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I haven't seen any of this threads in a while
let's share our stories and experiences
>>964743
>Be in Budapest for Sziget festival 2008
>19 years old
>After Saturday night of the festival (Saw The Killers I think, shit was cash)
>Stumble into city centre with friends
>To drunk to get into any clubs so head straight for the strip-joint
>Only ones there, get the pick of the bunch of 10 or so 10/10 girls
>Pick...
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I'm bad at this but i'll give it a go...
>London 2012 Olympics
>18 years young, go with entire family but no friends
>smoking cigarette by myself in Leicester square just people watching, bored
>two Australian guys approach me asking if I know where to find MDMA
>say no, have casual chit chat with them, they ask if I wanna go club hopping with them
>fuck yes I do
>end up at this really tiny place called "plastic people", great music tho
>start grinding on this 10/10 chick that's like 12 years older than me
>drunk as fuck, have balls of steel so I turn her around, grab her ass and start making out with her
>bout 30 mins later Australian buddies have group of girls with them & ask if we wanna take it to their hotel room
>fuck yes we do
>take small British taxi to hotel, the girl i'm with is sitting on my lap giving me a hard on.
>get to hotel room, begin trying to decide who fucks where
>Australian dudes be like "sorry mate we get the beds"
>mfw she tells me she's not fucking on the floor
>bring her to bathroom and fuck her while i'm sitting on the toilet
>most uncomfortable sex ever, took me about 30 mins to bust
>at least she let me cum on her tits
never hung out with the Australian guys ever again but I still have them on Facebook...and that was one of the first times I got laid...thank you UK :3
I'd like to travel to France,
So let's have a France General
I have no clue where i should go, i'm sure i would end up at paris for atleast a few days but i'm more interested in seeing old medieval structures(castles , etc) and visiting a few villages like pic related
Would Marseilles be a good base point?
As a french i cannot recommend u Marseille, it´s not medieval at all. It´s mostly ghetto. I would recommend u blois (where i live, as u can find the famous "chambord castle", and some others cool castles) u should visit some small villages instead of famous ones if u want some medieval stuff. Paris is still cool , there is a lot to see.
>>967651
Is it one of those places that practices Sharia law?
A No-Go-Zone for French police and non-muslims?
i've heard good things about southwestern France.
What is the most bizarre natural place you've visited?
>>966755
ur mum dubs
Lac Assal
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New Japan General since the old one is about to die
As always, feel free to ask about:
>travelling to Japan
>living in Japan
>teaching in Japan
>how do I become a Yakuza
Also info on prostitution in Japan: http://rockitreports.com/category/sex-in-tokyo/
Please refrain to the old thread while it's still up >>962561
Reposting from previous
>>965360
>Free wifi is common in most hostels. Also there's free wifi at 7-11 and Starbucks. Also the hub chain of pubs has free wifi.
Is the free wifi at 7-11 and Starbucks connect & go, or do they require you to sign up?
>>965376
I've never seen wifi without a portal sign in outside of a hotel in Japan. No idea about 7-11 stores since I never needed to use it, but I assume its like Family mart where you don't even have access to all of the internet. I know at the 7-11 owned Ito Yokado the internet is gimped.
Been thinking about doing the 4 week intensive course at the coto language academy.
Anyone here have experience with coto?
General advice and tips on what to do in Germany.
Hello, /trv/.
I'm going to Germany this summer and living with family. I would really appreciate it if you could give any tips on things to do (including the obvious) and any advice on money saving experiences to enjoy.
I'll be going for a month so I believe I'll have enough time to see a great deal.
Any advice would be great, thank you.
Oh, I forgot to mention that I'll be staying in Hanover.
do you plan on staying in hannover for the duration, or just using as a "base camp" while you travel to other places in Germany.
>>961144
Stay in Hanover for a short while then use as a base camp.
ITT: We say something good and something bad about our own cities that travelling anons might find useful/interesting. If you don't live in a very touristy city, just choose one near you.
I'll start
>GOAT nightlife and very cheap for a euro capital, if you avoid the most evident tourist traps
>Generally dead as fuck during the Summer and any long holidays as many locals leave to spend them somewhere else.
>Awesome food; consistently so in that, unless it's obviously empty or shitty, it's probably great.
>Dirty as fuck. There is shit and trash everywhere.
>>963402
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>>963402
>Ghent, Belgium
Pretty like Bruges, but with half the tourists and a better nightlife, it truly is Belgiums hidden pearl. You could stay in Ghent and take a train to any other Belgian city when you get bored.
There's really nothing shitty about this city for a tourist, maybe the lack of cheap hotels, and there's only one youth hostel.
Other than that I think the cities policy on cars is fucking shit, they tax the shit out of us and there's barely any parking...
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I'm looking for places to live or visit that can accommodate unconventional lifestyles, I'm thinking of bohemian type communities, preferably somewhere warm. I have heard of WOOFing which is different to this but similar, although I still want more options. I'm not very knowledgable on this, so any help would be appreciated
TL;DR where to go if you are interested in living simply with like-minded peaceful people and don't want a conventional job
Amish?
>>963375
I've collected some books which I am trying to draw from and I have traveled a lot in my own way.
I think there must be some underground communities in the USA which are all about Government Reform, Peace Movements, Anti Capitalism movements, anti-fraud. I hesitate to mention the name that came to me, but it is not my community at all. Maybe started from some old generation that liked Woodstock, Greatful Dead, Phychodelics, Liberalism. But also in Europe you see the Protesters against the G8, G7, G20 and...
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>>963375
There are a few Mennonite Communities in Belize.
anyone have experiences of going to/ moving to/ or going to school in germany? i'm wanting to go there to take advantage of the free tuition and possibly apply for an arbeit visa afterwards.
I'm interested as well; is it possible for an older American to go for (the equivalent of) a BSEE if I already have a bachelor's in CS? I desperately need to understand circuits.
German here!
Actually it really depends where you want to go, the school systems differs a lot here in germany
what exactly do you mean by "going to school" (I guess you want to go to university and not the equivalent of an american high school).
Do you have an EU-passport?
It is certainly possible for an older American to get a B.Sc in electrical engineering. Are you proficient in the German language ? (Bachelor degrees are almost always taught in german. Masters on the other hand can easily be found in english).
If you're really interested in studying in Germany this is a great site to start your research: https://www.daad.de/deutschland/nach-deutschland/en/
Old thread reached post limit. Per the usual, feel free to ask about where to go, what to do, how to do it, and what it will cost you or anything else Thailand travel related
To the guy asking about condoms, durex comfort. The dark blue box. Tried others but they all hurt like hell. My girth is just average in the west so idk what the fuck is up with thai dicks.
>>962706
They average about 4 inches
And aren't even the smallest in Asia. I still say bring your own. But if you run out this is good advice with making due with what's there
Hey /trv/, after years of staunchly traveling without any guides, I decided to procure a lonely planet for my upcoming trip to Istanbul to see if it makes me see more than what I would normally and whether it will reduce the quantity of brute research I need to do myself.
My question is, seeing as this year I will be visiting Istanbul and only Istanbul, which guide should I buy? The country guide (Turkey) or the city-specific guide (Istanbul)?
Would the city guide be a more complete version of the country guide or would it essentially be the Istanbul chapter taken...
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>>962178
City specific guide I guess, but guides are pretty overrated IMO
Use the internet, it's free and you hear actual experiences. Ask people here, I think there's already a Turkey thread. Message people on Couchsurfing and ask them.
>>962180
I agree, I normally travel that way, but it's seriously research itensive to check every little thing for these kinds of trips, and I likely won't have internet access so I'd likely have to store tons of (incomplete) information on my phone/iPad before leaving which is really inconvenient.
>>962178
Lonely Planet guides are good. Never failed me in my trips to Canada. If you are in a bigger city get the Time Out guides for things to do.
New Japan General since the old one is about to die
As always, feel free to ask about:
>travelling to Japan
>living in Japan
>teaching in Japan
>how do I become a Yakuza
Also info on prostitution in Japan: http://rockitreports.com/category/sex-in-tokyo/
Please refrain to the old thread while it's still up >>958681
Before I move to japan to study, I'm thinking about getting a 3ds or PS Vita. Would this be worth it for the Japanese games and VNs?
>>962593
I believe the games are region locked, so you wouldn't be able to play a Japanese game on an American/European console.
>>962596
Oh okay. I'll look into that more. I could probably get the consoles for a lot cheaper in japan also.
Prague thread.
Going to Prague in a couple of weeks.
Advice, recommendations, blahblahblah
I'd definitely recommend doing the free walking tour if it's running while you're there. It's aimed at backpackers and it's customary to tip a few Euros at the end of the tour (which lasts at least a few hours), but you don't have to if you don't want to. It's great if you're on a budget, because instead of just seeing the sites for yourself and trying to find out their significance from guidebooks/internet, you've got a knowledgeable local guide who will know all that information and stories that you'd find out from locals....
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>>957777
Be warned Mr Quads that a lot of the castle may still be closed. Not worth paying for admission for anything up there if it is. And if you want to see Charles Bridge when not covered in people you will need to get up early. Main sights are easy to figure out, try to go to the jewish cemetery, and to the theatre as often as you can
>>957829
That's actually a very good tip. I always go up very early when i want to explore a new city. Preferably at sunrise.
Hey /trv/, does anyone know of places similar to the old, now demolished walled City of Kowloon? I'm interested a in a gritty, place with a thriving underworld that's neatly compacted & cheap as HELL.
>>960655
Like the esteros of Manila? Is that kind of thing what you are looking for?
>>960655
Kowloon walled city was built that way not because it wanted to, it's because it's an ENCLAVE, thus it can't expend beyond the grounds it was bordered. So what you are really looking for is small enclaves, which there are tons in europe, specially in those tiny countries between germany and france
>>960669
I think that is not what he was asking for
Is Dubai worth visiting?
If you want to go to a shopping mall but with Arabic signs too yeah sure. It's clean I guess.
Kind of shitty post tho
Its a great place for a layover. Abu Dhabi is pretty legit with Ferrari World and there are so few people in the UAE you can go to any attraction and walk right in.
If you are a real traveler, probably not. But if you like tourist shit, escapist vacations, it's great. Lots of things to do. From base jumping to sand duning. To clubs to concerts. Like Vegas without the gambling. They may even have that, too.
