooral India? I can handle farm poop smells and the occasional cloud of burning trash smoke, but concentrated odors of human excrement rising from a floor drain in the hotel bathroom is abhorrent. I'd rather not have a bathroom in the room if that's gonna be the case, especially if the bathroom doesn't have an outside window.

>>2826289
Cape Town South Africa

>>2826917
Bless you anon. I have a few questions.
What was your field of study in? Mine is in a niche field (geomatics related) and Germany has alot of really good programs for it, plus the tuition is free and English barrier isnt as large (plus Berlin night interests me). However, I do love Spain and know decent enough Spanish but I am not sure what weight degrees from there carry as well as there most likely not being many programs related to my field in English (admitadely havent done my research). I have looked into Italy, particularly University of Bologna, but there offerings were pretty slim plus Italians kind of rub me of a certain way.
How is the social life in Germany, particularly in Berlin? And the others if you have any knowledge? Also another thing that is good about German programs is they seem to have better job prospects within the country and stronger weight in the degree. I also hold a Canadian as well as American citizenship if either one is more beneficial than the other.

>>2826939
Economics.
Germany is great, so don’t rule it out. Berlin is Berlin though and its own thing though. You‘d have unlimited things to do there but be prepared to travel a lot in public transport to get wherever you’re going; Berlin is huge. It’s also very difficult to get an apartment there unless you have a lot of money.
Germany has more prestige as a center of education, particularly in STEM. The public universities are basically always the best in Germany too.

Your personal preferences in terms of culture and personality is what you should respect here. I say that I‘d have gone with France or Italy for that reason. I speak those languages too and know the cultures well, and feel more in my own skin there than here. It is what it is though.

Germany is a choice you really can’t go wrong with unless you just can’t handle Germans or bureaucracy and paperwork.
Germans can be loads of fun albeit sometimes more reserved up front snd slower to get to friendship level. If you want to socialize here, clubs and universities are the easiest routes. They have clubs for everything here. As I already mentioned, Berlin is Berlin. Germans consider it to be its own thing. It is insanely international and has everything you could want or do going on. It’s also a fairly poor shithole in many areas and the other side of insanely international means ghettos.
The other large German cities each have their own flavor but follow a Germanness still. List the cities you’re considering and I‘ll elaborate as best I can.

I believe France and Canada may have a special relationship due to Quebec. I‘m unsure though. For the EU in general though, your American passport will allow you the easy route to getting a visa. You’ll need 12k€ annually any which way.

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>>2826289
>Are there any countries a sub7 male sub180 in his 20s can have a normal social life and romantic relations outside of SEA, EA, and third world parts of South America?
No.
Come home, white man.

>>2827022
There is only one country in the "Global South" suitable for a white man, and that is Kazakhstan.

>>2823753
>What's living in LA really like?
Generic

>>2823783
>The only thing it has going for it is the weather and the food scene.
The geography is nice too

>>2827512
>And yet you never denied a single thing that I said.
and you aren't denying being a bitter faggot kek. i said you got raped and were buttmad about it, not wrong.

>>2827518

>and you aren't denying being a bitter faggot kek. i said you got raped and were buttmad about it, not wrong.

Just like everyone who's ever lived in that city. That's the natural consequence of living in a mental asylum.

>>2827107
i thought San Francisco was cool and didn't see any poo there
in the last few months in Manchester, UK (not cool) i've seen 4 human poos on the street

>>2827034
I’ll defend San Francisco to my dying day, but the SF-LA pseudorivalry (in which Bay Area denizens sneer at LA and SoCal in general as their inferiors; on the other side I don’t think LA thinks about San Francisco at all) has always been stupid and exaggerated, not to mention less and less factually defensible over the years.

SF has better density, more attractive architecture, and arguably a prettier overall natural setting (although scattered parts of LA are at least as pretty, there might be 40 miles of ugly low-rise suburbia between two stunning natural viewpoints; SF is so much smaller and denser that the nice views are closer together and come off as more universal) as well as better/more comprehensive transit (although the LA Metro, or whatever they call the tram/light rail network, is getting better and better).

So SF can offer tourists a more accessible destination that sometimes leaves a stronger ‘major global city’ impression than LA does, just because LA is so much more sprawling and suburban in character. LA comes
across (and sort of is) more like a big, largely residential region with terrible traffic than a coherent big city. But LA County, which contains the city proper but doesn’t even encompass all of the towns and cities popularly associated with Los Angeles within its metro area, has something like twelve times the population of San Francisco County. The city of Los Angeles itself is ~4X as populous as SF. So San Francisco is in reality a far more minor city than LA, it’s just that SF is easier to get around and has ten times the density.

>t. Bay Area local who gradually came to understand and even enjoy LA

>>2824744
Lack of beautiful young women in public spaces is the biggest downside of America, and is the primary reason why the country feels so empty and soulless at times. I've traveled rural America in the colder months and gone WEEKS without seeing a single pretty girl worth a second glance. As a lonely 24 year old vagabond I unironically began entertaining the idea of hooking up with a 65 year old grandma on multiple occasions.
>Warm and free, warm and free
>That's all it takes to get a-hold of me
I still remember Preacher Bob singing that ditty every night around the campfire at the vandweller gathering in Quartzsite, AZ. And yes, her van being nice and warm on those cold windy evenings was a big plus. I never quite pulled it off, sadly.

>>2824772
tbf i would rather deal with polar bears than Frenchies

>>2826860
There are no polar bears in Antarctica, only in Arctica...so they will be French Canadian polar bears.

>>2824689
Oh hush it’s trash, I live in the best town in America (not naming stay out) and whenever I leave my areas I feel like I’m in the third world.

>>2827021
>America is bad, I know because I live in the best American town but I won't name it so you'll just have to trust me it's totally the best

You must be 18 to use this site

>>2826936
Dear God the horror...

Alyeska is fun if you're an advance or higher skier. If you're an intermediate cruiser you will PROBABLY be fine, but it isn't the largest resort in the world. The hike-to terrain is gnarly as fuck. Conditions can be variable since the base is practically at sea level. Precipitation should be snow in January but an inversion layer is not infrequent.

The amenities are surprisingly nice, especially for Alaska. Girdwood is a funky hippie town, but the Alyeska resort can be downright high end (4 Star - not quite 5). The Nordic Spa is an interesting quirk too. You'll have a good time.

>>2825544
Anon, please don’t give Vale Resorts any more of your hard earned money.

>>2827524
*This goes for all of you ski anons.

In before “Epic Pass”.

You all have options.

>>2825544
Alaska is definitely worth every penny.
I did the Points North helicopter thing in the Cuugach a few years ago.

Fucking breath taking.

Last year I hit Mt Bohemia in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. It’s all cat skiing, trees and pillows. You would never know there’s powder like that in the Midwest. Every night Lake Superior dumps fluffy on that place.

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>>2824710
Why do people keep saying this? It cannot possibly be true.

>>2826117
Have you tried being white?

>>2823847
Never been to Chongqing, but only devoting three days to Seoul is criminal imo.
If you want to hit up the main tourist spots then maybe, but you’ll have an underwhelming experience - the palaces pale in comparison to the Chinese, and Japan has the more impressive mega cities.
The best thing about Seoul is leisurely exploring the different district, their different characters (Buamdong is completely different to Seongsu) and just discovering stuff. I fell for the meme that it was a plastic city and society, but was surprised by its ever present greenery, rich arts and cafe scene. Seoul unironically is one of the most sovlful places in the region. Also visit Busan

>>2822859
you are spending one entire day to get to chongqing.
>1 hr to airport, 2 hour pre-flight, 4 hour flight, 1 hour immigration, 1 hour to get into chongqing, all at best.
a total waste of 1/8th of a trip.

Seoul for 5 days, 2 days dedicated to a wedding. What/where to eat? Only interested in food. kbbq, chicken, meat heavy dishes in particular. Staying in Myeongdong. Doesn't have to be Korean food, just good restaurants.

>>2801826
Good-morning anon,

I've been to the city a couple weeks ago for a few days. Krakow became one of my favourite cities in Europe, it has some great day trips (Wieliczka salt mine, Auschwitz, Energielandia) and more interesting niches such are the army and aviation museums, or the arcade in the east of the city.

You can get to Energielandia either by the park's dedicated shuttle bus (I believe the fare I 4-6 Euro return, but don't quote me on that). I took it though as the return is at 20:00 and I had a splitting headache, I walked to the train station (20 min. walk from the park) and went back to Krakow at 18:00. I love theme parks and Energielandia is great, Zadra is obviously the highlight. Hyperion is great and rides very smooth. Mayan is a generic SLC albeit a very smooth one. Formula is meh, Abyssus is essentially Formula but fun.

Wieliczka salt mines were great though I went early in the day, I hear it gets very busy and it certainly seemed that way around mid-day. Wieliczka itself is like a nice suburb of Krakow with its own little square. There's a salt graduation tower that you can get a ticket for which is cheap and is worth the experience, in my opinion.

Auschwitz is fun, its spread over two sites (Auschwitz I and what is essentially the extension, Birkenau). You arrive get a guided tour (you're only allowed tours, you don't get to roam free) and take a shuttle from the tourist centre to Birkenau and back.

I additionally walked around the town, went to Wawel (its more an uphill area you walk into), its worth paying for the Cathedral visit if you're interested in history. I've never seen so many national heroes entombed in one place, there's also a sculpture of a fire-breathing dragon nearby. Walking around the Vistula itself is pretty fun and you can come across a concert venue, a small amusement park and a bunch of decent coffee houses, milk bars and restaurants during that walk.

>>2824002
Its worth noting that for accomodation you do NOT want to be in the centre if you are looking for a peaceful night. I went to a party hostel (Greg&Toms) and whilst the free food was great it was 24/7 noise. That being said you can meet some fun people in those places if that's what you want to do. There's also a lot of touts in the centre - more at night, offering girls and drinks. They'll generally leave you alone with a sober response though.

You can get bus connections from Krakow to other parts of Poland. I rode the Flixbus to Budapest (stopping in parts of Slovakia) and I'd heard from multiple people of taking day or multiple-day trips to Zakopane if you're up for a hike. I hadn't tried myself though I've heard its a decent experience.

>>2823987
Blew all my money in Zurich,Stockholm,skovde, Rostock, Gothenburg, Copenhagen , Berlin, I found food via “urban foraging”, because I was tired of walking, and I was trying to get to Ukraine to volunteer. Also eastern Tennessee is gorgeous shut your mouth, the west is shit tho I’ll admit

>>2824005
Some grand advice here
>you can get buses in Poland to other cities
>don't stay in PARTY HOSTELif you want a bit of peace

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>>2824002
You don't need an ''''''eduacator''''' btw. You can do it independently without the propaganda woe is me preaching. They jew you into late slots though, and you need to get in early..

>>2825557
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I proceeded to drunk drive down the highway and a black woman in an SUV seemed to be brake checking me, and pulled over and rolled her window down and started shouting at me. I told her I didn't want any trouble and she said "you white peoples never do". She said I was following her and that my car didn't have any plates (no idea what happened to it, I reported it stolen today) and that she was calling the cops. I looked to my left and this sounds completely fabricated but we were literally parked maybe 50 feet from state trooper who had set up a speed trap on the highway near where we pulled off--so I told her the cop was right there if she needed him. The black woman proceeded to text her baby daddy or something and eventually just left, while I repeated my mantra of not wanting any trouble, very sorry ma'am, and so on.

Also I rented a condo today and I think I have a lead on a job so I'm feeling pretty good.

>>2825558
Oh and between the crackhead and the irate black woman, I picked up a homeless hitchhiker and gave him a ride a few blocks. In hindsight, he seemed to get increasingly sketched out as we went, maybe because I was the only white person for miles at around 3 am, or maybe he just knew where his dealer was or something, but eventually he asked me to stop and let him out.

I don't think I will drink alone again for a while

Also feds tongue my anus.

>>2825559
Just wanted to bump this because I appreciate these stories. Whether a larp or not, very entertaining. Please post more. Thx, bye.

>>2824302
Have you only traveled domestically?

>>2822486
Struggling to understand jokes without having Grok explain them to you? I feel ya buddy

>>2825899
A jew is afoot in this thread. Beware.

>>2816753
Why? My grandparents live there.

>>2824449
the constant bombing raids by IDF F-15s

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Best food in the world is in Chicago, I'm gonna be honest anons, it's not even fucking close.

I am routinely disappointed by food when traveling because my home city has ruined me as far as my expectations for the average restaurant go. It's so rare to step into a place and have bad food in Chicago, almost anywhere is good, you don't even need to hit the hotly rated restaurants or famous Chicago foods to have a good experience. And the craziest part is it's not remotely just downtown, all the surrounding suburbs have fucking amazing food as well (besides the little Indiana section on the east side lmao).

Come to my city during taste of Chicago (they've been running it on Sept the last few years, you just missed it), spend friday-sunday eating your way through the city all centralized in one park.

I recommend Chicago's Original Doghouse in Lincoln Park for Chicago Style Hotdogs, they are the best Chicago dogs (they are at taste)
Portillos is unironically the best Italian beef in the city, an easy answer but a correct answer
Any of the big names in deep dish pizza are very good at what they do, but we have plenty of normal pizza that's great too.
Rainbow cone is also really great. Don't let the weird combination of ice cream flavors scare you.
Boxcar Betty's is upstairs in Ogilvie Train Station (if you take the train into Union Station from a different city, Ogilvie will be literally 1 block away) is some of the tastiest chicken in the city.
The Billygoats tavern on Lower Wacker is also a huge piece of city culture that's worth experiencing, I get the pepper and egg sandwich no matter the time of day

Second best food I've ever had was in Key West. Holy shit I swear every restaurant there is fire too it's just small so it can fit less great restaurants.


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>>2824109
I don't get it. Was that not a legitimate complaint?

>>2824822
he's just trying to downplay their shitty behavior and make it seem like shoeless anon was making a big deal over something trivial

>>2825183
no i just thought it was funny
i picture the tableau of some guy standing there pleading with some impassive border guard while in the background a bunch of stereotype jews are pawing and sniffing at the confiscated shoes and bartering over who should keep them
given that anon is probably a black guy or muslim anyway i care even less

>>2823731
They only like chads.

>>2825444
they must racemix a lot then

>>2827292
Armenia.
Nice.

>>2827248
When the bongs learn about skiing in Hawaii

>>2827248
There’s ski resorts 30 minutes from Albuquerque.

>>2827248
>Yanks
You're not Mexican
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsIGpNtxgRw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uxmNMGemTY

Zacatecas is at 23 degrees latitude, but the northern blasts are sometimes so strong and cold that they can bring snow to Zacatecas.

>>2826697
Have you ever heard of compound interest?

>>2826502
Muh true love anon strikes again, kek
The properly functioning human mind doesn't bash itself against the brick wall of desiring something that it has never had and it never will have. It learns to desire and be satisfied with what it has learned to be within its reach.
>>2826484
Bragging about your sex kinks is disgusting behavior. Of course, you porn addicts are habituated to watching sex acts filmed under bright lights and distributed for public consumption, so you have a tough time understanding why respectable gentlemen are disgusted by explicit discussion of sexual activity.

>>2826773
>being a Jew and collecting usury is the only way to retire successfully
Sad
Your children should provide for you in your old age
>>2826487
These days I try to be responsive toward anyone who is friendly to me, but I don't put any charm into it (unless I genuinely think the food they served me was top-notch or something like that). People can see that I am someone who has had a difficult & deprived life in my 20s, but has found a degree of inner peace nonetheless. Greedy people disdain my lack of neediness, which is disappointing when they are pretty young women, but otherwise very much okay.

>>2826780
You just want to be a broke wagie, don't you?

>>2826807
I don't pay taxes. They're all refunded to me. Yes, including sales tax, Medicare and Social Security. But three different cars swerved or drifted across the painted shoulder line at me while I was walking today. Why does this only happen in America? Never in Asia do people inexplicably come closer to me when passing at speed.

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>>2824178
If you're going to be visiting Baltistan, make sure you go at a time when Deosai National Park is open, as it's probably the most gorgeous area in the entire region, and is really good for hiking as well as hunting. I had the bad luck of visiting in early April 2024 when it was still closed for a while.

As for languages, it's a highly linguistically diverse region, where the language changes every sub-region. Everyone speaks Urdu, and English can be enough to get by outside of the most remote regions, so I wouldn't bother learning any languages; though if you have an interest, Balti and Tibetan are some of the most unique and fascinating languages in the world, with the most aesthetic script known to man. I had the advantage of just being able to use Urdu wherever I went.

Also, know that because of the Kashmir threat, you will be stopped and ID'd by the military at a checkpoint on every district crossing and they might want to see your visa too. For me this never took more than a couple minutes, but YMMV.

I assume you already have a top-tier fitness level because the mountains in the region really do require it. A relatively easy and scenic trek (but still harder than anything in the Alps) that I recommend is the Masherbrum (K1), for which you have to drive up to the village of Hushe.

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>>2824212
You can hire a car pretty easily, but getting petrol in the region can be difficult at times because of supply chain issues, I was shafted in this regard and ended up paying 2-3x the normal price. I'm not sure about motorbikes.

Another thing I recommend looking out for is the Katpana and Sarfaranga deserts or cold desert plains that contain a really unique kind of terrain and flora. You can go paragliding here, which is top kino, but again, you might not be able to if you're too late/early. If you go in the summer, you can also swim and fish in any suitable spot in the Indus, which runs along much of the highway. The water is crystalline blue and there's no one around for miles apart from the odd passing car. The manmade stuff like the various forts and the touristy waterfall are mostly skippable, but if you have any interest in sufism then there are many mosques worth asking the locals about, especially near Khaplu, which is where you'll go to get access to all the big peaks and glaciers.

The people are extremely friendly, tolerant, and generous toward tourists. If you have any experience with large subcontinental cities, just know that it's nothing like that. You will never be scammed or mistreated.

7.5/10 overall, would recommend.

>>2824213
>>2824212
tank you bro. I will definitely research Deosai. How far up Masherbrum do you go? Surely not to the top? I live at around 8,000 feet in the western US so my lungs aren't as virgin as they could be, I think I can manage a few good hikes.
Yea I've never been to India but I have been to other neighboring countries, so I always expect the worst kind of street hustlers. If the pakis offer a break from that, that's fine with me.

>>2824213
btw, do you need any permits to go to specific places/highways?

>>2825353
>How far up Masherbrum do you go?
I'm a 0m lifelong landlubber, so not very far. If you're used to 8000 ft. you'll be fine.

>>2825359
I forgot to mention this as I'm a national who didn't really need to worry about visa, and not much of a mountaineer, but they've really jewed this system recently. You need to get an individual permit for each 6500m+ peak (relatively quick and cheap) apart from trekking visa (long response times, can take over a month easily).
https://trekkers.pk/all-about-climbing-permits-in-pakistan/

If you go through with it, I hope you enjoy yourself.