Archived threads in /trv/ - Travel - 367. page

>>1136811
What do you like to do/see?

>>1136814

Both nature, as well as real Southern culture (food, architecture, hospitality, etc)

>>1136815
southern hospitality is a myth but i wilk show you around richmond if it interests you

>>1136783
Wtf is iron eggs

Wtf is iron eggs

>>1136783
Wtf is iron eggs

>>1136654
Stay in a hostel and you will make friends.

>>1136654
Girl alone travelling? Watch out for rape

>>1136660
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Making friends you will keep in contact with depends on how long you will stay at a hostel, who you come across etc
>>1136669
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Just be careful

Some notes: I have 4 days, doing it by train, and about 700 to blow (tho I'll try to spend less)

Drop Newcastle and Carlisle for starters. Spend more time in Edinburgh.

>>1136570
Why Leeds? Why Carlisle? Why Liverpool? I can't think of anything touristy to do in these locations unless you're a huge Beatles fan or something. Go to a smaller town like Keswick if you want to check out the Lake District, although much of the Lake District is difficult to access via train. Blackpool maybe worth a visit instead of Liverpool?

I can't think of much to do in Newcastle unless you're a heavy drinker looking to get pissed on a pub crawl.

Check out the Beamish museum when you're near Durham. It's not quite as good as the Black Country museum because they don't have canals up there, but it's pretty much the same thing.

>>1136170
go to the Beat Museum

What do you mean by bad? Like crime? Posting for interest because I'm planning a trip for here soon. Normally I'd say google neighborhood maps and ratings/reviews for them. Or just google what minority lives where.

I was in SF last year for a conference, and I'm from smalltown Germany.

Had a hotel right in the middle of tenderloin, and while it did not really feel nice, it also did not seem to bad.

Maybe it's just a US thing, to be afraid of everything?

The german wikivoyage just says:
>Sicherheit
>San Francisco ist eine sichere Stadt - mit Vorsicht und Umsicht ist jedoch ein Ausflug ins Tenderloin nach Anbruch der Dunkelheit zu genießen.
SF is a safe city, but be careful when going to tenderloin after dark.

The english one on the other hand, has 3 paragraphs, most of them listing just common sense stuff.

I was just behaving as I always do - walk fast and with an aim, just as if I knew the area, and dont stop around, waving around a camera or a map in "bad" areas. If someone asked me for a dime, It was just a friendly "no, sorry", while I kept walking.

>>1135819
As a non officer, you will get precious little time off, hard hours, low pay, and not always off in ports and will be forbidden from fraternizing with passengers like officers can. Assume the majority of the crew that is equal to you are gay or extremely promiscuous, and annoyingly so.
As an officer, it's a good gig if you wish to remain single for a while, because you do have the ability to save 98% of your salary into a bank account, maybe even a tax free situation. If you can stick it out for 10 years, you should have a lifetime foundation of retirement savings or an investment property at least. It's hard on relationships, with officers rarely getting the same ship with each other to maintain a relationship. Also, you will have a bit of a disillusioned image of the company, as it hires foreign nationals of the same origin for each specific kind of job. Yes, only americans, norwegians and brits get officer jobs. The cabin crews, waiters, laundry have shitty low class hours and living standards, but it's right at the level of pay for their originating nations, at least.

Source: Sibling did 4 years as a ships purser on the largest/newest ships for a line as they were launched, and another 4 years of 2 weeks at a time vacation relief for officers on various ships during the summers for same line as he finished his masters. He got his foot in the door by doing ship-to-shore while getting his bachelors. Today, probably need the grad degree just to get the foot in the door.

If I was seriously interested in a sea job? Get the big bucks, and the money is really out there. Go to an accredited Maritime college. If I was only looking to travel with my job, I'd get an FAA pilots license. Huge international shortage. Start with the $5k one, and get your hours up to 40 as you accrue monies. Just being an American should get you a job.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/29/aviation/light-sport-pilot-license/

>>1135840
Not OP but just out of curiosity would a recent grad with a standard LA or Business degree be of any use on a cruise ship?

>>1135840
OP here, what if I only have a high school diploma? Should I try to do a 8 month contract to see if I like it? Also, I don't really have any skills outside of customer service and retail so is there anywhere on the ship I could work? Is there anything you'd recommend in terms of skills I should learn to get me the best job possible with my education level or am I going to need to go to college to get anything that doesn't completely suck?

>>1135783
Hiking - southern alps, Hillary trail, tongariro national park. Also feel free to make your own route if there isn't a restriction board.

Fruit picking can be done at any farm desu, either look it up on google or just stop by at a farmhouse or Vinery or anything alike and ask them.
Go on a drive on the east coast of South Island, wild seals, they let you pet them if you aren't a cunt. Be nice and buy them uncooked fish from a store if anything and don't be a Chinese tourist and just run up to them.

If you plan to sleep in the car, which is safe, just have a blanket. Sleep at national park parking lots. Don't sleep near or in cities.

Sunscreen. Do not forget to buy sunscreen, especially if you're white, I can't stress this enough. We basically have no ozone layer.

>>1135827
Thanks for the response I appreciate the tips. Ive been reading the backpacker forum and it seems like there are many jobs that farms are always seeking help with. Have you worked any?

I am primarily going for the beautiful landscapes but where do you think has the best night life? I am white so I'll remember the sunscreen and was thinking of hostels but the car thing is good to know when traveling

>>1135827
Why dont you want to sleep near or in cities? Are the police going to have a problem with that?

Not OP

>>1135626
You are a stupid person.

So you got a death wish?

>>1135626
Yousa gonna die

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>>1134859
Hi dude! Sardinian here, I hope you are still following the thread. I would tell you to definitely go to Castelsardo, one of the most beautiful towns of the island. It's quite near to Alghero. Same for Bosa, even more near to it.

Also I don't know what your interests are but you can find informations about a bit of everything about Sardinia here:

http://www.sardegnaturismo.it/en/Holidays

Also, check out this thread where me and another couple guys responded to a Finnish dude who was asking informations about Sardinia as well:

https://desuarchive.org/int/thread/56898955

I posted a lot of stuff there as well.

Have fun!

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>>1134859
>>1135590
If you need other informations ask, of course. I'm the guy who in the old thread was posting with a Portuguese flag.

I'm going to Sardinia for the first time a week from today. We are two couples ~30. We will be staying in Costa Corallina mest Olbia. We plan to have a lunch at S'Apposentu. I also want to go to Orgosolo. I know a tiny bit of Italian but I would LOVE to know some (north) Sardinian words and phrases! I have had a hard time finding this online.

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go to Lübeck, there is also a great Christmas market

I lived in Kiel for like 4 years, to study. Here are my tips.

>Don't go to Gaarden, it's dangerous, like stabbed in daylight dangerous.
>The City is really boring if it's not Kieler Woche and like the other anon said the Christmas Market in Lübeck is much better.
>go on a walk in Strande, not Laboe overrated as fuck. Except you want to visit a submarine.
>The Schleswig-Holsteinisches Freilichtmuseum is worth a visit imo. If you want to see some old Ethnostuff.
>Never ever go to the Tucholsky-Club, everything is sticky, the Bouncer steal and are aggressive.
>I've lived near the Tiergehege Tannenberg if it's snowy this place is very comfy, from there you can walk to a small ferry over the Kiel-Channel.
>It's free and you get to see big ships if you go to the end of the channel on the North Side.
>There you must visit the Schiffercafé in Kiel-Holtenau it's near a wonderful little Lighthouse.
>Near that Cafe the MFG 5 some old helicopterairport.

Thats pretty much everything worth in Kiel

>>1134850
>>1135068
OP here, thanks for the advice anons. I'm gonna be going to Lübeck for sure also. Is it worth the drive to go to out of state to some place like Bremen, Hamburg or Berlin?

Tits and ass of American women to Japan.

>>1134500
The easy-goingness of Italy. You wanna chat with total strangers for a bit? No problem: it's a nice way to pass the time between two bus stops. If you did that over here, they'd just as likely throw you off the bus rather than talk to you.

>>1134508
Where do you live ? Sweeden ? Russia ?

>>1134187
Your unnecessary use of /pol/memes makes me leery of helping you.

>>1134197
>>1134197
Why does /pol/ trigger so many people even when it is barely referenced?

Anyway, OP I went there before and honestly it was kind of boring.

>>1134197
how is that /pol/ in any way, you retard?

Kayak just basically compares other sites like Expedia, Orbitz and whatever else. Then the lowest one shows on top. You can also use Google Flights, that one is pretty good but can miss out on some airlines. Vice versa for kayak.

I get all my alerts from Kayak. In 5 weeks I am going to New Zealand and I only paid $225 RT from LA. Got the email fare alert from Kayak and booked the flight, so there's that.

>>1134017
How do you guys do your flights? Do you just pick the destination outright, or hop from one locale to the other and score separate tickets along the way?

I'll be there in september too!

I based on this articles to pick some places, check for other places and obviously don't pay nothing in this site

10 days - https://guidetoiceland.is/book-holiday-trips/10-day-self-drive-tour-circle-of-iceland

9 days - https://guidetoiceland.is/book-holiday-trips/9-day-self-drive-tour-circle-of-iceland

8 days - https://guidetoiceland.is/book-holiday-trips/8-day-self-drive-tour-circle-of-iceland

>>1132998
tfw there for 7 days :^)

thanks anon

>>1133122
There you go...

https://guidetoiceland.is/book-holiday-trips/7-day-self-drive-tour-circle-of-iceland

Enjoy!

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>tfw live 30 minutes away from Blackpool pleasure beach
It's still my favourite theme park

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>>1129257
Missing from that list: PortAventura & Terra Mitica in Spain, two amazing parks that aren't talked about enough.

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knoebels in Elysburg, PA

I believe it's the biggest or one of the biggest free general admission amusement parks in the U.S. Probably way down on your list in-regards to overall enjoyment. The park does have a certain charm to it.

Also in PA we have Hersey Park which is widely known for its rides.
Not sure where that would be on your list since I've only been to Disney and Universal on your list.