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so i study chinese and next year i have the chance to either go to Taibei, Beijing or Shanghai.
Where should i go?
Do you guys have any experiences/tipps?
>>1045979
Shanghai over Beijing, any day of the week.
Beijing is a fucking shithole, Shanghai is wild, beautiful and completely nuts.
I really liked Taipei too, but SH is always going to be my second home.
Taipei is better for food though, I'll say that.
Bear in mind if you're going via a confucius institute, it doesn't include taiwan
>>1045984
I like Beijing, some areas of Beijing are really nice.
Also for standard mandarin, Beijing is better even though it is now fully filled by nongming (peasants) with disgusting accents.
>>1045984
i will most likely get a scholarship from my univeristy so i can go anywhere i want including taiwan.
I have that feeling that Taiwan is way more progressiv and open to foreigners than China. Is that true? Did you have any problems with the locals or did you just hangout with other freigners?
I am looking to go to one of the Baltic capitals over the Christmas period just for a few days before i head off on my second SEA trip in January, so which city would you recommend the most?
Criteria - Architecture, Price, Good food, Bars and general nice ambiance.
So, Tallinn, Riga or Vilnius?
I will maybe be going alone or maybe with a girl.
I can't say I know the Baltic countries but I would say Riga is the most beautiful city.
>>1045836
Probably this. Vilnius is not bad either though. Tallinn felt more modern out of the three.
I enjoyed Riga most of them but that's maybe because they had the best hostel.
>>1045835
Hmm. I went to them in a row in winter and I enjoyed Tallinn most. For some reason Riga didn't do much to me (was enjoyable though), but I am sure I need to go back sometime in summer. Spend few hours in Vilnius and it looked great in the layer of snow.
Are there any good travel shows i can watch online?
>>1045802
Departures.
>>1045813
>it's a Justin tries to say something smart episode
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_el7ED2v150&t=11m29s
>>1045813
I like that show. It gets kind of weird when they try to be "deep", but it;s the show that made me want to travel.
Some of the best days traveling in my life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNeCbHpSj4k
Thats future Russia right there.
Laos has an "s" on it.
I was expecting a nice hour long video. Instead its 3 minutes. Fk you
How do you avoid gypsies?
They're always trying to pickpocket me and they're fucking everywhere: Barcelona, Paris, Istanbul and Sweden. The worst is when they try to sell you worthless stuff to distract you; I once caught a gypsy girl trying to steal the wallet from my pocket.
>>1045512
>How do I avoid someone that I can spot from 100mtrs away?
Take it to /pol
Don't look like a tourist and or an easy target. If they try to sell you shit or talk to you just ignore them
lol i guess you have to be born in eastern europe to get the necessary skills.
let me share some of them with you.
do not carry anything that is more valuable than the average of what tourist are carrying in the area. do people have cheap phones in that country in general? that's a sign for you to leave your golden iphone 6s at home, and take a throwaway huawei or something. do not let your camera hang on your under no circumstances.
do not show all your cash. have coins spread all over your pockets of your trousers and jacket and every other pocket you have. similarly, put different notes in different pockets. depending on how much you need to pay and how many people see you pay, take out only the most suitable note, and do not touch the other pockets.
dress down. in istanbul go as far as to carry plastic bags instead of proper bags if you're in the really bad area. make sure the bag is moderately used, and not see-through. better yet, do not carry a bag if it's avoidable.
probably the best advise is to have a poor face. do not look content with your life, especially during night. someone asks you something? ignore it. do not look their way. if you accidentally look, do not smile, do not frown, no sudden movements, just keep your pace and act as if you just accidentally looked their way instead of noticing their presence. do they follow you? go to a lighter area. look for security cameras, places where there's more traffic, anywhere where people could hear you ask for help. if you're being followed first try to avoid going in the direction of your hotel, just try to go somewhere moderately crowded.
speaking of crowds, avoid crowds otherwise. people should not touch you in crowds, even if it's a latin place. create your space and guard it. if someone enters your space, make brief eye contact with them, check their hands, but also check for any other pressure or loss of pressure of your bag straps.
that was 101, any eastern euro person could write a novel on this
What are state border checks like?
I'm moving from california into oregon, and bringing a bunch of reptiles with me. Nothing is actually illegal, but I don't want to deal with all the shit I would imagine i'd get going through a border check with a fuckload of exotic animals. Are there even checks? Is it only on major highways or are there other ways to go?
Does any US state other than California even have state-state border checks?
lol...you must be from la
no border checks for personal vehicles
Yuropoor here. We went ona roadtrip from Florida to California and didn't encounter a single border check.
i'm an american moving to taiwan for a year to teach english
not sure where i'm stationed yet, but does anyone have any tips or experiences living there?
>>1045462
Apparently the other expats are really terrible and you shouldn't believe them when they say how much the country sucks.
>>1045463
>avoid people who aren't from there, it's actually a nice country
got it haha
would you happen to know if there are any japanese styled arcades?
also, do they import hollywood movies or am i stuck with whatever is locally produced?
>>1045470
and i guess more to the interests of this board:
does anyone know the general atmosphere is toward americans? like if i happened to ask someone for directions in english would they be offended or too shy to say anything?
what are some places worth exploring when i arrive?
I want to travel internationally (France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Antarctica, etc.) but I don't have anyone willing to go with me and my family insists that I don't go alone so does anyone here have experience with travel groups? Reputable companies, cheap(ish) prices, and lots of free time are big pluses.
go alone
>>1045457
just go alone, fuck what anyone else says, for me traveling alone was one of the best things that ever happened to me.
>>1045457
>Antarctica
Wait a second here...
Hello. I think I will go to the UK from 21th of Dec to 27th. I know it's Christmas season. . I will go trip with my friend. But both of us don't know where to go yet. .
I ask for any advice and tips. Please...
thanks in advance.
Maybe give us some more information m8
>>1045345
Seriously consider Wales
Definitely see a pantomime.
I have 10k saved up ,possibly 12k if I sell some of my stuff. Is this enough to backpack SEA(3 months) , Australia (1 month), and South America (2 months).
Where you planning on travelling in SEA ?
>>1044699
Indonesia, Thailand, Laos , Cambodia, Vietnam, and a Malaysia just to see Singapore for a day.
>>1044696
For the full trip? Unless you want to go full hobo mode, no.
Airfare will be in the 3-4k region at least even if you get all flights as super saver specials.
SEA about $25 per day (2250), Australia $50 per day (1500), South America $35 per day (2100) is what you need for hostel, mostly cook your own meals, no/tiny amounts of alcohol, non smoker, minimal public transport/taxi use and maybe going out every other week once.
so
3000
+2250
+1500
+2100
= 8850
add some other stuff you will need like:
a taxi, long train rides, travel insurance, visa fees, doing some crazy stuff, entrance fees, replacement of lost damaged gear/cloths you want about$100 per week.
A healthy reserve of at least $1500 cash for emergencies (just to get home if needed, get a passport replaced, if you get robbed not be fully fucked till your insurance sends some money, and banks can shut down in SEA and South America without notice, so you want cash)
Hello, anyone have experience traveling in Indonesia? I will be flying into Jakarta for 20 days in January. I wanted to spend a few days in Jakarta at least and explore the city. The Jakarta surrounding area too like Bogor and Bandung.
I was thinking of taking a train to Yogyakarta to see the temples and exploring more of Java.
Does anyone recommend anything I must do/see while there? Or any other destinations?
Also, from your experience how safe is Jakarta and other places in Indonesia for a solo traveler. I have read its overall a safe place, but petty crime is common.
>>1044629
I was in Indonesia last week. Me and my friends got kidnapped by ISIS sympathizer groups and got transported to an ISIS compound. We all got beheaded while being taped for their new video release!
I'm a ghost girl btw
>>1044642
Think of all the wear and tear you could have saved on your fingers by not typing that... what a waste.
It's my favorite country.
Went twice so far.
2 years ago for 10 months in total.
This August I revisited for a trip across Sumatra
>9 living in Jakarta, with trips to Lampung, Yogja
>1 month doing the Bali, Lombok, Gili T thing.
Recommendations:
>Definitely go to Yogja for Borobudhur & Prambanan
>Climb a Volcano, I went to Krakatau & Prambanan
>Go to Pangandaran for Green Canyon, canyoning there was so awesome I did it twice in those 9 months.
>Near Bogor is Puncak, hilly area with a natural park, paragliding and the like.
>Mount Bromo is touristy but great to see.
What's the most remote place you've ever been to?
Personally I'd have to say Pyramiden, Svalbard at 78 degrees north. Pic related.
Would love to visit Bear Island and Kerguelen Island some day.
Location of Pyramiden for your convenience
>>1044559
>Would love to visit Bear Island and Kerguelen Island some day.
I'd like to visit Kerguelen too one day, too bad the price for a return trip costs as much as a trip around the world + more.
I'm doing geology at university, im hoping at some point ill do a research project on igneous rocks and get to go there with research grants.
Australia
Someone here has made the Mexico - Japan Travel, i want to do it next year, i need advice.
where are you from?
and you want to go to mexico and explore then go to japan and explore?
or you just mean how to get from mexico to japan in the cheapest and best way?
>>1044313
You phrase it an odd kind of way.
Asumiendo que eres Mexicano y que quieres viajar a Japon, pues está cabrón. El vuelo te va a salir en unos 20,000 MXN, entonces sera mejor que te prepares y que vayas unas 2-3 semanas de ser posible para hacer que el gasto en transporte valga la pena.
Aeromexico es caro pero cómodo y conveniente, tienen vuelos directos a Tokyo desde Monterrey, DF y Tijuana. Si tienes visa para USA, considera American / United, ellos te pueden dar precios mas competitivos, aunque son mas austeras.
Ahorita el yen esta débil, pero tambien el peso... aunque probablemente sólo empeore la situación del peso. Te va a salir caro, pero vale la pena. Considera gastar unos 40,000 en un viaje de 10 dias, semi-austero... usando airbnb, usando un poco de tren bala y comprando comida economica por lo general. Si tienes mas dudas nada mas pregunta.
>>1044377
>40000 en 10 dias
not OP but I just booked my tickets for New Years, about 10 days, what do you spend 40000 pesos on? I was planning to spend about $500 or so on airbnb?
Hi trv,
I'm Dutch, and for a project I'm trying to collect opinions from foreign people who have visited The Netherlands. I'm interested in what you guys did here, why, where you stayed, which places you visited, what you thought of the Dutch as a people, what you liked, what you hated etc etc etc. Help me out and let loose!
I did a short trip by car to Netherlands and Belgium recently. Been to Amsterdam, Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht and Maastricht. I've slept in a tent in Amsterdam and then rented bungalows on various campings 20-30 km away from the major cities. Moved strictly on foot through the cities, it's tiring but the best way to get the feel of a city.
Random observations:
- piss easy to communicate in English, pretty much everyone speaks it well
- the bikes are a pain in the ass and you constantly have to watch out for them. Impressive how popular they are though.
- how can you live with no drapes in your windows?
- those omnipresent Ja/Nee stickers on the mailboxes, do they really work? I can't imagine leaflet spammers care much.
- let op! Drempels! Holy fuck stop putting those everywhere. Also they're all really high and kept scratching my poor car's belly.
- stroopwaffels are God's gift to mankind
All in all, it was a fun trip and I liked it there.
>>1042750
>Ja/Nee stickers
Companies have to comply with them. The delivery guy would get fired if he just ignored them all the time.
>>1042411
everything in the netherlands is overrated as fuck
Sooo...
>I travel in my huge awesome van.
>The engine and transmission BOTH fucking went last Friday.
>I'm stuck in Newport News, Virginia for at least a couple weeks to get them both replaced.
>$8k in the hole.
Anyone wanna get a beer?
Are you going to kidnap me and take my organs away?
>>1041554
So I always wondered about those. Do you see any savings compared to someone who takes a compact car and stays in cheap motels? It seems like those camper vans burn through fuel fast and have a lot of maintenance involved. Plus you still have to pay if you want to use a campground.
>>1041554
Maybe... I'm in Norfolk
