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>It costs twice as much for an American to fly to Europe as it does for a European to fly to America Your plane tickets here are literally half what I have to pay to go there. This shit isn't fair
>>1133664
it's because of the Earth's rotation, something you may have learned about if you weren't a dumb American. If you're going from Europe the planes can just be suspended in the air and have the Earth rotate underneath until the plane is over America. This method obviously uses much less fuel and therefore is cheaper.
>>1133664
book it on a European carrier.
I know Swiss had NYC - Zurich - NYC for 569 CHF a day ago as I booked it for a friend from the states.
>>1133666
I think you may be on to something there...
Whatsup /trv/
I got 13 months free that I can and will spend in Australia and New Zealand.
Starting out in New Zealand in november and I have to leave Australia in december 2017. My question is, how many months for each country? I'm combining working with travelling. I have to enter australia before 20th june of 2017 but I am considering going there earlier. NZ isn't THAT big to spend half a year there?
I take it the weather in New Zealand gets bad in april? So, NZ november-march and then Australia April-december?
weather in NZ is bad year round, it rains most days, humid as fuck in summer and windy as fuck in winter/spring.
>>1134875
Nice generalisation
So many people coming to NZ.. I take trips around NZ a lot, if I'm free you can join me then. I've made 3 good friends from /p/ and /soc/.
NZ won't take you more than 4 months to cover, and that's having a relaxed drive etc.
I hear Berlin is the best place in Europe right now for musicians and artists, and I am a musician/artist so I'm going to go check it out during the summer. I hear the east of the city is known for it's creative vibe
>Where's the best place for a creative to stay?
>Where's the best places for music/art?
>How do I get involved with my music/art?
>How do I find raves?
Try strictly lofi group on facebook or similar groups
>>1112234
For finding raves and cool places, I mean
>>1112195
Club De Visionaire, Berghain, Ipse, Tresor, Chalet
if they don't let you in, don't be offended, you probably don't fit in
Share your favorite full time traveler Youtuber.
>>1135313
That lens doesn't focus at that distance.
>>1135320
>That lens doesn't focus
He isn't planning to take a photo with it -- he's planning to fellate it.
>>1135323
Ok all is good then.
> find incredibly cheap plane tickets to the cayman islands
> get super excited
> look for a place to stay
> cheapest hotel is like $400 a night
> no campgrounds
wtf do I do? could I just camp on the beach?
its pretty safe and I dont think anyone would care?
anybody else been to grand cayman? what should I do?
Take a cruise from florida. I think some will stay there a few days
>>1135217
airbnb, couch surf, hostel
>>1135217
dumb frogposter
Is there any cheap/less expensive way to fly to South America?
I'd like to go down to Argentina and check it out. Based on some research it seems like I could have a great time without spending too much money... except on airfare, which is a fucking arm and a leg. I've used discount services but the ticket prices still seem to be outrageous. Is there anything I can do?
A good first step is stating where you live.
>>1135190
Are you in the US? Southwest has flights to South America now, but I'm not sure if they go as far south as Argentina. Might want to check their rates and see if you can find a deal.
>>1135190
Connect through Miami.
I just got back from a weekend in Las Vegas.
AMA.
>>1135116
How was your flight?
Bang any trannies?
Dutch Guy planning a 6 month trip to Alaska,
Starting with a small budget and trying to earn some more there,
Can someone give me some tips about things to do and places to visit?
>>1134998
Fuck the whales. There is a boat that leaves late at night, it's fast enough for you to catch one.
>>1134998
6 months purely in Alaska? Not saying don't do it, but I'll ask... why 6 months? Alaska is nice in its way, but not very diverse. You get just as much of the full experience in 1 month as in six. Only difference maybe being mosquito and midnight season or snow and eternal night season. If you like fishing, hunting, shitting in the woods and pretending to be Bear Grylls, you'll have a blast.
I guess it's the total opposite of Netherlands... huge, rough terrain, mountains, relatively few people,...
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>>1135022
I love to walk trough and see the nature as it is suposed to be, in the netherlands you can't find a single spot where humans didn't change a thing. Also it is to busy for me here i think, people are everywhere. I think it would be awesome to spend half a year exploring Alaska! Maybe split and spend some time in canada as well. Meet some new people, stuff like that
What the fuck am I supposed to do in Venice, every step I take a tourist trying to take a photo is in the way. Any tips/out of the way places I should visit to escape the crowds.
If I remember correctly, the crowds die down as you you move away from the line between the train station and St. Mark's Square. So try walking east, past the arsenal, to the tip of the island cluster. Or try, as much as possible given the available bridges, to walk the perimeter of the city.
>>1134953
Thanks, we are trying to go out by the Basilica and Doges palace around 9-10 pm so we can properly see that area. Any specific recommendations for the day though? Tomorrow is our last day and we want to make the most of it.
>>1134956
>>doges palace
Hey travel!
Me and my girlfriend are road tripping from Cabada into the America in October. We're seeing all of the landmarks, cities and doing the goofy touristy stuff like Area 51. Coast to coast.
I have some questions for you.
>where can we see the most wild animals and critters?
We love things like swamps, tide-pools, insects, salamanders, fish.. All the strange little weird stuff. We've never been to the ocean much so we're hoping to see some bigger, exciting stuff too! There's not a lot in...
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>>1134940
What exactly is Cabada?
Area 51 isnt touristy, it's a military base that you can't access unless you want a bullet in your skull.
The southwest usa is an awesome place with shitloads of national parks. Go down from Yellowstone to utah, arizona and Socal.
You have sites like Weirdusa, california through my lens and roadtrippers for roadside attractions. A lot of abandoned stuff along route 66 is cool, but the actual route isn't. It's an old road with the quality of a romanian...
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>>1134972
We will be doing both Roswell and Area 51 (just the border of course!)
We will be going down from edmontonton towards California, to Las Vegas, to the Grand Canyon and Texas;
Then keeping it pretty southern, all the way until we hit the ocean again, head to Florida, New York City, then Salem and hopefully Graceland.
...and hopefully everything in between. I have written down almost everything you've listed to see if it's in our area as we're heading through the states!!
>>1134972
Also, we're coming from *Canada. Edmonton, Alberta.
I'm using my itouch so my spelling is garbage.
How to avoid pickpockets, whitey price, general scams, etc? I plan on traveling in SEA and I don't want want to get got. Anyone got good tips and tricks?
>>1134679
Be firm but nice to people on the streets, I never have a problem with street sellers and hustlers, a simple smile and "no thanks" without breaking your stride is enough, don't slow down or stop because they'll be all over you in an instant.
Thailand and Vietnam has western type stores like boots and supermarkets that you can buy most stuff from, again it's the man on the street where you'll get whitey price, kiosks and street vendors, having said that I would honestly say don't...
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>>1134679
In Thailand I find that if a Thai person comes up to you and starts talking in English, there is a good chance it's a scam. Sure, go with him and get laid, but he is going to get a huge commission that you are paying for.
Again in Thailand, if you count want to pay whitey prices, don't stay where all the other tourists are. Stay on KSR get Whitey prices. Be original.
Crime, I had a camera stolen in Indonesia because I am a fucking idiot. I was in a rough spot at the time and allowed myself to be...
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>>1134680
>moan street
naughty naughty
>I am from Canada
>Was offered the opportunity to study German for two weeks in Germany by my uni
>Uni pays for host family expenses
>Super nice German teacher who has taught me before at uni is our tour guide and she takes care of us
>I bought a box of biscuit which cost around €6 in Canada
>Host family experience is very different to my previous experiences
>They...
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>>1134674
Why don't you ask your host family what they are expecting from your stay at their place?
At least, that's the first thing I did when staying at a host family and it helped making each other understand perfectly. Then I went and fucked it up but that's another story.
>>1134685
Like explicitly ask them what they are expecting?
I am a beginner in German and my German is awful. Our host family doesn't speak English.
How did you screw up?
>>1134697
I see. That is difficult then. I was able to at least ask some basic questions when I went abroad.
Here is the German (very simple):
Warum nehmen sie so viele Gaststudenten auf? - Why do you host so many students?
or
Berherbergen sie viele Studenten geschäftlich oder für den Erfahrungswert? - Are you hosting that many students as a business or just for the experience?
It's difficult, but if you can somehow understand them better, you will know the answer to your initial question...
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Do you learn the local language before travelling?
How many/what languages do you speak?
best way to learn?
>>best way to learn?
language school + immersion
Anyone try watching movies as an artificial immersion? I'd like to watch films in Spanish with English subtitles, can I use netflix for this?
>>1134610
anyone know anything about this? Netflix doesn't have any Spanish content for me
So let me get this straight,
At KL Int. Airport (KUL) there was a low-cost carrier terminal (LCCT), but then that got taken down and replaced by a new terminal called KLIA2 in May, 2014.
But now AirAsia, who claims 97% of all traffic at this airport is now referring to it (KLIA2) as LCCT. But not the old one, its the same as the 'new' KLIA2 but theyre using that old name again?
There is so little information of this anywhere.
Anyone been there? Is it hard to get to and from the city, particularly the towers, with a 10 hour layover from this terminal?
No idea about terminal names but it doesn't matter.
Super easy to get to the airport, there's a bullet train that goes right to KL Sentral. IIRC it's like 1-1.5hrs to bukit bintang. Pretty sure that uber works there.
Suggest going to one of the men's health spas there. You get food, hang out in the sauna, whatever, and whenever you feel like it you pick one of many extremely hot girls to fuck. Stay as long as you like and pay when you're done.
I love KL.
>>1134784
I remember it being some 40 minutes, but maybe I'm wrong.
but basically op, the infrastructure in malaysia is pretty good. it feels like aspects of it were designed by an intern sometimes, but it's the best in the region
never found women in the MEN's saunas though.
my general experience is that KL girls are pretty prudish, overall. and definitely they're the fattest women in asia. some of them can be pretty though.
oh wait, are you talking about prostitutes?
>>1134812
I never saud anything abot women
I'd just like to see the towers and eat lunch if is possible in a 10hr layover
hey /trv/. Fellow Schwarzenegger Austrian here. I am soon going to California for three weeks. I will stay in San Diego for the first week, and I could stay there for free the whole time, but I also want to do some traveling beyond SD.
I basically have two weeks to explore the US/Mexico, starting from San Diego.
Do you have any recommendations. What are your personal highlights? Any tips in/around San Diego are also much appreciated.
Coronado is really nice. Check out the view from the bridge, go to the beaches, run down silver strand for amazing views, and visit hotel del.
>>1134447
Tijuana ... you're welcome...
