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In Australia on a working visa atm. Getting a job is a lot harder than advertised. Lots of places want to rip you off. Horse farmers in particular, no clue why.

Just think, for every backpacker you hear talking about making big bucks in Oz, Im guessing atleast a handfull had to go back home broke and empty handed.

Every country is different. I'm one of the ones that made a killing in Oz. There's very few who make a killing doing farm work... And it's not the backpackers who get those jobs. So if you do your 88 days to get the 2nd year visa then get out of that shit. The farm work soured my experience in Oz. You know it's bad when the Abbos don't even wanna do it. Lolol.

To answer your question, OP: you're supposed to have X amount of money in the bank to prove that you can survive while you find a job. I went with - 3000 in the bank and left with like 18k after 5 months. Luckily, I didn't get checked by the officer on the way in or I would've been fucked.

>>1209014
Where were you and what were you doing that enabled you to make that much money in 5 months?

>>1208846
>How do you make sure that you've checked out as much as you can and not missed any gems when you travel to a place?
I don't even try to do this. If I'm traveling for business I'm lucky if I manage to get a little feel for the place. If I'm traveling for pleasure I enjoy kicking back.
>How do you personally research a place you're going to visit, /trv/?
I don't because I'm married to a girl who is a really great researcher. If she's traveling with me I tell her what I'm interested in doing/seeing/eating and she does the research. Thankfully she doesn't mind missing stuff either. She's more into just finding a good place to hang and hanging there.

>>1208846
You just have to accept it that you CANNOT (and will not) experience / see everything in each place, unless you stay there for "way too long".

Just accept it and enjoy moments. See some "top 10 trip advisor" things and just stroll around the place, talk with some locals or if you don't speak the language, just hang out with local areas. Much more fun than going to Old Religious place #4523, Famous Building where X happaned or the Waterfall.

>>1208865
>Much more fun than going to Old Religious place #4523, Famous Building where X happaned or the Waterfall.
This. There are the sights all the tourists are going to see, but if the place is anything more than a tourist trap there will be much more interesting things going on. Just look for where the locals go to have a good time.

>>1208275
> What should I do besides the obvious stuff?
Set fire to that hotel.

>>1208289
to me it always looked like something someone came up with on acid

>what should I do other than waiting in line for hours and hours with all the other tourists?
How about literally anything else.

Last time I was there the line in front Anne Frank house went two blocks and around the corner. At it was raining heavily at the time. Van Goth museum was not as bad but still bad.
Amsterdam has the worst tourists in the history of tourism.

Save more money or stay for less time.

>>1208045
Im a 19yo college student and I really want to stay for the 8 months, I could stay 3 months instead but I wanna experience this

>>1208047
You cannot keep yourself fed and sheltered for 125 dollars a month unless you find someone willing to subsidize you for most of your trip, as in, couchsurfing almost every day for 8 months, with your host throwing some food your way. That isn't even considering transportation between those countries will eat up most of the 1000 just by itself, unless you hitchhike the entire way.

Seriously think about it, 1000 dollars for 8 months is living on a little over 4 dollars a day. Even in Thailand or Cambodia it isn't possible.

I guarantee you have shit you don't really need that you can sell to get more cash, or that you can go to your mom or dad or aunt or uncle or brother and scrape together at least a few more hundred dollars. If you really want to make it the whole 8 months, sell everything you don't truly need, borrow money from friends and family, or best of all, get a job and work and save it up. When do you plan to leave, how much time do you have to earn money?

Don't forget you can sell blood plasma in America and make 50 bucks a week at it, do it for 3 months straight and you'd have increased you budget by 60%, which makes this go from completely impossible to just regular impossible.

Nigga, you are there, why Dont you look around?

>>1207851
This place is big, and the majority of the stores sell garbage. I was thinking that someone might know a less known place

Kuala Lumpur ? you can get everything from west in Kuala Lumpur. Actually it is a bad time for ya to come to Malaysia right now cause there are many interesting places in Malaysia are closed due to flash flood. Here states in Malaysia where you can buy cool stuff that doesn't have in the west countries , Melaka , Terengganu, Kelantan, Sabah, Sarawak, Pahang. Just google it and you will find many interesting place to visit. But I prefer you to go to Melaka because it is a history state. Have fun

>>1207338

But there's buddhist temples where you can stay and live in exchange for work. There must be a martial arts version around...

>>1207340
I'm sorry but you'll have to abandon your wuxia dreams.

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This is the cringiest thread since the Somali backpacker pic related is OP

finland

Austria

>Vienna among the top cities for high quality of living
>great social security
>free healthcare

>>1203494
India

We have good spicy foods

to where?
the land of the fat or somewhere else?

>>1210059
oops, forgot this board doesnt have flags. yes, america

>>1210060
While it is good for 3 years I thought (just as thought as I am a burger) that you still only had a small number of days you could stay in the country in those 3 years.

>>1209634
>abandoned
>Soviet
I reached a preference pretty quickly

Definately the second one

Both sounds nice.
I'd also go with the second one, but it obviously depends on price too.
Neither one sounds cheap but if there's a considerable price difference, I may choose for the cheaper regardless because both sound really nice.

So, how much for each?

>>1209348
Absolutely disgusting.

t. Denmark

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No cyka, no shit blocks for me!

>>1209348
Tobias is a faggot

just got back from Costa Rica a few months ago.

Going alone should be safe.

Costa Rican beaches aren't anything special. I went there hoping to see some gorgeous beaches but was let down.

I did however enjoy the mountains, rain forests, waterfalls, hot springs, volcano, wildlife, and their fresh fruits. I'm more of a beach guy myself but I would still love to go back to enjoy more of what the country had to offer.

>>1209213
did you stay at a hostel or a hotel? I am open to both options

I have not been myself but good friends have been and said it was safe and a great time. You can find all sorts of people's blogs and stories about adventures there with a quick gizoogle search

go to Pittsburgh instead

>>1209132

Pittsburgh is nice

>>1209125
>nightlife
>boston

everything closes at 2am.
boston is comfy though. I'd suggest dinner, a couple bars between harvard sq, and davis. tasty burger and be in bed by 3am.

>>1209089
It's a small country so if you have one week you should also go outside of Tel Aviv. It's only one hour by bus to Jerusalem for example.

>>1209091
Of course! We wish to visit as many places as possible. Tel-Aviv is just a starting point ;)

>>1209092
Go check out the West Bank just because you can. It's easy to go there and back from Jerusalem. At least visit Ramallah and Bethlehem.

The Palestinian beer brand Taybeh is one of the best I've ever had. Especially the dark one. By all means try it. It's not easy to find inside Israel though but it's easy in WB.

48°51'42.0"N 2°20'54.0"E

>>1209081
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bmJuwqvV6M
Friendly reminded why it's a bad idea

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>>1209110
>believing this is real.

go to a car dealer > sell your car > profit

Not really an option because i would have to pay a huge import tax thats actually higher than what i wpuld get payed for the car.

>>1208972
Sell it in the country it is in, dummy