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I will be in Palawan in early december, heard it's one of the good places. Wish to see more but only have a week there.

Just hope I don't get my head chopped off like those other canadians.

>>1153923
Yeah that is a concern for me but as far as I read stay out of Mindanao and you should be fine.

Anybody been to Palawan?

They had a brutal civil war that ended only recently

You have to fly to get there and once you're there you have to fly to get back out

It's not the most appealing Real Traveler destination because if you're poor you tend to want to get the most facebook photos for your buck

>>1152434
It doesn't have tourism infrastructure to the same degree as most of SE Asia due to the recent conflicts, plus it's got that Indian subcontinent chaos/grime. This is changing fast though./

But it's a beautiful country, the food's great, lots of people speak English, the geography's varied, the beaches are good, it's cheap and safe. Would recommend.

>>1152495
>It doesn't have tourism infrastructure to the same degree as most of SE Asia due to the recent conflicts, plus it's got that Indian subcontinent chaos/grime. This is changing fast though
Would you rather go to another country for a first time Asia backpacking trip? We´re not really looking for Real Traveler shit but rather want to just have a good time...
How long have you stayed there?

Any other advice is very welcome!

>>1146838
I'll be there some time next year anon, korea was the best country I ever visited outside the usa.

and I've got a lot of connections there.

>>1146844
Between Seoul and Yongin, where i am teaching and living, i saw the most beautiful landscape i have ever seen.

>>1146838
Try HDMG chiken, it's like "hwon dong mu gea" but we just called it HDMG, that shit is know as "crack chiken" in camp Humphreys, and you are talking to one of the original customers and discoverers.

>>1157173
We're Romanians,forgot to mention that

Transnistria is super safe. No issues at all in Tiraspol. It's also cheap. If you stay at the "Tiraspol hostel" say hi to the owner Tim (American). Just mind the 24hr limit and get out in time, remembering it can take a long time to get a bus. Also remember that if you go in to Transnistria from Ukraine and out in Moldova they won't like it and possibly give you headaches at the Moldovan border.

Minsk is also very safe. No issues at all. Remember that you need a visa in advance though which takes some work to get.

>>1157295
Thanks!
Any idea what might happen if we stayed more than 24 hrs,just curious.Since we are Romanians who,from what i read,are very discriminated there,we were planning on going there early in the morninng and leaving sometime in the afternoon.
Also what can we see/do in Tiraspol?Interent isn't very helpful with this.

>>1157089
depends entirely on the country

>>1157108
USA, traveling from California to Washington.

>>1157089
I wouldn't risk it, myself. Yes, they often look at prescriptions at TSA. They catch traffickers all da every day. But...Odds are low anyone would ask you about your prescriptions unless you threw them into a bottle with 15 other unmarked drugs which many people do to save space, but they can flip open a book, or google a website and read that number and shape into their website to identify.
Since they are Class scheduled drugs and not even relevant for the flight itself, (like a valium would be) why do you have them? Whoever gave them to you broke a law sharing their prescription. And, that class of drug is not meant for intermittent use but as a regimen, way to screw yourself up. Go get a clue about neuroscience!

Few comply with the law, but when traveling, items should be in original pharmacy labelled containers, and ie show your name and physician, and in many cases why it was prescribed. Leave it at home.

>>1156980
>We're both untraveled and in the US. I'm eyeing something like a 9 night Mediterranean cruise for $4k for everything.
Pros to using a "travel agency" for travel. Comprehensive travel insurance (in case of weather, illness or some other cancellation). The airfare plus a cruise is tricky. Make sure you have a day ahead of your cruise at your destination, imho, esp for such a long cruise.

Cons of booking with a travel agency, the cruise lines paid a commission and seem less likely to bump you up or deal with your issues.

Do not get on some foreign line, but one that has american/british/norwegian crew in the Mediterranean.

Is it a good deal? Price out your cruise on RCL or whatever cruise site. Then the airline. See what happens?

Costco's majority cardholders are 100k salary households and higher. Fact. So, are they shilling shit? Not usually, or it wouldn't last. My cousin in Chicago buys the memorial day Disney vacation every year. I think it's too hot for Orlando, but she clearly saves money, and gets a nice resort too. I cruise about 3x/year, and I have used ecruises.com for years, but the owners are retiring soon. Their feature was that if you didn't use the insurance (which you must have in case of airlifting off a ship), then they refunded the insurance back to your credit card. :o I would spend about $80-120 for the insurance, and then get it back.

What is it with people and cruises?
Overpriced alcohol and being stuck on a shitty boat for 10 days is not fun.

Aren't there any nice beaches or getaways where you can calm down, have a drink and fuck?

>>1156980
>cruise
Why not just kill yourself?

Depends on what you want to do. If you want to be a trimmer, you will start off around $12-15 an hour, which depending where you live, isn't much in California. It is a tedious job. People envision it's just sitting around all day 420blazin it but that's far from the truth. It's just like any other job. Would you like to work on a farm? Because that is what it is.

>>1156930
actually yeah, I would like that.
if it isn't like cotton picking in the south.
is it possible to work just as a tourist or do you need any special visa for that?

>>1156945

You have to have a medical card, or at least everywhere I know of, you have to have one.

>>1156899
Dutch

>>1156899
depends on where you want to travel ...?

>>1156899
Western Hemisphere = Spanish
Africa = French

Asia = don't bother for travel, if working/expat then your country of residence. English is fine

Europe: From a business perspective, probably German. But English is fine

Post a picture of what you look like for refrence please.

>1156883 i really dont want to hang myself out. Im a normal looking guy. weight 90 kilos, im no drug addict or so.

>>1156874
You said EU, but just do like your fellow Swedes and go bum around Thailand

>>1156863
I assume that you earn a good wage and need a good internet connection. I would go to places like Singapore and Kuala Lumpur for a month each. People rag on Singapore for being boring but it really isn't if you actually live there. Kuala Lumpur is a good mix of modern and wild.

>>1156879
>I assume that you earn a good wage
I do, but frankly the cost of traveling isn't too much more than what i pay now for a place in the US. Most places on airbnb seem to be 1000-1500 USD--less than my rent.

>and need a good internet connection
definitely

>I would go to places like Singapore and Kuala Lumpur for a month each. People rag on Singapore for being boring but it really isn't if you actually live there. Kuala Lumpur is a good mix of modern and wild.
how safe is kuala lumpur?

>>1156886
Not that anno but KL is 100% safe. Also I agree with him on Singapore, it's a good expat city/country. It's hard to give proper advice tho OP. What are you looking for, could you name a few attributes?

I lived in Indonesia for a while, it's insanely hectic but Yogya is a really laid back place. Although the cities you named in your itinerary make me think you might like Jakarta, there's a big expat scene there.

What about China/Korea? Are you also looking for chill out beach places to work from?

plz help

you sound like an extreme hipster, but overall I think I can help you out

>>1156859
I hate hipsters though lol

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Then there’s the thing that’s so crazy that I can’t help but think something is wrong here. The payment method that they specified on the email is through itunes gift cards. They host claims it’s because you need an id card to make the purchase of the gift cards, and that “a lot of properties are reserved this way now”, because they say someone once paid with a stolen credit card and it messed up their ability to host on airbnb for a while. The website to upload the codes is very odd as well, it doesn’t have security on it as well but it has one of those little “this is a secure website” stickers on the page. I’m uploading pictures of the email and the page that I am directed to for entering the gift card codes, I just wanted to know if anyone else had any similar experiences renting or booking anything like this ever? I tried google searching everything I can about this kind of transaction, whether it’s a common scam tactic or if it’s really a way things are done now, and I could not find a single thing saying one or the other. Does anyone see that there’s something that’s super obvious about this being a scam, or if they actually did things like this before and it makes sense?

>>1156722
Of course it's a scam.

>>1156724
Can you elaborate on that a little more? I mean I feel it is, but there's so many things that make me thing it might now be, I sent a message to airbnb directly through the main website with the invoice number and receipt number attached, and mentioned how I thought the url was weird. I'm hoping they get back to me really soon about it but I don't know how reliable their message center is.

>>1156561
>Comfy hiking sneakers

Tbh it does depend on where you're trekking/hiking, but since it usually involves waddling through streams and rivers, humid growth and the weather can go sour, sneakers are not the best option. I know hiking boots are not really fashionable but they are always the best option (goretex).

>>1156561
new balance 710's, but they don't breathe for shit

i've danced hard for 6+hrs straight on asphalt and had no problems from them. Walked 10 miles and my feet were fine.

>>1156597
What about trail running shoes?
Tbh proper hiking boots are just too heavy for me to carry around when I'm only hiking every two weeks or so

>>1156328
Spain, easily.
Close contenders are Switzerland and the white-skinned areas of Morocco.

Serbia, mainly the capital Belgrade (Beograd). I'm here right now, originally from Australia and these women are fucking beautiful.
But they won't pay attention to you unless they see you're a foreigner with money, which shouldn't be a problem since the RSD (dinar) is utter filth compared to the Euro, AUD, USD and GBP. You can live like a king for 2 months with roughly $2000 dollars.

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Ethiopian, for me. Best features of all races combined

>>1156237
Yes, many of us have.

Better go soon before every street corner has a McDonalds, HolidayInn, KFC, MetroPCS, etc. Tourism for Americans to Cuba is relatively new but as soon as Americans take hold the country will go down the shitter. Not long before the Americans stink it up and turn it into a tourist trap with drunks wandering the streets like they did to the Bahamas.

As soon as foreign money starts flowing it the country will never be the same.

no, you'll be the first

>>1156342
Real Traveller™

Cuba sucks. Make sure you enjoy the exceptionally awful food, and the good feeling that you're supporting a brutal regime with your tourist dollars.