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>>1238919
>tour of Chernobyl
Pripyat you mean. That on the pic is also Pripyat

>>1238919
>paying to get radiation

What would you do? "oh look guys people use to live here"

>>1238201
Free bump for your thread OP because flights to Dhaka are cheap and I also have been considering a trip there.

First blog post when googling "backpacking Bangladesh" states how it's pretty expensive

https://backpackerlee.wordpress.com/2014/07/07/is-it-worth-backpacking-in-bangladesh/

>>1238201
From what I hear, the low amount of people who speak any foreign language makes a guide necessary, and the fact that is so poor makes basic luxuries more expensive. But $1 hookers.

Anyone delivered food to a hotel in japan before?

It's raining like a motherfucker right now.

People who have been to Japan: what is the biggest misconception you have realized was wrong by visiting?

Mine would be that regular Japanese people hate anime. Just finished the night at a karaoke bar singing K-ON songs with a 24 year old nurse. Normies hate Otaku, but anime is fairly well-accepted otherwise.

I'm in Takayama at the moment, and struggling to decide between visiting either Shirakawa-go or the Shinhotaka ropeway tomorrow. I'd you had to choose between the two, would anyone be able to recommend?

gas can go all the way to 4 dollars when you get nearer to the center of sf and $1400- $1800 for your bedroom. Learn to cook to save $$$ otherwise you're looking at $12 for a real meal. Bus is $2.50

>>1238184
San Francisco here. Rent is indeed insane --average rent for a two-bedroom is now $4500+. But if you can rent a bedroom in a rent-cotnrolled apartment you should be able to pay a below-market rate. Still not easy to find anything under about $1200, though. More remote neighborhoods are cheaper--Ocean Beach is pretty affordable, for example, which always surprises people who think beachfront living would come at a premium (because they don't know that the beach is 50 degrees and foggy 300 days a year in SF). But it will take you close to an hour to get downtown on the bus or train. Related to that, if you don't know already, San Francisco is not warm. Our summers are foggy and cool, and it's over 75 only about a dozen days a year. The East Bay and points inland get hot, but we don't.

>>1238891
Although housing is about the most expensive in the country, there's actually quite a bit of cheap food. Chinese grocery stores, whether in Chinatown or the Richmond or Sunset neighborhoods, almost always have the cheapest produce; big supermarkets like Safeway are only the best deals for a few things, mostly processed/packaged stuff like cereal. You can easily buy enough groceries to feed yourself for less than $100/week if you shop carefully.

And hole-in-the-wall restaurants that won't break the bank are all around, too, but you have to search a bit. Mostly grungy ethnic places--Vietnamese sandwich shops, noodle joints, unsanitary-looking taquerias where nobody speaks English and the hipsters don't go yet, etc.

>>1238184
Get the job(s) first. Unless you have 100k+ in the bank, apartments will want to see proof of income.

>>1238132
i wouldn't bet on a youtube channel ever funding your adventures. good luck tho op

I would love to watch ur vlogs.

>>1238132
>document my adventure
I don't know if adventure is really the right word. Thousands of Americans actually have to live out of their cars through no choice of their own, struggling to eat properly, stay clean, and look for work.

You sound like a fun guy, but you also sound like a pretty naive and immature guy. Why don't you try it for a week or so during your upcoming summer vacation?

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>>1238124
>Probably too poor for the Galapagos, by the sound of it.

I would suspect this is the case, but look into whether you can get a hostel or cheap hotel in one of the small towns out there, and maybe do a day-trip to some of the park. It is well worth seeing.

Be prepared to be constantly short of breath while in Quito -- I was only there for two days, and just sort of poked around. The cheesy tourist STAND ON THE EQUATOR, VERIFIED BY GPS! place is more fun than the official one, if you like that sort of thing.

I'm traveling there on the 26th of May. Found those cheap tickets and jumped at it.

Check out the Quilotoa Loop. There's a huge crater lake that you can drive/hike to, separated by a few small towns. From what I gather it's a moderately easy 3 day hike, with hostels in between.

Id appreciate any recommendations, I went into these plans blind and am looking for things to do in case my plans of 'do tons of blow and party with other gringos' fall through.

>>1238373

Thanks for the advice.

I heard it costs quite a bit of money just to get to the Galapagos, given that flights tend to sell out quickly and well in advance.

I'll keep it in mind and would love to go, but I'm not getting my hopes too high.

>>1238653

That seems like a great possibility for me, especially considering how close Quilatoa is to Quito! If the loop can be done in three days, I think I'll give it a go. The only reservation I have is whether or not I'll get lonely doing it by myself, lol.

Think I'll spend a couple days in Quito getting used to the altitude, do the Quilatoa thing, Cuenca, Guayaquil/Montanita, and then maybe something on the way back to the capital.

Any other suggestions or ideas?

>>1237554
>$2000
Unless plane tickets are $1500, you're going to have to splurge to spend that much in Georgia. Been there twice, spent maybe $750 a month. Take a tent and go hiking if you want to combine cheapskating and good times.

Country's safe btw. Public transport will get you almost anywhere, but marshrutky/minibuses to/from smaller destinations generally only leave in the morning. Use trains for longer distances. Use night train to Zugdidi for Svaneti - which you should visit. Also consider
>Davit Gareji - search Davit Gareji line on fb
>Vardzia cave city
>Gori/Uplistsikhe (sp?) day trip from Tbilisi
>Vashlovani steppes - hard to explore without vehicle though
>Batumi/Black sea coast
>Sighnagi (sp?)
>Kazbegi - Juta - Truso
>maybe hop into Abkhazia for shit and giggles
>entire main Caucasus ridge is worthwhile
>etc

>>1237591

Thanks so much for the response, definitely doing this. My plan right now is to do a lot of backpacking and hiking, I have set to set anything in stone but I want to stay for 2 weeks at the very least. Do you know where I can get more information on hiking and camping in Georgia? Thanks again!

>>1237554
>I can bring friends

you don't get to bring friends

OP that looks amazing where is it exactly? bumping for interest

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>>1234025
It's a mountain range in the border region of Albania, Montenegro and Kosovo. I've circled it in pic related

>>1234106
Make sure you stay on the Montenegrin side

>>1239773

wear a backpack and be homeless, got it

>>1239773
>you're either a package tour sheep
>or realtraveller (hobo)

>>1239773
OP post pics of your hobo set up or stop LARPing

>>1230978

Not quite as bad, but I've gotten on the wrong train once by accident in England. Was supposed to go from London to Glascow, ended up taking the train to Cardiff. Wasn't too bad, just arrived 6 hours later than planned in Glascow.

>>1230978
I think you have a better chances to find him on reddit then here. /trv/ is way to autistic for that story.
This is the home of the people that fill a 300 pages excel spread sheet for a 2 day trip to London, learn conversational Urdu for a 4h layover in Pakistan or read over 3k reviews to find a potential brothel where they plan to get friendzoned by another a prostitute. :^)

>>1231005
I'm so sorry this happened to you

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>>1240346
>young punk nobody
>wants to convince people used to young punk nobodies trying to swindle them out of their money that he's not a young punk nobody
>mfw
unless you have an amazing business plan or are among the most charismatic individuals on earth it ain't gonna happen

>>1240347
weve been emailing back and forth for about a month, and they want me to fly there and meet with their VP and 2 board of directors, they seem interested.

>>1240348
are they paying for your flight?

About 10%.

I generally spend a month in the spring and a month in the fall either traveling for fun or traveling to my next job, or a bit of both.

>>1240284
31.38 % in june, rest of the year precisely 7.034 %

>>1240274
Sure you could try it, just be prepared to be denied entry and have your entire trip ruined and any subsequent entries put under greater scrutiny

But hey if you think that's worth it then go for it

>>1240290
I would rather not and will try first to replace it. I'm asking in case it's unable to pan out. What would you say the chances of it working?

I should note, after traveling from the UK, I did go to Germany there after and worked just fine. But it may have been considering the guys knew where I just came from.

>>1240293
Technically it is a legal document and should allow you entry and exit provided it is valid for the entirity of your stay (and i presume it will be valid for as long as you are permitted entry not when your return ticket is booked for)

However what do you think it looks like coming to an expensive country to live in on temporary documents, do you have a hotel booking, a return ticket, plenty of money etc or do you look like a bum travelling on a temp document because you're no longer eligible to get a new passport (they issued one just so you could get home etc)

They may not care or they may view you with suspicion, it's up to you if you think it's worth the risk

IDK about whats happening during the celebrations or the events but google the Mannerheim museum.
Never been myself but heading in June/July. There might be something on it happening there cause the guy was a major commander at the time

Was here only for one day and Suomi took my heart.
Visit Suomenlinna, it's great and ferry tickes are cheap.

Not a good idea, seriously. Unlike in most countries, Independence Day is not a joyous party. It's somber and reverent. People visit graves and stay home with their families.

If you want a party in Finland, go on May 1.

>>1240152
You should try to book a hotel now because it's generally cheaper to do so online than at the desk. And why did you not do any planning?

>>1240156
But I don't know yet how long we will stay in Yellowstone and other places.
Nothing planned yet because I find it difficult to do.

Well, your still going to need a car to get around, so I'd look into that right away. I drove through that area 2 years ago, so I can share my experiences with you

I started in Rapid city SD, and visited a few of the attractions there. I went to both Jewell cave and wind cave, but wind cave was a bit shit so i'd skip it. Visit mt Rushmore if your interested. I quite liked it because of how impressive the engineering feat was, but you don't need to spend much time there. Theres a giant horse carving as well, but I didn't see it because of how bad the fog was that day. I'd also definitely visit Badlands national park. Its in my top 3 US national parks that i've visited.

From rapid city, its about 8-9 hr drive to yellowstone. Devils tower is an interesting detour. I went through Sheridan and the bighorn national forest which was quite nice.

Yellowstone has limited accomodation on site, which appears to mostly be booked out for your dates, so your either going to have to camp or stay outside the park and drive in. I was there in the early october, and it still was incredibly busy with thousands of asian tourists flocking there on buses. I fucking hated the amount of people there, but luckliy they don't go too far away from their bus. The Tetons are also nice, and you can catch a lift to the top of them