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What stuff are you planning while there?

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>>1214585
One bump in case OP comes back. Been to Iceland, don;t need to type it all out if he's no longer around.

>>1216654
Not OP but I've just recently heard about WOW air's cheap rates to Iceland and it has me considering a trip in late April mainly due to the cheap airfare and I do enjoy photography.
What all did you enjoy doing there? Would you recommend it to a friend?

>>1222412
Is this self-blowing logo official?

Piggyback question. If I like Sardinia and Corsica, would I like Sicily?

>>1222419
yes. sicily has less french influence for obvious reasons

Polish,23,m here. I am looking for some companion to hitchhike with, the sex irrelevant.
I am interested in biology, psychology and strange experiences.
I travel the cheapest way possible - no hostles, no restaurants, no panicking and sleeping in the night bus.
I did over 50000km, know english fluently and russian good enough. Mostly I would preffer going to Asia (Middle East/ Mongolia/ Japan)

>>1221329
Brazil, 23, m. I'll make a 3 month~ trip soon.

Your interests broght my attention. Just yesterday I was talking about behavioral biology. (biology + psychology?)

I've done some travelling to the US and Europe, now wanna go somewhere else, probably Asia . I want to learn about the world and it's things AKA become wiser.

PT/EN/ES

Let's couchsurf and cook some meals, polish bro!

>>1221339
sounds ok to me. I am not sure when exactly will I have time to do this (there are a couple of things I'm obliged to do no matter what), but I sure as hell would look forward to meet you. And especially if you did it before the summer.

Let's talk via mail about the details, shall we?
Here's my throwaway
[email protected]

also the lady thought of saying something but the manager just said: mexicans should be drinking her own coffe not american coffe, now ill ask you to leave one last time or i will call the police.

The old lady just left and when i was going to order i simply decided to leave the place and went to a local 7 eleven to get a coffe and some donuts instead.

I have some good memories here on the USA and i want to have more on the future, but all this attitude is making me think that all people around san yisidro (area where i shop most of the time) are becoming more and more racist against Mexican tourists.

What is going on here guys?

Well as near as i can tell its just random.
The only thing the boarder agents have in common with the burger king manager and the cart bumper is that they are making america great again.

>>1221036
There's a growing racist acts on the back of Trump. Nor that he created, or caused them. They have always been there but quiet. His outspoken nature just has made all the racist feel they can say or do whatever they want. When before it was restricted to online like /pol/ or stormfront

No, stop this meme. Travel these places and experience the costs for yourself let alone doing this off tax dollars.

>>1217865
>>1217887
Thailand is way more expensive than those two and you could do this https://migrationology.com/cost-of-living-in-bangkok-thailand/
so yeah

>>1217865

yeah probably and you would be looked down upon as a parasite by people like me that actually have money

fucking plebeian

Cool looking arent it? Also i can drop my story if you think i do dangerous shit.

Hey? Anyone want post something?

Up

OP here,

So my mother is a frequent traveler to Colombia and she said I can go to the embassy and they can waiver the 6 month wait. Is this true?

>>1222370
Just get a new passport anyway lad.

>>1222370
Get a new expedited passport, be fine for years. Why take a chance?

But to find out if the embassy (presume you mean Colombian and Ecuadoran embassies in the US) can/will waive anything, you need to contact them, not 4chan.

>>1222323
depends on what you want, buddy


I am going to Vietnam in 2 months (have fixed small income), just gonna chill there

can you handle having no friends?
do you like noodles?
do you have yellow fever?

I surely do yes yes yes

>>1222332
the act of going do Vietnam isn't the issue
more the pay
I'm wary about accepting a 1 year contract for something like this
but idk if I'm just being greedy

>>1222323
pay is pretty good imo
>saving 800$+ a month

what happens if you break the contract?


I think you should evaluate the quality of your life during this year... more than the pay

>>1222282
If I understand you right, you are looking at a maximum savings of 40 bucks, maybe, if you time it just right.

For that, I'd go ahead and buy early as possible and get a good seat. Unless poverty is a huge issue.

>>1222288
Oh, I 'could' buy a ticket right now for 250, but as stated in points 1-2-3, prices should dip further.

>>1222292
Ah, I think I misread. Does it give you some historical "How cheap it might get" data? How much might you save?

Three months out is probably fine, but again, for me, waiting too late on routes that fill up is a mistake, I hate crappy seats.

Bump.
Same position you're in.
Help exchange is a possibility, you won't get paid, but it takes the cost of food/living away for a few hours work every day.

>>1222274

You're not going to get a short-term TEFL position without either a degree or any sort of certification. That's especially true if you're only looking to teach for a single summer.

Really, do you think it'd be worth it even if you did? You'd completely lack the skills and qualifications necessary to teach English. Moreover, you would almost certainly be working under-the-table and illegally. There'd be a chance that you could be extorted, deported, or taken advantage of by your own employer.

If there were an easy way to travel for free, everyone would be doing it. Unfortunately, there isn't - you either need time and qualifications or in-demand skills and a business plan.

I'm a student as well as a freelance writer. One of my contracts pays about $1,000 per month, and then I usually make another $1,000 or more on top of that with individual assignments. However, I'm still saving for a series of trips this summer by working part-time and putting what I earn into the bank along with my writing income. Just "breaking even" is hard to do, especially if you haven't traveled before and don't know how challenging being broke far away from home can really be.

I would encourage you to work to save money. If you go somewhere like Thailand or India, you can probably get by on between $400 and $600 per month, if you're fine with just having an experience and not getting to do very much. If you can write or code or do anything which you might be able to monetize, then I would also suggest that you look for remote work in the next few months.

Just stay realistic - getting away from the computer is good, but don't expect English fluency alone to open any doors for you when you don't have the paper to prove your qualifications.

Until you build up whatever you're good at, think about getting a part-time job and saving from that. Traveling isn't as expensive as you think it is, provided you don't have lots of outstanding financial obligations.

>>1222287

For what it's worth, I do have the requisite skills (I'm a linguist and have taken language education courses). But yeah I see what you mean, the certificate is important. Unfortunately It's not really feasible for me to get the cert considering I'll be busy starting in fall and I'm not planning on teaching long term. I guess I'll look more in the freelance direction for writing, programming, etc. Thanks for your input, it's helpful.

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>>1222158
Iceland is one of my favorite places in the world. I started going semi-regularly in 2009 or so, about once a year. Much has changed since then. When I first started going people would be surprised and ask "Where is that" or "Why the heck are you going there?". Now if I tell someone I've been there, they'll have their own story.

Key pros:
- Fantastic nature, absolutely pristine and unspoiled
- Unique geological features (geysir, countless beautiful glacial waterfalls, etc)
- Unique landscape, like a cold version of hawaii, martian moonscape with moss and lichen growing on volcanic rock
- Beautiful and friendly people for the most part
- Excellent domestically produced beer and spirits
- A growing high cuisine scene showcasing amazing seafood
- Countless tiny little charming cafes with excellent coffee/food/beer/waitresses
- Shameless rebellion against most fast food and shitty culture in general
- Fantastic music scene
- Cheap airfare from EU/US east coast

Key cons:
- Somewhat expensive if you're not from the Nordics or major cities elsewhere
- Locals becoming somewhat jaded
- Island inundated with tourists in recent years
- Reykjavik is a tiny city that crowds easily
- Local shops and restaurants being displaced by foreign high-volume chains on the main streets
- the ISK is rallying due to the foreign money

I'm sure that there will be another bust soon enough when the iceland craze ends. It's not somewhere I anticipate most people would want to go to as often as I do.
Pic related, random lava road I like to take every year.

Goma city might be OK and if you know people there you can trust and you are surrounded by locals it should be fine.

>>1222157
Congo was iffy even when Joseph Conrad wrote his book.

>>1222157

North Kivu is fucking dangerous, Goma is the safest part of it but that's not saying much.

Things have gotten much worse in 2017 because a few hundred M23 rebels crossed the border from Uganda into North Kivu in January.

It's not a total no-go area but you need to wear your hosts like a fucking glove, stay in the city, and keep a low profile.

>>1222011
Am I shadowbanned? :^)
I like cities btw

>>1222017
This is a slow board.

Also you're basic as fuck so any major west coast city will be fine.

>>1222011
Boise is the place for you.

/trv/ is a slow board, since you work in tech maybe ask /g/, they're a friendly helpful bunch.

Guiness museum and factory is very nice.
See if there's any rugby game when you'll be there.
Temple bar area and urniversity area are very friendly.
You must also go to the Viking museum.

>>1221946
>rugby game
Sadly I can't seem to find a game while I'm there. Looks like I'm right in the off-season or whatever the local equivalent is called.

Actually, what is the entertainment like in Dublin (sports, shows, etc)?

>>1221943
>We'll be staying in Dublin for about a week or more.
Well, that's the wrong thing to do.
You fly into Dublin, you fly out of Shannon. I suggest taking Delta to make that easy.
You spend 1.5-2.5 days in Dublin, tops. See the Book of Kells, go to the cathedral, dine and enjoy a night or two in pubs, whether for music or literary haunts. Then, leave the city.
Pick up your rental car, drive south, stop by the Powerscourt estate (or stay), spend a day in the Wicklow Mountains checking out St. Kevins. You bop around towns making your way through the Jameson Distillery in Midleton, maybe a tour of oh Waterford, if she wants, Kilkenny might be more than a single day, drive on until you do Dingle Peninsula, up and past Cliffs of Moher, and a music night in Doolin as well as a cruise to the Aran Islands, and then you're up to Galway, or just out through Shannon if your stay is only a week.

Rick Steves is the dude with the best Ireland guides. Fact.

>>1221901
Please don't come

We hate ultra, if it werent for the massive income boost to the city we would ban it

Scrap your plans and stay the fuck in Brazil. Visit Sao Paulo and the rest of the country. Don't bother with Colombia unless you speak Spanish quite well, and certainly don't expect to get laid easily in Medellin, that's what every other gringo travels there for and the locals are tired of it.

But anyway, time spent partying in Colombia or Brazil will be dramatically better than a US music festival in Miami. There's just no comparison there. The culture, the women, the fun, the drugs, everything is vastly superior in Colombia and Brazil.

>>1222257
And to be clear, my experience was that there was more going on in terms of nightlife on a random Sunday in Sao Paulo than there was on NYE in Miami. Stay the fuck in Brazil.