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Howdy All. Just moved to Virginia from New Mexico a few months ago, and I want someone to give me the low down of the east coast.
I have a full six days off for christmas, and wanted to take a road trip with the lady. Anyone got some points of interested? any and all suggestions are welcome, but natural features preferred.
>>1057410
im not sure how much of it is open during the winter, but you should drive the Blue Ridge Parkway
>>1057410You could spend all six days in VA and get a good experience. Five days without DC.
>>1057461
Also, don't go to Fauqueir. We're the laughing stock of the state.
I'm going to be there for 11 days or so. I'll be staying in Bangkok for at least part of it and my friend wants to go to Phuket.
Are hostels safe to stay in? I have some luggage (a fairly big backpack and a suitcase), will it be secure there and will I have some place to store it with it being relatively safe from theft?
Approximately how much Baht will I probably need to include hostel, food, alcohol (probably), travel between Bangkok and Phuket and back, etc?
If anyone has answers to some of these questions, it would be greatly appreciated.
>>1047555
About 2 years ago I went from Bangkok to Phuket and back with Air Asia.
I don't remember the exact fare, can't have been more than 100 $ I guess.
Anyway if things haven't changed since, domestic flights depart from Don Mueang, not Suvanabhumi.
There's also the train and bus options if you don't mind a longer trip
>>1047558
Thanks for the reply. I think I'd probably be going by train.
>>1047559
the train's actually pretty nice. Tons of food vendors come through selling weird shit.
Never travelled solo in my life. Going to visit Vietnam next month and have no clue how it feels like to do everything by myself. Also not very outgoing. The idea that I´m going to a bar and drink a beer alone by myself while other people are socializing and having fun freaks me out. Any stories/experience? btw I´m not white so the whole asians love white guys thing is out for me
Get a t-shirt made that says "I am an introvert, please say hello."
>>1058324
I cant decide if you are a genious or a moron.
>>1058324
kek'd. could also wear a swastika shirt
I have one question, kind of related with travel.
Does travelling alone for a month, to a place where I don't know the language, helps me with my severe anxiety?
If you make the most of it and take up every opportunity then yes.
Get out of your comfort zone, talk to new people and do things you wouldn't do back home.
I was a pretty shy person but after months of living in hostels with strangers I can start a conversation with anyone and now I enjoy talking to new people, something I hated before.
Unrelated roll
>>1058216
i'm thinking about doing this for a few months myself, i'm hoping that getting out of my comfort zone will shock my system ps muh trips
Ayy /trv/
Travelling in Southeast Asia for 2-3 months next year with GF. No detailed planning, but we've a rough idea that we want to travel Myanmar -> Laos -> Cambodia (Maybe Vietnam instead or afterwards)
Been discussing if we should purchase two motorcycles while we're down there and sell them to other backpackers when we live, so:
What's a good price for a motorcycle that'll last us those few months?
Any problems travelling with a motorcycle from one country to another and then selling it?
Also how the hell do you find someone...
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>SEA
>with gf
You're doing it wrong
Now that THAT'S out of the way, I am not a motorcycle but can speak generally about Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia.
I really enjoyed time around Siem Reap, but that's an obvious destination that will already occurred to you. The temple complex on Man Mountain (Phnom Pros, near Kampong Cham) is a modern, day-glo SEA Wat complex that I liked, but I am not sure it is "better" than any of a hundred others.
Ha Long bay is worth a trip, plan to spend some time on one of the many excursion boats, even if that sounds too touristy, unless you can rent...
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Has anyone been to Fukuoka? Whats it like? I have been searching around I can't find all that much from people who have been there.
Cheers
>>1057862
we have a Japan general up where that answer might get answered quicker, but generally speaking it's a very nice city. Relatively big, good food, nice temperature and some great natural places to visit. If you have any specific questions, feel free to ask
>>1057862
I've been there, but I really can't tell you much. It's a nice place.
I've lived here in Fukuoka for 2 years now, ask me anything
I want to move to Quebec for a few months and practice my French.
Where is a good place to stay and if it is possible work for a short time? Do they have hostels like Europe? Is it pretty expensive? I figure if I want to immerse myself, Quebec would be easiest since I live in the US and Haiti speaks Creole.
I've spent a year in Egypt (what a horrible country) and visit Mexico pretty often. What is Canada like and Quebec in particular?
No Go?
If you're serious about learning French stay outside Montréal. People there switch to English the moment they think you're not comfortable speaking French. Go live in Québec city, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivière, Rimouski or if you realy have balls one of the towns further north. You will learn in no time.
If you absolutely must stay in Montréal go for the eastern side of the city. The west if just another boring version of Toronto.
>>1057731
Don't worry mate, I have a full proof system that I used in Egypt. I simply pretend not to know English and that I only know Spanish. Egyptians always switch to broken English but I got around it. It also helps that I'm brown.
What is wrong with the towns up north that I need balls for it?
What is the cheapest place to live?
In my opinion, Angkor is massively overrated.
Your thoughts?
>>1057670
>In my opinion, Angkor is massively overrated.
Most ruins are like that. You'll find people disappointed by all of them. Get yourself really psyched up in history and archaeology, maybe even some fiction, so you can feel it come alive. It aint gonna be like in Indiana Jones, that's for sure.
>>1057670
Opposite reaction, I thought the Angkor ruins around Siem Reap were amazing. The "miniature" temple Banteay Srei (pic related) was my favorite.
But >>1057672 has a point -- ruins can be just old fallen-down buildings unless you know something about them.
Your opinion is valid for you, of course, hope you had a better time elsewhere on your trip.
>>1057676
OP here
Thats subjectivity for you because I thought Banteay Srei was the most boring and disappointing. Especially after the tuktuk took about an hour to get there and it bumped the cost of the day tour up to about $30
i will be travelling Europe for 2 months starting march 2016
... any tips...
ill be staying in hostels and living on a budget
How will you travel?
Google it, /trv/ is not going to feed you information thats been posted online a million times before. Grow up.
>>1057508
ive done lots of research i just want something more personal
>Moving to foreign country to be with my girlfriend
>Staying in hostel temporarily in a private room
>Gf comes to visit
>Worker sees her come with me to my room, doesn't say anything
>Next day they want her to pay around $11 for visiting
What the fuck is this bullshit? She wasn't told or aware that visiting someone in the hostel would include a fee. Needless to say I paid the fee though. She didn't...
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And by making them lose money I don't mean actually causing them to lose anything, moreso them losing business.
>>1057323
You are trying to apply hotel mentality to hostels. Not the same rental of a room thing, but rather water usage, towel usage, bed linens, etc.
If she stayed in some common room in the lobby with you, might not have been a problem, but anyone that is going to get bent out of shape over $11, when you snuck her past the desk without notice coming and going, then they aren't really able to keep good track of what thievery you had going on and then later wanted to argue about.
It's bad form. Go ahead...
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Hello /trv/
I don't know if this is the right pkace to do this. But I'm in trouble now.
>>Be me.
>>win a travel for me and my wife to Panama City.
>>everything fine and then.. she has a Thrombosis in a leg. Probably as a consequence of previous radiotherapy.
>>doctors say it will take like 20 days to be able to travel IF things go right, they could actually get worse.
>>only have 250 dollars...
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This is an example of the room we were stayin in
A picture I took of the hotel we were stayin in.
The new shitty hotel after her stroke.
Is it possible to island hop from australia to mainland asia without using a plane?
>>1056788
No. There's no ferry service between Australia and Asia. The options you have are cruise ships or cargo ships that take paying passengers. If you have sailing skills it's possible to find a boat that will take you for your services.
Kayak from PNG to Cape York.
> gets turned back
What's the best country for you mine would be Canada.
Canada for sure.
>>1056807
>inb4 "that's iceland"
USA, no trollin'.
I can't teach English overseas as English is not my first language.
I have citizenship in another country. From what I understand, if I just move there without securing a job beforehand and no networks, I'll just end up working in some grunt-tier jobs though
>>1056684
why would you want to move to a place where you don't belong? If you're just following orders ask those orders the questions you're trying to ask here. In other don't be dumb. Moving to another country just because you under some sort of impression is exactly the same as going and buying a rope for your gallows.
>>1056684
>I can't teach English overseas as English is not my first language.
not true. If you're fluent and have qualifications it's still possible in many places.
>>1056894
Hell, in most Asian countries you don't even have to have qualifications or more than a passable English as long as your white. Fake it till you make it
My little sister will travel to australia for a few months starting in Februar with her boyfriend. She has been to Vietnam last year so isnt that new to travelling.
Any ausfags know about some "must have"s that i could make use of as a Christmas present?
Pic absolutly not related
Kangaroo claw back scratcher plus kangaroo balls keychain. You're welcome, mate.
>>1056382
A digeridoo is traditional, bloody pain to transport though.
>>1056387
A large majority of didges sold to tourists are just novelty ones and not even made by indigenous people. Hardly traditional.
