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move to oregon if you hate it that much, you'll fit right in with the rest of the ex-californians.

Oh yeah, and
t. underpaid web developer. But I don't think making another $20-30k/year would change the negatives of this region that much for me.

Curious - how much do you make? How much would it take to make you happy to live there?

>>1269376
What do you want to hear? It's safe, millions of tourists go there.

Did Colombia two years ago and in Mexico right now. In Latin America, I've also been to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Ecuador.

Colombia isn't overly safe, per se, but your biggest risks come from pickpockets, muggers, and armed robbery, rather than scopalamine or paramilitary organisations.

I didn't have any problems while there, but I did meet a handful of people who'd been robbed (mostly while drunk or walking in places they shouldn't have been walking, like down Montserrate after sunset).

Was walking with some Colombians down an alleyway when two dudes with their hoods up came out from behind a corner and started fast-walking towards us. Colombians started running away and I did too.

About the worst that happened.

Maintain some situational awareness, don't take more money than you need with you at night, and use apps like Uber and EasyTaxi to get around past sunset, especially if you're a little tipsy.

All fairly typical stuff for the region.

There's always a chance you could get unlucky, but you cut your chances of becoming a victim in half by remembering where you are and not acting like a drunk dummy or clueless tourist.

>>1269836
Ok sounds like the typical precautions then, I don't know why Colombia has such a bad reputation in my mind. I guess as always people latch on to the worst news and spread that as an excuse to never visit.

If anyone has some tips for beautiful nature spots and small comfy towns they recommend I would love to compare it with what I am currently researching to buildup a route to take.

>>1269047
Without POT you won't even be able to check in to get on your plane. Think on your feet.

>>1269074
that's why I'm asking if my bus ticket to Brugge will serve me as POT.

>>1269076
brugge is still IN the schengen zone. cmon.

>>1269572
>yelp.com
now fuck off

Chipotle

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Check out Avanti - you won't be disappointed. Rooftop bar with multiple food vendors inside. Get a papusa from the place downstairs.

go ask on reddit or lonely planet /trv/ is dead

You're asking a lot of very general questions, /trv/ works better when you have some specific doubts about your trips, most of the things you asked could be answered by doing some research on google

Also Greece is suprisingly not very popular on these board, despite being one of the most beautiful country in europe i've never seen it mentioned that much. I guess it's considered too normie for the average /trv/ user, who prefer to spend his time in North Korea or hitchiking in some baltic town forgotten by God

I've been to greece several times when i was a kid, here are some advices

- Athens is nice but very chaotic, Thessaloniki is shit. Generally the big cities have not much to offer, better go to the islands and the small coastal towns
- dont know about buses or train, but i can tell you that in the balkans trains sucks (at least in my personal experience) and its better to rely onbuses, theyre cheaper and faster
- Cool places to visit: Crete, Zante, Cefalonia, Mykonos (very touristic) mount athos

Sorry for not being more helpful, but it's still better than nothing. Also i'm sure you'll find a lot of infos if you use google a bit, there are a lot of good itineraries about greece

>>1269896

other nice places, all islands: Zacinto, Samo, Chio (i'm using the italian names here, the greek ones are probably different)

Don't go to sparta, the city is really small and there areno ruins or anything related to the old Sparta. In crete, be sure to check agios nikolaos and Heraklion

Food: the yogurt with honey is amazing, the moussaka is very nice, and then there's the souvlaki, wich is like a shish kebab, but with more spices and herbs. They put everywhere their damn sauce made with yogurt and cucumber, despite being a fan of yogurt I really hated that one. Oh and be sure to try Rakia (a liquor) and Greek coffee (coffe mixed with ice)

>>1268394
Pretty high concentration of Jewish people.

>>1268394
Simple:
>overall feeling of a school field trip
>a pretty good but very closely guided tour where you won't see anything they don't want you to see
>a lot of propaganda but what would you expect from a tour that is purely made to attract people to move to Israel?
>don't expect to get any answers to anything that is slightly controversial

It's pretty much the equivalent of a "free" 3 day vacation in a time share resort. They want to sell you a product. In this case it's a country/idea.

>>1268397
You don't say?

>>1268319
So you got bored of traveling, do something else dipshit, I used to love going outdoors and camping and all that good stuff and now I'm not that into it, does that mean that going outdoors is a meme? No. It means that I got bored of it.

This may be surprising but not everyone is a faggot like you

>>1268319

>talking to locals gets stale
Never has happened, then again I don't talk about the same subjects/locations all the time. Many times I end up at a bar and learn a shit load about things I never knew, over a few pints.

>talking to other tourists gets stale.
See above.

>the tenth watefall isnt that awesome anymore either.
Then stop going and seeing them, plan ahead to things to see/do well in advance before going somewhere. Seriously one of my biggest complaints is people who book something, go there and "will figure it out when I get there" shit. If you haven't looked up and figured reasons to go somewhere, DON'T. BOOK. A. TRIP. THERE.

> the hundreth local food isnt that fascinating either.

Depends, lots of people around the world sometimes never get to experience X/Y/Z type of foods. This is completely a you thing.

>i realized i only travel to get out of my daily routine once in a while.
You are just using travel as a form of escapism that you are facing that is a bigger problem. Why not do other hobbies and mix it up, seriously if to get out of the rut you just off and travel somewhere(sounds like similar location as well), it will be more enjoyable.

I travel for a lot of my job across the US, I use to find it boring but then I started planning niche places to go and visit outside the main path. Have had fun ever since.

Cmon men... i went to Paris alone and with a previous depression and was shit. But travelling, experimenting new spaces is one of the most beautiful things.

trams and ferries are great, use trams wherever possible. buses are okay.
you can get a chipcard for västtrafiken at eg. the booth at central station.

the center is really walkable, too.
if there's good weather, i'd recommend to take the tram to the south pier, and take a ferry to the archipelago (just be sure to check the timetable for the way back, too). you can use all of it with that same chipcard.

>>1268206
thanks for the help.How much does this chipcard cost for,like,one day?The archipleago must be amazing

>>1268209
i'd go for the pay as you go version.
http://www.vasttrafik.se/#!/en/tickets-and-prices/

fare calculator:
http://reseplanerare.vasttrafik.se/bin/query.exe/sn

in one zone you can travel for 90 minutes with the same ticket, multiple zones 180 minutes...

there are tourist passes, etc, but you have to travel a lot for those to be worth it. it's a walkable center.

If you have the visa, yes, they'll let you fly.

I know it's possible to get a chinese visa without plane tickets with an agency, otherwise no idea. Please keep us updated, I'm genuinely interested.

>>1267842
Yeah of course they give you visas if you have no flights. I walked right over the border from Hong Kong, and walked right back over.

if you have the visa you are sorted, that's all they need to see.
if you get rejected consider getting a refundable ticket, use that info to get your visa at which point you cancel the ticket and then yeah you're good to go. flew from tokyo to beijing on my own as a tourist.
i went through an agency and it wasnt terribly cheap but they sorted that shit easy for me.

>>1267430
>I live in 99.99% white countryside so I've hardly ever seen a nigger and I fear being enriched as the plague.

>>>/pol/

>>1267434
You say that, but as a finn i'd personally not travel to nor London nor Paris nor Germany atm.

>>1267442
Then you're a fuckwit

is it a Real Travelers(tm) thread?

>>1265954

I live in Michigan.

There's absolutely nothing hardcore about Downtown Detroit. Crime rates are significantly below the national average, and there are a fair few attractions and sporting arenas. It's a nice place to visit and spend an evening, if you live close by or are staying the night.

The legitimately dangerous parts of the city are its residential neighborhoods, which have zero touristic value unless you're the sort of person who enjoys ogling poverty.

Going to Detroit doesn't make you hardcore, unless you drove out to Brightmoor or Joy Road and started doing cartwheels down the street with a Ku Klux Klan hat on.

>>1265959
ALT + 0153

™

You're welcome.

>>1269514
>if any of you have any idea how to get from Glasgow to Beijing for £400, or less, I'm all fucking ears.

Unless you either hitchhike and slum it on trains or finds an error fare, you won't find a flight that cheap anytime soon.

It'll be even worse when Brexit lowers the value of the pound even more and doubly so if talks break down, there's no deal and flights are literally grounded.

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Honestly, you'd think North Korea would charge more $/£ 5,000 to get into North Korea. I guess communists don't know economics.

>>1269525
You're thinking like a whore.
>hurr durr if I charge $300/hour I'll make more money than if I charge $100/hour.

No, you won't. There are a lot more guys willing to pay 2 50s for a good time than dumping 300 bucks to spooge. At higher prices you lose customers, unless you make it an absurdly high price like $100,000.

There's not a lot of people that want to go to North Korea, and most of them are edgy and closer to poor than rich. $5,000 is about as high as they can possibly go and have anyone besides journalists actually show up.

>>1268946
I always carry my desktop pc, a 60" screen and a mobile power generator with me in my day pack just in case I get bored.

You should definitely do it op. Imagine how impressed all the qt are when you show them your mad skillz in GTA V or the 6 years worth of work driving around in the train simulator. Yeaaah, they might actually talk to you.

I know a bunch of fags on trv will tell you not but I would.

I don't even care about being judged. But I generally leave personal entertainment at home because I would be constantly worried about loss, theft, damage, etc.

>>1268918
>It would be my first time in SEA. Should I switch to Myanmar + Cambodia instead? Or maybe Laos?
Vietnam is the easiest of your choices.

Also, look forward to the amazing food.

>>1268918
Stop using the word redpill like a fucking retard

>>1268960
I don't think there is a non-retarded way to use the term "redpill"