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>>1193273
What the fuck? Why did you buy a ticket to Japan if you don't want to go there in the first place?

>>1193273
I honestly have no idea what youre talking about. If your only concern ia cost why even get a hotel. You can just play homeless.

>>1193285
Long story short I'm not and was never on good relations with my family. My mom talked me into visiting for christmas and fool that I was, thought that she wont be a huge bitch this time around. To my complete lack of surprise, she is as expected, still a huge bitch. It is now too late since I have already had the tickets charged to my credit card and the original plan was to go and stay in mom and dad's house for christmas/new years.

I currently have two options, be a good cuck and take all the shit she will send my way till I get out of the country and punch her in the face after she drops me off at the airport, or walk out when she sends said shit my way and hibernate when my ticket says I can leave.

>>1193210
Hmm, I can't say too much for Long Beach, but are you going to be heading to downtown LA at all?

Ive been to The Pike and Downtown long beach several times. Just look around and pick some spots cant really go wrong.

I live near downtown, so if you decide to come up then holla at me yo.

>>1193259
I meant downtown LA not downtown Long Beach huehuehue

OH I just remembered, you can take a small ferry to do some whale watching, be on the look out for that and ask around.

>>1193127

Really fucking hard to understand usually, they have a mega thick accent. The ones i met backpacking tended to be very educated and from well off families. Very respectful and the few I chilled with in my travels in europe were chill.

On the other side they all seem to have this mentality of going to clubs drenched in cologne/axe spray wearing dress shirts with the collar popped up and shiny watches and thinking they are chick magnets. Its harmless but really funny to observe, its like a meme come true.

I never been to india but I can assure you the ones who backpack are likely nothing like the ones that are stuck there.

Some Malaysian Indian families really made me lose my shit in Thailand.
They were throwing out their trash to the beach and the ocean, piles of it.
It was an otherwise clean beach, too.
They were arguing with each other, and I didn't want to get involved with that, so just picked the remains up as soon as they left, and threw it in the trashcan (it was close by anyway).
I didn't know before how upset I get if I see people littering.

Also Indian guys tend to be the creepiest. I don't even want to go into it, I'll just say I'm happy I know some self-defense moves.

Lived in India for a couple years.

I rarely meet Indians traveling or backpacking abroad outside of Western Europe. The ones who are off on their own tend to be quite friendly and laid back. Met one guy in Turkey who was studying at UCLA and wanted to hitchhike with me, but our schedules diverged and we weren't able to see the plant through.

Aside from him, I'm having a hard time remembering any solo travelers I met from India outside of India itself.

Indians in India are a mixed bag. A lot of "travelers" who stay in backpacker hostels tend to be relatively privileged and sort of giant douchebags. They smoke a lot, drink a lot, and come across as trying too hard to be "Western." Others are genuinely alright.

Really fucking hate whenever I have Indians staying in my dorm when I'm in India, though. Absolutely disrespectful lot nine times out of ten. Zero respect for anybody in the room and have no qualms about having loud conversations or take phone calls at any hour of the day.

Then again, I'm also really sick of hostels. Not a Real Traveler^TM, but I can't stand the "Babby's First Trip" crowd who can't shut the fuck up or turn on the lights every night at 3am.

>>1193107

Them being pushy idiots obviously. You are gifting your valuable time and effort by doing volunteer work. Basically some mid-level management is not meeting his quota or whatever and his solution is to attempt to force everyone to work even harder to cover his own ass.

You should respond with a strongly worded passive aggressive email saying they need to start treating you with dignity and respect or find someone else to do the work *for free*. YOU are the volunteer, the person writing the email is likely paid. Its not your problem, its theirs - and clearly they are too stupid to realize attempting to make it your problem they fucked up at some point is counterproductive. You are there to do whatever job you agreed to, thats it - not to start raising funds or some extra shit on the side because they failed to live up to their own obligations.

Seriously tell them to chill in polite words and if they dont then tell them to fuck off.

>>1193107
as soon as you make yourself known to charities they will sink their teeth in and start demanding more, under the assumption that you'll be an easy target

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>which is the country
>how much do you want this position

You should just meme on them. It's not like people don't need other people working for free.

Maybe we're gonna be hiring janitors again soon. :^)

Closest large brewery is that of Leuven (which is a twenty munte train ride away), the Stella Artois brewery. Brussels is a weird city in that it doesn't really have any insane landmarks except the Grand Place and the Atomium. The comic book mural route is pretty cool and you'll see most of the city by following it: http://www.brussels.be/artdet.cfm?id=5316&

Some museums are also pretty cool, I especially like the ones at the Jubelpark; here's a full list: http://www.brusselsmuseums.be/en/musee.php

Brussels kinda sucked a lot desu. Definitely go on a pubcrawl or something, hit the brewery, walk around for *maybe* a day tops because there isnt shit to see.

Check out the war museum though that was pretty dope, they had a fuckload of cool shit in there.

Hopefully you are only there for a couple of days at most because it is not an exciting city at all, probably one of my least favorite that I saw in Europe over the course of 3 months.

>>1193126
seconding everything here

Happened to me during my first week of a 3 month SEA trip.

Luckily my buddy had some beta blockers for his heart, and they are also prescribed as anti-anxiety meds. Took some only for a couple days, after that I felt back to normal.

Pretty sure it's something anxiety-related.

>>1193208
Yeah that was my though. I don't want to be the guy who self-diagnoses himself on the internet, but similar things have made me think I could have something.
When I'm alone inside buildings with large crows like malls or a school I sometimes get dry and watery eyes. Which of course makes it look like you're crying, which makes you even more anxious and they water more and it's a vicious circle. I always though it was a draft in certain buildings until I connected the dots.

I get this sometimes even just on really long drives. The only difference is mines manifests as diarrhea, real fun trying to sort out your flight having to shit every five minutes.

Your local drug store should have something for anti nausea specifically for traveling stress. At least they do for if it's coming out the other end.

if you're just going as a tourist...
just pack as if you went there for 2-3 days, and go get laundry done once or twice. you might even have some empty space left like that.

>>1193031
two, three pairs of pants MAX
four pairs underwear and socks to fit occasion
4 shirts, mostly dark ones if possible

>1.gather everything you think you want
>2. does it fit?
>3. yes
>4. good to go
>5. no
>6. take out some duplicate stuff or stuff you can buy there
>7. repeat steps 2-7 until everything fits

yeah, start by not using the fascist flag you moron.

>>1192994
Don't the Italians sell Hitler and Mussolini merchandise like calendars, wine and stuff like that? That makes me think that they wouldn't mind someone using the fascist flag but i'm not from Italy so i have no idea this is more of a personal opinion.

>>1192994
Hitler did nothing wrong

No, but that's gonna be an awesome trip.

>>1192915
Yeah I keep telling people that but nobody wanna beleive me.

the most fun thing about Oman was the Wadi Shab. Oman, much like the rest of that part of the middle East, is full of hawkers, Arab men who swear by Islam but smoke more cigarettes than a chimney blows smoke and have the biggest pot bellies, and will try to hit on or touch your wife, and bleached white sand and buildings.

I had more fun in fucking Kuwait.

>>1192764
Where are you from? Why in the world you wanna go in Russia? I lived there all my life short of a few months, I'd say, it's not worth living in. Visiting, yeah, maybe.

I am from Norway. I really just like Russia, and I am also learning Russian so i think the best way would be to live there for some months to develop my Russian language. Also i want to travel around in Russia

>>1193130
The only tip would be to stay home.
T. Russian

>>1192585
Nobody ever tried to card me when I was in Japan. Granted I was 24 but I don't really look much older than when I was 19.
Hell, you can even buy alcohol from vending machines.

>This will be about $1300-1400
>cheapest plane tickets
Jesus Christ what
Go through all the search engines including ITA Matrix and try to be more flexible with your dates. This is some ridiculous overpaying.

>>1192594
If I go to Japan I want to visit the clubs and stuff desu, like I want to be in roppongi most nights and see some tech house shows. Maybe next year

Yeah this is what I found through kayak, I'll definitely look around but I'm not trying to get stuck in a 10 hour layover too

>>1192594
Getting alcohol is not a problem. However clubs do card people. I don't know if they would let in someone under 20. But they do it for ID purposes mainly (need your passport).

Considering your budget seems limited and you mainly want to party... I think an all-inclusive beach resort in Cancun would be cheaper for you.
Ibiza is expensive and as a 6-7/10 american, your value won't really go up over there. Lots of beautiful young people with plenty of money

>>1192555
Eh, I have about 10 grand to blow on this trip and hotels aren't looking too expensive

I fucking hate all-inclusive beach resorts. Too many moms

Do you think clubbing in Germany would be a better idea? I'm pretty sure I could get into berghain

>>1192556
Then why is alcohol prices in clubs an issue if you have 10k for this trip.. ?
How long do you plan on staying there ?

>>1192515
The cheapest, duh.

>>1192530
cost really isn't an object, because I'm flying business by myself

>>1192515
Qantas
Thai
Singapore
or Emitrates

Avoid
Jetstar
VirginBlue

Do you smoke cigars daily?

>>1192423
why in the world is that relevant...

>>1192425
>Ask me anything
>Questions everything instead of answering

eat as much as you possibly can

>>1192127
I'm planning on having roast duck at least twice, what dishes would you recommend?

>>1192131
That would be a looong list.

I would just say, just keep your eyes open, and try to see where most people eat at lunchtime and dinner time, go with the flock.

I do not remember a single bad dish.
Not my style? Yes, that happened, like I didn't end up sitting in restaurants where I saw the eyes of the fish or chicken stare at me from the pot, but that's just me, I'm picky. But there was always another popular one right next to those that would sell something that looked entirely "safe" (read: no bones).

Another thing in general: please be open. Know that you always have a McDonalds nearby that you can fall back on, but do not enter McDonalds if you can avoid it. Get used to the idea that there will be rice everywhere.

There will be tons of different dumplings all over, that's a good one for breakfast, just find one that suits you. There's everything from red beans to elaborate dishes inside. (The soup ones!!)

Noodle soups... There are endless variations. I'm for the Guilin Rice noodles, which is not native to the East coast, but can be found there, too, and it's like... Think something between spaghetti and pho. So, so good.

Hot pot... the cold weather is perfect for hot pot. The rest can be eaten alone, for hot pot collect some people and go crazy.

What I thought was a nice Chinese custom is that they always have their tea bottles with them, which they can refill in any public area basically with hot water. So don't wait like me till the end of the trip, just go buy one at the start if you also like the idea.

Etc etc