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>>1272494
narrow it down mate.

>>1272579
As a person who has only vacationed in Europe I'd personally say Czech Republic. It's a good mix of the comforts of western Europe while maintaining the lower prices of Eastern Europe.

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What are you studying?
What are your priorities/preferences when it comes to language/architecture/history/food culture/party culture/prices

If I had to make a general recommendation I'd say the Netherlands. Lots of small super nice university cities, good mix of quality/cheap when it comes to food and partying, they speak English, nice architecture and history, etc.

Try not to have expectations anon. Just go into it knowing that you might have a lot of time on your own and just be happy with your own company. Do you plan on staying in a hostel? If you really worry about being lonely staying at a hostel would probably be the first and best place to start and meet other solo travelers from there you guys can plan activities with each other.

>>1272313
Travel isn't any different than life at home. Even if you are alone during the day you can make yourself comfy in your hostel bed and start shitposting away.

>>1272313
Im going solo for 4 weeks around Europe, because none of My Friends likes to travel.
This is actually my first big trip but i think it Will Go well. Just trying to be open and talk to People and stay at hostels.

the northern and eastern coast are the best places, but all of sardegna is really beautiful

Gorroppu gorge is great. I really liked the cute old villages in the north, but maybe there are cute old villages in other parts too. I've never been south of Bosa.

I've got a piggyback question; what are some cool cities there? I've only spent time in Alghero and Olbia.

>>1272247

What this guy said. For villages, Mamoiada and Fonni are pretty interesting and right in the center.

If you´re in the north anyway (i.e. Alghero and surroundings), also visit Stintino and Sassari. Both are good for at least an afternoon / evening. The first is a cutesy fishing village, pretty touristic but in an acceptable way. Sassari is older and in parts a bit more rundown, but still very much worth it.

>>1271790
Interested about this too

>>1271790
India, china, the usa, korea, russia, japan are in my experience the most racist.

But lets face it, every country is racist, i heard in south africa there is violence towards other africans

>>1271790
Define "racism". In South America you will be called a "Chino" in Spanish countries and "Japa" in Brazil, but they really mean no harm, we just nickname everything based on appearence. if with local friends they may joke about little dick too, but Asians are generally welcomed

>>1271732
Yes, as part of a longer tour this March. Rode the Via Claudia Augusta, a bike route from Venice to Augsburg, most of the way, which is good and took us along many pretty places. The bike paths in Austria were full of snow, so had to ride on the road. In the South Tyrol part of Italy, they cycle paths are beyond excellent, seriously, they would impress even a Dutch.

This route takes the Fernpass (1200 m) and Reschenpass (1550 m), which are both not particularly high and major routes for trans-alp traffic. It's easy, but if high, remote alpine scenery is what you are looking for you might want to take another pass.

>>1271735
Thank you! :) I've stumbled across the Via Claudia Augusta moments ago.
I'm fine with the alpine experience and camping in the woods - I surely won't be able to do such tours as in the pic with my bike anyways. How long did it take? 5-6 days? Cuz after the Alps I want to head to the Tuscany crossing the Appenines and then backwards towards Munich if it's possible within a month.

>>1271739
7 days from Verona to Kempten. But I'm really slow and that figure includes a day I didn't cycle much due to rain, so it can be done faster easily. 1 month sounds great for what you're planning.

Scenery like in the pic is actually not too hard to find. Find one of the many many MTB tracks and it most likely looks like this. The Alps are very scenic - I've ridden from China over the Tibetan plateau, Tianshan, Kunlunshan, the Pamirs, the Albroz and Zargoz ranges on this trip, and still found the Alps to be very very beautiful and impressive.

>>1271553
Did you went to Antwerp atleast? Best city of Belgium!

>>1271555
Nah, we should have done Antwerp instead of Brugge, but my cunt girlfriend wanted to do Brugge, and I like banging her in hotels, so who am I to argue?

>>1271553
Accurate assessment. Of course, there's 0 students now, the beginning of the student year is another matter.

Gent is 't stad en de rest is parking.

>>1271438
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarjazz

>>1271440
Anything in the summer though? Besides hiking?

>>1271441
You can eat bear soup I hear.

>>1269622
Richmond, VA
Charleston, SC
St. Augustine, FL
Savannah, GA
Atlanta, GA
New Orleans, LA (mind the humidity)
Great Smoky Mountains
Monticello (Charlottesville, VA)
Louisville, KY

All of those are worth a visit.

In pic related Raleigh wins hands down. The only other place you could even argue is charleston; that's a stretch though. I am living in Raleigh right now for that reason. - good paying jobs, safe city, beautiful downtown, and all diffrent walks of life.

>>1269649
What the fuck is worth visiting St. Augustine or Richmond for? I've spent lots of time in both for buisness. Shit teir cities.

>>1269320
Ah you want a nice feeling in your penis :)

>>1269320
You'll find answers on forums specifically made for this purpose, such as internationalsexguide.

>>1269353

ISG doesn't have a section for Bahrain

>>1268131
Tijuanon here

Hookers are fugly and go from ~60$ and up. Although you're better off with the top tier putas at Hong Kong Nightclub, Adelitas and La Malquerida. All 3 located on calle Coahuila.

There's also plaza fiesta, where you can score some middle shelf at the Buda bar for 3 bucks per baggie.

Ensenada has some natural beauty and a decent nightlife, Mexicali is slightly better but hot as Phoenix, AZ.

Tijuana is as good as it gets, so I recommend you to stay in tj for the price but have hands down, fun in SD is unmatched. Culture, Nightlife, food.

SD is miles ahead in terms of quality of life

>>1268344
>SD is miles ahead in terms of quality of life
Ahh yes. I remember visiting Tijuana for the first time when I lived in San Diego. The difference is shocking. It's like, as soon as you cross that border, there's no mistaking that you're in a different country.
>all those drug addicts in the aqueducts
>all those literal tin shacks built on the side of mountains
Kind of crazy when you consider that just a few miles away, you got some of the most expensive real estate in La Jolla and stuff.

>>1268344
Cool, thanks. Any issue with walking along Avenida Revolucion late at night, as an obvious gringo alone? I'm staying on that street and just want to walk up to Calle Coahuila.

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>>1267268
Check out the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad Museum in Phillips, or the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum in Alna. These places preserve fragments of a 2 foot narrow gauge railroad system that once criss-crossed the state over a century ago. The one in Alna is not far from Portland and the coast.

>>1267268
Eat a meal at Dysart's Truck Stop. Thank me later.

This is a serious suggestion.

Casual bump

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Hi OP. I'm in the middle of riding from SF to Ushuaia, Argentina.

>>Would it be more economical to purchase a bike in Paraguay or Chile and then ride northward to the United States? I'd rather keep whatever bike I use than re-sell it at the end of the trip, and I don't want to double the trip length by riding back.

It'd be extremely difficult because you're not a resident of those countries, so border paperwork becomes a massive headache. Why ride North anyway?

Just sell the bike in Argentina. It's what most people do.

>>How much of an issue is two-wheeled transportation in Central America? The thought of transiting through El Salvador or Guatemala on back of a motorbike and with all my valuables strapped in seems somewhat unsettling.

It was fantastic, I loved those countries going through the most. Much better than by car because roads just turn into dirt patches, and everywhere has cheap hotels with secure compounds you can turn into, or simply natural areas / parks you can camp out. Just ride smart. And avoid cities.

>>Do road use fees and whatnot constitute a large part of a motorbike trip budget, or are they fairly inconsequential?

road... use... fees? I haven't paid a single peso / dollar / quetzal in any kind of road use fee. Vehicle import fees? Yes, those exist, and they will try to shake you down too.

>I'd like to buy a used or almost-new Suzuki V-Strom 650, although I'm also considering the BMW F650GS and KLR 650.

All good bikes. Check out the two girls that did it on DRZ400s, those were fun too. If you go KLR, REPLACE THE DOOHICKEY otherwise like my buddy your engine will literally blow up in Toluca, Mexico and you gotta look for KLR parts which despite what 'muh kawasaki reliable' people tell you is IMPOSSIBLE to find in any part of Latin America.

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>>1265164
>Otherwise I'd do immediately after graduating. I have a work-from-anywhere income of a couple thousand dollars per month and am hoping to grow that to $3,000-ish per month by the time I leave.

Oh, you'll do fine then. It's extremely cheap. Gas is expensive. Bolivians won't sell it to you. Carry gas cans, so you can fill them up. Other expenses will be tires (just put on Heidenaus, they go so long), parts, perhaps. Take your time. Seriously. There's way more to see than you can do in a year's worth. Take two years if you can.

Got a plan for the Darien Gap yet?

>>1265700

Thanks for the response.

I'm not really sure what I was on about with road use fees. I've never crossed a border with a personal vehicle before, excepting between the United States and Canada.

I do remember a Serbian driver I'd hitchhiked with having to scrounge around for a few Euros to pay some fee upon entering Bulgaria. I seem to recall that some countries levy some sort of tax or fee, on top of selling mandatory insurance policies, but I could be mis-remembering.

>Why ride north?

Dunno, senpai. I guess I just have this sentimental idea of keeping the bike I crossed continents on.

Plus, I'd have to buy another bike when I got back home.

>doohickey

Kek, thanks for the advice.

My strongest inclination at the moment is towards the DL650. So far as I can tell, it's a rock solid bike that'll perform fantastically with only a few minor aftermarket additions and adjustments.

>>1272499
>Colombia
too humid and rainy now
>Panama
overpriced shithole for normies
>nicaragua, peru is cool on the coast
>for cheap ladies go to Asia annon

>>1272499
Argentina. Buenos Aires os comfy now

>>1272533
>>for cheap ladies go to Asia annon
better looking similar price in LAtam mate

>>1272069
I do the same (Germany) just to clean my mouth sometimes and when i did it abroad in south america a burger was outraged at me that i would spit on the ground lmao

keep in mind that train stations attract not the best kind of people though (mentally unstable tend to hang out there)

>>1272073
It's probably just my imagination then. We've been walking a few miles a day so I guess the chances of it happening are more likely since spitting is just something people do.

In some euro countries spitting on the ground is considered "normal" (they do this in.albania i think) and immigrants from Asia and middle east are huge ground-spitters, especially chinese and algerians/moroccans. I noticed it's not common between black people and subsaharian african.

I really think it's a subhuman and disgusting habit and, but no worries OP, chances are no one is doing this to piss you off. They are just clearing they dirty.mouth.

Where are you exactly?

Wow, okay, you seem like cool dude. What's your business idea? Are you like a wandering handyman of sorts? If you're honestly walking then you probably don't have to be worried, i just biked through six countries in western Europe without seeing a single border control, and not once showing any ID.

Same if you're arriving by a normal "private" sailing boatouldn't be any controls in the port.

>>1272059
You should be fine to take them in a boat. But tell us, how are you planning to sail to spain? This sounds like a pretty neat adventure!

>>1272134
I'm not OP but you can just sail straight across you know? I'd personally not do it with a boat much below 30ft but it's not an issue as long as you're prepared.

You usually depart from Portugal, take a break at the Azores and then head straight for the Caribbean