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Slovenia is quite a small country so getting to around is very quick. If you can, rent a car for a few days and with it you can easily visit Bled and/or coastal towns. If you go to Bled, make sure you also visit lake Bohinj. Bled is nice, but there's really nothing that special about it other than the lake and the castle. You can also visit Koper which is a coastal town. From there you can easily visit Trieste in Italy or Croatia, since they're both very near.

Enjoy your time there, Slovenia is amazing.

must see:
Goriška brda
>best wine in this part of eu
>also bridge with the largest stone arch in the way there, Solkan
Piran
>small and old coastal city, Koper is crap
Ljubljana
>metelkova street, unique underground scene
Bled/Bohinj
>both cites are shitty but nature is awesome also google blejski vintgar
Kras
>Postonjska jama; very noise cave
>Škocjanske jame; smaller very noise caves

if you wanna know more, you have to tell me what do you want to see/do/experience

I went to Ljubljana and Bled at around about this time last year. Ljubljana is very nice but there's not actually that much to do there - it's a great place to chill out for a little bit, but not too exciting (unless I missed out on something). From what I can remember, Metelkova is interesting and worth a visit, and the walking tour is good for learning about some of the history of Slovenia (and Yugoslavia). Other than that there's not too much to recommend.

Bled is very nice, but quite touristy. I didn't visit it myself, but I heard from others that Bohinj is like Bled but bigger and quieter, so that might be worth checking out. In either place, the best activities are your typical sort of outdoor pursuits - hiking, cycling, rowing, that sort of things. Definitely visit the church on the island in Bled, it's a pretty unique place. Also, Vintgar Gorge near Bled is definitely worth checking out.

amsterdam is a pretty cool city but as with most cities in the netherlands, it's relatively small compared to other country's cities, which means that you can see a hell of a lot more in the same span of time.
as soon as you walk out of the central station, you should walk towards the oude kerk (old church) on the Oudezijds Voorburgwal. you will be amazed that there is this much prositution literally next to a church.
Even though I live in the netherlands I don't get to amsterdam often so I can't really give good recommendations, but here are a few things I liked:
- the Hallen, used to be an old tram remise. it's filled with sorts of super small food "restaurants" but it's always crowded as fuck
- Vondelpark, not that special but it's a nice place to chill out
- the northern part of Staatsliedenbuurt, if you're into buildings and shit you might like this, there is a museum there dedicated to some socialist building style which is very out of place, might be interesting

also some important shit:
>weed is legal, just dont carry more than 5g
>get the fuck out of the way when there are cyclists coming, dont walk in the middle of the road for the love of god
>even though most other drugs are relatively very easy to get, you should still watch out for drugs. try to take mdma instead of xtc if possible. weed might also be stronger but have no experience with other countries.
>be careful not to fall in the grachten
>dont fucking yell in the city center at night you drunk fuck, people live there
>it's ok to buy stolen bikes for 5 euro but dont buy it if it's very fancy or recognizable

>>1126759

I am not OP and I am going to Amsterdam next week (graduation trip with my class). Do you know about any good souvenir shops that don't rip you off with cheap stuff? (Want some souvenirs for my family) and what is a good souvenir anyway? Those wooden shoes(as a keychain or whatever is all I can think of and tulips won't last that long)
Also what is your national dish? I went to London last year and a local told me that the 'tourist trap'-national dish is fish n chips which most people don't eat themselves, something really would be sausage and mash with gravy which i liked way more than fish n chips. And a question about drugs, only weed is legal, right? Or is mdma also legal?
What about renting bikes, that a good idea?

>>1126961
>National dish
>The Netherlands
>Haute cuisine

Monitoring this thread as I'm looking to do the same thing in late July.

OP here. I should also add that I speak French. Do many people there speak it? I don't know if its very common there (maybe though because of the large amounts of Armenians who move to France and Quebec)

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>>1125942
Only been to Georgia twice so far, haven't made it to Armenia yet.

>(from the beginning of July to beginning of August)
I hope you are like scorching summer heat then.
>What the level of English like amongst young people?
In bigger cities and more touristy places: decent. Also, while I speak French quite fluently, I haven't encountered anyone speaking it so far. German was surprisingly helpful on a few occasions, but if you want to play safe, learn some basic Russian. Almost everyone speaks it in both countries.

>hiking
Several regions in the Georgian Caucasus are excellent hiking terrain: Tusheti and Kazbegi, with the most developed long hiking route being Omalo - Shatili - Juta - Kazbegi. Have your passport on you in that region though, border guards will want to check it - shouldn't be much of a hassle. Another region suitable for hiking is Svaneti - Mestia is the biggest town there, but don't neglect the smaller villages en route, or further down the road. Borjomi NP also has hiking trails, but I hear it's not quite as spectacular as the high Caucasus - it's mostly forested hills.
Considering Armenia: there's supposed to be hiking trails. That's all I know really.

Pic is near Juta.

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You could look for places that will be on the new Crossrail line. A few of the stations are outside but will connect directly to London.

Some of the areas are cheap now but the prices might go up in the future when Crossrail opens.

Luton. (:

>>1125027
hahaha no thanks!

Ayyo dude what's the weed situation like mon

>>1122077
why do airport security treat most tourists as terrorists at the airport?

>>1122214
The israelis i have met in the USA are very aggressive and hostile...definitely not laid back people. I think they have a lot of guilt in becoming the very nazis that they condemn

It's real bad. City dead every single night except Friday/Saturday.

>>1129995
:(
I'm from wollongong though so I'm used to it

>>1129995
Ok, but outside of nightlife what else is there to do in the city of within a feasible distance of the city?

Could be, bear in mind that while there are some advantages to operating in a developing country there are also downsides like unreliable infrastructure, different business cultures, widespread crime/corruption etc. As for the people, yeah you will always be of interest to the locals because you're different and perceived as rich, but again you may find it difficult to make meaningful friendships.

Working remotely isn't all that easy to set up, you usually need experience/reputation first but I guess if you can differentiate yourself based on lower cost you could pick up work that way. Just make sure you have something to separate yourself from the thousands of filipinos and indians whose emails fill the spam folders of US businesses.

Sorry I can't help you more than that, just make sure you think through both the good and the bad, it'll improve whatever decision you make.

>>1129925
Well I have a couple years experience in working in tech support over the phone and would be happy to work the night shift at a call center for minimum wage and no benefits. I'm a native English speaker and have good customer service skills. I could possibly look into work doing Photography, modeling, stripping, or something of the sort at a physical location there. With what I have saved and what I can sell off, I can easily float myself for a year or so, not that I would go out there blindly without a job lined up, but if it got rocky, I would be fine. There's a whole number of things I could do for work to be able to survive there, making $400-$500 USD isn't exactly difficult.

>>1129918

You have two options:

1) You do it. Whether you fail or succeed doesn't really matter because you will be writing a great page of your life regardless of the outcome.

2) You don't do it. Few years later you'll look back and realize you've done nothing, just wasted your life at home.

The choice is up to you.

You could probably get a good deal on a vintage style fixer upper. It won't be modern, it might have a frigidaire in it, but the hipster chicks will dig it.

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Or how about a Shasta F-250

>>1129337
Right fucking now?

When you earn $16K+ per second

>>1129337
after you die

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In the west of Ireland from October-March it rains almost all the fucking time. Beautiful scenery too, could be what you're looking for. Galway is the biggest city in the area

>>1128077
Pacific Northwest, USA

Seattle or Portland, Oregon

>>1128081
This.

Also the towns on the coast of Oregon might be a bit too small for you but
>maximum level of comfiness
describes them well in my opinion.

Will you be going back to London at the end of your trip?
Then there shouldn't be a problem.

If you're leaving from another location, you'll need to find a chain rental that allows you to drop the car off in another one of their rental places.

Hello Aussie,

You will need a credit card with more than a token limit on it.

Also, quite a lot of rental companies insist on you having been a driver for several years already. I know this from experience.

Might be worth looking in to "international drivers licences". (Usually a cheap process at a post office) These can make a difference to the car rental process in some parts of the world. Not sure about the UK 'cause I have a full licence there.

That other anon is right about drop-off points. You need to think about that.

Also, it's gonna be expensive to rent and fuel a car in Europe for a month. Even a shitty one. If you aren't a richfag by 21 year old standards, it may be out of your price range.

Unless you have a specific need for the car over the entire period, I would suggest sticking to planes, trains and buses. Europe is well served by these.

You can, but they will charge you an extortionate amount of money. I believe the age the rental rates come down for is 24? I rented a car in the UK when I was 23 and I remember it's been close to 350 pounds for 6 days. I'm now 27 and just booked a rental car for 5 days for around 90 pounds.
Unless you want to get to somewhere really obscure and not serviced by trains or busses it's not worth it.
Also, don't worry about the international drivers license it makes no difference in the UK.

>>1125925
>things to avoid
Everything. Food is bland and hotels are overpriced as fuck.

>>1127000
' ' is great you fucking pleb

>>1125925
tell us what country youre from and if there are any hostels youve checked out yet

just use my daily bump

There you may learn about the expirience of an american guy.
>>>/int/59889643

>>1119536
'murrican guys make me crazy (most of them).
They're not happy if they can't find a 4g connection, wifi spot or if they can't find a perfect copy of their lifestyle.

Do they have a hole as toilets? Do they wear tracksuits? What's the matter? Enjoy the differences, fortunately we're not 'murican copies!

ps. 10/10 qt
pps. I would like to visit your country sooner or later!

>>1129347
>I'm half Peruvian
Okay, let's talk about the fact that you have zero clue about life and travel, really can't believe your questions. If you want to know what kind of food or money you'd need, start adding up airfare, hotels and restaurants. Find some menus online, and hit up expedia or something.

For local places to stay, yes, do count on relatives to host you and show you local experiences firsthand and friends. This can add to expenses not just be "free" because as a good guest, you'd be buying a meal or something helpful. What you don't want to do for hotels can be found for CHEAP on airbnb, as my friends always do when they go to lima.

Here's the cool part, you look peruvian? If you can pass as a local, and speak decent Spanish, you can blend in and take a few risks. That's a nice kind of travel.

>>1129381
Yeah I'm out of my zone on this, hence me coming here.

But the problem is that My other half is Russian so I am usually the whitest in a group of people.

I'll do what you said and do some calculations to find out what I'm gonna need and such.

I know enough spanish to get me and another speaker to understand each other. That's it. I should learn more?

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Your relatives there can give you better advice than anyone here.

Would help if you say what you're going to do there, Peru is a pretty big country. If you're going for 2 weeks is it the usual Lima-Cuzco-Inca Trail-Lake Titicaca?

I'd budget $1000 for roundtrip airfare (don't know where you live, or when you're going), another 1000 for travel inside (you can spend a lot less if you're willing to go by bus, but you don't have much time) and $50/day so $700 for a total of 2700. If you're willing to go cheap and/or can mooch off family you could easily get that down to under 2000 though.

Peru can be a lot like Thailand where it's expensive to fly to because you're traveling so far away. But once you're there you can go to some rural place and easily live off $20 a day. Two weeks seems short, work constraints?

Wouldn't really bother learning more spanish or worrying about their culture. A lot of tourists who only speak English go there (most of the locals speak Quecha instead of Spanish in the areas tourists frequent). And they aren't Arab or anything so don't worry too much about being offensive. They're used to dirty hippies going there for hallucinogens, but don't wear shorts and flip flops to a church and get upset over some bad looks.

Only real big cultural thing is how the Inca flag is a rainbow like the gay flag, but most bars or restaurants with it aren't gay friendly.

>>1128942
I think they will send you away at the border if there is evidence that you have been to Israel. Do you have a passport without Israeli stamps? If so, you might try to fly to Turkey and get to Iran overland? No idea, 2bh.

>>1128942
>How to accomplish this in the way that will fuck me the least.
Kek

Step 1: move to another country
Step 2: get a new passport
Step 3: Visit Iran, it's a great country

>>1128942
I don't think they stamp your passport in Israel for precisely this reason. You get an additional document instead of a stamp. I might be wrong about this, though.

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/forums/middle-east/israel/no-more-israeli-passport-stamps