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I'll be going to Japan from April 24 - May 4, including travel time from the US. I have never been. Should I explore more than Tokyo or would this duration be best spent in just Tokyo?

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So, who here already did the Shimanami Kaido by bicycle? What did you think of it?

Looks like a great way to discover the Seto Inland. I might arrange a new travel in Japan around this particular experience.

Not sure if I should go in spring or in autumn though, but I'll worry about that later.

Any tips like good alternative routes, or best starting point? I might even do it in 3 days if a detour makes it even more worth it.

Tokyo is a meme city

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Ill start with a few..
Bogota.. huge city, I didnt stay long here, nice hostal in La Candelaria, poor weather so I left.

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Palomino, outside Tayrona... amazing beaches, best I saw in Colombia.. lots of decent accommodations, may places to eat/drink. Small village but high ratio of tourists, but still had a nice undeveloped vibe. good surf, not really any internet.
I loved it, would return again

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Cartagena... crazy nightlife...sweltering heat.
Arrived in November in time for their independence day, which was like carnival. tons of women, and pros, drug dealers and hustlers. more expensive but still totally affordable... stayed a couple weeks, then needed to escape to somewhere relaxing. I dont recommend any beaches near here, all hassle and trash.

>>1156820
If you legitimately take picture of things to remember your experiences and not just selfies with a selfie stick, yes.

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>>1156820
Yep I'm quite an avid photographer, not the selfie kind but the travel photography one. For me it's about trying to capture a country in photos, I always make a selection of like 5 photos per country which I hold in a portfolio.

The biggest disadvantage is bringing my DSLR with multiple lenses all the time. It's quite the weight. Also I sometimes decide on days on which I leave my camera in the hostel/hotel because you tend to go into a mode that you look at everything in "this is nice but the lighting is not well" instead of just enjoying the experience/views.

Pic related shows one of those instances where I walked half an hour at Bromo because I saw a nice opportunity, whilst I actually ignored climbing the crater.

When I first started travelling I took pics every chance I got. Found that they meant very little to me when I returned home. Usually couldn't even place where there were taken or why.
Oh look. Random church or statue of someone who I don't know the significance. Or some trees and a coastline. Hmm I remember these guys from the hostal. Don't remember their names though.
Now I take almost no pics, but the ones I do take are very special to me.

>>1161071
If you can't make it in civilian life what makes you think you'll make it in one of the most brutal Special Forces units in the world? FFL can afford to be selective, what do you have that hardened soldiers, fighters and criminals do not?

If you have no skills and want some purpose the regular US military will take you no worries. If you want to work outside the states look into teaching English, studying abroad, or doing a WHV in a high-wage country like Australia.

>>1161080
If the US has access to my physiatric history, no way they let me in

>>1161088
Ugh, psychiatric

>>1160940
oh here's a PS
not interested in weeb shit

>>1160940
What sort of thing DOES interest you?

Also, there is a Japan general, you might keep an eye on it.

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>>1160947
>not interested in weeb shit
What an inviting way to ask for other people's help.

Raep is unavoidable. If you just use your card like normal then you get charged a foreign transaction fee, if you get money at an ATM over seas the bank sets it's own exchange rate to scrape a fee from you, if you take cash and exchange it the exchange agent sets the rate and scrapes a fee off you.

I haven't looked at the credit cards but I expect the exchange rate they set for them still is a slight advantage to the bank even if there is no per transaction fee.

It's just a cost of seeing other countries. The only real consideration in my mind is having an alternative way of accessing money incase your card gets lost/stolen.

>>1160887
>The only real consideration in my mind is having an alternative way of accessing money incase your card gets lost/stolen.

Any examples of this? What I do is bring photo copies of my cards and identification.

I bring $40 USD to exchange at the airport to cover bus/train/taxi fees into the the nearest city to find an ATM. My bank charges a percentage fee rather than a flat rate so I don't mind swiping a few times. Those Travelex places will fuck you over hard.

>>1160806
Vienna, Prague, St Petersburg and Stockholm or Copenhagen are ones that pop in my head.

>>1160808
Thank you, I was strongly thinking about Prague, St Petersburg and Copenhagen.

>>1160806
it doesn't snow that much in amsterdam, keep in mind its on sea level, and not that north

were just wondering what the rules of traveling alone at an age under 18 would be ?

is it like "my kid" need to get an consent or something like that ? or isn't he allowed at all ?

not sure how the rules are but i pretty much live in norway and he want to go to uk alone

>>1160739
What country are you from? What countries are you talking about traveling to?

PROTIP: Different countries have different laws about all kinds of things.

>>1160962
as the it says, live in norway, want to go to the uk

New York City is obviously going to be more expensive. The experience itself depends on what you're into.

Whatever, just go to New York.

Seattle

I was just there and absolutely loved it.

I just had this really crazy interesting idea -- I bet that, if you gave us some vague hint as to what sort of things interested you, we could give you a more useful answer.

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>>1160605
This park.
I forgot caption.
It looks like the one of the "Last Action Movie"

lel

Before some redditard tries their hand at being """witty""", we know you're going to remove the girl on the bench. Thank you in advance for being an unfunny fuck.

>>1160579
Will you confirm you mean the wrinkles in the backdrop?

Its 279$ for a one way flight to Dublin from New York. Took a 3 minute search on kayak to find. I know there are equally as cheap shipping websites for your belongings. Almost postive this is cheaper, faster, and more convenient then freight.

>>1160547
The the cheapest option will taking a plane.

>>1160571
>>1160570
That's very disappointing, I was thinking that would be a good experience to try traveling by freight, at least to Ireland. Are there really no cheap methods of traveling by sea?

>>1160368
Depending on your pricing ranges and the likes you may wanna travel north through Nevada spending time in the mountains and avoid Las Vegas with their scams and tourist traps. Not to mention general pricing on anywhere good. Could try for reno if your looking for gambling and drinks but for a solo crew I recommend the mountains (Even if the drought means little to no snow) because you just get better views. If you actually WANNA gamble and drink, aim for reno. Better pricing is available and its only 5 hours out from SF which is another nice (HAHAHA not really) place to visit

>>1161121
I would like to point out if you enjoy win that Napa is also an option if you travel north as opposed to south towards Mexico.

>>1161123
Wine*

He unironically supports hillary clinton, so he can fuck off

>>1160356
Please go back to /pol/

>>1160355
he's a goober and has the face of a grade-a cuck

>>1160290
I'd recommend the Med, maybe southern Spain, on account of the weather

>>1160295
I considered going to Italy, but Britain and Ireland are both very affordable in terms of airfare during this stretch of time and at this point in my life I'm most interested in these two countries.

As a Brit, go to Ireland. There's nothing to see in England outside the history. Modern day England is a sty