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>>1216599

have you tried.... google...?

seriously, google.flights is great, as is skyscanner.

compare that to prices on greyhound website, and amtrak, and ta-da.

>>1216599
T R A I N H O P P I N G

>>1216599
Honestly if you already have a fuel efficient car don't care too much about time and camping out in national forests and other free areas. Id road trip it.

I spent a month on the road once and went to one coast and back. You can see some amazing stuff in-between too.

other wise....probably bus or a cheap sky-scanner flight.

>>1216498
Which part? starting from? More context might yield yield a response.

>>1216498
Personally haven't done it OP but I would suggest comfortable shoes. More than happy to give more advice if you want it

>>1216498
Which part of most of Europe?

>>1216442
If you want to go slow with lots of stops then Death Valley is definitely too far. The 7 or 8 day limit may keep you in Texas and New Mexico. Still lots of things to see though.

Here's a list of very non-Houston things, most of which are outdoorsy, some of which are from your original list:
>Garner State Park
>Big Bend
>Davis Mountains State Park
>Guadalupe Mountains (Check out McKittrick Canyon)
>White Sands and Trinity
>Bosque del Apache
>Roswell
>Carlsbad Caverns
>Balmorhea Springs
>Enchanted Rock

As for ghost towns and other cool things, I have to do a lot of driving on Texas backroads for work and have a copy of the big Roads of Texas atlas. There's sections in it that list ghost towns, points of interest, festivals, and museums. Could come in handy for you.

>>1216442
I've done something similar to this. I spent a month on the road from Biloxi MS to Crater lake Oregon and back.
I can give some advice as I was out for Outdoors/camping stuff too.

7-8 days its a bit short for what you want to really enjoy it though.

I can tell you that the trinity site is off limits unless you have a friend with a top secret clearance to take you directly (like I did), or are lucky enough to get a ticket for the one weekend a year that they do tours. You can see white sands though.

>Guadalupe Mountains
Pretty but not the best stuff you can see along the way.
>White Sands and the Trinity site
See above.
>Albuquerque
eh...wasnt really my thing
>Taos
never been
>Grand Canyon
Heres a hack for you. DONT stay at the campsites in the park (always packed). Camp dispersed in the national forest just south of the park. Literally 5min drive to park territory. And if you know the land routes you can sneak in without paying the 20 buck park fee hehe.
>Meteor Crater
literally an hour stop. Cool to see though
>Sedona
-never been.
>some sort of ghost town
- lots everywhere out there, just google. A few in death valley area.
>Monument Valley
A must, try to camp out there. Excellent sunsets and sunrises.
>Death Valley
There are ghost towns in death valley. But I hope you have a 4x4 and lots of gas + water. If you do, hit up those and then go for a dip in Saline valley hot springs. Beware some nudists sometimes but a cool spot.

Here's and Idea though. If you do make it all the way to death valley. Do yourself a solid and try to squeeze in one or two more days and drive to Sequoia/kings canyon National Park and then Yosemite. You really arent that far away at that point and they are a must see if you are a fan of nature..

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>>1216537
I'm actually planning to save Big Bend for a future trip, I want to go all-out and camp there for several days. I also actually camped at Garner a few months ago, and I've been to Enchanted Rock many times. McKittrick Canyon and Balmorhea both look really nice, I'll consider those. I'll look for a good atlas too.

>>1216622
I didn't realize the Trinity site is so off-limits, that's too bad. I think that I may stick to a shorter route, reaching Death Valley or even just into Arizona is too much driving. It may be better to just fly there in the future instead.

I think something like the top route is looking better, just Texas and New Mexico should be plenty especially considering I have to drive a full day to get the entire damn way across Texas. It leaves a lot more time to take detours.

>>1216438

If you're min-wage you're going to get cucked into living in a shithole no matter what, but your dollar will go further in cheap southern or southwestern cities. ABQ, Memphis, Nashville, Atlanta, etc.

>>1216448
>Memphis, Nashville, Atlanta
Those are all basically huge suburbs tho

Why not portland?

>>1216187
Just have one as a way to keep in touch with people you meet on your journeys. You don't have to update it, nobody cares if you don't post every day or change your profile at all. You can literally just ignore it after making it.

>>1216187
I've just used whatsapp. Been fine without FB. After all, you only need to latch on to someone with FB and you're in the clear anyho'.

>>1216187
I personally think it makes a huge difference. I'm in Melbourne now and literally every single person I became friends with here I met on facebook or through people I met on facebook.

There are meetup groups and traveler groups on facebook that make it really easy to find other travelers in the area. Pretty much every event has a page created for it so you can click that you're going to a particular event and ask if anyone wants to join you or if you can join them. It's actually a great tool when it comes to finding things to do and people to do those things with.

As for how much you have to use it, you really don't have to do much. When I travel I update it quite often with new photos but when I'm at home sometimes I don't post at all for a month or two.

>>1215886
> it's a get cussed out by retired Vietnamese mobsters in a Cambodian casino at 4am episode

>it's a thai ladyboy is much hotter than thai women so you decide to fuck the ladyboy episode

>it's a long layover in a chinese airport with terrible wifi episode

There's a lot of really cool little towns and random shit like hot springs between SF and LA.
Hiking in some redwoods in north cal is awesome
Maybe bring a tent as theres campsites everywhere for like $5-10

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>>1215791
if you're going to seattle, detour using the 101 to get to portland by going around the olympic peninsula, big mountains and rainforest, it's a lot more interesting than just taking the i5

are you planning on going to one of the mountains of the cascades? mount saint helens is 90 minutes from portland, crater lake is also good

I wouldn't bother spending a night in LA, the city is too spread out for an outsider to try and get, san diego is a lot more compact and tourist friendly

you haven't mentioned doing anything that would need 4wd

best outlet shopping on that route would be in portland, no state sales tax

try to time the national parks so they aren't on weekends

>>1215791
OP here.
holy shit. been googling some natural attractions in CA such as falls, beaches and caves. maybe to see more and with more time, we should cut out any other states. any thoughts on that?

>>1214985
Just do instant-books for awhile and be on your best behavior so you can get more good reviews to bury the bad one

>>1214985
If it's not a shared rental and you're alone you still have time to buy a plunger and call the host explaining your situation and how you'll happily pay for damages. They make like the gesture and give you stars for honesty. Doing nothing and gtfoing is the worst thing you can do.

>>1214985
>>1214994
Why not just make a new account?

>>1214926

Why would you want to visit athens ?

>>1214926
Do it

>>1216097
because it has a great history, a lot to see, you might have heard about it. also the greece food is the best in the world to me. but whatever, it was just an example, we could change it to something else, maybe amsterdam? the point is that i think its not so easy for people from outside of europe to find the best deals, like i wouldnt know where to find the best deals in usa. i am just not sure if there is much interest in low budget europe trips, which is why i ask here

>>1214731
literally Melbourne

Sydney, Brisbane/Gold Coast, Adelaide, Carlsbad CA, Santa Monica CA, Key West FL, St Petersburg FL.

clean air, varied terrain for bicycle trips (some hills would be nice). and sea/lake nearby. city friendly for bikes.

obligatory go to japan instead comment

Pyongyang is the best city to visit in Korea.
You won't regret!
Not so cheap but people there are well behaved and it's extremely safe.
Girls are true beauties too.
And you're guaranteed to have a local guide with true knowledge helping you out, which is always a plus!

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>>1217611
Pic related.

>>1217504
What cities did you live in

>>1217520
Melbourne, Perth, Sydney.

>>1217524
All full of cunts.

Go to Adelaide, NT, Cairns if you want something a little more Australian without being completely cut off in the outback. Melbourne and Sydney for sure are basically interchangeable with any similarly sized city. Perth is headed that way too.

If you move to the outback be aware you will have to do shit like drive 3 towns to see a movie, drive 6 to visit a certain kind of shop. You'll spend a whole day going to do the shopping. It's fucking BIG out there. Most of it has garbage internet and shit infrastructure.

>>1216883
By bus it'll take you probably like a week or so.
And it won't be a pleasant ride.
And it won't be a cheap ride either.
Catch a plane, it's cheaper, faster and way more comfortable.

>>1216883
Would suggest you take a piano.

>>1216883
Ok fuck it, if you are crazy enough to try it.
Ormeño (major bus company in Peru) offers a bus from Lima to Sao Paulo. It is THE LONGEST BUS IN THE WORLD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1agWg41Oq2c

As far as I know, it is not a sleeper bus (cama suite) so expect for an extremely unpleasant 4 days.

If you actually are crazy enogh to try this.
At least stop by Cusco to shave off a day and to see Manchu Pichu. (it is Pikia good)

No one?

>>1216039
Six days is tight.
Ideally you do one day and night in Dublin, pick up your rental car and hit up some villages, one or two a day, enjoying a pub night and some ruins or a museum, while you do the B&B which should be quite easy to wing it (except Fri/Sat nights in say Kilkenny where there could more no vacanies without some planning). Then, you fly out of Shannon. I would say you need 7 days to do 50% of the country, whether you go north or south on this trip is preference. I prefer the Southern half myself. Southern half has Midleton distillery tour (Jameson), and Dublin of course has Guinness.

>>1216126
Thank you! The flights are booked already, I arrive on the 3rd in the evening and leave on 9th noon.

I thought about doing a two or three day trip to surrounding areas and stay in the city for the rest of the week.

Can you recommend some nice places not too far away from Dublin? Maybe max. 5 hour ride by car or train.

>>1215078
how cheap is cheap for the yakiniku buffet

>>1215087
Anyone with experience on living cheaply in Tokyo? On what kind of wage can you get by? I suppose part time won't do, right?

What is there to do in tokyo during the day ? Not interested in meme weeb activities.