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>>1262736
don't forget to get vaccinated in time

Visit:
All bridges
Fishermans monument
Margaret Island
zoo
Baths (make sure to go to the medical one on the old side of the city, much less touristy and is actually much better than the others)
Bars/Restaurents there is too many to choose and recommend, just go for it

do the ruin pubs, they're very wild and unique

next door to one of the largest ruin pubs is a little street food market that's good and cheap

that's more than enough time, you'll probably spend 2 days total driving for sure, but it's not like that's all in one day. Id recommend at least 2 full days in one place so 3 nights as driving will get tiring

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>>1262537
16 days is a ton of time. Long stretches of the coast are boring. Big Sur is closed? I didn't know that, that really sucks.

You'll probably want to spend more time in Crater Lake, since it's kind of out of the way getting there. There'll be lots of tourists in the summer, but it's still worth driving or biking around the lake. Don't bother paying for the boat ride to Wizard Island. If you've got gear, you can actually scuba dive in the lake!

Check out the Painted Hills -- extremely beautiful and worth seeing up close; I believe Mitchell is the closest town. Stop in the town of Fossil and spend an afternoon cracking open rocks behind the high school.

Olympia is a nice city to kick back in. Get some pizza at Old School.

Cannon Beach is okay, but if you've seen one little PNW coastal town, you've seen them all.

>>1262576
Also, Portland -- look up the Angel's Rest hike. It's over by Multnomah Falls. It's a short trek with a significant elevation gain, you end up getting a really lovely view of the Gorge. Only takes an hour or so.

And if you like art, there's the Maryhill Museum just a big further down the Colombia. They have a large collection of Rodin ("The Thinker" sculptor) works, along with some nice paintings.

There's a ton of other wonderful hikes in the Gorge.

>1200
Pro: when you consider this is quite an expensive city where hotels could start at $300/day during times of the year, then you can factor in the cost of your trip balances the higher airfare deal you're getting (where are you flying from?).

>four days enough
Of course its not enough, but it doesn't negate the very real value of being with locals for 4 days and "feeling" french and history as a local would, from etiquette, hospitality, and such. The only drawback would be being tied to laying around visiting with people if they aren't very actively giving you tour experiences. If your financial clock is ticking, you might feel cheated on seeing more of a city, though I wouldn't at all. Come with an agenda of top 5 things you want to do, and realize you might do 3 of them, but you'll do a bunch of things you didn't realize will make things very memorable anyway.

Who cares about making up time at work? It's Paris. Stop being lazy. Get as much stuff done before and after and live in the moment while there. I travel 4-5 day weekends all the time, and yes, it costs me more money overall, but if I was going to see allllll of France in some month of travel? I'd only do Paris 3-4 days, as would most people. You'll go back one day.

>>1262448
If you work that much and 1200 is such a big amount of money, quit your job and stay in Paris for a couple of weeks.

>>1262451
Thanks for the perspective. I would be traveling from California (Lax).

>waterproof boots
kek
I assume you didn't encounter much wet weather/terrain before, otherwise you'd know that waterproof shoes are a total meme

I'd say ditch those and your running shoes and get some trail runners (unless your running shoes are fit for hiking already). Dress pair is up to you. Sandals a must, but can be made much lighter depending on the sandals themselves.

It still sounds like too much for me but that's because I never wear dress shoes, but that's because I never go to places that require them. If you do, then you gotta bring them

At any rate, shoes (and socks) are your single contact with the rest of the world. I'm sure you can cut weight/space from other stuff you're bringing.

Trail shoes, sandals/crocs, and a dress pair if you insist, but black trail shoes can do double duty. Waterproof boots don't stay that way for very long, and are really only necessary in the snow imo.

>>1262194
OP, I always travel with 3 pairs. It's part of being a traveler that does a variety of things. I always do have the crocs for sanitary reasons, they instantly wipe dry, and can be used in the airport, plane, hotel room, shower, pool, a spa, and to just cush the sore feet in the evening after a long day of walking. Get a pair that doubles as normal shoes unless looking too hard at them and you can wear them out without schlumming it too much.

You climate determines the daily walking shoe, but maybe for such a long trip, you may want a bit of a boot or sneaker that you can add a second set of insole to, something durable. I would never wear a non-sandal if it meant sweating. Sandals are necessary. In Mexico City, your shoes get dirty as hell, something sprayed or protected, wipeable, but realize you can shop for any shoes you want there, as well, can even replace them.

Dressy shoe should also have some comfort brand element built in, like maybe some Clarks, Naturalizer, etc.

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>>1262102
there are no prostitutes on tijuana, only trannies.

>>1262102
hope you like STDs, because that's all you'll get.

jesus, who goes to Tijuana for sex?

>>1262114
I'm pretty poor and I live close to the border? Where else do I go?

>>1261876
couchsurf/airbnb, walk as much as possible for transportation, break down funds to weekly expenditures and count your cash as best as you can

>>1261880
okay ill look into that.
is couch surfing easy to obtain? should i be verified to expect to get anything?

what happens if i run out?

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This is the England flag

Greece desu

>>1261950
Probably this or pretty close

>>1261953
Malta is pretty oko

>>1261732
>Now i see that i need a passport to get on the greyhound bus,which i dont have.

No you need a passport because you are leaving the US. Doesn't matter what method you are using.

>>1261736
it says i do not need one to enter canada, but to come back i do or i will face an investigation before being allowed to return. greyhound states that they require the passport before boarding so as not to hold-up the trip at customs.

>>1261738
You don't need a full passport book, you can use the cheaper and easier to get card which lets you into mexico and canada. You still need a passport to leave the US

>>1261558
>My question is: Is Tijuana safe? Any safety tips?
Kek
Of course gringo, I mean you have TWO kidneys.....we only need to sell one!

Seriously though let me ask you this: is LA safe?

Tijuana is safe. But it's boring and dirty. It exists as an accross-the-border point for gringos looking for what's illegal on the other side but legal here.
You should go if you are interested in either
>whores
>prescription meds
Youngsters (18-21) also go to party, because they can buy alcohol legally there.
That's about it.
Above all, don't make your impression of Mexico by Tijuana. The country has a lot to offer.

>>1261566
Is it possible to get international study drugs there?

Are the coordinates on wikipedia incorrect?

its pretty easy, ive been there

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>>1261214
regardless of your reasoning the idea is that you don't go there so fek off

Vancouver. Hit up whistler okanagan get high in downtown an munch on sushi.
Wander through stanly park n hit up north cove for kayakin

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>>1261025
>Hit up whistler

>>1261019
Buy one of these Milepost books used on ebay or pay for it new...can even get it in Wal-Mart sometimes.

It covers British Colombia and then all the way through into Alaska, but it will greatly enhance an open ended kind of road trip.
https://www.themilepost.com/highway-info/mileage-maps/british-columbia-and-alberta
It literally is like a local reading to you at each milemarker of the roads, from the history of that burnt out building with the curious sign to whatever hotel or food choices are ahead.
https://www.themilepost.com/travel-directory

Their website wasn't so searchable 3 years ago when I did my Alaska roadtrip, but since cellular service is so spotty in the mountains for google maps, it was nice to reach down between the seats and get to the section that pertained to where you were driving, and read out to the driver what the next big idea turnoff was all about as well as look at maps. Garmin GPS was far more useful and timed better than cellphone navigation.

Don't forget to whale watch! It's consider the best right there in Vancouver. This is high season, you might need to actually book every hotel in advance :(

Post an example of your reports and which /pol/ memes you used to piece them together from your basement.

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>>1260982
the Chicago Tribune keeps an updated map & feed of murders, shootings, and general violent crimes. So Google around. I can tell you that during the summers violent crimes and shootings happen multiple times a day (with most happening at nighttime and the evenings). So if you want to look for trouble, you'll certainly find it.

Pic related is from the Chicago Tribune page. Note that this is for shootings, not homicide.

Most of these crimes are gang related, it's less common for regular people to get involved. What race are you OP? I ask because I've heard conflicting stories about how different races are treated by the locals. Anecdotal evidence, but I hear that if you're a white boi walking around the wrong neighborhood, people will go out of their way to ask if you're lost/warn you of how dangerous the neighborhood is. The thought being that a dead white person will attract a lot of unwanted attention from the cops & media as opposed to a dead brown person.

Good luck with your safari.

I've lived in Chicago my entire life and both my parents are CPD officers.

If you're white you wont be fucked with. They are too afraid that you'll turn out to be a cop, if you look even slightly clean-cut you will be greeted as officer everywhere you go. Police involved shootings have been on the rise the past few months, which seems to have awoken the CPD from its post-McDonald shooting malaise. Until a few months ago the hoods were utterly lawless, now its kind of returning to the old "normal".

Daytime will likely be fine almost anywhere you go, though I wouldn't recommend being on foot anywhere other than major roads (generally speaking every 400 addresses is a major road) even in day. Night I wouldn't venture off the major roads even in a car, the risk of being unlucky and catching an errant bullet is too great.

If you make it clear you are not a police officer your chances of being targeted increase exponentially. Not including last years massive spike the city usually hangs around 500 "homicides". I put that in quotes because detectives are encouraged to rule as many murders as possible as justifiable homicides (fatalities from a gang battle listed as self defense killings) or accidental deaths (straight up fraud/suppression of evidence) to help the numbers. Even before last year's huge increase most people in the know seem to agree that the actual number of murders is roughly 1000 a year. Point I'm trying to make is there is no real hope of getting a true investigation into your death and the consequences for killing you are likely non-existent because of how overworked detectives are. Being white helps, but it in no way insulates you from stray bullets or being targeted randomly. Chances are you'll be fine, but really there's not much to see in Austin, Roseland, WGP etc. so I dont understand why you'd take the risk.

My mom says that Belize is dangerous, is this so?

Salvadoran here, You can move easily through public transportation but depending on the country it might me a little dangerous, If you have lets say 2,000 bucks extra, I would buy a car and explore the best parts of each country, guatemala has great night life, a personal favorite is Quetzaltenango and the surroundings, I know nothing about belize since we need a visa to enter the country, Honduras is dangeours if youre stupid enough and go there without an itinerary and good research.

Nicaragua is super chilled, they impale gang members if they try to settle in the country, mostly everything is dirt cheap.

El Salvador is only great if you like the heat and the beach, although things are getting more expensive lately.

Costa Rica is has a nice forest and beautiful beaches but tourism, burger specially, has gotten everything tourism related, fuckken expensive.

Havent been to Panama.

Get a car, visit the most mainstream of each country, and head to South America in a car.

>>1260752
>I want to go to Tijuana
Why?

>really dangerous
>polluted
>dirty
>full of drugs and prostitution
>hot as fuck
>ugly buildings
>no culture
>bad food

>>1260749
Skyscanner is like the British Kayak ripoff eh?

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I've become a believer in Google flights, just wish it had the flexibility of ita matrix

>>1260749
I've booked with one before, they changed my flight less than a week out leaving me with massive layovers. I asked them cancel and refund the flights, which they eventually did after a few emails, the refund took about a month to come through. I then booked an alternative route using another third party service which i had no problems with.

>>1260648
For Bonn you can reserve 2 days.
It is summer now, so spend time at the quayside: https://youtu.be/sXH-GGGiec4

There is also a large park, where you can check out girls on a sunny day https://youtu.be/NGl9Q516n6s

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>>1260648
Have you thought about hiking a bit of the Rheinsteig?

>>1260648
>What is there to do there?
Not much desu