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>>1281232

You have any gear? bags? room for extra fuel? DETAILS MAN

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I've got a duffel on the back, along with a small tent, sleeping bag and hammock. The only extra fuel I've got is my reserve tank (3.0 gal tank, .53 gal reserve) but I don't expect to need any more than that; there are stations all over along my route. A fill up every 100 miles should do me fine.
No forward pegs unfortunately, as I didn't have time to get them mounted.
Pic related, it's my bike

>>1281226
China will kick your ass off you're not well prepared for it. Vietnam would probably be more tourist friendly especially for two weeks.

>>1281226
Do the touristical route in China (Beijing-Xian-Nanjing-Hangzhou-Shanghai). But do it guided. It is impossible go alone if you don't speak Chinese.

>>1281237
Like a contiki? I've never done a tour group before, any alternatives to contiki ?

As far as I know The electronic ban only affects certain airports in certain muslims countries. You should be fine

>>1281427
Keep following the news. At some point there were even rumors of it being made a global ban. Let's hope not.

>>1281207
Check with your airline carrier.
If anything you can put your tablet in your checked luggage.

>>1281203
Tortellini is permitted, but you must declare it and it must go through a certain quarantine period. I think it's 14 days but I might be wrong. Contact the airline, or better yet contact the officials at the US airport where you will be landing. Nutella is only legal in California, Colorado, and Washington State, but AFAIK it's still totally illegal to transport it across borders. The Federal government are really cracking down (thanks a lot Trump) so I wouldn't risk it. I've seen Nutella dogs in action at a number of US airports and it's pretty amazing how sensitive they are.

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>>1281242
Same, i tried to smuggle in some Nutella up my ass, and those fucking dogs got on me in a hurry, barely knew what was happening until a TSA agent was knuckle deep in my ass searching for that decadent chocolate spread.

>>1281203
Don't risk the Nutella bro, you don't want a fist in your ass

Eat a jar of Nutella before your flight. Scoop it out of your asshole a couple days later. What is so hard about that?

I doubt either of those places will have much to anything of what you would be interested in OP. I could be wrong, but thinking of the demgraphics of those neighborhoods there wouldn't have been any soldiers in those neighbhorhoods left selling all their stuff, nor would they have a house up there. They would have binned it and left for Florida. Outer boroughs maybe.

>>1281044
Yes. Don't eat peanuts while there, I guess.

Learn the word for "peanut" in the language(s) of the place(s) you plan to visit, or make some cards that explain your allergy in the local language.

And if you need an epipen or whatever, have that.


Sort of like going anywhere when you have a food allergy.

>>1281044
Well, as far as I know people who are allergic to peanuts can still consume peanut oil as the allergens are not extracted along with the oil. Only those with very severe allergies can't consume it. Have you tried eating it?

Yeah it will be a big issue in a lot of east Asian countries. You'd just have to avoid foods that could potentially be fried in peanut oil. Eat a lot of soups as usually they don't have any peanuts. Go to supermarkets and buy your own food, the region will have a lot of western foods sold there so you can buy foods you know. And speaking of western foods, a lot of restaurants also serve western food there so you might be forced to eat some burgers.

I would stay away from street food unfortunately unless you know the dish the vendor is selling definitely doesn't have peanuts and there isn't a variation that doesn't. Also print out cards saying you absolutely can't have anything with peanuts and ask around in areas where you want to eat for them to recommend you a food that doesn't have any peanuts.

>>1281044
Depends on how severe your allergy is. If it's not fatal, then bring some medication. If it's potentially fatal but not extremely so, bring an EpiPen or three, get someone to write out "help get me to the hospital I am having an allergic reaction to peanuts" on a sheet of paper, and have travel medical insurance.

If you're one of those "just a sniff will put me in a coma" types, then stay the fuck away. I can tell you from firsthand experience that they never pay any fucking attention to what you tell them about allergies, figuring "just another annoying foreigner", and then don't believe it when someone goes into anaphylactic shock.

Also, the medical care in all these countries is complete shit unless you are a "rich foreigner" who can pay for top-notch treatment in a "foreigner hospital" like Bumrungrad. And even then, it depends on whether the country and particular part of the country you're in even has one of those.

I'm living in Taiwan, and again from firsthand experience, ALL hospitals and doctors here are complete shit. I was paying full cash price for Adventist, and the incompetent quack there was ignoring what I kept telling him. It took my company sending someone with me to another hospital, where she shouted at the doctor until the doctor sighed and actually bothered to give me some medication, to get treated, and that was for simple high blood pressure. At Adventist, the incompetent fucktard kept telling me, "You're just anxious because you're in a hospital, go home and your blood pressure will be fine again." No, you stupid quack, I'm in your office because my arteries are about to blow out and my heart is thrashing around trying to pump too hard. One fucking pill a day is all it takes, and it costs seven cents, but no, can't spend that on a fucking foreigner even if he's paying cash for it and not eating up the National Health Insurance money.

>>1280936
Come to Idaho safe, meth & banjo are only here if you start looking for it. Outdoor stuff is life here and you are pretty safe. You could leave your coat somewhere on accident and no one would touch it.

>>1280951
cool what are the cities like? Can you get a cheap house without it being trailer park boys? Whats the weather like year round? employment?

>>1280951
Also, hows the political spectrum? Is it overall a very red state or is it blue in the cities and red in the more rural segments like most

>>1280724
>1. How dangerous are the "poblaciones"? I know Southern South America is generally very safe and has none of the gang problems of places like Columbia or Brazil, but still, I will be going deep into trouble areas so any advice you can give me would be nice?
You gonna get rape

2. Chile has zero attractions except fancy resorts way cheaper than you are from.

3. If you aren't fat nor old, lolis will crave your dick and pickpockers for your wallet. Its cold but not like the US

>>1280724
Atacama is pretty relaxed. Lots of people coming and going. Causal dress , normal shorts, light trousers etc.

There's little to do really. The dessert is fine but don't fall for the dark night tours to see the stars, it's dark everywhere.

>/pol/
stopped reading there

I went there on September last year. It was amazing.

I didn't used hotels, I used airbnb instead

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>>1280656
If you're into soccer, then check out the Svangaskarð stadium in toftir
>on clifside
>technically don't even have to play for ticket
>can just sit on hill and see the stadium
>pic related

Based on your criteria, I'd recommend Bali, as you can do all those things there (minus see the Aurora -- come to think of it, you won't see
the aurora anywhere in August). Bali is super touristy, however.
Other adventurous places which have 'touched' me:
>Morocco
Huge snow-capped mountains, forests, sand dunes, UNESCO sites galore
>Oman
Mountains, oases, caves, best castles outside of Europe. Google Wadi Shab and also Musandam
>Iceland
Less visible history, but more awesome nature than you can wrap your head around. Really fun to explore if you've read any of the Sagas.

>>1280530
I'm in Central America right now, might be up your alley
>Caving,
I think there are some
>diving,
Definitely, expensive though it is everywhere I believe
>hiking,
TONS of volcanoes and mountains
>snorkeling,
Yep, some really good reefs and animal interactions
>maybe see some sights like the aurora borealis or a world heritage site.
Dunno what you want but there's a lot of ruins

I am not very well traveled yet so I may not be the best resource

>>1280530
Colombia or Ecuador maybe.. Tayrona in Colombia, or San Gil...plus you can mix some city nightlife in there, with Cali or Medellin

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>>1280433
Not gonna lie, travel is a hell of a drug. Even on family trips with parents and siblings to occupy your time, I always found a way to slip through schedule constraints and do stupid shit for the thrills.

I only ever got the same rush of excitement from drug runs and adventures in college, and even then that was short lived.

Best story I can muster was seeing a prostitute in Paris while staying with family. I walked around Rue St. Denis in what looked like an Algerian neighborhood after exiting the metro. Sketchy as hell for the first twenty minutes of wandering. Found my way to the whores on Rue Blondel and got kicked out of a hookers apartment for having insufficient funds.

A little more wandering and I set up with another hooker later that night in her apartment . Decent experience, plus I got to try the local cuisine on the cheap. (Say what you will about Muslims and their terrible memes,but holy shit halal hamburgers are god-tier)

go hike the Pacific crest trail. much more rewarding than any other forms of traveling. cured my terminal autism

Getting out of your comfort zone means being more confident

Tbh, no.
Skip the middle man and go straight to Istanbul.
exyu is literally nothing to see that you cant see anywhere else.
Vienna has strongest exyu diaspora. A lot of ex Austrio hungarian cities look the same.

>>1280422
> The balkans and former yugoslavian states just look like shitholes to me
How could you possibly come to that conclusion? They look like paradise on earth when you search google images.