Super travelers of /trv/ (those who spend around half or more of the year travelling), what has it done to change your perspective? Do you feel like you belong more to the world than a given country, do you think higher/lesser of people you meet, has it helped you find meaning, etc?I've considered taking a travel sabbatical for a few months and wanted to know what I'm in for mentally.
>>2644712The few digital nomads I've met who do the stereotypical SE + NE Asia route have been insufferable.
>>2644948The worst one I met was in Poland. He was staying in a dorm and used the "Im from nowhere" line then when I asked where he grew up he said "the US." The worst thing about it was he was using this weird fake accent to play up that he'd been digital nomading for seven years or so and that's how worldly he was.
>>2644934>Losing your virginity in the car you are living in, for example>Losing your virginity when you're 30 and trying to do your best Into The Wild worship lifestyleChecks out
yeah here's what happened: the list of places you can't go is vanishingly small and only getting smaller. gone are the days where going to albania, bolivia, greenland, pakistan, mozambique etc. was such a monumental task and achievement. even places like antarctica, uzbekistan, bhutan, saudi arabia are opening up. you just ain't fooling anyone anymore, least of all yourself. just getting on a jet and going somewhere to go on holiday or be a digital nomad is pretty fucking easy, particularly if you have a passport from EU, USA, canada, australia, NZ etc and speak englishso now its about WHAT you do. bush pilot in namibia? field researcher in antarctica? nurse or doctor volunteering in the amazon? its impressive stuff, and that's what drives your own personal validation AND the validation you'll get from others. its why >>2644981 is so annoying. there's no actual accomplishment in there.
>>2644518Tell me more. I want to go to thailand too long term. Stuck in a shit hole at the moment with money. How did you manage visas for so long?
Greetings Fellow /trv/lers:I am in a haitus from traveling that will last into the Fall, and feeling gloomy. Brighten my day, if you would, with travel porn pics from your travels. I'll post some of mine.
Reddish Knob on the border of Virginia and West Virginia
A temple in Osaka
Korean vendor selling fermented shit
scene from hotel window
What should I know if I have ~3 nights here - dangers, scams and overlooked stuff? I'm brown and speak some French.
>>2647025>I'm brownKek you'll be seen as a local.
>>2647065thisthey'll just assume you're merely a poor nobody, so at least you can be not that concerned about the scams part
>>2647025>What should I know if I have ~3 nights here - dangers, scams and overlooked stuff? I'm brown and speak some French.I have two close friends who’ve spent fairly extensive time in Dakar (one was working there, and one got sent to an intensive French course there before starting a job elsewhere in Africa). Both of them liked the place quite a bit, but each had an amusing story to share.The first guy (the one working there) was really excited to be in a Francophone African country, because he spoke and wanted to be immersed in French. He quickly discovered that outside of a few government and media functions, almost nobody spoke French on a day-to-day basis. He wound up learning Wolof. That said, most people do KNOW French, so it will be still be useful. The other friend just had a slightly unusual nightlife story that I wouldn’t consider a scam, but others might. He went home with a girl he met in a bar, only to find out the next morning that she was expecting to be paid. So he paid up, a little sheepishly, and then went downstairs with her, where her mother cooked and served breakfast. So I suppose the lesson there is that you might want to confirm expectations of any especially friendly local people you might meet. Neither found the city especially threatening. Obviously exercise common sense, don’t flash valuables in dark alleys, etc., but it doesn’t appear to be an especially dangerous place.
>at a bar in Thailand>Americans sitting next to me>they start discussing the "tipping culture" in Thailand>Mutt #1 says he always tips 20 baht minimum, up to 20% for good service>other says 25%Holy fuck Americans. Can you not go anywhere without ruining literally everything?
>>2646920>How the fuck do you get great service and then tip, meaning that the tip wasn't the cause of the good serviceSome people who are digital nomads, like myself, will stay in areas for 2 maybe 3 months at times. Not sure about other anons, but I often will eat at the same bar or place a few times. I for sure knew in Philippines when I'd tip the service and portions coming back was always better for tipping what essentially was 1 USD (if that).
>buying a belt in cambodia>5 dollar price tag>offer 3 dollars>girl at the stalls says 4>i say ok>"and $1 tip??"She made me laugh so I let her have the $5
>>2647088Simp
>2647008How odd, most people would be highly embarrassed they sharted themselves but not this anon
>>2647090It was funny tho - I'd have done it if it were a guy too. Cheeky fuckers
anyone else enjoy planning their packing for a trip almost as much as the trip itself? it really suits my autism to make sure I have every item I need squared away and accounted for.
>>2646957My least favorite part to be honest. https://youtu.be/0oPxxEI_yAo?t=7
>>2646957seek help
how did you like poland?
>>2646816 Was 100% accurate. Why did it get deleted? What manner of Reddit-tier faggots are the jannies on this board?
Is a solo trip doable here? I’m a /k/ommando and wanna see their military museums
>>2646722it's the Japan of Europe in terms of soul, except Poles don't have the habit of periodically destroying their property and building something different in its place
>>2646717I don't get what this picture is trying to convey. Poland was delightful though.
>>2647059Not even close. The Japan of Europe is definitely Finland.
What's a good travel destination for someone who's super fucking stressed from work and doesn't need the added stress of planning different things to do every day of vacation?
>>2644871>Cope, polite particles show that Thais are invested in a polite, pleasant, and smooth social interactionCrap>Meanwhile in America (I deal with people all day) I have gross fat slovenly unkempt sacks of dogshit BARKING at me.CrapMaybe don't work retail jobs and life will be better.
>>2645061>Maybe REAL BIG BOY JOB AHHHCan’t escape it by hunching in the office. You gotta leave your dork pod to commute etc
>>2645148>officeIt's 2024, who works in a fucking office anymore?
>>2645221medical personnel
>>2645226After 2020 we all knew they're just agents of the system anyway.
>six nights in Tokyo >six nights in Kyoto My first time ever visiting Japan. Is this a good itinerary? I don’t want to rush myself during my trip and enjoy both cities at a comfortable pace.
>>2632655I studied abroad in Korea for a semester and, while I had a great time and made a ton of good friends, it was more in spite of the location rather than because of it. It really is just a much smaller and shittier japan filled with too many vapid, insecure people. If you're into nightlife the clubs are pretty shit and if you're more into nature and architecture there's practically nothing worthwhile. Only thing I'd recommend is a temple stay, 내소사 is in some mountains by the sea and is really beautiful. 20 days sounds like way too many, you can get to anywhere in the country in under three hours so you could easily see every single worthwhile thing in under a week.
>>2642821where in hokkaido?
>>2631621Osaka is to Naples as Tokyo is to Rome as Kyoto is to Florence
>>2644323Lolno, there's no equivalent for Naples in Japan.
Never been to Japan before. Looking to do 12 days total. Is it worth traveling to some far out region like Ehime to get a countryside experience? Or can I just do that shit closer to Tokyo without the expensive plane/train ride?
My expectations were low, but holy crap. As a foreigners, I literally can't do anything here. Can't buy a sim card, can't open any useful aps, can't buy train tickets online... can't even pay for a KFC burger at the Hangzhou airport because I couldn't pay with Wechat pay! holy shiet bros. Why is China so hostile to foreigners right now?
>>2646153Example 1 river views you'd never know about. You can even go for a swim like the locals
Anybody in China able to help me get a taxi to the airport? These retards won't let me book because I don't have a Chinese number
>>2645331>99% of chinese colonization efforts were anedoctic, half assed attempts at conquering nearby lands.are you actually retarded enough to believe that china never expanded even further and never was a great coloniser because it just couldn't be bothereddid you grow up inhaling lead paint by any chance
>>2633032Based. Stay out
>>2646989>(Black culture). Stay out
what's the best volcano you've seen?
Vesuvius is quite impressive.
Mt Ngāuruhoe / Mt Tongariro, which was suggested to me by someone on this board when I went to New Zealand.Epic hike.
>>2646880No idea why 4chan rotated my image.
>>26468814chan strips all EXIF data from uploaded photos.This is to prevent self-doxing but this also means orientation metadata is gone as well, leading to "rotated" photos.
>>2646720Probably Mt St. Helens, while looking at a picture of what t looked like before. More than 1000 feet of mountain is just blown away -- gone. There are more beautiful volcanoes, certainly more magnificent. But there is something awe inspiring about that happened here.
I'm planning a trip to China this summer. Is it possible to book one of these caves on Airbnb? I'm from a European country and prefer traveling to impoverished communities so I can appreciate the smaller things in life to a greater extent
>>2642471打肉棒区
>>2642158Nibba if you just go there and ask with Mandarin from Google translate, or go to a travel agency, they'd presumably have one. You could probably just ask a taxi driver and his mate would know some people who'd let you stay for a couple hundred yuans.
>>2642408K, keep me posted
>>2642556I guarantee at least one of them rocks a flintmobile
>>2643772not a bad idea
What place would you recommend a bong move to in the USA?
>>2643980Washington is simply an amazing state, Brits would feel right at home anywhere in the western parts.Virginia has the full spectrum of America - boondocks, gigametro DC, uber-wealthy, dirt poor, safe, violent, homogenous, diverse, extreme heat, severe cold, mountains, swamps.
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>>2643863california
Other than Chicago and New Orleans, just write off the Midwest, Great Lakes, and Deep South entirely. You won’t like them. You have to be American to really appreciate them. That leaves a lot of places and frankly, you’re just going to have to pick at random and see what you like. One person loves Boston, another loves Charleston, one loves Philadelphia, another loves Chicago, one loves Texas, another loves California. It’s basically personal taste.
Dallas/Houston>Cheap and spacious>sunny and green (goodbye seasonal depression) >government isn't run by retarded progressives>healthy job market; growing economies>international/cosmopolitan enough that you won't feel out of place or be bored>people are relatively normalIf you want walkability and public transport, then just stay in the UK because your big cities are designed better; our big "walkable" cities are shitholes that aren't nice to live in (keyword: live; American big cities like NYC and Chicago are still fun for tourism but trust me you don't want to live there).
Is this accurate?
>>2644205its wrong on Algarve and Costa del Sol at the very leasthotels alone are more than that
>>2644205I never understood why people get annoyed by tourist or feel like some countries get 'invaded' by tourist until I went to Ubud in Bali. For such a small town in the middle of the rainforest, there were so many fucking white people (and I'm white). So many people that you couldn't even walk on the sidewalk. Or find a place to eat. Or drive. And because it's cheap, you get the worst tourists (AKA bums and idiots) mixed in. I would never go back.
Cape Town isn't close to being the cheapest city in Africa so how is it #2 in the world?
>>2645585good question dylan
Sunny beach is asst. Bulgar
Has anyone been to Hong Kong post COVID? Is there still soul or has it been completely taken over by the CCP?
>>2645359PMQ is cool but Tai Kwun is better as far as restaurants and bars go. There’s a spectacular cocktail bar in it called Gushiki Lounge. You can take the fast ferry from Hong Kong island to Macau. I’m not a gambler so I didn’t do that there but the north island has most of the cool Portuguese architecture.
>>2646372I'm planning to go to Macau even though I have 0 desire to gamble or go to Casinos (might stand outside and admire the architecture at best) especially since that big fuck off skyscraper is a casino??heard you can do it in less than a day and spending more time is a bit of a waste, I'm a fat cunt so will be hitting up places for breakfast, 2nd breakfast, lunch, snacks, tea before jumping on a ferry back to HK to throw up in LKFappreciate your advice for macau, also NTA you replied to
>>2646442No problem anon, you can do Macau in a day and be back in LKF in time to pregame in front of a 7/11. In Macau it’s worth going to the effort to find Macanese food, it’s a hybrid Portuguese Cantonese cuisine that’s extremely good. If you can find a place run by mixed Macanese people there’s a good chance they’ll actually speak Portuguese as their language too, very few people in Macau actually use it.
>>2626563literally just a bunch of /pol/ buzzwords and opinions mashed up in the most retarded, incoherent fashionyou are basically ai generated
>>2646970Nothing is more cringe than white supremacist leftists that want to larp like it's 1705. The sun set for the British nearly 100 years ago.
Are there any ACTUALLY good places to learn languages online?
Non-English speakers don't like it when you try to speak their language unless you're really fluent conversationally. Use Duolingo for the basics without going overboard. And then use your phone when you're actually there if they're unable to switch over to English.
>>2645843Do you have an actual good profile picture? Are you in decent shape? Are you dressed nice? Hate to break it to no women, regardless of what country they're from, are attracted to fat ugly neckbeards
>>2645843on hellotalk i get about 1 every day or 2 who message me but thats also bc i put my japanese as the native bar so they just chat to me in jap rather than in englishim rather average but am blonde blue eyed
>>2636407>Are there any ACTUALLY good places to learn languages online?Yes.Try https://tatsumoto.neocities.org/
>>2646414https://tatsumoto.neocities.org/blog/why-shouldnt-i-just-keep-using-an-app-insteadDuolingo is one of the worst tools for learning a foreign language to be honest.
