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It depends on you and what you want.

Personally I think American liberals/hipsters are THE most unbearable people on planet earth. You take that American stubborn pride and hostile, argumentative attitude they're famous for, and add a huge helping of self superiority and you have the epitome of a shitty individual.

Some people like liberals, if you're about that you'll have a blast in Portland. Just know no matter what you're doing there'll be someone to tell you why what you're doing is wrong.

>>1170543
The city has lost most of it's grittiness but what really shines is the nature and rain.

>>1170543
West Coast is dead. East Coast is dead. South is dead. Mid-west is dead. Hawaii is dead.
If you want to live somewhere scenic but not cucked, move to Alaska or Montana.

>>1132461
Sweet, keep us updated French anon, we were looking forward to this thread.

Do you think that the fake documents and plates will pass inspection? It would suck to have your bike impounded somewhere because a border guard knew what to look for.

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>>1132622

No real way to know until you try. I found some dude that has a friend in the mauritanian customs administration, such as it is, so they're "fake-real" papers. The plates and papers will actually be in the system. In any case, this is Africa, should there be any problem, it'll come down to a few discreet bills, never an impound. But we shall see!

Had supper at a new mauritanian friend's house.

Not much to add but will be following along with interest, great threads.

Forgot to ask... Is there any cool place for new year?

>>1175312
I went on the suicide bridge (Mapo Bridge)


Short video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR_6vgQ6URA
Vice piece:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jYBWBlEd0U

>>1175312
Depends on what you like really.
DMZ and War museums aren't bad.

>>1174874
>>1174874
Do it skid, have fun. If it isnt fun you can always kill yourself on the way back or when you get back.

>>1174887
Finally someone who understands me
Should I do a follow up post Monday when its done before I do any suicides?

Update: friend bailed on me, trip cancelled

>>1174721
Well what the fuck do you like to do for fun?

>>1174722
I like reefer, pussy, martial arts and vidya. But the purpose of the trip is to go somewhere radically different than what I'm used to. I do like nature and cultural sites like ruins and temples so i would like to experience that. Somewhere with young travelers partying and sluts "finding themselves" would be a bonus too.

>>1174721
take a bus to monterrey and then go through mexico, down into central america

or boat to central america

This should be on int really.

But sure. Yes we do. Yes pretty popular for breakfast but we don't really drink it on it's own. Rather eat it with cereals or something.
We drink a lot of coffee and tea here.

>>1174527
Yeah, you're right about it belonging on int. Thanks for the response. I'll hope this thread dies quickly.

>>1174523
It is essentially cultured buttermilk. I think they usually use the same bacteria for fermentation, even.

In Norway we use it for waffles, "sveler/lapper", cakes, baking in general, really. Anything with baking soda, which needs an acidic environment to produce gas.

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>>1174481
In late December, the beaten path is largely going to be closed and under a lot of snow. And away from Reykjavik a lot of stuff will be boarded up for the winter, as far as restaurants and lodging.

You might look into seeing if any of the companies that might have a"super-Jeep" tour or other vehicle that can handle shit conditions is willing to do anything for you.

Note that you'll have about 4 hours of daylight...
http://www.timeanddate.com/sun/iceland/reykjavik?month=12 That's going to limit your excursion time.

Temperatures run on average of a high around 4 C (39 F) and a high of 0 C (32 F)m chance of a sunny day is around 7% and almost a 50/50 chance of active snowfall.

Otherwise, Google things that you might want to do in Reykjavik, and maybe plan to sleep by day and stay up late to look for auroras. (Best Aurora viewing will be away from the city, though...)

What sort of budget you got? It's not an inexpensive place.

>>1174538
This guy knows. You're pretty much stuck in the city and at the mercy of guided tours.

1) You'll book your room in Reykjavik,with a rental car to get there or some arranged transport, and if your layover is crazy early morning, you'll kill your first few hours in the Blue Lagoon or maybe even stay at their new hotel to get around the check-in issues. Then, you'll do some city tours, maybe the volcano movie and the other museums, the cathedral and possibly some shopping. Dine and drink your duty free booze (or spend a lot), and try a club night, have a nice dinner somewhere possibly on laugaveger or other downtown street, soak in the hotel hot pot or the local choices. Get your hot dog. Get your liquors tried. (P.S. I've never once had a bad meal in Iceland, it's like they all went to chef school).
2) You'll book a northern lights tour, or someone who might be doing some sightseeing packages, maybe a waterfall, some spelunking, jeep tour or something like that, you can even fly to another place for a tour.

There isn't a whole lot to do in Winter, but the people and the spa-like fresh food are lovely experiences as is the fresh air. There is a Christmas spirit going on. Great winter clothing shopping (though not unpricey). I like a place simply called Iceland bar. It has some local choices, as few as they are. http://islenskibarinn.is/net/

>>1174581
Not OP but -- they do much with Christmas Lights there?

Hope you're not white. Try not to get jihaded.

>stable internet connection
>morocco
aaaay lmao

desu i dont know about essaouira specifically, but my experience outside of the big cities was that internet connection was shit everywhere except some bigger hotels

if youre white dont even bother fitting in with the locals, they will swarm you everywhere and try to sell you something all the time, or lead you to the shop or restaurant of a relative or friend. it will never stop even after weeks of being there they wont give up on you. always say no, never ever go with them or the 2 minute walk will turn into 30 minutes to a place you dont know how to get back from. however they dont mean ill and theyre generally very nice people and its ok and necessary to say no. just say "tomorrow in'shallah" which means "if God wills it ill be here tomorrow" but in reality its code for "i have no intention to do what you want me to do"

buying anything youll automatically get a foreigner tax of about +100% so you really need to talk them down hard
at the airport money exchange make sure you get small bills because no one will accept the big ones

I've been there for a week this month so I experienced some of the... offensive selling as you say. The city is (I hope) big enough to get something stable.
I just found that it's a place I want to try living in for a while longer. Warm them bones up.

>>1174379
Not counting airfare, 1 week in USA can get you way more than two weeks in Vietnam.

Hue is better than both. But Ho Chi Minh is a giant city where even crossing the road is a little terrifying. Hanoi is a historic, small city where communists on loud speakers berate you and still think they control the country.

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>>1174379
Of those to, I liked Hanoi better.

But what sorts of things do you like to do? What sort of things interest you?

>>1174546
I like doing whores, and am interested in seeing cool cultural artifacts.

Bangkok or Beijing? (am i doing it right?)

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Rome or Paris?

>>1174547
Altare della patria...

the most awe inducing monument i've ever been to. fuck the arc de triomphe. rome ftw

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>>1173950
Renting scooters/bikes is 100% doable mate. It's the national mean of transportation.
How I made my trip:
>rent scooter
>improvise shit up as I went.
Tourists are very much concentrated in the, well touristic area, white sand beaches, bar and clubs galore, and the like, you can explore the backcountry as you wish.

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>>1174015
I apologize it's early in the morning here and i need to get ready for work, just posting a couple more pictures. Enjoy your trip man. Stay clear from the tourist traps and you will be fine.

>>1173922
>Doesn't want to wait for 3 hours to get into the Uffizi for free
>Will wait outside the Uffizi for 3 hours in order to get into line to get into the Uffizi for free.
hmmmmmmm

>>1173954
what this guy says is true. Just book it in advance for any other day.
There aren't many other places in the world that let you see such an exhibition for that price.

>>1173922
>Spend all this money on a trip
>Wait in line for hours to get into a building for free

>>1173794
Cold packs, a mini cooler and careful planing.

How do you do shorter trips? Adapt that plan.

And consider how fucked you are if shit turns brown on you -- sounds like balancing risks/rewards here is going to be important. I would at least figure out what your closest point of re-supply is for each planned stop.

>>1173794
There are many insulated bags with cold packs/ice packs on the market, but virtually all of them will require you to have access to a freezer or ice every 24 hours or so... some interesting discussion here: http://saidsupport.org/medication-travel-cooler-bag-recommendations-from-our-patient-community/

I'm a Type I diabetic, and have traveled in very hot places for up to a few months at a time with a supply of insulin--I made sure to have access to freezers or at least fridges for cold packs (hotel fridges are often good but don't always have a freezer compartment). And I made sure to always have air conditioning in my rooms, which mostly keeps the drugs below the temperature at which they would cook. But having ice and a small cooler for transit (a day on a bus or train in high heat conditions) was essential.

>>1173794
Well you can, but you'll need to travel with some planning. The more remote, primitive and southerly you destination the higher the probability that the vital serum you need twice a week will have been exposed to temperatures that will render it ineffective and lead to your death. I'm guessing from this you are a bleeder or a hemophiliac. So stay to the northern, developed, civilized parts of the globe or the very southerly more primitive parts (during their winter which is usually the summer in the UK). Good luck and have fun.

Me and a friend stayed for 2 weeks and all in all it cost us around just a little under 2k USD(flight/jr-pass included)

hey guys,
Second the question, only that I plan to visit Tokyo in 2035, how much bottle caps would I need? What's the radiation status? Is Neo akiba still overrun by zombie weebs?

>>1173759
>implying china won't have glassed it

>>1173659
>Hey /trv/ anon here thinking about migrating to japan, Inb4 Weab.

stop right there, you can't inb4 weeb if you're literally going to post a picture of japanese anime.

>currently wondering If I need to teach myself Japanese first or If I can go to school and learn

if you're serious about wanting to move to japan, or any foreign country really, it's best to start learning the language on your own at home before moving. Showing up with no knowledge of the language and THEN expecting to just pick it up will be difficult at the very least.

did you even think about this before you made your thread?

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>>1173685
First off its the most known anime in the world, second there are universities that have an english to japanese transition, i was looking for first hand experience that might've gone through this, do you have any worthy information on what im asking or are you just going to use shit rhetoric?

>>1173698
I can firmly say from this response japan doesnt want you.

Posted from Okinawa.