I am taking a trip soon and am trying to decide between going to Europe or just going back to Asia because it is so much cheaper. I’ve never been to Europe and it’s my ancestral homeland but it seems a lot more expensive and stressful than cheap Asian countries. I went to an Asian country and really loved the big city and convenience vibe. There are things in Europe I want to see but it seems like HK/Seoul/Tokyo/Bangkok etc would be more pleasant places to spend time.
>>2875468Do you motherfuckers go anywhere besides asia? Whats the obsession
>>2875473It is just nicer than the west desu. You don’t worry about your safety or being extorted for basic food and lodging. And cheap, you can live like a millionaire.
>>2875468How is Europe more stressful than navigating Asia? Just pick a single country you are interested rather than entire continents. If you value human history than Europe, if you value being in buglands as a conquistador than asia
>>2875473It's the coziest place in the world.
>>2875468You can't even decide between continents?
>>2875468>taking a trip soonDo you want to freeze, be bored as fuck, and be surrounded by a bunch of normie-maxxers squawking in queues for museums (BBC news), or... do you want to ride a scooter around in the sun, be care-free about same-day booking hotels, and have a all about lily chou chou (Okinawa) / 2046 (Kaosiung) experience?
>>2875515I am very indecisive. >>2875547I have been to Japan and love. Want to see Taiwan but not sure where the world is going.
>>2875475>You don’t worry about your safety or being extorted for basic food and lodging.Uhhh, you don't worry about those in Europe.
>>2875468Having been to both, I would say book a trip to your home country in Europe. I was pleasantly surprised at how much fun I was having. The culture shock wasn't too bad. But, IDK I never had high hopes for Europe, so maybe that helped. Going in with low expectations. The food was great, and the museums/culture/architecture/women were also great.The downsides were definitely the screaming foreign migrants smoking pot and milling around train stations. I had to ditch one of my hostels when it was all foreign migrants chopping up weed and coming and going all night. The foreign front desk dude was cool though and let me cancel the rest of my nights there when hostelworld was being pissy about it.It was definitely more expensive, do your research on how you want to get around without blowing through your budget. Also, this was 8 years ago, so things are probably worse now. Maybe go while you can. Asia will probably keep longer.
>>2875560That’s the thing I’m really a sucker for a big city and those in Europe and America where I am from are violent. The Asian ones are clean and orderly. Don’t need to deal with whacked out people, everyone knows to behave. But the history and culture of Europe is more interesting to me.
>>2875560>The downsides were definitely the screaming foreign migrants smoking pot and milling around train stations. I had to ditch one of my hostels when it was all foreign migrants chopping up weed and coming and going all night.Should have asked them to pass you the blunt nigga. From a european's point of view a nigger who speaks the language is more "european" than a white american who has bloodline. So the optimal play is bixnoodmaxxing and not giving a fuck
>>2875473Because it has the worlds best combination of extreme foreign-ness/novelty + price + genuinely nice and it's not even close?
>>2875560>Also, this was 8 years ago, so things are probably worse nowas an euro, not really (unless you're a bong, then it's 10x worse)>I had to ditch one of my hostels when it was all foreign migrants chopping up weed and coming and going all nightto be fair, a lot of hostels are known for very specific demographicsyou have to vet them before and read the reviews (importantly also the names + origin of the people writing the reviews)>It was definitely more expensive, do your research on how you want to get around without blowing through your budget.Interrail is still likely the cheapest variantotherwise go with local public transport, rental bikes / scooter or by footat least for the bigger citiessouthern Europe is likely (relatively) more expensive than 8y ago, northern Europe got a little cheaper (again relative, absolute prices still increased everywhere)Seoul, Tokyo or HK (like OP mentioned) are not really significantly cheaper than most european places
>>2875468Been twice to Asia, honestly it just is a great travel friendly destination. I'd say Asia especially if you are tight on money. Europe has a ton of history though, and would be a great experience, especially seeing castles in France, Scotland, Spain, UK, or ruins in Italy, Greece etc. Europe has a lot to offer but does cost most unless you go to eastern Europe.
My problem with Asia as a wagecuck American is that the flights are so long, you need at minimum 2 weeks to justify a vacation there, whereas Europe is just an overnight flight and it's easy to do just 1 week there. I can have 2 European vacations a year compared to just 1 in Asia
>>2875656quit yer jerb and get a new one when you come back
>>2875648You can see all of that stuff on Google images.
>>2875657Too risky in this economy
>>2875468Every white person is in Asia now. You'll see more whites in random Asian cities than anywhere in Europe and I am not kidding.
>>2875661Why go anywhere then? This is a travel board. Not a sit in your basement and look at google earth board.
>>2875702>Why go anywhere then?So you can have the vacation experience. Far away from home, eat out every day, party every night, hook up with hostel sluts, be who you want."Site seeing" is what boomers did before internet. No need for that anymore.
>>2875707I'm sorry you're from a place without freedom of speech and you have to wear a mask.
