from ireland to L.A.
good idea or naw?
money isn't an issue for me
>>1097706
LA sucks although there is some good food
>>1097706
The Los Angeles area has good areas and bad areas. Tourist-wise, the best attractions are themed attractions like Disneyland, Universal Studios, etc. Other good ones are Knott's Berry Farm and Six Flags Magic Mountain. The studio tour at the Warner Bros. Studio is suppsoed to be very good, and I have ehar that walking the Hollywood Walk of Fame is intensely boring and a waste of time.
What's so great about LA to you? Also, what would you miss in Ireland?
What's the longest amount of time you've spent at a hostel?
like 3 or 4 months i guess
13 days
A little over a month
Does anyone have any experience on booking transport on freighters and other non-cruise ships?
I kindof want to just drift around the Pacific for a bit. I also have a strange desire to be on the bow of a ship in high seas but I doubt that's something you can really plan as a trip.
>>1097433
Have you tried Google? This question comes up from time to time here, usually posed by somebody who thinks it will be a cheap way to travel. (It is not it generally costs more than air travel for a given route.) But many cargo ships have a stateroom or two for passengers that can be "rented," and last time this came up there were a couple of sites for booking them that came up on Google.
I ran across this article yesterday.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-reports/1755608-crossing-pacific-slow-hyundai-china.html
>>1097433
I don't know why someone would want to do this other than to sound cool.
It's more expensive than a cruise ship, takes a lot longer than just flying, it's generally pretty boring at sea for that long with no duties to perform.
If you want to go out into the sea on a ship and have an interesting experience, I'd look into research vessels and seeing if you can volunteer or pay to be part of their crew for a voyage.
Hi /trv/
So I will have a small 4 days vacation in April. I'd like to go somewhere in Europe.
I am not a partygoer, I never hang out at night so I don't care about nightlife. I mostly want to visit for history and museums. I also like nature (especially birdwatching) but I don't think 4 days are enough.
I was thinking about Stockholm or Helsinki, but I wonder if it's the best to keep these two once I have enough time so I can drive around?
What's the best place to go for 4 days?
I will exclude these European cities because...
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April is a good period to visit the Netherlands, 4 days you can do lots of things.
or south of France (camargue) it's located near Provence, go there, rent a car and profit.
>>1097396
Well noted. Is there any worthy day trip to do from Amsterdam?
>>1097405
any town can be reached less than 1 hr by train.
Utrech, Leiden, Den Haag, Haarlem, Rotterdam, etc
Thinking about going to Singapore for a week (or two?) in June. What would I be getting myself into? I'm primarily interested in exploring new cities, photography, and culture. Don't know fuckall about Singapore aside from "don't break the local laws or you'll get your ass caned in front of the whole world."
Honestly, that's way too long.
There is little culture in Singapore aside from consumerism and materialism. Sure, they have various museums and such, but it's a fabricated culture with little cohesion.
Use Singapore as a base, where you can travel to other SEA nations from.
You'll be fine with 3-4 days in Singapore total, it's tiny, expensive and as mentioned above, not a whole lot to see or do except look at buildings or gambling perhaps.
Maybe I'm tainted, lived here for 20 years, currently in bangkok to escape and recharge.
Don't go any longer than a week.
One day in little India.
One day in and around MBS.
Apart from that, the malls would be awesome for abstract photography.
Hawker centres for street.
Took this gem on my iPhone when I was there, I like the mystic feel to it. Would have loved to take a DSLR over but I'm poor as fuck.
>>1097274
Any particular reason you recommend Singapore as a base over Bangkok for SEA?
I know I know it sounds childish and all. But sometimes playing a few games while waiting for your flight, at the hostel or just at a cafe just feels good. Certain games work very well when travelling. Some games actually bring lots of people together and bond. So which games you guys play when travelling?
I usually play cards. The game gin is nice and quick yet not too random.
99 is a fun travel game with deck of standard cards. Various rules variations can be Googled, but it requires minimal concentration, is simple to learn and play, and you can add or lose players without messing things up
<<autism intensifies>>
shithead, its fun
I'm planning on going to Mallorca next summer. Any tips on the hotel position in order to have a mix of good sea and nightlife? I'd like an hotel not to far from Palma De Mallorca. Could the area near Can Pastilla be a good choice?
OP here. Bump
>>1096892
Last bump
Hi OP,
Can Pastilla is at the end of the long boulevard, so basically the beach ends there and there's a marina. If I were you I would go a bit more to the east side of the boulevard, but not too far (El Arenal is rather shitty). Also mind that the part near Mega Park is entirely german tourists oriented.
Hi /trv/, is it true that Argentinians hate British people?
I'm going in a month's time and was considering just telling people I'm Australian and hoping they won't be able to tell the difference between accents.
Argie here.
In my experience only leftists and nationalist idiots hate british people
In fact most people won't give a fuck about it
But just In case keep it to the touristic places and don't step In any poor town, they tend to be full of leftist
And about the accent many won't even notice even if you tell the that you are from india
Argie don't know a lot about foreign countries
>>1096858
They won't care, they just want your money
I need to "find myself" and to do this I want to go and live in the wilderness and prove to myself that I can survive. So does anyone know any good places to do this, where I can live off the land in complete solitude. If possible in a snow forest without bears.
you sound like you haven't thought much at all about this
>>1096791
Fighting bears is a part of finding yourself.
>>1096802
this person is correct.
hey /trv/ might be going to new york soon, I love big cities and want more than anything to see all the sights and learn and play and work it up in an international and multicultural and business city of the world like new york I might be going there for a few weeks or months please help me /biz/ what should I do I really want to live and see and be in and out new york
If you want to live here have money. To visit get a Time Out guide.
I don't really get what you are asking. Are you asking for advice on a matter or just generally things in new york to do?
Also I am assuming by New York, you mean the city and not the state.
>>1097849
anyway, I'll let you know a few things I've learned from visiting. Firstly, to get a decent view of the city you don't have to pay a load of money to go up the empire state building, the world trade center, or the rock. In fact, I would never recommend going up the empire state building, cause then you wont see the empire state building. Of the three I would say the Rockefeller tower is the best, cause you are pretty much in the middle, you can see central park, the financial district, the esb, and pretty...
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Sup /trv/
So I'm thinking of planning a trip around the country with an Amtrak USA rail pass for next year. They cost a little under $500 and are good for 8 different segments over a period of up to 15 days.
Does anyone have any experience specifically with a USA rail pass? Apparently they are only good for coach seats, so it certainly wouldn't be ideal, but 8 segments could possibly get me to Cleveland, DC, New Orleans, San Antonio, Los Angeles, Emeryville (near Oakland I guess) and Chicago, plus all the sights to see along the way - All for $500 (for...
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Oh, and discussion regarding long distance amtrak travel in general is fine, too.
>>1096708
Well, OP, amtrak has some more luxurious and scenic routes, such as the commuter rails of the northeast, the silver zephyr, VA to FL autotrain, and so on. Think about train travel (and the location of stations) being about the lousiest place in town crimewise maybe the same tier as Greyhound in lots of stations, and that you will want some money to get around and sightsee, like a taxi from this shit part of town. If this budget of $500 is the only real selling point, consider that I took American round trip from Miami-Chicago...
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>>1096726
The money isn't really the selling point, I really wanna see the country up close. I never did it before because the roomettes are so expensive and I wasn't sure if I wanted to spend big money to only see a little bit. The idea of going to various parts of the country and seeing everything in between makes the trip sound more appealing.
The main routes i had in mind were the california zephyr and coast starlight (from LA to emryville mostly), but I also wouldn't mind seeing the capital and travelling...
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Hey /trv/ it's been awhile since I visited this board.
Anyway, I'm planning a road trip for this summer from Virginia to California, but I want to campout at night rather than sleeping in my car or renting a motel. Are there any websites or do you all know of any good campgrounds that I can campout at? Any tips or warnings?
>>1096683
Oh and I might go to Hawaii any info about camping in Hawaii or any info at all would be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
>>1096683
Are there any must see campgrounds?
>>1097457
California has quite a few in the central northern areas, keep in mind that the ones inside Parks will usally not have hook ups (they're reserved for the people who volunteer to manage the area)
Why do people need to take selfies while traveling? Is everyone really so conceited nowadays that they need their daily affirmation via social media? It seems more prevalent while traveling.
Pic most certainly related.
People take selfies everyday regardless of travel. Traveling has nothing to do with it.
>>1096648
Why the fuck do you care what sort of pictures other people take? Are you just looking for things to be bothered about? Relax and quit being upset by nothing.
>If you don't like selfies, don't take any.
>>1096648
It's fucking embarrassing and cringe worthy, isn't it? Will your internet friends not believe that you've traveled somewhere unless you have photographic evidence?
In the Vatican, moronic tourists would spend two seconds looking at a piece of art that probably took decades to finish, snap a selfie, and then move on to the next one so they could get to McDonalds before closing time. No appreciation of what they were looking at whatsoever. Why bother traveling in that case?
Thinking about backpacking across the Caribbean after I graduate. How feasible is this? How much will it cost me?
Going by your extremely precise itinerary, I can confidently estimate it will be about tree fiddy.
Jesus's shoes are really expensive.
>>1096604
You know they are disconnected islands, right?
Is May a good time to visit Venice? Thinking of going for 3-4 days. Anything I should absolutely see while I'm there?
Now is a good time to see Venice because it gets worse every year.
>>1096515
what do you mean?
>>1096517
Tourist infestation. It got bad to the point where the natives are leaving in large amounts every year.