What are the pros and cons of living in Australia
>>2732957>normies are brainwashed by mainstream media.Sounds just like America
>>2723559Are dingos a threat?
>>2728259saaar your men are weaker and shorter than polish women
>>2728259You'll get to meet one of your extended family members here at every petrol station and pharmacy.
>>2723559SPIIIDEEEERRRSSSSS AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Hey bros,Me and my gf are flying to Queenstown to hike the Routeburn, but have a few days to spare after we finish. Any ideas for what we should do?
>>2730237head up via the west coast way and see the glaciers before they're gone.
>>2730289roger
>>2731726Not that original guy, but going up the west coast is a decent drive, decent scenery. Everyone on that side of the island is a bit weird, all friendly though. Like check out Greymouth, nice bit of a shit hole. Can be a bit wet as the weather gets stuck in the alps a bitGoing up the east coast is a more popular drive I guess, super pretty basically all the way from Christchurch to nelson. If you're going that side check out Takaka for some hippies. Should be nice weather for you in December.South island will be more memorable than much of the north, so if you're into that sort of thing (scenery) take your timeWanaka and arrowtown are real nice too, same with lake tekapo
>>2731876Thank you, I was considering going throughout West coast route.
If you want to do another hike, the Abel Tasman trek is easier and only takes a few days. Or splash out on something epic like a helicopter tour of Fox Glacier, or a rafting trip. East coast would be worth a visit if you just want to kick back and eat hokey pokey ice cream and see how average kiwis live.>>2731876There's plenty of wilderness in the north island that people don't talk about. You don't get the alpine ranges, but there are endless forests and epic coastlines. Sure if you can only choose one island it's gotta be the south, but most of my best memories of /out/ing are in the north.>>2728919Bruh, don't tell people to skip the Routeburn.
>travel to China>get run over Bugman bros, I don't feel so good...
>>2733040see>>2732998
>>2732584I sometimes wonder if he'll make a YouTube video about CCP assassins after some nigger kills his chink wife and child. would certainly be funny to see.
>>2733493He's comfy, with a beautiful chinese doctor wife and child, that are protected. native chinese "men" will never reach this level. serpchad has nothing to fear. 五毛最爱吃我大便 ;)你们觉得好吃吗?
China cope thread. Now stop complaining, your BLVCK BVLLS needs to be prepped.
>>2733510who let this stinky chinky out of the sweatshop?
Why does this board hate Digital Nomads, i know that shit has alot of posers, but there legit small amount of people making $100k+ working remote in Asia/MENA/LA
>>2732742keep crying for my BWC gook dog
>>273222540k is enough for me to live comfortably abroad, but it's not enough to support anyone else. >>2732742I get the feeling that you're brown and seething. Why are you so mad?
If I didn't have a wife and kid I could be living like a king in SEA working remote in a very niche field albeit not tech based. Alas, such is life. Live it up digital nomads I hope you are happy genuinely.
>>2733475oof you sound pathetic
>>2733475youd be SEA monkey king
I want to visit america preferably in the next few years for the first time, specifically Texas in the Houston area. What should I know and what can I do?
>>2733237The only reason to visit Houston is if you have people there. Visit NOLA, then take the Sunset Limited to Alpine if you want to experience wild Texas. If Alpine is still too tame for you, hitchhike down to Study Butte/Terlingua.
>>2733346Whats NOLA
>>2733396New Orleans, Louisiana
>>2733197texas is hot as fuck, it was miserable when i drove through austin a couple months back
>>2733197Look for Paul Wall and say hihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiwYD9mGkFchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiFHbhP2CFg
Is France worth visiting nowadays or is it all garbage?Was thinking that Paris might be a cesspool of shit but other cities might be cool.Also, how much French does one need to know?
I was in Paris about a decade ago.I liked the city enough, but it didn't blow me away.You should do it to cross it off your checklist.Eiffel Tower and Louvre are great, but there's way too many scammers and trinket peddlers in the former, and way too many lines and chink tourists with smartphones in the latter. Like having to waddle through a crowd of chink retards just to see the Mona Lisa wasn't enjoyable. I wanted to enjoy the artwork and arqueology stuff but you can't because it's full of retards that just want to take a picture of the painting they aren't even looking at it, ultimate NPC behaviour.
Paris is worth it at least once in your life, but as other anons have said countryside and smaller cities are the best. You can go almost anywhere and have wonderful food outside next to a cobblestone street. Of the places I have been to, I recommend Lille, Metz, Reims, St. Paul De Vence, Colmar, and Nice.
>>2732471This, you should first ask yourself what kind of stuff you're into, since French regions are varied enough to proposed very different experiences.
>>2731269I visited Paris before the fire that broke out at Notre Dame's spire burnt down. So it may be worth it because you'll never know what you can lose.
>>2731269Paris only has a bad reputation because tourists head straight to the Eiffel Tower, and let me tell you the only redeeming feature of that neighborhood is the immigrants in the park selling shoplifted hard liquor that you can drink to forget the stink, the filth, and the rats. The tower was meant to be viewed from a distance in 1887 and it’s meant to be viewed from a distance today.Any other neighborhood in central Paris is charming, charming. Montmartre, isle du Paris, Latin quarter, everything. I first visited Paris in 1999, backpacked there solo in 2022 and had such a great fucking time. Smoothbrains from /pol/ who get offended when a Senegalese tries to scalp them a counterfeit louvre ticket go home and cry about the experience online. Good; that means less other tourists to bother me next time I visit.Contemporary culture is fucking cool too. If you don’t vibe with the ultramodern art displays all over the city, you can at least appreciate kids doing parkour in the streets and the graffiti art.
A litle late
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>>2732551Looks pleasant. Early October?
>>2733349Ye, been trying to post motlre for a few days but I've been on another trip and the red sea area is region banned or smth, plus the 15m time delay is too much for me. Anyways my tg is @TRVMDB if you wanna see more, the thread is kinda dead for me if I can't post pics easiely.
Has anyone here ever travelled during Christmas just to kind of get away from it for a bit?I'm skipping Christmas in 2025 and wanted to hear from some of you what you have previously done, or if you just have some recommendations.
>>2732541I live in Europe. I am happy to admit that I lack Christmas spirit.
>>2732615Correct. Most Americans love Christmas, and the last thing they would do during Christmas is go to Las Vegas.But the costs of hotels there skyrockets as New Year’s Eve approaches.
I have skipped it the last 4 years. First year I travelled to Thailand and fuck ladyboys (yes literally). Next 2 years I did charity work and that was fine, last year I travelled again, this time to Vietnam and rented a cabin in the woods for 2 weeks. Some of my family was angry the first 2 years but after that they kinda accepted it.
>>2733206>Some of my family was angry the first 2 yearsWait, were they angry because you skipped Christmas, or because you were fucking ladyboys?
>>2733257Kek because I skipped Christmas, obviously never told them about the ladyboys and other prostitutes.
Is Bogota a good option? What other cheap places would you recommend?
>>2727006They are as mixed as the black woman in the U.S. which is about 10 to 30 percent.
>>2726996Colombian pill me on Santa Marta.
>>2726876Bogota doesn't really have that many blacks
Dominican Republic and Brazil have the best looking black women in my opinion.
>>2732130i fucked black escort from dominican once, she was nurse from spain, such a nice person and extremely hot
how much of the language should you know before going? does it depend on the country?
>>2732652Wouldn't rely on that too much as local proficiency variety within countries differs wildly. For example, having been to both Greece - top ranked - and Ivory Coast - all the way at the bottom - I can tell you that outside of big cities and tourist hotspots there were more English speakers in Ivory Coast. I amusingly ended up speaking French in Greece on a few occasions.
>>2730876You must have N1 proficiency in Japanese before going to Japan or you will SHAME yourself, your parents, your ancestors, your friends, your nation, your culture, other gaijin living over there and the Japanese of course. >pic is a gaijin getting raped by a pack of hungry Japanese keisatsu.
>>2732652>>2732758I’m also at least a little skeptical of this survey—I think China ranks too high and the UAE too low, among others. In China it’s very normal to be surrounded by people with negligible English, even in major cities. And 80%+ of the population of the UAE is made up of guest workers, most of whom speak better English than Arabic, if they speak Arabic at all. It’s very rare to find someone with no English at all.>>2732722I agree that English proficiency in Thailand varies by region—in the deep South and most of the Northeast, English is barely spoken at all. I wouldn’t categorize it as unwillingness, necessarily, although some people are shy/afraid to try to use it, just inability. I spent a few years in Isaan, and old people in shophouses were always panicking and running inside to grab a school-age grandchild to speak to me when they saw me coming, which was hilarious. Saw something similar in Greece, too—parents or grandparents with no English trotting out some kid.>>2730876I assume this thread was just bait, but I like to have basic politeness words, shopping words, asking for directions words, and numbers wherever I go, at least. But I enjoy languages. I’m reviewing my Greek phrases just this morning, as I’m flying to Athens in a couple of hours.
>>2733261kek
>Hello>Goodbye>Thank you>Excuse me>Yes>NoThat's already overkill
What are the best things to do here? Any recommendations for nana plaza?
I tried posting on reddit (and /biz/) at one point but they all sperg'd out and never answered my questionMy wife and i are considering moving to Japan from the states in the next year for a variety of reasons. We are taking the next year to learn the language (ive already enrolled in uni classes with the goal of passing at least one proficiency test) and to try to work out a location transfer with my current job (multi national company, shouldent be too bad, income from just me is around 70kUSD).My question is:What can i reasonably expect for finances? what are some average bills for a family of 4? (we have two infant children)Could anyone provide a reasonable breakdown of electric/water/mortgage and whatever bills you could expect to pay?Ive done research on google and put together and excel sheet with averages that ive found so far but if anyone has some real life numbers i would greatly appreciate it. This would help me plan out a lot better.TIA, feel free to ask for any info that might helppic unrelated
>>2733194I moved there recently Seems like you are a poorfag so you probably won't get analed as much in taxesUsually spend around 120 usd for utilities but it's just me and my wifeIf you live in a small and shitty place then you will probably pay much less
If I'm a US citizen traveling to another country for tourism, can I cancel my return flight during my visit and just book another flight to somewhere else instead before my visitation period is up? Or do I HAVE to leave the country I'm visiting in the way I present to the immigration officials upon arrival, as in, on a flight back to the US? Could I leave by other means besides plane if I arrive by plane?
>>2732840>>2732839I should add, this applies to Americans, Euros, Canadians, Aussies, most Latin American countries, some Asian countries like Japan, SK and a few other countries that get automatic tourist visa not for any country. If you need paperwork for a visa you are gonna have to do it all over again.Also you need residency for many things like opening a bank account or certain doctor appointments so it's not a lifehack I would recommend if you are staying long term.But for OPs case yeah it's doable.
>>2732830you can leave by any way you want.
>>2732830As others have noted, you can generally leave however you want, and you can almost always go to a third country rather than directly back to the US, assuming you can legally access the third country. There are a few exceptions, but the main thing any country you visit is likely to care about is that you don’t stay longer than you’re entitled to, either by the terms of a visa or a visa-exemption agreement. So for the aforementioned Schengen Area, for example, you’re allowed to stay for up to 90 days visa-free, but when those 90 days are up, you’re expected to be out for a full 90 days before coming back. As long as you don’t violate this by staying too long or coming back too soon, they don’t care how you leave or where you go when you do. Countries that ask for return flight information on arrival are just checking that you’re leaving within the prescribed period, not that you’re on your specific departing flight, 99 times out of 100.
>>2732830It's usually airlines who check and enforce onward travel requirements. Immigration officials only care that you leave the country before your stay expires. I'd be more concerned with the entry requirements of the next country, particularly if it requires a visa. I bought a $10 rental ticket for my trip to Thailand, but didn't need to present it. People use those fake ticket services all the time with no issues.
>>2732830They don’t care once you’re inside the country what the details of your return ticket were. You can even try using a fake return ticket and then the worst that happens is they force you to buy a return ticket on the spot
Has anyone done this? Is it even worth it? Flights alone are atleast 1k to Europe for me. At first it seemes like I'm missing out but I'd probably just do the same shit here desu
>>2731465I've heard a lot of hype about this trail from people who've walked it. It's like a mentally cleansing quest for them. Worth considering for next summer.
>>2731319 Did it over the summer in Luxemburg with a friend. I would recommend it pretty fun. But you should get a good pair of shoes because you gonna be walking a fuck ton and travel light and descret especially if you're gonna stash your shit.It's sorta stressful though if you cant find a place I so the more time you have in the day, the better also Google Maps helped to find foliage and parks to camp in. Sleep isn't the best either, so get ready for that. But the trip overall was cheap asf, and you have that thrill factor of playing homeless simulator. It's too cold now though so prob just wait until next summer. Also, if it's your first time, do it in a country that's pretty safe and clean. The same buddy I went with, he soloed it in Prague for his first time and slept at the same spot Vagrant did. If you watched his euro video, he talks about how there are people outside where he was sleeping. And guess what four years later those people were still there. Prob just drug dealers or something fronting there territory. But my dumbass friend got robbed by them and the cops didn't do shit. and they took his passport with his bag. So scout ur place out for a second and make sure ur not in a sketchy ass neighborhood.
>>2731319Currently doing it, started walking from France and going to Hamburg (currently north of Black Forest).Been working the year before to have security money for months, then working on the way as I go (been on the vineyards in october, should work at a bar after Hamburg).It's the best life for me, but it can be tough at times (cold and raining rn), depends on what you're after, I just do it to have memories of adventure I can pass on to my children.You get some magical moments, and some strange ones.I'd say try it while you're still somewhat young and don't have a family to provide for, after that you'll probably just have regrets.Don't think too much, take some chances, you'll die sooner or later anyways.
>>2732844Fucking comfy. This is a great time of year to forage wild/semi-wild fruits in France.
>>2732844Have you spent some time in Alsace, anon?
Hey guys, I’ve worked with a lot of Ethiopians and the girls can be pretty hot. I got to talking with one of my younger coworkers and he told me that Ethiopian tutors are $10 dollars on the mid side and $50 dollars for the “expensive” ones. Have any of you guys gone there? I’m getting tempted. Ethopian food is pretty good too
>>2733326Addis Ababa is 70s all year round, extremely pleasant in the dry season. I've heard hotels are expensive.
