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Hello /trv/
I recently learned that my (now ex) girlfriend has been cheating on me. We've been living together, and I just today cancelled our apartment.
I really feel like getting away from everything for a while. I've been wanting to go to Japan for many years now, and I think the time has come. I'm thinking about 2 months at first.
Do you guys have any recommendations for a trail for me? I will be going in January, and I would like to experience the culture while there. Tokyo, Kyoto, of course, but village life would also be interesting. Maybe stop a week at some good surfing spot.
I don't know but I need to do the same thing. My ex/gf or whatever u want to call it did the same thing. I was thinking of doing that teaching thing there where u speak to the students in English.
How can I visit North Korea?
Do you guys know anything about the KFA delegation?
>>1062218
google koryo tours
>>1062236
>not googling young pioneer tours
pleb
>KFA delegation
In joining the KFA you are literally joining a group representing what most of the world considers a rogue state. You're also serving as a propaganda mouthpiece and helping them morally. It would be similar to joining the rebels in Indonesia, the IRA, or to the Zapatistas or some shit. Take a tour you mong.
Just bought some flights to Tenerife for February. Never went there because its touristic reputation. Now it was the only destination that fit the timeslot+budget, and the surf is apparently real good so.
Any tips where to go and where not to go (the touristic cities I guess). Looking for surf, cool little villages, maybe to climb that volcano?
>>1061933
Bumped for interest
Def avoid the tourist cities. Laguna is a world heritage site. The volcano is the shiznit. Orotava valley looks pretty. Rent a car.
there is a small hostel you can stay at near the summit of the volcano but you can only stay 1 night
https://www.telefericoteide.com/en/altaviste_refuge
you can be a lazy bastard and take a cable car there, or hike up but i'm not sure where you could start from, maybe vilaflor
> 28m
> self employed
> currently make $150k a year online, passive income
> no obligations in life
> never traveled alone before
> socially inept and awkward
> low self esteem
How retarted am I for not just packing my bags and go live like a king in SEA? Did anyone here fix their social issues by traveling?
>>1058901
Wouldn't say they can 'fix' anything, but traveling alone is a decent way to figure out if you are a lost cause or not. If you have a decent time and maybe even have a conversation with a person versus curl up in fetal position and cry what ever inevitable issues arise from traveling.
How do you make money?
No, travelling won't fix you.
>>1058901
I'd suggest booking a small tour with people your age or students if you're looking to meet people travelling and get some confidence. Experienced travelers often hate on them because they're often overpriced and fairly generic but it's hard not to get to know people on them. If you do a couple of those and don't make any friends or get to know people on them then you've probably got bigger issues.
Don't overthink it though, I've met some really reserved people abroad who ended up being heaps of fun. There was a German engineer in kinda the same situation as you, quit his job to go travelling around Canada, think he was 28 too. Fairly shy (like me honestly) but super interesting.
Also having done a bit of travel gives you way more to talk about when getting to know people, which is half the battle imo.
If you're srsly making $150k a year passively is there really anything to lose? Even if you don't talk to a single person the whole time there's a fair chance you'll still have a good time. Just walking around towns and cities solo can be nice.
Where is this ?
Brazil.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len%C3%A7%C3%B3is_Maranhenses_National_Park
Anyone here traveled to Georgia/Armenia before?
I'm American and would like to go see some of the sites there, the ancient stuff.
Does anyone have any advice regarding things to go see or maybe any precautions?
Thanks.
>>1062437
If you go to Armenia you cant get into Azerbaijan because they block people with Armenian passport stamps, however your able to do the reverse (from Azerbaijan to Armenia).
Also a war between the two countries potentially broke out yesterday, so Armenia mightn't be a great option right now, though i doubt much would happen as Azerbaijan cant stand up to Armenia+Russia.
>>1062444
Sure about these stamps? I know Azerbaijan used to deny entrance for people who had stamps from Nagorno Karabakh but not Armenian.
The recent skirmishes come in very bad moment. Russia and US will support Armenia while Turkey will probably help Azerbaijan. That means widening the conflict between Russia and Turkey.
I can't resist it anymore, I have to visit this country. I would like to make a trip through all the states, starting in Maine.
I don't know yet whether I will do it alone or with friends. I know I want to see America in it's purest form, not just the touristic attractions.
Currently I'm in my last year of a journalism Master's degree so I probably could make money writing articles about it. As I'm a white belgian male I should have no problems going through the conservative areas like the deep south or midwest.
I'm asking for your advice ameribro's, howlong would this journey take? What's the best way to plan this and how much would it cost?
American who's visited all 50 states here
1. It will take an absolute FUCKLOAD of time to visit all 48 continental states. The United States is as big as continental Europe, and there's a lot of states that are not necessary to visit at all.
2. It will also cost quite a bit. Hostels aren't common in the US so you'd have to find an alternative place to sleep. The cheapest way to do it is probably AirBNB or couchsurfing, although I've never used either.
3. In my opinion, the best parts of the US are the national parks/nature in the West and the cities in the East. Those represent two different trips to the United States. One trip is on the eastern seaboard from South Carolina to Maine (at the most) and the other trip is kind of a C shape, where the top of the C is Chicago and the bottom is New Orleans (at the most), and hitting some of the major national parks between. The bulk of the midwest and the deep south are completely skippable - not because they're super conservative or because they hate Europeans, but because there's just not anything interesting to do. Keep in mind that the trip from Chicago-Seattle-LA-New Orleans is over 70 hours of driving.
I mean, I get that there's this romanticized idea of what middle America is, but I don't see the appeal of paying $1000 in airfare to come see a small American town. All people really do fro fun in middle America is drink, so maybe stop at some bars in small towns when you're traveling between interesting cities.
Doing a roadtrip through all 50 states would be very difficult to do in 3 months if you plan to stop and enjoy some cities/national parks from more than a day. I would, and I'm sure everyone else here would recommend you do the U.S. in parts. For first time Euro travelers we recommend the Northeast because people are more educated/less xenophobic and public trans is decent (for American standards anyways, euros may find it embarrassing though).
>>1062062
>The bulk of the midwest and the deep south are completely skippable ... because there's just not anything interesting to do.
A very strange thing for a traveler to post.
Of course, what you like to do and what interests you may not be what anybody else likes to do or what interests them, but the idea that in roughly half odf the continental US there is nothing interesting is laughable.
I'm laughing right now.
Pic related, laughing a lot like that.
My girlfriend recently moved to California for her job for a little while and we're doing the LDR thing for a bit. I'll be flying to visit her next week and we'll be spending New Years together.
He lives in the Bay Area and I want to do some stuff with her during that time but neither of us know anything about the area or things to do.
Any Norcalfags have some good places and things to do?
>>1061414
Tons of hiking/mountain biking in the bay area. Look into marin county. Alot of good trails.
bay area's pretty vague op. where? how far are you willing to drive? day trip, or overnight? city or outdoors?
>mfw op never gives enough fucking information
>>1061414
Golden gate park has some nice museums. Cal academy of science is my favorite, nice place for a date.
Evening /trv/
I come enquiring if any of you fine travellers have spent time in Madrid
Considering getting my girlfriend and I flights and hotel for a long weekend in Madrid at the start of March. Flights are £49 return from Dublin, and the hotel is working out about £189 for the 3 nights.
Whats the general consensus on Madrid?
Some of the attractions look beautiful, but im conscious its not as "desirable" as say the likes of Barcelona.
To date, in the last 2yrs, we have visited, Rome, Barcelona, London, Prague. We arent interested in Paris or Amsterdam, so im not too sure where else in Europe might be worthwhile going for the weekend.
For long weekends:
Florence, berlin, venice, verona, pomei etc.
I went to madrid last year and enjoied it. Prices are low (respect to Italy) food great good museum people outside until very late even in weekdays
Madrid is nice and you can go on a day trip to Segovia or Toledo if you want something more scenic.
As an alternative I'd recommend Stockholm if you can postpone it until April, when cherry blossom trees bloom and the weather is a bit nicer. The prices however are a bit higher.
>>1057261
>>1057143
Madrid is plenty fun, although I'm more familiar with Toledo. I spent six weeks there last summer and I can say it's definitely worth a day trip at least. Incredible history. One of the only cities in the world with an extensive blend of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish culture. The art and architecture are among the best in Spain.
Hey, anons!
I would like to talk about some interesting element of our countries: pace of life.
You know how in some small town you feel that life barely goes by but in big cities like Tokyo or New York life flies figuratively by you.
Let's make a roll call of our countries and tell us about the pace of life in your city.
For example
>Russia
generally, beyond Moscow, St. Petersburg and Vladivostok the pace is very slow. You earn very little, you spend almost all of your income and that's why you carefully have to ration everything, which pretty much takes up all your free time.
>Moscow
Holy cow is it fast! Seriously, this city is huge, it has a lot of opportunities even more people in it and all these elements make it look like a giant... Ant hive. That's how we Russians call it - "humant hive".
Your turn, anons.
>Jacksonville, Florida
Before leaving for worm every morning, I verify I have life insurance and proof read my will.
>>1062673
Holy shit, really? Is it that fast and scary? Do you want to tone it down for a little bit?
>tfw I spend most of my time just reading while on vacation in a foreign country
What country was it? How much money you lost on this trip?
>>1062672
Germany. Not much, tbqh, especially considering I'm here for 5 weeks.
>>1062675
Is it really boring in there? My bro told me that it's one of the most boring countries ever.
I'm going to be traveling to Ohio for christmas on a greyhound bus tomorrow night and I'm really anxious about it.
Is there anyone who can walk me through everything I need to do? Do I need to get my luggage checked somewhere first?
I already bought and printed my tickets out so I dont need to worry about that atleast.
You don't need to do anything besides pack, there is no security on buses generally, the only exception to this is buses entering the northeast and central infrastructure regions of the U.S. Ideally every bus journey would be searched, but there are so many that only the ones going to critical parts of the country like Washington and New York are searched
>>1062543
So I just hand them my ticket and get on?
Fisheye The Tramp - Eastern European "tramp" that travels across Russia and tries to survive without money or cellphone.
https://youtu.be/Cew9gsJqXUM
>Vector
God that guy was typical hippie trash. Cool video though
>>1062417
except he has been rich before.
![04_Paris06_Catas_074_finaledits[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/NEIrDoJ.jpg "04 Paris06 Catas 074 finaledits[1]")
Hey,
I'm going to visit paris soon and want to visit the catacombs. Now you have this tourist attraction but you'll only access part of the catacombs. Anyone know of any guided tours that go into other area's of the catacombs?
>>1062317
>Now you have this tourist attraction but you'll only access part of the catacombs. Anyone know of any guided tours that go into other area's of the catacombs?
Heard they are illegal access, so you likely won't find it advertised (if it exists).
>>1062317
One of my mates visited some of the no-access areas but it was while he was spending a year there for uni and he did it with a group of friends he met in the uni's outdoors club - I doubt there's any easy way of doing it as a tourist.
Sup /trv/
I'm pretty sick of teaching English jobs at this point.
What's a career I can travel around with? Pref part time or something I can do from home
I'm thinking coding of some type, but I have no idea where to begin
Pic unrelated.
Arigats
>>1062292
Why, consulting of course.
>>1062296
Enlighten me if you will
