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>>1204723
Lost a lot, was scraping the bottom of the barrel for 3 years in Berlin. The little money I had after rent I usually spent on drugs. Had a budget of a few euros per week for food.

>>1204723
Lost weight. Went to Thailand, walked around alot, ate local food, aye on average once a day, drank a lot of Hong Tong and had about week of liquid shits my second or third week there

>>1204723
Lived in a hostle in NZ for 3 months, all money was spent on beer and lived off free mandarins and the odd BBQ. Lost loads of weight.

where have you visited already? I don't know about must-see places, sorry.

I had a short trip for the first time to Oslo and Bergen earlier this month, so interested in visiting in the summer, it's such a beautiful country. I'll come with you if you think you're lacking in a stranger-travel companion at all

>>1204600
Studying abroad in Bergen right now. Love it. Have you checked out the trains in Trondheim?

>>1204644
Been trough most of Noray underneath Trondheim
Where do you live? (Country is enough for starters :P )

>>1204661
Been to Bergen as well, Trondheim is also already in my tour, got a fried studying there

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I think you'll be ok.

>>1204587
Ever since the refugee crisis, London is basically a no go area. There are literally Sharia gangs roaming the street who will confiscate your alcohol and even beat you up if you don't have a long enough beard. Don't even think of bringing a girl here btw, if you let her out your sight for a second the rape gangs will kidnap her and take her to the great mosque. Oh and we don't call it Big Ben anymore, it's Great Muhammad. Honestly just stay in America, it's safer

>>1204593
Yep. And that's just the start. I thought it was bad in the UK, then I was forcibly circumcised and converted when I took the Dhow to Gothenburg.

>>1204484
San Diegan for 12 years here.

If you want to do something _cool_, go to the zoo.

Otherwise, just find breakfast, go to the beach, chill, smoke some weed, etc.

>>1204485
>23:23:23
Damn I'm good.

>>1204485
This, the Zoo is part of a complex of open areas and museums called Balboa Park, there are loads of museums, you could spend the whole afternoon there. If any time is left over you could head over to the Embarcadero.

>>1204352
Charleston for the beach, new orleans for literally everything else. You decide

>>1204365
I know the food and music in New Orleans will be amazing. Will there be stuff to do besides the stereotypical party stuff though? Like I know Charleston is supposed to have some phenomenal traditional southern architecture and plantation tours and stuff.

>>1204366
You can do that in New Orleans, too. Maybe find a swamp tour and some plantations to visit.
Probably hit up hipster college spots, too. I live in Louisiana and I always appreciated all the small music stores. You'll find a lot to do in just 4 days, longer than that maybe not.

1. Do you actually have a career? It sounds like you have a job. You can quit jobs.

2. Plan your route carefully and take advantage of free services like couch surfing, etc.
Find some efficient portable base nutrition to always have on you. You have more time than money, so use your time.

>>1204251
>1. Do you actually have a career? It sounds like you have a job. You can quit jobs.

It's a decent stable paying job that has federal benefits. I meant career suicide in that if I travel for a year, I'm not going to be able to get the decent career job I have now again.

>>1204248
So far as the money thing goes you can always work for periods of the travel and use the base country as a way to explore the surrounding areas. Travelling for a year straight is a bit shit anyway, you'd be surprised how samey it gets after the third or fourth month. Having that element of stability can be great and actually lets you experience a country properly too and build links there.

Only you can tell yourself whether you can get a job when you get back. I teach Maths which is in pretty high demand so it wasn't an issue for me but you know your situation best.

>>1203981

If something's is grossly not as described just go through Support.

The one time I had to use them they came through for me and I got my money back and then some.

Host is probably butt-raped by them, though.

>>1203985
>If something's is grossly not as described just go through Support.
but you don't know that until you actually rent it and go and stay at the place right?

i've seen a couple offers which look great but the pictures are taken straight out of a decoration catalog

>>1203981
>how common is airbnb fraud? how do you know if you can trust the person making the add?
I guess use your gut. If the pictures seem too good to be true for the price, then use your buyer beware instincts to skip it. If you read the reviews and they aren't by typical travelers with long resumes of ratings, hrm, might be friends who posted.

The fraud that airbnb might have is not being met by the messenger person with the key, where they can act like you never showed up and not take the blame.

When it comes to hotels, I typically look at user photos and stare intently at the bathroom pics, the concave nature of a mattress, the initial bedspread low quality of the linens and think about myself there. Hotel photos are usually bait and switch, but users who typed a review are typically pissed, and even 6 months of wear and tear in a hotel might be too much time to trust recent renovations.

I see airbnb as a good way to get time at an investment condo out of season for a high priced area, but for a room? No. Safety reasons that someone else has the key and you're alone there.

>>1203924
im american btw

best of the ex-yu country for pretty much anything, except women

good news is that unless you're coming from socal you probably won't notice the difference

>>1203925
what would you like to know?

>slovenian fag here

>>1203825
if your asshole survive africa, then middle east, then an arduous tibet trip, well yes

>>1203825
sure, but if you add one quick ferry, you can go from south africa, boat from morocco to spain, and then go from europe to china and south east asia

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>nobody on /trv/ will ever be Realtraveler™ enough to pull this off

>>1203823
Americans can't into hostels. This is why our brightest minds invented Airbnb and valued the novel idea at 1,000,000,000 dollars.

>>1203853

OP here. I've stayed in some great hostels in the USA.

>>1203823
First, LA is an absolute shithole of a city. Hope you didnt spend all that money on a plane ticket for a 5 day vacation??

I'm from a Schengen country so I don't have first hand experience. But from what I know, if you are from one of the visa free countries, you should not have trouble. Make sure you have a return ticket. Also have as much of your plans printed as possible. You might be stamped through with no questions, or they might ask you a few if they are not convinced you will not stay illegally. Just don't look like a bum who will attempt to jump and stay in Europe.

Just don't overstay. That will land you into trouble.

>>1203620

Thank you for the somewhat encouraging words.

>Also have as much of your plans printed as possible.
What kind of plans were you thinking of? Because I don't think I have anything which would constitute as a plan, since I'm just privately visiting a good "friend".
I have also wondered how do they check if you have enough money for your stay? I surely won't bring much cash, so how can they tell how much I have in my account? Would a recent bank statement (few days old) be needed or can I just show them my credit card? Do they really require you to have the mentioned minimum of 580€? What would happen if I told them I'd stay for a month, but didn't have enough to cover the month but more than the minimum?

Sorry if these questions are stupid, but I'm seriously worried about being denied entry and becoming stranded at the airport. Especially since I have never travelled outside of my own country before.

>>1203645
You need to have a clear way of showing you're not going to overstay and will have the means to support yourself while inside Schengen. If you're staying with a friend, have his name and contact details handy. If you can easily get a recent bank statement printed, then it wouldn't hurt to have one. All that being said, it's better to be overprepared. In actuality you most likely won't have any problems, especially if you're entering Schengen via Spain. It's very possible you will be stamped through with no questions. In the worst case, having everything documented as best you can help and being honest about it.

>>1203417
Simple one would be Thailand or Vietnam.
Both have plenty of cheap flights, simple to navigate, you get around with english, cheap as fuck, offer nice stuff to see and do and are pretty safe
>there's a reason both are favs for "babys" first solo trip.

>>1203420
this was exactly my first solo trip and had a blast.

>>1203417
OP, do you want to go SCUBA diving, browse museums, get a rental car o your own and self-drive a vacation, do photography, meet people, dine alone when other people aren't...

For alone travel, I'd most of all encourage cities in US and Europe, honestly. It's the multitude of things to do that wandering alone gives you such freedom of choice.

Go down via the West coast once you get to the South Island. Ferry from Wellington will get you to Picton then drive over to Greymouth/Hokitika then down through Franz Josef and Queenstown. Personally I wouldnt use up your time in any of the cities. Best NZ can offer is out away from civilisation. Dunedin's cool, lived on the South of there for a month. I guess you're there for Uni?

>>1203368
Was just in Auckland a month ago. What are you looking to do?

>>1203368
I suggest going to the WETA cave in Wellington. It's not a real cave, it's a tourist gift shop that shows off all the best models, props and statues from WETA studios. They worked on Lord Of The Rings msot famously.
Go in and ask about the tour. It'll cost, but they take you around back to a warehouse where they keep a ton more props. Swords and armor, fake but extremely lifelike animals, I saw a full sized jeep from Halo when I went in there.

Even if you're not a movie buff, I still highly suggest it, if only to appreciate the stunning detail in professional movie props up close.

As for Auckland, going up the Skytower is the most I can suggest about the area.

>>1203162

>volunteered abroad
Don't do this.

You get paid shit, and you get sent to the worst places on Earth. It will open your eyes to how stupid third world people are though.

Instead, just teach English. Most cases your expenses are paid for, and you get much more spending money.

>Japan
works too much, but salary is very good
>Korea
good wages, but small country
>China
usually decent wages, large country, working hours few. This is the best for seeing the world
>Thailand/Viet
Very low wages, very low working times though
>India
They already "know English", so no. not here
>Europe
They usually dont pay for your housing, but still nice to see and decent wages.


Honestly, the best balance of cheap living, and max travel would come from teaching English in China, Thailand, or Vietnam.

>>1203165
How quick can you get into this?

>>1203165
>don't volunteer you get pad shit

Just sit there and let that sink in a moment.

hit up ghana for some cheap hookers

>>1203142
>hit up ghana for some cheap hookers
Elaborate.

>>1203095
Not sure Gambia is anything to see, really. But I might be wrong.

Also, not sure about the current beheading situation in Mauritania.