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>>1179227
More info: I am happy to take daytrips from my 'base' city. I just want to soak up urban life for a few months rather than travelling around too much. My goal is to just get in shape somewhere warm away from the Canadian winter, go somewhere where people are friendly and not get mugged or killed.

If you really want to learn Spanish, go to a place where you can get a local girlfriend easily. That is how you will really learn. Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina are the hardest in that respect on the continent, and also where the accent is the hardest to understand and English is widely spoken. Not great places for it IMO though many do it there.

I recommend Peru or Colombia. In Peru, Arequipa or Lima is your spot. In Colombia, Medellín would be a good bet. The only problem with Medellin is that everyone will assume that you're a sex tourist.

>>1179227
The obvious choice would be Buenos Aires where you have everything in one place but the costs of living there add up fast. You have endless options to blow money away 24/7

A other good choice would be Vina del Mar in Chile (2h by bus from STGO, runs almost 24/7 and the price is about $3), although it's never really summer there more like eternal spring.
But it fulfills all your requirements but one it's not the very large city urban life.

For the accent I agree with >>1179332 you will pick up the local spanish and every other spanish speaker around the world will ask you how you got that.

>>1179064
Everywhere in France except Paris is pretty based.

>>1179064
Please don't go to Paris it's fucking shit

>>1179064
So you're visiting Africa and then France?
Pretty good combo if you ask me.

>>1178920
>Is Christmas in New York really as magical as they say it is?
No

>>1178920
i mean its a good enough reason to come here. i live here and think its much more tolarable to walk on the grimy sludgy winter streets when there are christmas trees and lights all around.

>>1178920
>I'm thinking of going next year.
So, advice 13 months ahead of time?

The first week of December is good enough, no need to get into the busier Christmas week or Day. All the stores are in high decoration mode, the air is crisp, the Rockefeller tree is lit. It's nice all lit up. Going alone? Or have cash? Part of the fun is doing all your christmas shopping, power shopping visit. And, being with kids, or family, or someone you love makes the hot cider extra sweet. No eggnog anymore at Tavern on the Green. I think a few old movie standards don't really exist anymore either.
Wanna know how much it is? Try booking sites now for air and hotels, and price your trip. Hope that in 2017 we don't have extreme oil prices or something worse in the economy, and you have it all figured out.

That's quite an autisric thread... you have awesome and shit-tier women in all countries

>>1178381
basically this. It's solely based on one's opinion... what a fucking waste of a thread

best: france, italy, spain

worst: anglosphere

>>1178060
Have you tried the Kame House?

>>1178060
>Something where I would have to leave behind all worldly possessions
Maybe you could make a big donation to them, in exchange for what is the equivalent of tourism/college education/room and board. Start with that. Make some offers. Maybe you should learn their local language too, and not expect them to translate.

>>1178060
Doctor Strangr went to a place in Nepal and they taught him some pretty cool stuff.

>>1177129
im pretty sure hostels are even cheaper and you get the chance to meet other travelers

see the japan general thread here
>>1174950

>>1177129
no, it would probably be the worst way. capsule hotel conditions are not liveable, they are only used by salarymen who crash there overnight.
stay at airbnb/hostel as anywhere else

Please post Japan related questions in the Japan general

dirty halal food on the streets of NY

Tokyo is my favorite place to Mukbang...

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I was really surprised by Georgian food when I was there. I hadn't heard anything about it before but it was really a unique mix and really good. They also make a lot of wine in Georgia and during Sovjet it was regarded as the best type of wine there was in the country.

Pic related is Khinkhali which is dumpling like but tastes quiet different, somethimes it has lamb inside. Guys usually go out and order a hundred of these to split between them

>>1175265
no, absolutely not.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pippa_Bacca

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>>1175265

Depends on your eyebrow and iris color.
If you have dark eyebrow and brown eyes, wear a Niqab.
If you have blond eyebrow and blue/green eyes, wear a Burqa.

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>>1175265
No, a single female can't even visit north Mediterranean without getting harassed. I mean no one is going to throw rocks, but some jerk is going to grab your ass.

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I might be moving to Beijing for at least half a year next year. My spouse is from there so accommodation and so on is not a problem. Thing is that I've only been to Beijing for about a week before and I'm a bit worried about living there for a longer time. I'm worried about things like pollution and so on. Also I have the feeling that I'll feel too out of place in the city.
Could anyone give me some more pros and cons of living in China?

Finance major in Uni, I want to work in China at least a few years after I graduate. What're some companies to look into and ways to go about doing this?

>>1169172
Pros: Your wife is from there, so when you're with her you won't have a big problem getting around or doing things

Cons: If you don't know the language, you might feel dependent on her and feel like a child when you're not around her. I suggest trying to do as many things without her help as possible so you can do them when she's not around.

May I ask what you'll be doing over there?

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Not visible on the map: Berlin, Yamaguchi, Hiroshima
Beige is places I want to visit, that weird line across Russia is my aproximate guess at the Trans-Siberian (I really ought to fix that)

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Here's an updated template including the new French Regions, the modern regions of Finland and South Sudan as a sovereign state.

>>1181432
Get a Time Out guide. See the Rock Center tree. Check out the department store windows. Pay through the ass due to high tourist season. And look on the sign on the pole to see if your bus is listed instead of asking,"Does this bus go up Madison?"

>>1181529
The LED sign on the bus will say the destination as well as the artery it goes theough

>>1181574
>the artery it goes theough
>artery

Surgeon bus or something?

>>1181410
Of course learn basic words like Yes/No, you should do that visiting every country. I wouldn't even try learning a significant amount of Vietnamese though, it's one of the toughest languages out there to learn for an English speaker.

>>1181411
Roger that, thanks.

>>1181410
take a smartphone with translator app.

>>1181097
>not mentioning which coutries

>>1181106

>not mentioning what crime

>>1181097
In some circumstances. Don't fuck with crime though

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Best cities for u :

USA:
SF
Brooklyn NYC
Seattle WA
Portland OR
Phoenix AZ

Aus:
Melbourne
Inner West Sydney

NZ:
Christchurch
Wellington
Queenstown

Europe:
Berlin
Prague
Amsterdam
London
Bristol

Da Nang, Vietnam

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Redwood City, California (in Silicon Valley)

Their motto is "Climate best by government test."

>Yugoslavia
That's not a real place

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>>1180939
I drove from Tirana to Sarajevo via Kotor in Crna Gora in September this year. From Tirana to Kotor it took about 6 hours with 1,5 hours on the border (unusual I was told - all other crossings took 15-20 mins). From Kotor to Sarajevo via Mostar was about the same time but with an hour to see Mostar.

The roads are fine in all countries (we took the main routes though). They're all single carriageway though, except just outside Sarajevo where there was a brand new toll motorway where you could drive at 130km/hr. Driving standards are quite shit but Albania is 10 times worse compared to everywhere else. You'll need an insurance green card to cross the border in a hire care.

>Would another country in the region be better for a "home base"

It depends where you want to visit ? For me personally Sarajevo was the best city, Slovenia the most all round beautiful (but then again Slovenia is the best country in the world), Montenegro had the best nature, Albania the best food, Serbia the most friendly people and I haven't been to Hrvatska or Makedonia. Dont bother with inland Montenegro/Podgorica - it's pretty bleak.

However having said this,
>2 Americans
>Yugoslavia

Maybe it's better you dont go

>>1180939

I found Kotor on the higher end of prices for the area, but thats probably because Montenegro uses Euro.

Sarajevo was definitely the best city to visit while there.

I found car was better than train, when travelling.