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I want to go to a desert rave or just a big ass long lasting party anywhere in the world. A very narc-friendly one... Where do i look to find something like it?
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Burning man. Underground desert raves aren't really a thin anymore, it's not the early 90s. Not unless you decide to throw one yourself.
>>1091423
shambhala music festival
mountain rave in canada
Why do people say that Cancun is just like another USA city?
I'm curious
Cancun is pretty much an extension of the Florida Keys
>>1091388
How so?
>>1091387
Basically the part of Cancun that most people see is the resort area. So the whole beach area is just built up with resorts, restaurants, shopping malls, activities that focus on tourists and so on. Basically everyone except the cleaning ladies speaks English there. The restaurants are all either American chains or serve Americanized food (think senor frogs). They're all there to serve American, Canadian, or European tourists.
Then there's the other side of Cancun. The actual city where people live. It's not as pretty looking, the restaurants are mostly local food and just little cantinas or taco stands, it's actually quite a gritty place or just typical for Mexico (imo much more entertaining but I'm a RealTraveler). People who go to resorts visit as well but usually for just one day, those who only go to party in Cancun don't even bother.
Traveling to Orlando to do the whole Disney thing. As I will be split from my party often I was wondering how burners work in the us of a. Can I just get a cheap pre paid and throw it when I leave. What are the best options and how does pre paid work over there.
Its pretty self explanatory. Youll be getting a junk phone but since its a burner thats to be expected. You can find a gorillian of them at any walmart, 7/11, most gas stations, etc etc. From what ive been reading about how europe does things, it seems its more or less the same.
The only caveat i can think of is possible roaming charges, but if youll be in the same area the whole trip that wont apply to you. Things like data and the like will be blatantly marked on the packaging.
Do you need to register them under your name with a picture id ?
>>1091378
>Can I just get a cheap pre paid and throw it when I leave. What are the best options and how does pre paid work over there.
Typically you buy a cheap phone at wal-mart or kmart, buy cards in certain dollar amounts, and call some phone number to activate it. Maybe if lucky, some person at a register and counter in the electronics dept will help you get it charged up and ready to use. There are many choices and each store sells whatever brand they deal with, from cricket to whatever.
If you have a magicjack, and wifi, you can do long distance using internet. Viber is the texting app alternative to actual calls.
You know, there are a lot of foreign workers at disney. I daresay you might find some forum out there that gives you an idea of if roaming is an issue in the park. Might get that answered by email too.
Plans where you prepay and buy cards like that do not use credit cards or ID. I loaded one up for a grandparent who had dementia and a foreign maid/caretaker, so neither could do international calling on some unlimited phone bill. It gave me control over charges. I used a phone from walmart. Buy a year in advance of say 400mins per month for a total bill of $70 incl the phone.
Hey guys i live in spain, Im 24 Male and speak native US english.
Been trying to find work here for months and shits dry as fuck, so im going to the UK to work in a hotel through a work agency, its supposedly next to a university and a train station so i could move to other areas easily.
How's life in the UK, any tips for someone going there to work for the first time?
People tell me they go to bed really early, everythings fuckin expensive theres no night life etc.
How much of it is true?
>>1091375
Britbong here, whereabouts are you moving?
>They go to bed really early
There's no hard-and-fast rule to this, most people I know are awake into AM hours even with work pending. Depends entirely on the crop of people you'll be with.
>Everything's fucking expensive
This is highly variable depending on location. London and the south are generally much more expensive than Northern cities like Manchester or Liverpool. The UK does have a strong currency which might not be too kind to you coming from Spain though.
>There's no night life
Again, the quality and subcultures of nightlife depends where you are but keep in mind that Britain has a very, very deeply ingrained binge drinking culture and a lot of people have lax attitudes towards drugs and smoking. When you live in a cultural graveyard of stagnant weather and politics, you learn how to drink.
>>1091375
Moving from Spain to the UK will depress the shit out of you. So many Brits are leaving the UK for Spain to escape the dull mediocrity of life in a grey, highly taxed shithole.
I left to move to Cyprus myself, and every time I go back to visit I just want to leave again after I see my family and friends.
But that's just me, everybody is different. Cypriots here are flocking to London when they leave high school because it's cool.
Hey /trv/ planning to drive from Connecticut to New Orleans this May. We may end up stopping briefly in Washington D.C on the way down as well, but New Orleans is our main destination. Any recommendations for stops on the way? And what are things to do and avoid doing in New Orleans? Also, is it feasible to camp out somewhere, campgrounds etc. instead of renting a room? Thanks.
Stop in Charleston and Savannah on the way there.
>And what are things to do and avoid doing in New Orleans?
I dunno, what are your interests? What I may find fun and what you find fun may be two different things. As for shit to avoid, stay in the CBD, FQ, Marigny, Treme, and the Garden District. The area around the huge park in mid-city (or is it uptown?) isn't that sketchy and is okay.
As for campgrounds, there are a few national parks nearby, don't know the rules for those though.
>>1091367
depending on which route you take, you could stop in atlanta and see the coke factory and an awesome aquarium, the dixie stampede in pigeon forge, tn, obviously the smithsonian in DC is the best side trip, but other than that id probably advise you to vacate the south asap
new orleans is fucking great tho. but you end up eating a lot.
-beignets at cafe du monde (bring back chickory coffee, beignet mix, and a cute coffee mug)
-muffulettas at central grocery (bring back some olive salad)
-oysters Rockefeller at antoines (bring a nice dinner jacket, this place is serious business.. worth it)
-jazz everywhere, but especially Preservation Hall and the street band Tuba Skinny (look them up and DO NOT MISS THEM.)
-awesome poboys everywhere
-gumbo at the old coffee pot restuarant
-dooky chase's my god dooky chase's
-maybe look for an artist named Nancy Jo in Jackson square, she does beautiful pastel portraits, awesome way to spend the day, hanging out in jackson square, getting a portrait done (rare opportunity) talking to a very interesting lady. ask the other street people, she only drives down certain days bc she doesnt live in Nola.
i dont know about camping but if you want to spend a little time in a nice place i can recommend Lafitte Guest House.
>>1091367
Im going to new orleans next week are their any places where I can find a qts to hang out with?
going to Buchs. What can i expect ?
>>1091356
It's a small city in Switzerland what do you expect?
There's a train station, a castle, the usual small city shopping and a few restaurants/pubs. Most interesting thing is that you can walk over to Liechtenstein.
>>1091361
whats in Liechtenstein?
>>1091373
Nothing special, I just mentioned it as it's on the bucket list of many people.
Some interesting history, as it's the only principality left over from the holy roman empire of german nations that still exist today. If you're there go to Vaduz for a afternoon.
I forgto to ask the most important questions:
Where are you form and why are you going there?
(I'm pretty curios as I was born in Buchs and never heard anyone specifically ask about it. kek)
Hi,
Frenchfag here, i'm going to Indonesia in July, which part/island would you recommend to enjoy culture and beautiful/empty beaches ? I'm also into snorkelling.
Thanks
That's the flag of Poland, you mongol.
>>1091369
I would apologize if i were you
https://www.google.fr/search?q=drapeau+de+la+pologne&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiHgK3uycXLAhUJFCwKHQWNBwAQ_AUIBygB&biw=960&bih=519#tbm=isch&q=poland+flag
>>1091377
#baited
Are these two languages mutually intelligible?
If you speak slowly: yes, very much so.
>>1091338
Then why does almost everyone say that it is not possible here?
http://archive.4plebs.org/adv/thread/16684493/#16684493
>>1091336
Not really
Nouns are similar, so if an Italian speaks really slowly to a Spaniard or vice-versa, using context clues they might be able to get an idea, but they're far from mutually intelligible
Excluding flights I want to spend about £2500 for a trip of 8-12 days in Tokyo for 2 people. I am not sure how to get the most for my money. I want a relatively nice hotel, but think I would prefer to have more spending money while there. I've currently booked a hotel which I can cancel the reservation for at no charge for a while and have calculated for the 9 day trip my girlfriend and I would have about £200 a day as spending money. We both love food (not necessarily expensive food). Any tips on what kind of hotel/spending money trade off should be? Also any recommendations for restaurants and hotels etc. would be appreciated (prices would help!). I was also open to visiting other parts of Japan but getting to Tokyo is significantly easier and cheaper than anywhere else.
Stayed at Smile Hotel Mitsukoshimae a few years back. Not luxurious or anything but not bad at all and pretty cheap, relatively. Walk about 5 minutes to get to a subway station to go to more popular places around Tokyo.
http://www.hotels.com/hotel/details.html?hotel-id=385524&q-rooms=1&q-room-0-adults=2&cmcLoc=1&cmcReport=c..UQMiNzg0LZcf5rH9HMnE9tPRQxe4wXHYvEkeGGUk6vot5DSA3mP2PWp7ru5qGgZNAUENKwxdfwFYhPZoQiuF_Q..
>>1091331
Thanks for your reply! The hotel I have booked is cheaper for my dates. It seems located fairly well (not expecting true city centre for this price)...http://www.hvf.jp/eng/location/tamachi.php what do you think?
During my trip I always stayed in a toyoko inn. Best business hotels
Hey guys,
Travelling to Italy in June with my GF. We plan on staying 11 days total and visiting mostly Rome and the Amalfi Coast.
Questions:
1.Is a car worth it? Specifically in Amalfi?
2. How reliable are the trains? Are they on point like Germany?
3. How safe is Italy? My gf is worried but I assure her it's fine
4. Anything specific to do in Rome/Amalfi besides the obvious things
5. Is 11 days over kill? I throw in a few days for travel and what not, fearing trains are late or slow.
Id recommend getting a better taste in video games.
Trains are pretty reliable.
Whats 'normal'?
11 days might be too much for just those two places. I'd go to florence at least a couple days, venice for a day.
Go see pompeii/vesuvio while down near amalfi.
Ride the chair thing to the top of anacapri.
>>1091296
I am a RPG guy and I found Witcher 3 to be one of the better games of 2015 along with a host of others.
I was thinking Florence too. I have been Europe a few time and I speak fluent German so I am familiar with mostly Western European trains. Because of this I was conservative with time not knowing if there will be delays or slow downs because obviously the area is unfamiliar.
Pretty easy to get by just with English?
>>1091291
1. In Rome, no. Amalfi is doable on foot, but it's pretty far away from everything.
2. All Italians like to bitch about them, and they're nowhere near German tidiness or puncuality, but they're alright. Keep in mind, though, that the train station closest to Amalfi is still 20kms away.
3. Rome has some bad areas, but they're far from the city centre. There will be rubbish on the streets and a lot of hawkers, but that's just part of Rome.
4. I'll leave that to people who were there less than 6,5 years ago.
5. Maybe?
>throw in a few days for travel
That's definitely overkill. Amalfi is +-3h30m away from Rome, whether you're going by car or by train. Like other anons said, check out some other cities. Definitely visit Pompei. Check out Naples for a day or two, it's madness. You could consider going to Ischia, which is nice but very touristy.
>Pretty easy to get by just with English?
In Rome, you should. Firenze as well. Naples and Amalfi, if you do decide to go there, might not be as easy.
/k/ here, exploring the possibility of working in security in Africa when I leave the military (in a few years). Some of the places I thought of was South Africa, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, and Kenya.
Any particular language I should know, customs, etc?
I know this is really open ended, any response is appreciated.
If you're a white man with a gun you don't need to know anything. Not even joking here. Anywhere is fine as long as that AK is loaded.
Language depends on the country (Swahili for Kenya, Afrikaans for SA, etc.) English becomes less and less valuable the further into the bush you go. I hate to generalize Africa, since it's an enormous continent and what I'm about to say will vary immensely from location to location- but a sizable chunk of the continent is not as bad as most Americans will assume. There tends to be significantly more petty strife and small-scale fighting than developed nations, but I've traveled and lived here for almost 2 years now (Mozambique) and feel quite safe most of the time. Travel tends to be the scariest since drivers here completely disregard rules, often driving drunk.
Having said that, working security in Nairobi sounds like hell. It's known continent-wide as one of the worst cities for petty crime.
>>1091286
>I've traveled and lived here for almost 2 years now (Mozambique)
Interesting, any neat stories to share?
Going to italy soon any tips
Try Croatia instead. It's the same thing as Italy, only less crowded and cheaper.
>Going to Italy
>No other info except for that
>Pic related
Where can I go this Spring that won't be full of collegefags and their degeneracy? Obviously, places like Hilton Head and Cancun are out of the question.
Go away frogposter
>>1091155
There you go, now go back to your Bernie rally while the grown ups figure out how to avoid you and be civilized.
Maybe go to the mountains or the desert vs going to the beach?
Hey /trv/
I'm planning on going to the Florida Keys in a few months and wondering if anyone has some recommendations for a nature/beach bum vacation.
I'll probably be going for 5 days so I won't be there for long enough to go to all the keys but I can probably visit a couple. I can stay in a decent hotel for the entire time but I'd like to camp once or twice also.
I'm trying to do some hiking, take some nature photos and maybe get wasted and bone a chick back at the hotel a couple times.
Is there a specific area with a nice beach, a nice hike, and a decent night life nearby? My friend from Orlando will be meeting me so we'll have a car, too.
>>1091110
The Keys don't have many beaches desu. It's loaded with mangroves though. Key Largo is a nice area to visit, and is a great place to go diving/snorkeling. The coral reefs off the coast are a must see, and there are many charters that can take you out there.
The Everglades are more fun than people would think.
Key West is your typical tourist hotspot, but there you many find some beaches, bitches, as well as good food. There is a strong Cuban influence in the focal food scene. Great Mojitos btw. Also, some of the best seafood I have ever had was while I was at at the Keys.
Dry Tortugas National Park, while hard to get to, is worth seeing. Fort Jefferson, a giant abandoned US military fortress is located at the park. Pic related.
>>1091170
Thanks that all sounds great.
Do you recommend renting a car or can I wander about either w public transport or on foot?
Key west seems like a good place to do some drinking and beach lounging though I'm usually not one for touristy places. I def want to get into some snorkeling too, it's too bad the two keys you mentioned are on completely opposite sides of the islands.
I can get free hotel stay at a Marriott or Hilton, need to check to see where I can make home base first, I suppose.
>>1091175
Were you planning on flying into Key West or Miami? I'm sure of Key West having big name hotels like Marriott and Hilton. There are many inexpensive options as far as lodging goes.
You can get around on Key West via foot, but if you plan on doing more I would suggest a car. I recall there being beaches just south of Islamadora.
There are reefs all over the Keys, so I'm sure you can find a charter close to where you are staying. Key Largo is just one of the more popular areas to snorkel.
I plan to leave my home country and teach english overseas. Places I am considering: Thailand,Taiwan,Malaysia,HK,Japan and S. Korea. Any other places I should consider or not consider?
>>1091065
No market whatsoever in Malaysia or HK, where the education systems are largely Anglo phone and there are literally millions of fluent-enough natives.
>>1091078
maybe not for people without a teaching degree. But I have had multiple friends leave Thailand for Malaysia. They actually teach other teachers. They get a good salary, housing, gas, cell phone, and I think food stipend each month too.
Thailand is great fun, but yeah the money sucks, especially when its 35THB/1USD. The high paying international schools are damn competitive since everyone wants to be there.
