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never posted here ever in my life
odds are, if i get a schloarship award, i'll be able to go study abroad for 2 months in UAE
im canadian, only ever been to the USA, so it'll be cool as fuck if i do get to go
is it possible me to hook up with local women there?
i went on UAE group chats on kik but everyone is talking in arabic, not tryna hook up with expats
>>1062472
First of all, its hip deep in expats who don't follow Islamic rules, so that's a reasonably target-rich environment.
There are also a lot of Muslim women, Arab. Asian and African. For obvious reasons. there needs to be an element of caution there. Many women in UAE will be more open to a little slap and tickle than in more traditional countries, but their husbands/brothers might not be, and the authorities might not be if things bet sticky.
(A good indication of the local schizophrenia on sexual...
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>>1062474
damn
i watched this emirati cuck's vlog where he takes his sister to the gym:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaNYrdNoi_k
i mean it doesn't look THAT conservative
>>1062476
Compared to many (most) other Islamic or Arabic countries, it is not. The issue is that the women don't come with warning labels to tell you which have a traditional father or brother lurking about.
Be cautious, is all I'm saying.
Traveling across Georgia in two weeks. Anybody know of any good destinations? Any hole in the wall restaurants that are noteworthy? Any beautiful views/trails/hikes etc?
Georgia Thread
It really depends on where "across Georgia" takes you. but here are some good restaurants.
Dillard House in Dillard
Downda Earth in Helen
Lil Jakes BBQ in Wrens
Not hole in the wall places to eat that i like
Vortex in Atlanta(double or triple bypass burgers are great) They also started serving poutine but i haven't tried it yet.
Sushi Yoko/Tamato is a japanese resturant and grocery store on the north east side of atlanta.
as far as shit to do...well you can hit the southern side of the Appalachian trail for some good day hiking. Helen...
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where in georgia are you going, exactly
>>1062181
Tbsili mostly
ITT give your impressions of beaches worldwide.
I'll start:
>Yucatan/Belize
Gorgeous clean beaches, but most frontage taken up by private resorts. Not Asia cheap, but affordable accom and food. Sea life pretty intact.
>Cambodia
OK beaches in tourist areas, but step just outside and it's a trash heap. Dirty backpacker accommodation cheap, but anything better expensive for SEA.
>Vietnam
Horrific amounts of litter anywhere besides high-traffic foreign tourist beaches (including at a lot of resorts). Incredible...
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>>1061317
They have sand. Sometimes they have rocks too.
These are the beach areas I've been to
Baltic sea has really nice sand in all the locations I've been to. In the summer after the sea has been warmed up for a good month it's really great for a swim.
North Sea everywhere is fucking windy and has shitty sand, been to 3 locations in 2 different countries.
Cuba has amazing beaches. The sand is nice, the water is bathtub warm, it's easy to find empty or practically empty beaches.
Mexico, east coast has really nice beaches with nice sand while the west coast has gritty volcanic sand...
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Do you come from a well traveled family or do you find yourself at odds with your relatives over this?
Much of my family has never left the state and seems to think it is a waste of time and inherently dangerous regardless of the destination (how do airplanes work?). How do you reconcile this?
>>1060546
My family travels but not extensively or adventurously. The only time my dad has ever left the country was for his honeymoon and he doesn't seem too interested in going abroad otherwise. My mom has been a few more places with my step-dad, albeit only in Europe. The same is true of my grandparents, who occasionally go on cruises or small trips with friends around Italy, Germany, France, and so forth. I was never taken overseas growing up, and my parents wouldn't pay for tuition, let alone trips.
When...
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My grandfather on my fathers side spent the first 14 years of his life in India. My grandfather on my mothers side was In India during WW2 and many years living in Israel once retired. (both white British Christians)
I have extended family living in Vancouver, Copenhagen and parts of New Zealand
My dad has lived in Saudi Arabia and Dubai for work and travelled extensively around Europe. He used to Hitch-hike France/Spain in his early 20's.
No one in my family has ever backpacked around the world the way I do. My mother only ever took guided bus trips and now with my dad vacations to warmer countries. My dad is actually in a way well traveled because he used to work on fishing ships and would be flown all over the world to go on his ships. However he never really did much traveling except for 2 month-long trips once to Asia (Bali, Phuket, Borocay only) and to South America (Rio, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires).
My grandparents never traveled, unless you count Nazis transporting them to work on their farms in...
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Have any of you made your traveling wishes come true through teaching english abroad?
If so, I'd like some advice/stories about it!
Obviously a bachelors in English will help me, but are there any certificates I'd need for actually teaching it?
>>1062144
best advice: get a real job or you end up like this guy.
Someone please tell me this asshole isn't right in the stance he's taken
Guys have you ever been robbed before?
I just noticed that someone took my emergency stash out of a hostel RFID Cardkey locker.
Its not trip ruining, but not too little and I feel fucking awful. Not much i can do about it though.
I never had problems like that in Indian Hotels or hostels in New Zealand, but after another rather bad incident hostels in SEA seem to be pretty bad. My paranoia is going to ruin a lot from now on.
>>1062008
>My paranoia is going to ruin a lot from now on.
If you let that happen, you're letting them steal more than your money, and something more valuable.
Don't get paranoid, maybe get a bit more cautious and keep in mind that physical cash in hand is always open to getting lost or stolen, so don;t keep more of it than you need.
And keep in mind that you can get more cash, you can't get back potential good times traveling that you wasted fretting over life's...
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>>1062008
Yep, at knifepoint in Peru.
>>1062008
>nearly 2016
>staying in a hostel in southeast asia
You got what you deserved
I'm looking to roadtrip around the American South with my friend for about ten days later this month, visiting, and not exclusive to,
Hot Spring AR
Memphis
Nashville
Asheville
Atlanta
Birmingham
New Orleans
Houston TX
Any suggestions or accommodations?
Thx
>>1061913
Where from? If you're looking for southern culture, I know a few places. When I'm out of college and settle down I'd love to get into couch surfing, unfortunately I can't host now.
>Oyotunji Village, SC
The southeast has the highest number of blacks in the country, back in the 1970s when they were deciding between violence and nonviolence, some nationalists split off and founded a Kingdom that has been recognized by spiritual leaders in East Africa. They practice...
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>>1061928
A few more that I know of locally
>Fort Mountain State Park
Weird rock wall that pre-dates Cherokee. The Indian legend is that a small race of people that couldn't see in certain cycles of the moon built it. They found their weakness and killed them, and then used the wall as sacred honeymoon spot, lel
>>Rock Hawk Effigy
Also paleoindian, from when people were roaming tribes rather than settled like Cherokee or Creek. No ceremonial...
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>>1061930
Thanks!
To answer you're question and to provide some information about myself, I'm coming from Austin (Mexican, 21). My friend's only 20. I also lived in Chapel Hill for a year when I was much younger.
Anything good other than airline pilot/flight attendant?
>>1061838
Military.
If you qualify to be a pilot Air Force, otherwise avoid AF like the fucking plague from this definitely go Army.
>>1061839
US Navy us best for travel. Army is arguably the worst. They have a lot of bases (very few in Asia), but are so large your chance of getting the base you want diminishes.
Prostitute
Do you have something ?
>>1061625
How much oppression do Japanese women really face compared to the west?
>>1061625
Do you think people will keep this /trv/ related?
So. It has been growing in me for few years already. I want to go for a trip before i will be rooted by a job and family duties.
I am finishing my college soon, and i started thinking about traveling through Europe.
My main problem is that i live in Poland, so i am kinda poor guy. (Currently my monthly income is ~170 EUR, will increase after graduation with full time job tho, but it wouldn't be more like 450EUR/m)
So is Hitchhiking a thing in these years? Will i ne able to travel through Eu by minimizing costs to food mostly?
My route would...
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How much did you save up?
People do still hitchike, at least i met a bunch on my 3week trip last summer. Hitchiking itself also went well untill we got in the balkan where everyone is a taxi driver (it could have had something to do with us being 3 )
So i guess you'll be allright hitching ( if you don't look too filthy)
additional funds: look for seasonal harvest jobs like the yearly grape pickings in France. But i guess you can pick oranges in Spain too, idk.
Don't minimize food costs, eat some of the good shit wherever you are, from...
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>>1061458
I see now that you have alot of cities as destinations, yea i would advice you to try and get as many couchsurfing as possible
A friend of a friend recently hitchhiked from paris to hamburg
What to do or see in Manila (or Makati) specifically other than shopping, drinking and hookers?
Gonna spend a couple days there next year..
Eat. There's lot of new restaurants and foodstalls in makati/manila recently
I believe there's an archery range in makati. Not sure where exactly
>>1061451
Just noticed there's a Japanese BBQ place on the same building as my hostel. Sugee!
Come on /trv/, be honest.
Where is it going on?
It was france in the 20's, america in the 60s, germany in the 80s/90s
WHERE THE FUCK IS IT HAPPENING??
>>1061415
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
>>1061418
NICE /pol/ MEME RETARD
I WANNA KNOW WHERE ITS GOING ON
I NEED TO BE AT THE CULTURAL EPICENTRE
If you're talking about effect on Western culture and history then it's probably the San Jose to Seattle corridor and it's probably mostly over due to real estate prices.
If you are talking about the rest of the world, I've been hearing low but consistent murmuring about Africa. The sub-Saharan pockets with less AIDS and corruption.
If I were an artist type I'd definitely slum it in Instanbul for an extended while. I was impressed earlier this year.
So, I'm kinda unhappy with where I'm at. This is the plan :
Stay some months in China/Japan, funding myself as an actor/model/english teacher/even stripper if it pays well. I have experience in acting, but none in other areas.
I am white (black hair), good looking and ripped [5'9 :( ].
Please give me tips and evaluations on how long can I last there.
Have fun mocking my naiveté.
>>1061211
>Have fun mocking my naiveté
Oh, I will. If you are uneducated, you can't teach English in Japan. You need a bachelor's degree to do that. If you are only 5'9, you can't model. Also, being "ripped" will not get you a job as a model in Japan. You need to be tall and slim with a handsome face, not a stocky, muscular little fire plug.
You might have better luck in China, no idea, but you'll get no where in Japan.
>>1061211
I am:
>good looking
> ripped
Your insecurity says otherwise. Why don't you stop lying to yourself, and the internets? Have you researched any of these things you want to do, and if not, why do you think your plan is going to work?
Will u suck cock for money?
Just find your local branch of the yakuza and tell them your plans
I'm going to be alone on Christmas Day while I'm in Berlin. What should I do to enjoy myself?
>>1060964
masturbate.
>>1060971
That's a given
>>1060972
You asked. Do it twice.
What are some coastal places near italy where i can get away to without spending a fortune?
Also where have you been to get away /trv/
Catania, on Sicily, east coast
Croatia is where all the cheap Italians go in the summer
T. Italian
>>1061120
ed è pure pieno di fregna
