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I am about to travel to NYC for the 1st time, going with my gf, and we can't decide between two places to stay, one in Ham Heights and the other in Bushwick, near Williamsburg. Both of them seem nice, comfy, everything covered. What would you /trv suggest?
If Ham Heights smells like ham, go there for sure.
>>1115728
When you going bro?
I'll be flying in on Saturday, staying with my aunt and uncle in Park Slope.
Williamsburg is full of faggy hipsters btw
>>1115728
Life long New Yorker here. Wtf is ham heights?
Anyone else get lonely when travelling alone? How do you deal with it?
>>1115557
Go hang out at a good night spot, have a few drinks and chill, just start randomly talking to people, or go stay at a backpackers
>>1115557
Fuck using tinder.
travel with other people
Where are the best pubs/bars located in London? I'll be visiting in a few weeks and will be in the Pimlico area. There aren't a whole lot of bars in the area so I'm trying to figure out where to go with my brother.
Looking for places with a younger (20's) crowd with reasonable (i.e. 5 gbp/pint or less) prices. The trendier the better, but not looking for clubs. We are planning to take the tube/use uber (if uber is even a good option in London) so we can stray a little far.
Thanks
I should add that when I say trendy I just mean popular, not "chic" or fancy or anything. I don't care if they serve 100 different types of scotch or lit their shots on fire or whatever. I just want a popular place to chill where we can maybe talk to some strangers and shoot the shit
>>1115358
Taxi driver in London here
>Shoreditch
>Hoxton
>Soho
>West-end
>Covent Garden
>Camden
>Clapham
>Brixton
>Stoke Newington
>Chelsea
>Putney
>City of London (Mon-Fri)
>>1115380
>>1115380
>>>1115358 (OP)
>>Shoreditch
Amazing
>>Hoxton
Classy, a bit hipstery but awesome
>>Soho
Shit, full of faggots
>>West-end
Tourist trap
>>Covent Garden
Has its places, a decent choice
>>Camden
A bit run down but you'll have fun
>>Clapham
Dunno, never been
>>Brixton
If you meet the right people, you'll find the right places
>>Stoke Newington
One of the last white neighborhoods left in London just wife beating middle aged fat white people
>>Chelsea
Mate that's hours away from pimlico
>>Putney
Has gentrification hit there already?
>>City of London (Mon-Fri)
Everything shuts down about 7pm, don't bother
Hey /trv/,
I'll be spending a little over a month in Seoul next month, what are the MUST DOS/SEES/EATS while I'm there? I'll be seeing the DMZ and Gyeongbokgung Palace for sure. I really want to hike along the city wall because it looks incredible. Outside of that, though, I haven't gotten around to planning much yet.
I'm trying to cram as much as possible into the month since it will be my first time leaving the US. Any advice about anything is appreciated. Thanks.
>>1115307
Bumpo. Although different approach to OP, will be spending about a week in Seoul before moving on. Best eats and nightlife are what interest me.
Also, I unapologetically love k-pop.
Nobody?
Thinking about spending my last weekend there in Jeju.
>>1115783
Fuck jeju son.
I've lived in Ghana for about 8 months now, yesterday I and some friends hiked up Wli falls, which are the highest in West Africa.
Sadly the night before I cleared a bottle of Jameson so I was well and truly hanging, so much so I was shaking like a shitting dog. Any way, managed to do the hike in about 2.5 hours whilst vomiting 3 times. Honestly every one, if you want to feel the same dehydration and sickness of our colonial ancestors I suggest you follow my footsteps, especially the drinking. Also wear Adidas Dragons, that'll especially fuck you. Any way, ask some questions about Ghana to a whitey who lives here.
>>1115239
Taste any of that pink chocolate yet?
>>1115239
I know a relatively large number of black Americans are emigrating there, but would you recommend it for tourism?
>>1115246
Yes and no, its the safest and most stereotypically West African country, so if W.Africa is on your bucket list do it. However make sure you have an exact list of what you want to do and keep your wits about you, don't ever let on you're a tourist.
Hey trv!
I recently graduated from school and I'm on a gap year until January. I thought that this is a rare oppurtunity for me and I'm thinking of buying an interrail pass to travel around Europe for about a month.
Since I've been to western/mid European countries (swe, ger, ita, sui, fr, spain etc.) multiple times before, I feel like heading towards Eastern Europe to explore the countries I've never been before and know very little about.
Many of my friends are busy studying, working or don't have enough money so I would be doing this trip alone. I have experience with traveling with my family since I was little and as a freeskier I've traveled around Europe chasing the snow and mountains. I know traveling alone has it's challenges but I'm determined and I feel like I have the confidence to do this trip.
Pic related, It's the area that I feel like going to. Nothing specific yet. An alternative return route could be through sweden.
about me
>Male 18 yr old (19 in july)
>Helsinki, Finland
>fairly experienced with traveling despite my age
>Freeskier
>Speak fluent English
>extrovert, making new friends is fairly easy for me.
interests
>meeting cool people
>beer, partying, nightlife
>girls
>architecture and arts
>sports
>outdoor things like beautiful scenery and hiking
>music
not that interested in
>history
>old stuff
>ww2 stuff
Questions:
>How's traveling alone comapred to traveling with friends?
>Where to go? Where not? which countries, which cities?
>I've never stayed in a hostel. How's the hostel life and any tips worth mentioning?
>What kind of a budget would I need approximately?
>Do people speak English well in Eastern Europe?
>When to go? I could go from august to december
>Any safety tips worth mentioning? excluding using common sense
>What to pack? Any useful equipment?
All kinds of advice regarding interrailing would be appreciated, travel stories also welcome!
>Do people speak English well in Eastern Europe?
I'd say as in the rest of European countries where English is not a native language. You can get by somehow.
>When to go? I could go from august to december
Do you seriously need an answer for this? You are from Europe yourself, you know the best how the weather looks like in different seasons over here. Gosh...
>What to pack?
Clean socks, underpants, few shirts, phone, charger, some pills if you start feeling sick, a bottle for water, documents, tickets, money
Your interests and history sound a lot like mine, also 18 hailing from Tallinn. No advice for u my moose friend, just make sure to visit our Hungarian cousins
>fairly experienced with travelling
>Never stayed in hostel before
Anyhow, I recommend to ditch interrail and take buses instead, they're so much cheaper, especially in the baltics and east-europe, but in the west there is cheap buslines too. You save heaps and maybe meet some more genuine travellers and locals besides from sharing a train with every other 18 year old european with the same idea as you, or even worse, 18 year old american kids going crazy because they're allowed to drink.
Staying in hostels, don't book in advance, nothing sucks more than meeting a cute girl on a bus on the way to the same town and she asks if you should look for a room together and you've already booked something. Also adds for the sense of exploration and adventure having to look for a spot to sleep.
(Of course good to book maybe in big cities on weekends or if there is a festival going on etc)
Go to other cities than the capitals too, you'll meet more locals that are maybe interested in you rather than being annoyed by just another tourist.
Käy suihkussa, ole oma itsesi, kannattaa myös liftata ja mennä baareihin yksinään, silloin päätyy useimmiten tapaamaan mielenkiintosimpia tyyppejä.
We are visiting the part around LA from Europe for 2 weeks. What are some neat things for NEET's like us?
la=/=west coast
la to seattle is further than madrid to amsterdam
>>1115079
L.A.? Why? Go to San Francisco, see some national parks in NorCal (yosemite, redwoods), do Highway 1 (santa cruz, santa barbara, hearst castle area), wine country (sonoma if you're a NEET). MAYBE drive down to Anaheim if you really need to see Disneyland. If you go that far you might as well spend a couple days in San Diego/Coronado/La Jolla.
>>1115097
This. Hit norcal starting in san francisco. If you can drive, go north to humboldt bay n explore around there. BEAUTIFUL country up there!
coiuple of days ago I was drunk and booked a cheap (250EUR) roundtrip Munich- Cuba with merideanair (flymerideanair.com )
Contrary to what usually happens, I didn't have to pay. So I booked, but didn't pay.
I received an email (all in German, as the booking process was) thanking me for my "binding" reservation.
Thing is, I don't really want to go.
I'm wondering whether I'd really need to pay or not now. Has anyone here had any experience with flymerideanair ? To me it's really something new - usually you have to pay either immediately or within a few hours.
also, I provided my (real) name, phone, and address ( I did want to go when I was booking, duh)
well, bump.
I still haven't paid.. don't know if I have a ticket or not lol
>>1114787
No advice to give other than this; that sounds fucking sweet. You're already bound to it, so just take the adventure. Like you'd ever regret it.
Hey guys,
I pretty spontaneously booked a ticket to Costa Rica last night. I'll be flying into San Jose on May 31st and leaving on the 9th of June. It's a short span of time, and I'm wondering what I can and should do to make the most of it. What are some affordable in-country destinations and landmarks? What are the people there like?
I'm a 22-year old graduate student who also works full-time. I have money to spend but can't pull wads of cash out of my asshole. I know Costa Rica has a reputation for being expensive. I was recently in Colombia and lived in a third-world country for a while - I don't mind being a little uncomfortable.
What should I do? I've obviously been doing a little research online, but would like some feedback from folks who have recently been.
What I did.
Stay at Costa Rica backpackers in San Jose best hostel there, may need to book ahead.
Rente a car will be like 500 or cheaper i don't rem but the ppl at the hostel can hook u up.
Drove to monteverde to see the cloud forest, chose over aranel cuz ppl said aranel is all tourists and there is a chance u can't see unless it's a great day.
Went from there to puntereas, I did not spend any time tere nor do I recommend caught a ferry across and went to montezuma. At montezuma stayed at HOtel Lucy, 20 usd a night to sleep on the beach I'd highly recommend hotel LUCy and montezuma, then went to Santa Teresa
Costa rica is great, safe and beautiful. The food is normal, i guess. Oh, and don' leave anything in the car when your not there. Bot even 2 minutes. They crack that shit open in 10 seconds, get your stuff and run.
humpity bumpity
Very broad question but I want to know what /trv/ would advise for a first time traveler. Planning a trip sometime after September-Nov for a few months and having trouble deciding. SEA is cheaper but I can afford to be flexible with time/budget
Particularly interested in the rainforest(either Borneo or the Amazon if you want to give your experience and opinions), ruins, interesting cultures, the usual. Would like to meet interesting people of course but not much of a bar/club person.
Tell me what you think or just share your own experience.
>>1113496
i was traveling through southeast asia and i would defently recommend it!
such a great place, lot of stuff to do & places to visit. wicked cultural & traditional things to do n see as well, like golden tempels, huuuuge statures and mighty landscapes.
traveling, weather by bus, plaine & train is cheap as fuck & the they got good food too!
exotic animals, like elephants, tigers, monkeys, too see! Waterfalls, tropical woods n jungles,
crazy night outs inclusive
its just sick mate
>>1113496
Your time of year for the travel is GREAT for this region.
As a first time traveler, I'd advise Costa Rica handsdown every time vs most of S. America. Rainforest canopy and cloud walks, great waterfalls and rafting, beaches, boating, volcanoes, coast to coast amazing, great eco-niche hotels who are very inexpensive yet luxurious both, and very english friendly. I'm quite partial to their Lizano steak sauce at every meal. You can hire your own damn guide one-on-one with a pack and gear (!) for a 3 part tour of the country, cheaper than you can fly to SEA. CR has protected with national parks before it was a thing to do so in the rest of the world. Adding Guatemala or Belize before/after your trip would get you ruins. A Delta connection into Mexico, as well.
http://www.monteverdeinfo.com/sky-walk.htm
Alternately, you might greatly enjoy a Galapagos excursion if money isn't your issue. I'm not gonna lie, my friends and mutual business interests have said for about a year now that we personally stay out of Brazil right now. There's a reason 70% of visitors to Florida are from Brazil atm. They're all getting out. Whether from Zika (not just a concern to a childbearer), to the political and economic crap going on with their impeached leader re olympics, it's a horrible place right now for crime and ugliness. Peru is fine if you're a smart traveler but you're a novice, who would do better on a tour for aspects of it. You could do alright in Patagonia if you're good at the weather and solo travel, possibly but it can be pricey. Caribbean works for some safe aspects of S.Amer flavor mixed with island life such as Bonaire or Aruba, but you be sure the Venezuelans are there buying toilet paper for the issues at home too.
Where from? ethnicity? It's hard to compare your interests really.
Have not been so SEA, but from the many stories I've heard compared to my own extensive experience in SA:
It seems like SEA is cheaper than SA in every way. Especially Brazil has gotten expensive as fuck. There is also a lot of bro-tier partying in SOME places in SEA, while others are a lot less touristy and accessible, might cause a bit of a culture-shock (which can be a good thing if you are looking to broaden your cultural horizons).
SA was to me a slight culture-shock, but not that much. In general Brazil, Chile and (especially) Argentina have some similarities with Europe, but with a distinct Latino charm and touch to it. The culture (broadly speaking: literature, movies, restaurants, way of life, nightlife) is thus slightly recognisable while not at all being well known to you.
For me, the latter seems more attractive. While I love getting me feet swept from under me by different cultures, I also like to have some basic feeling of safety and belonging. Also I am very interested in Latin American literature and language. But this may vary from person to person.
Hey guys
Kiwifag here staying in Seattle for a few days, and then San Fran for a few days after that in mid August. Traveling solo around a few places on my way to South America.
Would really appreciate some tips on where I should stay, on a bit of a budget.
Most likely will do AirBnb, but possibly hostels. Not a massive party guy at 30 years old, but will definitely be getting on tinder and trying to hook up.
Any advice welcome, and thanks in advance!
Pic obviously related
Bay Area native here. That sounds like a cool trip! I haven't used Airbnb, but do you want recommendations for food, coffee, or other stuff like that? San Francisco and Mill Valley nearby have some great restruraunts cafés, and bakeries.
Seattle has hostels and plenty of AirBnB. Not sure what additional advice I could offer... Book early?
How this **** works?
I wanted to try this out so I sent a reservation request and expected the host to either decline or accept my request, instead he/she asked me to change my request into an inquiry and telling that he/she is not sure if the apartment is free. I couldn't find anything on the google or airbnb help about making inquiries. Maybe I'll reserve a hotel instead then.
You have to click on "contact the host". That's under the map on the mobile app or under the name of the flat on the Web page
>>1111644
allright thanks I'll try that!
>>1111645
No problem
Hi /trv/,
One of my travel dreams is to go to Colombia, but I really do fear guerrilla, and I don't know if it is safe to get around the country by road within the main cities (Bogota, Medellin, Cali, Cartagena, etc.).
Also, hints, tips, must-see, etc. from Colombia
>>1111637
You'll be fine.
I spent about a month in Colombia, from mid-September to mid-August of 2015. I went there without any real knowledge or expectations of the country and ended up loving it. In fact, I'm very eager to see more of Latin America, a region which has never been on my travel radar.
Colombia isn't the safest place you could visit. However, the risk you run of getting kidnapped by rebels or shot dead in the streets is minuscule. The biggest threat to safety you'll face in cities like Bogota and Medellin is mugging, on top of more common and petty crimes like pickpocketing and theft.
I didn't have any problems in Colombia but met several travelers and expats who had been mugged but left unharmed.
I was blown away by the natural beauty of the Colombian landscape, from the mountains to the jungles and seaside. The culture there is very vibrant and accommodating. Even though they receive a lot of tourists to Cartagena and other coastal cities, foreigners are still rare enough that it's very easy to make friends with locals.
FYI, the rebels are concentrated in very remote areas. You can do some research, but FARC and paramilitaries shouldn't be an issue when transiting to or from any of the cities you listed. There's also a budget airline called Viva Colombia which is incredibly cheap - you can usually find flights between cities for $10-$50.
Don't worry, as long as you don't go to very far away from the tourism places. Don't do stupid things and try to hide your expensive things when you are in a very crowded place. If we talk about getting kidnapped I'm almost sure nothing will happen to you because here the people don't give a fuck if you are foreign or not, they just care about money so don't show it and that's all! PD: days ago some crazy motherfuckers killed a CIA agent, US taken them to a us court, They got their ass kicked. Since then nobody wants to bother foreign people because nobody wants to spend life in jail!
I am also planning a visit to Columbia and I have an expensive travel bicycle that I want to take. If I lock it up, will people see it and take a wrench to it and disassemble all the parts they can get? It's not obviously top of the line, but I definitely have over $1500 in this bike.
hey /trv/,
Thinking about travelling through the Balkan region/south-eastern Europe for 2 or 3 weeks in august.
Went to Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia 2 years ago which I really enjoyed. Would like to see some other countries this time though.
I heard good stories about Bulgaria/Romania so this is very much an option but I'm open to any tips recommendations, really.
Any tips on what I definitely should not miss? I'll be with a small group of guys in our early 20s.
We do enjoy culture and scenery but there should definitely be some opportunities to go out/enjoy nightlife.
Did you meet serbia strong?
avoid Moldova ( not even Balkans tho ), Kosovo, Albania and obviously Turkey and you'll be fine
t. Croat
>>1112260
Istanbul is beutiful.
>Talk to me about Russia
My wife and 2 friends (a couple) are supposed to be heading to Russia (Moscow, Petersburg) in August for 10 days. However everyone other than myself are kinda nervous about their safety in Russia. They read all the reports of the Skinheads, Police, bydlo's and the general lack of english. I have tried to assure them that it really isnt THAT much difference than any other european city (My wife and myself have been to several) but they just cannot get it in their heads that its relatively safe.
What does /trv/ think of visiting Russia? What are some must see places that arent normally high on the list? How friendly will they be to americans(not the flag waving, loud speaking variety)?
I went to St Petersburg and Moscow for 10 days in April. You literally have nothing to worry about as long as you remain fairly central in the cities. We never went very far out so I can't tell you how dangerous it is in the dodgy areas but I doubt it's much more dangerous than any American ghetto. All the Russians we met were very friendly and helpful. St Petersburg is more European than Moscow, so people are more open minded and speaks better English. You definitely won't have any issues finding people speaking English, quite the opposite - they'll probably be happy practicing their English with you. I'm not American though, so I can't say anything about how they'll react to that. But there is definitely a big difference between what the Russian government thinks and what (decent) Russians thinks.
>>1110556
Yea, I even used the comparison that you used about areas of cities being a big difference to my friends and they still didnt see it (walk 2 blocks the wrong way in shitcago and you will be dead).
Did you enjoy your trip? Would you go back?
>>1110556
>But there is definitely a big difference between what the Russian government thinks and what (decent) Russians thinks.
I hate Russians like you that shit-talk your country to American muds and Western Europeans, just to try and curry favor with them.
