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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ASIAN NIGHTLIFE AND WESTERN NIGHTLIFE IN YOUR EXPERIENCE (clubs, dance festivals etc) shit like how physical these girls are with strangers etc, what can you do and not do as a comparison
There really is no difference. Nightlife is the same everywhere you go.
>>912269
well for me its really really different. I'm not sure were you have been but western girls are much much more chill. and I have never pulled a girl in asia who isnt obviously a hooker. In western countries i have taken so many girls home. Plus in Asia (Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Japan) its really hard if you are not white in clubs...thoughts?
>>912257
The people throwing up at 2 am look a bit different.
Feels the same otherwise...
Why doesn't everyone in America live in LA or Miami. I know rent is expensive but it's affordable even on minimum wage,and you have a chance of earning a higher wage there. Are people just retarded?
>>906683
The wage is higher but the rent and other costs are higher too, so there isn't much difference to other places. It all depends on what you like, if you're into surfing, then LA is the choice, but if you like skiing, you'd probably prefer Seattle or something.
>Living in high-crime cities over-populated with welfare breeders and illegals while costs are ridculously high and one city is prone to hurricanes while the other is prone to droughts and fires
pass.
That ridiculous rent is not worth getting my ass kicked by a cat-5 storm or paying more for water than electricity
>>906713
Yeah but, perfect weather. It's as hot as the south without ever really going past 100 because you're next the coast.
Just for fun. It's interesting to see how people around the world live.
Pick a picture that is taken within 0-2 minutes walking distance of your home. Kinda lame if someone who lives in the outer parts of paris posts a picture of the Eiffel tower.
So this is where I live, it's a part of central Stockholm (Which is the capital of Sweden for those who didnt know) called Hornsbergs strand.
The area is a bit sleepy but we have like a 30 second walk down to the water from our house entrance so that's great. We have a little mini-gym made out of wood along the "beach walk", 2-3 in door gyms just around the corner, 4 min metro ride to downtown Stockholm, you can take a run alongside the water all the way into downtown Stockholm. It's really nice :)
It's very clean and calm except during summer, since during that time the area is invaded by wannabe gangsters and people from the surrounding Stockholm ghettos, and they pretty much trash the place.
Where do you live and what do you like/dislike etc about it?
I live in a villa, outside the city (also in Sweden). It's all villa houses and the river flows across the garden. It's surrounded by allotments.
North Carolina reporting in. I'm in Charlotte, the largest cit in the state, but there is a system of "green ways" and creeks that provide forage and corridors for getting around for various critters.
Picture is in my back yard, it's been sort of fun having the deer come by, but the numbers are starting to get really high and they are on the point of becoming a nuisance. Will be interested in seeing how the city copes with it.
In addition to the deer, I've had several sorts of hawks, some racoons, possums and once a wild turkey (which is passing strange) in the yard, and I've seen foxes and coyotes in the neighborhood.
Reunion Island here.
I live a short distance outside of the most touristic town of the island.
Pros:
Best beaches (with the island's coral reef) are a 3mn drive.
Local nightlife is much more alive than most other towns (tropical islands tend to be super quiet after nightfall).
Weather like pic related 300days+ /year (between the coral reef and the mountain as a backdrop, we have a microclimate when some other parts of the island are under pouring rain 9 months/year).
Neighborhood is quite new, so infrastructures are better than most parts of the island (water supply, powergrid, Broadband...).
Cons:
Crowded with tourists and islanders from other parts trying to escape their climate/lack of beach.
Prices in real estate are much higher than average (as a rule of thumb, think 100.000€ per room if you plan to purchase an apartment,even more for a villa).
Mainly expats from Metropolitan France like myself live here, it's kinda seen as a ghetto for rich whites, and it's true a lot of them don't even try to blend in.
Hey /trv/ what are your experiences with staying at Hostels? Also Is it frowned upon to crash at night and leave in the morning and do I need reservations to stay at one? Sorry for being retarted.
>>915392
First stay for me coming up, but i've researched a bit.
Yeah, you'll need to reserve, I did my reservation online but this hostel doesn't charge until check-in, so I assume they ask to reserve so they don't overbook. And yeah don't see why a single night would be frowned upon.
Also, be sure to check reviews.
Single nights are fine. Reservations are likely needed during busier seasons. Best to send an email or call ahead if you're unsure about your plans.
That's exactly what hostels are for. A place to sleep. Most guests are one night only. You can check in at 11pm and check out at 3am for all we care. Your roommates will probably hate you and you're not getting a refund. But it's basically just like a hotel. Reservations are sometimes necessary, weekends and summer especially. Just call or email. I work in a hostel.
General hostel thread?
Hey /trv/,
I made this thread a couple of times before. Although some friendly posters helped me keep it bumped for a short while, I wasn't able to post often after my laptop's motherboard got fried. Now that I've bought a new computer, I figure I'll give this another go, despite the fact that /trv/ has way more shit-posters than I remember.
So yeah, here I am again: ask a guy who hitchhiked around Iceland and from London to Istanbul before spending three-and-a-half months living in New Delhi anything. I'll post pictures in roughly chronological order, unless anybody has any requests. I can also answer questions about places like Iraqi Kurdistan and Georgia, as I took another long trip last summer, too, mostly to different countries.
First pic is from Kashmir - I'll start on Iceland in my next post.
> also, fuck Windows 8
Time? Costs? Any troubles? Age? Best experience/memory?
>>915313
I was gone for almost five months on my last trip. I left at the very beginning of May and returned closer to October than not. I spent a week and a half in Iceland and mid-May until mid-June hitchhiking from London to Istanbul. I did cheat once or twice (I was hitchhiking because I was broke, not just because I thought the idea was cool), like when I took a paid car from Sarajevo to Belgrade in order to ensure my arrival in Istanbul in time to catch a flight to Dubai.
I saved $2900 or so for this trip and ran out of money after taking a brief "vacation" to Kashmir in August. I wound up doing a bunch of odd-jobs in Delhi to make ends meet. I'd say the experience of having to make ends meet on a couple of dollars every day was the most interesting I've had in quite a long time. It was funny how every Indian in the Paharganj tourist ghetto knew me before I left, despite my living some forty minutes away in South Delhi. Other than that, I had a great time climbing mountains in Iceland, solo-trekking in the Himalayas, bumming in Venice with a German friend I made last year, learning Serbian, hitchhiking in Eastern Europe, and exploring Belgrade.
I didn't have any particularly bad experiences outside of India; those that happened there were mostly related to annoying and uneducated people I had to work with.
My trip last summer lasted for three-and-a-half months. I think I had around $5,000 saved for that one and came back with $90 in the bank. I had a thread detailing the whole experience. It was a great and interesting adventure - I got caught up in the Gezi Park protests and a whole bunch of other stuff.
Just as sort of a heads up for anyone who might care a lot about pictures: I didn't realize I had my camera set to "Postcard" resolution until I got to Germany. That's why a lot of the pictures I took in Iceland and the UK are fucking tiny.
>>915313
Oh, and I turned 21 in August. I afford traveling by way of two part-time jobs. I don't think I'm going to go anywhere overseas again until I finish getting my BS in Neuroscience, but I might take a trip down to South or Central America this coming summer or next winter break. I'm going to India again for a month and a half, starting in three weeks, but I think I'm going to take it easy on traveling until I graduate. As much of an addiction as I feel like I'm starting to develop, I'm fucking sick of working at delivery joints for tips and minimum wage.
>Bangkok-Phuket - Thailand General
>>916332
Hey guys, I'll spending a night in Phuket, second week of Jan, and possibly a day (0800-1700) in Bangkok.
I plan on taking the train+bus from Bangkok to Phuket and staying at a semi decent hostel/hotel for the night there.
any advice on what to do/how to make the most of it also what not to do/avoid would be appreciated..
Cheers
Haven't been to phucket but I've been to bangkok, Kanchanaburi and pattaya. I've been here for a month and I'm currently living in pattaya if anyone has questions.
>>916353
Spill all your knowledge, going Phuket for first solo trip soon. Ive been before but with family
The neverending Japan General thread still goes on...
As always, feel free to ask about:
>places to visit / do in Japan
>stuff to do for weeaboos
>Teaching English in Japan
>How to become Yakuza?
Info on prostitution in Japan, so please don't ask.
>http://rockitreports.com/topics/foreigner-friendly-pinsaros/
The previous thread is here: >>910669
Please refer to the previous thread (as long as it's still around) to see if your question has already been answered. Thanks.
There was a red light district with whores sitting on display like 5mins from my hotel back when I visited Osaka. Anyone have any personal experience with Japanese prices etc? I'm heading back in December
>>918561
That place is called Tobita Shinchi and there's no other place like it in Japan. I'm not usually into paid sex but I also wanna go there next year.
Some badass old dude Japanese shop keeper told me about it, said to go there and experience it because the Japanese government are most likely shutting it down within the next few years. I didn't go though, and regret it now. But expect to be paying at least $100 for any kind of service
>>918572
thats reasonable. do they have any of those blonde tanned super whorish looking ones? that is my fetish
>be me
>fly to cape town
>start traveling by hitching and public transport
>fast forward 2 years and 7 months
>fly out of dakar
Ask me anything, also pic requests.
How much did it cost? you worked in between?
>>907865
On average maybe $1,000 a month, but obviously that fluctuates depending on the region. No working except for a couple of weeks in Malawi in return for food/beer/tent.
Why the fuck are you in West Africa now? When is your expected time of death?
But on a serious note, where are you from originally? Age? What job did you do before leaving for this trip? How much longer are you planning on traveling and what do you want to do after you finish?
I've heard that Americans are considered rockstars in poor countries and I really want to take this to the next level.
I just got fired from my job so I plan on selling my car for about 5k and heading flying off to a poor country. I have decent enough vocals and I figure I can hire a band to back me up. I plan on being shamelessly fake about my image and trying to play off the idea that Americans are rebellious badasses that play by their own rules.
I've come here to see if any of the travel gurus can offer me advice on which country to select. I don't want to go anywhere dangerous, just somewhere poor with people naive enough to think I am rockstar material. I'm hoping to hook up with a lot of girls and make enough money to at least get trashed and party every night. Basically a place with a low cost of living and a thriving music scene.
>>896486
Interesting. Have you heard about this invention called the internet? Everybody's doing it. You can look up things on it, and people can look up things about you.
>>896495
Yeah I have actually, you could even say I'm using the internet right now to research an idea that I have. Isn't that wild? That I am using the internet to gather information and it's so subtle that you don't even realize it?
>>896537
Asking 4chan for "advice" isn't doing research
Which country that you've traveled to has the best prostitutes?
Why do you think this? How much did you pay for her services and what did she do for you?
Appreciated, I'm planning a sex holiday with my mates
great hookers in south america, thailand. argentina
>>895370
>sex holiday with my mates
c-can I come?..
>>895370
Dominican Republic, $60 for the best blowjob I've ever had in my entire life. Thailand is pretty great too, if you're into asian chicks.
So... my US company got bought by a Japanese Company a year ago. And now they plan to copy part of the engineering department there and they are asking for people to go there and start things. They already sent people from there here to get trained but they need more people with experience and since I'm the only one from the engineering department that actually knows Japanese (well, got a JLPT Level 4 approved and thinking on taking the level 3) they asked me if i wanted to move there for good.
In the beginning i was like "where do i sign?" but then it hit me "How is it to work there?". And since the only reference that i have is from some anime series, i wanted to know more.
In summary:
1-> How is the office work environment in Japan?
2-> How different from the US?
3-> What should i take into account before i start?
4-> From i was told i will have people working for me, what's like the boss-employee relationship there? I have people here, but i don't know what are the "do"s and "don't"s there.
5-> Holidays? Sick days?
Any help is appreciated.
>>893019
have studied abroad in japan, so only from what I've heard:
> it's shit if you are at the lower end of the food chain
> you have to get to work really early
> you have to stay until your boss goes home
etc.
but since you start there in a higher position maybe you won't have those problems
I'd say go for it. I want to move to japan again too. Going for JLPT 3 this december. Good Luck!
>>893019
(part 1)
> How is the office work environment in Japan?
You WILL work overtime, unpaid, every-fucking-day. That means you have to show up at least 20 minutes early, stay for your normal 8-9 hours, then stay until around 9 at night. Yes, that mean you'll get home around 10. Yes, that means you'll have almost no time for the vidya or 4chan.
> How different from the US?
I am going to assume you mean the work environment. From what I can tell (I work teaching English in public schools, for what that's worth) it’s a lot more busy work than actual work. Normally, when you want to do something in Japan, you have to talk with your coworkers, hymn and haw over it for a few hours, days, or weeks (depending on how big a thing they’re working on). Before you know it, the Japanese will do the work in a quarter of the time you though it would take. “Hey, a quarter of the time, great!” you may think. No, no, first you will debate over shit that has nothing to do with the work at hand, then they’ll just start work on different shit. THEN, without bringing you into the loop, they’ll do it. Whereas in the US, we’d just start working on the damn thing and have it done before the Japanese.
In short, be prepared for everything to move at a much different, maybe even slower, pace than what you’re used to.
> What should i take into account before i start?
Moving expenses and finding a place to stay. Know that Japanese landwords are still very xenophobic, so be prepared to have many of them deny you solely on the fact that you are non-Japanese. Also, moving into a new place is expensive (a few months’ rent up front, safety deposit, renter’s insurance, key money, and bullshit “thanks-for-letting-me-rent” money).
The closer you live to an apartment, the more expensive it’ll be (more so in the big cities like Tokyo and Osaka). Either way, you’ll get bent over a truck stop men’s room sink and take it Liberace style.
New Japan General since the old one hit the bump limit
As always, feel free to ask about:
>places to visit / do in Japan
>stuff to do for weeaboos
>Teaching english in Japan
>How to become Yakuza?
Also, info on Prostitution in Japan http://rockitreports.com/topics/foreigner-friendly-pinsaros/
Heading to Fukuoka for 2 months on a study trip Dec-Jan. Anyone got recommendations for must see/do things in the area at that time of year?
During my time off over Christmas/New Year I'm also hoping to go to Tokyo for Winter Comiket. Would the rail pass be the best option for travel?
>>889647
Head to Dazaifu for the New Year's celebration on the morning of January 1st.
i'm thinking of studying in Japan. I can take care of housing language and stuff for myself. But can you guys enlighten me about the pro's and con's of japan ?
What are some of the items you always have in your backpack when traveling?
Camera, lenses, tripod.
I guess I have some clothes too.
Don't need anything else.
>>890167
how about a passport
>>890174
In my money belt.
Do any of you like to take a novel with you on your travels? Say, when you're waiting at a train station or at the beach, just having a nice read always brings joy to me on my trips-- even if it's just to kill some time :)
>always pack a book or to two to kill time if needed
>never find the moment to open it
>2kg wasted
Yeah and sometimes pick them specially for the places I am going to be travelling, like Rayuela when I went to Paris or Dubliners when I went to Ireland. I find that I always have time for reading when I'm travelling because all of the trains/buses/flights or the hours spent just chilling
>>883785
Same here, took 3 books with me on my last trip (2 of them were very light), ended up reading about 15 pages.
travelling stories thread?
>be inter-railing back to england from prague with my travelling partner ollie
>decide to visit my german friend along the way
>turns out she got kicked out and lives with her boyfriend and his parents
>luckyly they're sound and let us stay for a couple nights
>never met her boyfriend before, turns out he's a huge punk
>Mohawk, dreads at the back, dreads adorned with those metal bits from lighters, self done tattoos of a stick figure beating up a swastika, pretty intimidating tbh
>he also doesn't speak any english, but does understand it
>great
>we hang out with all his punk friends during the day, drinking in the park at like 2pm, listening to the specials on a shitty tape player, doing other punk things
>apparently if you have white laces in your DM's you're a nazi, if you have black laces you're a punk
>"whats with the guy with the black and white checked laces?"
>"he just really likes ska"
>make eye contact with this german girl
>she speaks a bit of english, we start making out within like half an hour
>ollie is all like "hey anon, whats her name?"
>i fucking hate you ollie
>turns out she lives near boyfriend guy so she gets the same taxi home as us
>gives me a handjob in the back of the taxi
>boyfriend guy notices, nods at me as if to say "good job"
>doesn't let on, no one else notices i'm getting a hand job
>from that day on we were good friends
>>883796
Classic Ollie
>In Norway
>Me and couple of friends trying to hitchhike our way from countryside to Bergen
>Wait at some gas station
>Rainy as fuck and no one stops
>After like 3 hours waiting there someone finally gives us a ride
>Cant take us all the way to Bergen but can shorten the distance for us
>Lithuanian guy
>bad ass looking, too serious
>uncomfortable ride the first 10 minutes
>Eventually got pulled over by an officer for speeding
>Mad as fuck
>Officer has to change from Norwegian to English because he is not following
>Receives his fine
>Tells us he has to pay 8000KR
>nearly 1000 euros
>Awkward silence
>"I am not telling my wife about this"
>We all lol'd
>All of a sudden guy becomes super talkative and trip turns out to be very chill afterwards
>>883809
speedingLAD
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