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Straya-France here.
Hola amigos
What country/region would you argue has the best indigenous music? Post examples!
I'm a big fan of 'desert blues' from west Africa; best stuff seems to come out of Mali and Mauritania.
http://www.voanews.com/MediaAssets2/projects/african_music_treasures_blog/hammadi.mp3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePM9397Irks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4-uq8cTF7o
Japan, J-Pop.
>>1084582
I like me some desert blues too every now and then. Tend to stick to Terakaft and Toumania Diabaté though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoIcrKC67bI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6cnzw_mnNo
Other than that, Mongolian (or in this case, Kalmyk) throat singing also tickles my fancy, as does Persian classical music:
>Okna Tsahan Zam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-CwSha7AI0
>Reza Manbachi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-CwSha7AI0
>>1084591
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoIcrKC67bI
This has me booty jiggling around my kitchen
In a few weeks I'm leaving on a cycling trip through southern Europe to all way to north cape in Norway. The map is a very rough sketch of my route. I've been in a few of the countries, but haven't really spent that much time in them.
It's a shit load of ground to cover, and too easy to miss cool places to visit, even if I spent days on researching. So if anyone has any tips on where to go and what to visit, especially under-the-radar type of places, or just beautiful nature, like mountains/coastline/national parks.
I will be wild camping, and I'm not that worried about safety, but tips on that are also appreciated.
>>1084213
Hey.
I'll try to suggest some places along or near your route.
Poland:
- Masuria
- Trail of the Eagles' Nests (from Czestochowa to Cracow) - bike trail with amazing medieval castles
- Cracow city
- Tatra mountains - but it may be little difficult for bicycling
Romania:
- DN7C road (Transfăgărășan)
- few castles of Vlad Palovnik (Dracula) - Cetatea Poienari, Peles, Bran
- Berca - muddy volcanoes
I see you don't want to visit Greece. Any good reasons to avoid it?
On my future trip I plan to see Athens, Olympia, Rion-Antirion Bridge.
Montenegro:
- Budva
- Kotor bay, with nearby towns
Croatia:
- Dubrovnik
- Split
- Krka National Park
- Zadar
- Plitvice National Park
Slovenia:
- Bled - castle and Saint Martin Church
Italy
- Pisa
- Rome and Vatican
Of course it's just a few places from many worth to see. I look for some information all the time because I plan such trip, maybe not now but I plan to see Europe on a bike just like you.
Helpful sites:
wikivoyage.org
tripadvisor.com - but sometimes there is imprecise locations of places
http://en.unesco.org/countries
http://www.amusingplanet.com/
For inspiration - relations from bike trips:
https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/?o=tS
>>1084243
And as for safety, few tips that came into my head.
I suggest to look in google for images of bills. In Poland, for example, for over 20 years we have new bills. But sometimes those worth nothing old ones can be used to scam foreginers.
Due to imigration crisis some borders may be closed or with increased control.
Apart from that typical safety rules:
- avoiding dark alleys in the night
- not carrying all money in one pocket
- not looking like rich foreginer
- try to avoid political and religious topics
Leave your bike in Austria then visit Italy using public transport, when you have seen Italy pick up your bike and continue on your trip.
If you ride your bike in §Italy near or in Roma or on the Via Aurelia you will die.
Hey /trv/
I'm visiting my friend in Chicago for a week (Feb 27 - May 6). I've checked out a few websites with lists of things to see and do already, but I'm wondering if there's any natives here who wouldn't mind giving me the inside scoop to a cool dive bar, local bands or some "off the beaten track" things.
>>1084078
Feb 27 - May 6 is a very long week
>>1084126
Well, I arrive Saturday at 4pm and am leaving Sunday at 10am. I'll be in Chicago for 186 hours in total. A week is made up of 168 hours. So I will be in Chicago for one week and 18 hours.
So yes, you're right, that is a very long week.
Should I do this?
From what I've researched, all the good schools are taught in German
>>1083889
yes, If i didn't already have an undergrad I would. I wish they had free grad programs.
The slight problem is getting in. I believe that is how they make this viable, thousands of people pay the application fee and don't get in.
Pretty sure you must have at least €10,000 per year to support yourself
Hey guys,
First of all, I apologize about my english. It isn't my first language.
My friend and I are landing in Nepal two weeks from now, in the 8/3.
We were wondering about the impact that the earthquake had on Nepal and on the tourism to that country. Are people still coming to hike there? Are the popular hiking routes (Annapurna etc) are gonna be deserted? etc.
Any recommendations and other valuable information would be excelent. Thanks!
Hey anon,
I've never been to Nepal. But as I'm also going there this summer, I found out one or the other thing about Nepal on this board. All the people replying to worries like yours told OP, that you wouldn't even recognize, that there was an earthquake. Therefore 99% of the country - including Kathmandu and the polular treks - have been restored quite fast.
>>1083071
Really? Cool! That's great. Do you think the number of travellers would come back to normal?
>>1083171
I can't really say that, but is it that important? I actually like it, when places aren't that overrun by tourists
Is being a nomad possible? I'm 18, have no sort of debt, a US passport, $10,000, and experience living under my means. I fluently speak English, Spanish, and have been learning French and Japanese in school for 3 years. I've never left the country and have been accepted into a decent college, but I really am unsure if I want to go. Is it possible for me to just be a nomad before/instead of going to college and inevitability ending up in debt?
you should do it. More kids should do this rather than going straight to university. I should've done this to be honest. Just go head first and you'll find what you want to do with your life.
>>1081252
>Is it possible for me to just be a nomad before/instead of going to college and inevitability ending up in debt?
It sounds to me like you're really looking for a gap year before you go back to school. Is it possible for you to travel for a while, maybe a long while, before going to college? Sure. Is it possible for you to be a nomad forever, never getting a degree, and never stopping moving? Probably not. But luckily, you probably don't really want that anyhow.
Ten grand seems like a lot of money, but realistically, that's a few plane tickets and, if you're frugal, a few months, perhaps even a year, living simply somewhere relatively cheap. Or an economical, medium length backpacking trip.
Eventually, probably sooner than you think, the money will run out and you'll need more if you want to keep moving. With no degree, and presumably few or no marketable skills, you're not likely to get real jobs anywhere outside the US. Along with no money, this also probably means no visas, so your time in any one place is going to be inherently limited (which makes it additionally hard to get even under-the-table work).
Being bilingual might be an advantage. Go somewhere in Latin America and interpret for visiting Anglos, or translate stuff into English for locals, and you can probably pick up some cash. But whatever country you wind up in isn't likely to let you stay forever, or work legally.
>>1081264
So realistically my best choice would be a gap year? I think my school lets you take one, I'll look into it. Thanks for the help.
Now that we are securely into 2016, let's reflect on some of our favorite and least favorite /trv/ threads, posts, posters,and trends of 2015. Also share travel stories, pictures, and highlights of 2015.
That thread where the woman came here seeking information on how to contact her boyfriend in Mexico, who went missing. Some thought she was trolling and turned out she was for real and her boyfriend died.
>>1080446
All I gots to say is never trust tour guides in Peru...
Can someone please post screencaps of that one guy who broke down crying while carrying luggage, let his girlfriend get taken to a hotel and got cucked as a result?
FUCK traveling with women. FUCK it.
>hurr anon let's stay the night at this hotel and blow a big portion of our budget for comfier beds
>hurr anon why can't we just go to this city and look at this building instead
>anon I don't want to go hiking up that mountain, I want to go to this city and walk around downtown doing nothing except going to this expensive restaurant and then back to a hotel
>no anon I don't want to set up a tent here I want to go to a hotel my back hurts
>anon I'm tired of eating canned food lets blow our budget on fancy restaurants
>anon this 25lb backpack weighs too much here you carry it on top of your 50lb backpack
Never again. It's not worth it. My boys are fucking savages and don't care about anything or complain about anything. Girls are too complicated
>>1081437
blame yourself for being retarded enough to have a gf like this
nice blog post, where can i suscribe? do you take donations?
Been on some group tours and the girls were a nightmare. Complaining about everything, crying pretty much every day.
Men travel to experience the world, women do it so they can post about it on social media.
>>1081442
>group tours
ITT: smart travellers
New Japan General:
As always, feel free to ask about:
>Traveling to Japan
>Living in Japan
>Teaching in Japan
>Joining the Yakuza
>Getting your wee fantasies crushed
*Info on prostitution*
>http://rockitreports.com/category/sex-in-tokyo/
>http://erolin.net/
*Note about the JR Rail Pass*
Many people ask about whether or not the JR Rail Pass is worth it. It depends on your itinerary.
>http://www.hyperdia.com/en/
Plug your itinerary into Hyperdia to determine ticket costs, then compare to the below JR Pass options:
>7 day Pass: 29,110¥
>14 day Pass: 46,390¥
>21 day Pass: 59,350¥
Please check the /trv/ sticky before asking questions. It's filled with links to great resources, many of them specific to Japan travel.
Please refer to the old thread while it's still up: >>1080017
>>1083971
To the guy asking about tickets
>>1083800
Pls respond
I'm part of a minority group Trump has threatened and I'm considering my options just in case I need to leave.
What are the best countries for someone from the US to move to?
When I say "best", I mean that they have some of these factors:
+There are a large amount of citizens there who either speak English or understand English.
+The country isn't hostile towards immigrants, minorities and alternative lifestyles. The country allows many of the same freedoms an American would be used to.
+The country is easy to go to. There is minimal paperwork one needs to enter and stay in the country as an American.
+The country has demand for English/American workers. My degrees would easily transfer. The cost of living is friendly to the American dollar. The quality of living is similar to what lower middle class American would be used to.
I appreciate the help.
>believing anything said during the primaries
you realize everyone is just pandering to the extremists to win their party, then they'll spend the entire presidential election backpedaling to the middle of the road.
If you're a legal American, there's no group you could be a part of that would be threatened by a Trump presidency unless you were a Muslim extremist.
I'm not interested in talking about politics.
I simply want to know the answer to my question if you feel like answering.
I have free time until september and want to use it to travel around Europe. Never travelled alone before and pretty much every destination I look at seems amazing to me so I need some help deciding. Just tell me where you had the best time in Europe, thanks in advance!
Also, I plan on making several short trips and returning home (Germany) inbetween instead of one long journey, are there any disadvantages?
This way I could go by train to big cities and use a car to explore nature/more remote areas.
any help very much appreciated!
>>1081817
El Camino de Santiago
>>1081817
>see europe.png
Top3 .eu:
Irak
Isreal
Saudi arabia
Should I consider a visit?
Any locals here ?
Any artists ?
Is it called Diamond City ?
How can farang in Thailand tell ladyboys from apart real girls?
Must be hard
Bangkok knows no gender .
>>1084204
I hear they have killer saunas.
I may be traveling to Japan sometime this year and will be staying with a cute girl who, I think, has dropped some hints at being interested in a romantic relationship. I read the sticky, but what are some cute date kind of places to go to? I for sure want to see the Kiyosumi garden since I like landscapes and nature type things. She also mentioned going to an onsen with me. I hope to meet her family in Miyazaki, but I'm not sure if we'll travel much since she lives in Tokyo and I don't want to make her feel obligated to spend travel money. Anyway, what would be some nice places to go with her? I don't know if there's any trendy places I should know of.
same desu
Take me with you my man
>>1083592
Film the inevitable double teaming you guys do on her and make a thread with the vidya
It astounds me that so few people that I've met have actually seen the northern lights. Everyone I ask, be it in my university, old retired people who have traveled, or online, says they haven't experienced this light show.
How many people in /trv/ have actually seen a full show of northern lights? When and where did you see it? Was it worth it?
I'm particularly interested in Canada, has anyone from Canada seen these?
I was having dinner over at a work colleagues place eating steamed hams. He claimed aurora borealis was in his kitchen but refused to let me see it.
Flights to Iceland are getting pretty cheap. Thinking of take a short trip over there next winter and trying to catch a glimpse of them. It's just luck of the draw though, if they are going to be happening when you're there and if there will be no cloud cover.
My parents tell I've seen before when they took me to Alaska when I was 3.
i want to visit north of Russia to see it in future. It's gonna be cheap
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