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So in which category do backpacks fall in? Are they too "irregular"? The bottom is not flat enough?
But hey, good to know the kikes will rob you blind for stuffing it in a cardboad box.

>>1221327
>So in which category do backpacks fall in?

The fact that a backpack has, almost definitionally, long straps, makes me think they are going to be an issue until the airport inevitably issuesa"except Backpacks are OK" revision.

Duffle bags seem to be problematic as well. Compression bags are right out.

>>1221319
An e-mail just received from Emirates Airline in response to a question about this implies they are contesting the restrictions put in place by authorities at DXB -- which may or may not be true, and, if true, may or may not result in the rule being changed.

Any /trv/lers transiting DXB in the next weeks, with something other than a standard rectangular suitcase, a report back on what you experienced would be appreciated.

>>1221235
>Is it lonely traveling alone?
yes
>How does it feel?
lonely
>Does it bother you?
i want to kill myself every day and travelling alone doesn't help contrary to what online depression clinicians try and make you believe with their retard armchair webmd education
>Or do you just have nobody to travel with?
even that isnt reliable, you get people who prioritize stupid shit over you so if you rely on them hanging out with you you're just going to feel even worse when they end up doing their own thing

>Is there a stigma with traveling alone? I'm a very self conscious person
do whatever you want, nobody notices or cares

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You're like the billionth person this question; Im surprised you didnt find another thread in the catalog.

To answer your question: traveling alone gives you a ton of benefits as apposed to travelling with somebody or a group. You get to do whatever you want; whenever you want. You're never inconvenienced by another person, nor have to put up with them if they become annoying. For that reason I enjoy it.

Sure it would be nice to travel and share some experiences with people, but after a while the positives of travelling alone outweighs the negatives.

In this day and age there is no longer a stigma for travelling alone - as many individuals travel alone for business, spiritual enlightenment or simply wanting to get away from it all. Dont care so much about what other people think as they wont care at all.

>>1221240
the enlightened one has arrived to blow smoke up everyones ass. oh yeah bro its real liberating having nobody around to do anything with. you want to go to bars and meet people? uh oh cant do that according to you, because then youd have to start hanging out with them. damn now you cant do your own thing like walk around aimlessly in the city with nothing to do all day

>>1221073
Very cool. I'd love to take that trip.

I'm also a Brit, been thinking of getting a motorcycle, realised I'd be able to these kind of road trips

How difficult is adjusting to driving on the right in all these different countries? Do you need a lot of riding experience?

>>1221073
Also, how long did it take? How much did you plan?

>>1221073
How did you made it through the sea? What the cost was?

>>1220997
>Is there a difference?
Only to "real travelers"/travel elitists

Duration maybe?

It's mostly semantics, don't get a headache over it.

To me, travelling brings to mind sightseeing and delving into local culture. I think of exploration and experiences. Vacationing brings to mind sitting on a beach or at a bar on the ocean for 12 hours a day for a week or two. Vacations are very laid back and relaxed. Something you do when you've worked an exhausting amount and just want to kick back during your time off, while travelling comes across as ambitiously going out to experience as much of the world as you can for weeks or even months at a time. Both are great in their own way, although I live an active and experience based life, so I find the idea of motorcycling through Central America much more exciting than the prospect of drinking and swimming in the Caribbean Sea, though I fully intend to spend my golden years laying around in a beautiful part of the world drinking rum and smoking the biggest cigars I can find once I'm too old to culminate experiences.

I live in London at the moment and work in clinical negligence insurance underwriting. But I'm thinking of moving to Auckland

1. What's the job market like out there?
2. What's the air quality like in the city?
3. Will not having a drivers license severely impact my quality of life? Enjoy cycling and don't mind bussing or training around
4. What's the food scene like?
5. I'm half-black, are there problems with racism out there or is it quite multicultural?

>>1220794
Job market: eh pretty alright
Air quality: top tier God quality m8
No drivers license: Aukland has good busses, trains etc
Food: good food. Not that amazing, but still pretty damn diverse.
Racism: none. Apart from your usual bastards that have been drinking too much, etc we're all pretty accepting

>>1220781
what would be the cost of survival-mode eating? Like, really the cheapest nutritious option possible.

Are there many private yachts going between australia and NZ?

Given the choice of going to Japan right now or a month from now what would you do? Are the OMG CHEERY BLOSSOMS worth the hype, the massive amount of tourists, and the challenge of finding a place to stay? or am I better off avoiding all of this and going now?

i met someone recently that lived in japan for 5 months. she took a week long trip to south korea and loved it way more, saying japan was "conservative" and way more into "rules." she felt like she was doing everything wrong and being judged/stared at in public. she felt she had way more freedom in korea. in addition, the korean people were louder and chattier. any anons have thoughts on this?

>>1220804
Month from now, you can't even tell if it's busy or not Tokyo always has fucktons of people.

>>1219761
Are you a local? I've already been there, but might have some questions if you are

>>1219761
I would be interested when I finish my army service

>>1219761
interested, how possible is hiking along one of the northern rivers, getting food from locals. What are the best places to hike, maybe long distance

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>>1219605
Having anxiety about solo travel is completely normal. But usually unfounded.

You should book it because you'll regret it if you don't. You'll love it once you get there, don't listen to your pussy-ass brain.

Pic Related- I went to India a couple of years ago by myself. I was shitting myself and trying desperately to get out of it, but I ended up going and it was incredible.

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>>1219605
>Is it common to have these regrets/concerns?

Yeah -- I have to book a family trip to Costa Rica this week. Stressing out over it comes with the territory with me. At least you don't have to worry about "What if I get Aunt Gert's ticket wrong and she goes to Costa Diego in the wrong month???"

Man up and do it. Cambodia is great.

>>1219605
Yes its common, there will be times on the trip where you'll feel isolated. I found it was mainly travelling between places. If you stick to Hostels and Guest houses the entire time you'll meet plenty of people. More people than you expect will be in the exact same situation as yourself and so will be out to make friends the same as you. As far as not enjoying it solo travelling isn't for everyone but you won't know until you try. If you're really worried book a flexible return ticket so you can change your flight home if you aren't felling great

Good question. It definitely sucks here.

>>1219378
Way too much growth way too fast.

It had a pretty distinct culture in Texas ("Hippies and cowboys, together in harmony!") and then the tech boom of the '90s hit and all of a sudden everyone wanted to move there.

The Hill Country blocks it off from expanding west, so it's sprawled out in all the other directions. Plus, building on top of the plateau fucks up the aquifers.

No one thought to expand the highways to deal with the projected population growth and now it's too late.

And because of its long-time reputation as the bluest county in a very red state, the Texas Legislature isn't particularly inclined to do anything to improve the infrastructure there.

>>1219388
All of this and also it became popular with the internet. The internet spread the word faster than anything before. When people start getting on forums looking for the hottest up and coming city, Austin was the #1 hit for probably 15 years from the late 90s. See also: Denver, Seattle, Portland

The next cities I see this effect coming to are places like Pittsburgh, Raleigh or Charlotte which are all growing very fast due to state investment in job creation.

seoul
shanghai is a visa hassle, worse air quality
the parts of shanghai you want to go to are more centralized
there's more of a foreigner cache in shanghai
seoul has a better drinking culture

Thx, Kampai!

I'd flip a coin because you're gonna have a great time in either place.

>>1219044
Can't offer much advice but I'll be going there in May for the first time. Plan on renting a motorbike to go up the country. I've been told the whole country is paradise

>>1219044
Very safe, especially in rural areas so long as you don't go out of your way to make trouble or accidentally kill a chicken or something. So far as hikes go, north of Hanoi is by far the best scenery wise and pretty empty of western tourists who all fall for the Hanoi to Saigon meme. The falls in your OP are a great example, though they're a bit overrun by Chinese tourists these days since it's promoted heavily there now from what I've heard. The only thing I'd say is that if you want genuinely good walks you're going to have to drive, aside from Sapa the north doesn't have the same tourist infrastructure so the busses are pretty impossible to work out, slow and generally annoying.

Conversely, all the best diving is in the south really. Though to be honest diving in Vietnam in general is a bit shit so I wouldn't really recommend it if you have to choose, if your heart is really set on it just go to Thailand for a week of your 4 instead. I lived there for years and travelled basically all over so feel free to ask any specifics.

>>1219044
>What areas would I recommend
Hoi An

>Avoid
Everywhere else

fuck the image was ok when I uploaded it sry

>>1218942
Bump, leaving tm morning

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Hey, man. Mpls dude, here. The Warehouse District is a cool place. I used to live there. Not sure what you’re into as you didn’t provide much information. Age? Are you alone? Do you want to hit up the best bars? If so, what kind are you into?

Warehouse District/North Loop
-Smack Shack has awesome food. Might be a little awkward alone.
-Cuzzy’s has awesome food too. A dive bar’s dive bar. Used to be a whorehouse. Haunted. Less awkward to be in alone.
-The Loop gets filled with people dancing to mostly top 40/pop/hip-hop and attracts mostly Chad and Stacy types.
-Fulton is a great brew pub but not as good as Dangerous Man in Northeast Minneapolis.
-Bar La Grassa is my favorite restaurant in the Twin Cities

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Iraqi anti-aircraft emplacement, bunker for crews and munitions in Kuwait.

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>>1217733
Barbed wire from around the previous pic, with hopey-life affirming desert blossoms.

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Strangler figs strangling Buddha at Ta Prohm temple, near Siem Reap, Cambodia.

>>1216206
Most of the good "off the path" stuff is outside of Havana, but I can tell you that if you actually make an effort to avoid all the official tourism sites you are bound to stumble onto interesting stuff and have a pretty good time

If you stay at a casa particular (and you should, don't support the dictatorship if you can avoid it) your host will point you in the right direction

Some realtraveller(tm) stuff you could see:
>Lenin park
Some old dilapidated soviet amusement rides among some modernized ones and acres of beautiful forest, only real amusement park in havana
>expocuba
Kind of a "museum to the achievements of communism" last I visited was pretty much falling apart, but it's a sight to see
>Coppelia
Overpriced shitty tasting ice cream but every cuban child in my generation lived for a saturday morning trip there
>botanical garden
Beautiful, especially the japanese garden

>>1216230
How are the beaches there?

>>1216230
Thanks!! Exactly the sort of things I was hoping for.

>>1223032

Google "cheapest flights from CITY NAME"

For example, this is the result if you look for flights from Dallas. No idea if they are the absolute cheapest flights, but it is more or less what you are looking for.
https://www.google.com/flights/#search;f=DFW,DAL;d=2017-05;r=1W;mc=e;q=cheapest+flights+from+dallas

>>1223032
Skyscanner

momondo.com
google.com/flights

i'm also subscribed to newsletters of airlines that have bases near me