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I bought a ticket arriving at Zagreb at August 10th and departing from Prague at August 30th. I'm now planning what to do and where to go during my trip, and I would really appreciate your suggestions and experiences.
07/11:zagreb (rent a car)
07/12:plitvice all day, zadar at night
07/13:novalja
07/14:split (leave the car here)
07/15:hvar
07/18: dubrovnik
07/20:flight to Belgrad (planning to go to Belgrad beer fest)
07/22: flight to Budapest
07/26:flight to Prague
So I plan to go to the beach at day and party at night at Croatia, and at...
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Seems like your kind of wasting money on plane tickets. Dubrovnik to Belgrade, Belgrade to Budapest and Budapest to Prague are all very do-able by either train or bus.
>>1111840
i will examine carefully train and bus itineraries, thanks
>>1111750
Fresh Island festival is at Novalja from 12th to 14th or 15th. Chris Brown, Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla $ign and many more. I may be there too, not sure, but it's pretty fun to visit.
Also, use some time to explore Zagreb during the day you're there, the city is pretty awesome.
Me and a friend of mine want to visit Ireland.
We want to get to know the culture, we want to drink for small money, we want to drink in a variety of pubs, we want a day-trip to Dublin, but we don't want to live directly in Dublin, because we don't want leprechauns around every corner. We want the to experience the real Ireland.
Any recommendations for a good spot?
>>1111200
pro tip:
as a foreigner you will never experience the real Ireland
Every single town will have at least a couple of pubs.
Go down South lad
>>1111200
Avoid Dublin like the plague - and thats coming from a Dubliner.
The west can be great - beuatiful scenery and you'll get more of the "Real" Ireland.
Galway would be a good starting point
>>1111200
Gotta be on the move OP. You pick up a rental in Shannon or Dublin, travel the south half of the country, new town every night..experience the towns with dinner and pubs, drive and explore some ruins, churches, castles, during the days. It's pretty inexpensive outside of Dublin, and you'd be done with Dublin at about 1.5 days.
Have you ever ran into a celeb while traveling?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlg1Y_n_YMU
Yes, but they were Indian celebs, not American celebs.
what is this vapid cunt
>>1111139
i used to work on hayman island (aus) and katy perry & mariah carey just checked in.
a clouple of weeks later i just saw johnny depp in his room, hes short af and was high as a motherfucker
New Japan General:
As always, feel free to ask about:
>Traveling to Japan
>Living in Japan
>Teaching in Japan
>Joining the Yakuza
>Getting your weeb fantasies crushed
*Info on prostitution*
>http://rockitreports.com/category/sex-in-tokyo/
>http://erolin.net/
*Note about the JR Rail Pass*
Many people ask about whether or not...
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1st for stop asking sex tourism question.
Go to the sex tourism thread for that, or buy a hooker.
>>1110365
shibuya/harajuku
Can I get any sort of train pass to travel around the greater Tokyo area? I'll be living there for 3 months.
Thinking about going on a cruise, anyone have any cruise stories?
>>1109873
Norovirus
>puked and shat myself for 3 days
been on 3 cruises with senpai in my younger years
island hopping, all is paid for besides alcohol and souvenirs (can get a cheap soda card for unlimited soda). lots of events and stuff going on.
carnival/disney are good for families
royal caribbean/princess for couples ie no fucking kids
The single supplement is a deal breaker (one person still has to pay as if two people are cruising). But if you are a couple, it's a great deal.
Get the cheapest stateroom in the best ship you can afford. You are stuck on a boat with these people, you want them to be civilized.
Driving to a port of call is a great money saver. Might not be an option for most people.
Either go on a small luxury boat that visits upscale ports of call, or get a room in a mega ship where you don't even have to visit ports. All the major cruise lines visit the same...
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Is the only way to travel for more than a month or two to be a rich kid?
Is it doable, in any way, if you're poor af?
I'm sick and tired of hearing and reading stories about people that woke up some day and decided they were going to spend their next year travelling wherever and imagining all of them being wealthy enough. There must be a way.
>>1106587
Define 'poor af'
>>1106592
Less than 5 thousand dollars saved in a year.
>>1106595
it's not impossible. You'll have to allocate your funds and really commit to it, but it's not impossible.
Going to Bangkok next week and will be spending 8 days there with absolutely no plans. I've never been to Thailand before and the stuff on TripAdvisor looks a bit dull. I'm really interested in seeing more than just shopping malls and weird touristy temples. A day trip to somewhere interesting would be great.
Any recommendations?
There used to be some companies doing raft-trips on the Kwai, out of Bangkok. Maybe Google around. My memory is that some were expensive and some were not. This has been more than a few years back...
Thai pocky, by the way, is hugely inferior to Japanese pocky. Chocolate is amazingly flavorless.
>>1106348
A day trip to the old capital of Ayutthaya might be interesting--can do it by boat, and the boat trip is enjoyable by itself. The fancy one day tour from the Oriental Hotel (worth having a drink in, if you want to pretend to be Somerset Maugham) is the plushest, but there are dozens of operators with similar offerings.
You might also consider a day trip to Lopburi, another old capital that is now most famous for being completely overrun with monkeys.
There's Chanthaburi, where some of the River...
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>>1106365
>Chanthaburi
sorry, meant Kanchanaburi.
What's your "hidden gem"?
A country, city or park that doesn't get much respect and/or is underappreciated?
I'm not as well traveled as you folks, but I'd go with Georgia, the country. Was not expecting it to be so beautiful and so cheap.
literally anywhere in the sierra outside the main yosemite corridor and a couple other high traffic areas like whitney.
Colombia.
I first went down there some time back, when their reputation as a drug cartel shooting-range was keeping visitors away in droves. The situation had improved, but visitors hadn't fully caught on yet. Damn, you never saw people so happy to see a traveler in their country. It was like being a rock-star.
That feeling has faded, f course bu it is still an under-valued travel destination.
>>1096190
Mah nigga, also eastern side of sierras for life
This is why Mexico is better than everywhere else.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i29i3It-raY
But this place has every landscape imaginable.
>>1112561
Doesn't have rainforests.
>>1112562
Neither does Mexico
I am scandinavian, but with a Russian name (Vadim). Is traveling to Poland this summer a bad idea? From what i have heard they fucking hate russians.
>>1111873
Nobody gives a flying fuck. Russia hate is centered on the country as a whole, not on individual tourists.
>>1111873
I went to Poland with a bunch of Russian friends.
No problem what so ever , if anything some poles seemed only mildly miffed at non-Russian me (I'm from Saudi Arabia)
>>1111873
Just don't speak Russian to a drunk polak and you'll be fine. Also don't be black, big nono there
I don't know whether this is the right place to ask but have any of you had phobias of flying and being in another country for long periods of time (2months-ish)? If so, how did you get over it?
No.
Therapy.
>>1111869
Oh, it's the daily anxiety bait thread.
When will OP get bored of making these threads?
>>1111906
It's my first time here actually. I thought this would be the best place to ask since everyone loves travelling here but it sucks that I can't get over it
Hi all, I would love peoples advice on a good quality waterproof travel bag to take that will survive different climates, not really extremes but it needs to be able to take a battering (traveling north America and Iceland) I have something like pic related in mind so I had have it in the carry on luggage at the airport
>>1111785
Waterproof bags aren't necessary and they're not as versatile for a bunch of different climates. Get a water resistant bag instead and if you're walking into a massive typhoon or something then just put all your stuff into a garbage bag, tie it off, and put that in your backpack. It will be 100% waterproof.
My favorite versatile bag is the Kelty Redwing. I've used mine for more than 10 years of traveling, frequently to extreme climates.
>>1111785
Although I agree with >>1111976 If you're looking for a waterproof bag you can really throw around, look into Surplus Swiss army bags. I picked mine up for around $40 and haven't been disappointed yet. pic related.
>>1111976
This.
I have a "water proof bag". I was so proud of it. I wasn't proud of it when my laptop got destroyed during a downpour in Florida.
We've bought an ocean going catamaran and we're going to sail the world. Join us and see what retirement life is about
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_hDn_eyT24
How much did the boat cost? How did you learn? Where are you at? Where are you going?
Hope you guys have a safe journey around the world.
Storms may be scary, but just buckle down and use your knowledge on boats and you will be fine. But with current boat tech, they're nothing more than a roller coaster ride.
>>1111660
>We got a boat
>Check out this cIick bait Iink spam and heIp us pay off this boat
“Don’t ever drink the coffee on the plane. Just don’t. There is a reason airplane coffee gets a bad rap. It isn’t made with bottled water, and let’s just say that the airplane’s potable water isn’t very desirable. The valves for cleaning out the lavatory waste and filling the clean water are very close to each other and sometimes serviced by the same guy…at the same time.”
http://plugnstay.com/airline-secrets-revealed-from-ex-employee/
>>1111587
Old news are old.
Instead of promoting your shitty blog just link to the article or even better provide a screencap.
>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kelly-payne/11-airline-secrets-from-a_b_9618914.html
>>1111631
better read before you talk, the article is well linked , but if you read with your eyes closed i couldnt think of a possiblity that you can see that . thanks
>>1111635
fuck your blog...link directly bitch
I'm going to Thailand for 3 months and I want to try to learn the language. I'll be staying in Chiang Mai.
I also am addicted to surfing the web and porn, and it contributes to my insomnia and general suckery. Unfortunately, my need to kick this habit takes priority over learning Thai.
How can I learn Thai without an internet connection? I have a solid 2 days left to download any listening I need onto an iPod and get all the books I need.
I am not really sure if you need an internet connection for rosetta stone... but that seems to be the way to go. Good luck with the porn addiction thing, may I suggest a nice ladyboy to curb your addiction?
>>1111411
Rosetta Stone Thai is absolutely terrible.
My suggestion is Thai-language. They have recordings and a couple lessons. Some are pretty OK, some are useless.
>>1111412
good to know, are there any other Rosetta Stones that aren't worth the time to pirate.....I mean purchase legally?
