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>>1092616
Smartly and efficiently.

>>1092616
Mobile :( sorry dude.
Leave KY to go back home in Las Vegas and visit Hawaii. From there, to Japan, China, Korea(both), Russia, Germany, Italy, France, and the U.K. That's it, man.

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>Art institute
>360 Chicago at Hancock building, wait at sears tower is too long.
>Buckingham fountain
>Cultural center in downtown has some good information
>Walk around some of the cooler neighborhoods in the city like Hyde Park, Wicker Park, Logan Sqaure, Old Town, etc.
>Ride the el around downtown at least once.
>Do some architectural tours around the city, make sure you check out the mag mile, just be careful here, lots of beggars.
>Lakefront Trail (rent a bike)
>Riverwalk
>Navy Pier
>Garfield Park Conservatory (just be careful getting there, Garfield Park is murder central.)
>Check out whats going on in one of the theaters downtown.
>Stroll down 79th street at 1am on a Friday night :^)
I really don't know much about food stuff though.

>>1092065
Where do I want to avoid if I want to steer clear of beggars/crime?

>>1092303
The Southside. If you stay downtown or north you will be fine. I've been downtown at questionable hours of the night and have never had any problems

>>1089040
Why? Damn, people can't have conversations anymore without thinking something is a bait.

>>1089036
Where is it that you are comparing for your travels? Probably the best vegan friendly country will be the ones where its religiously restricted.

But, is this a poll for curiosity? Or do you intend to go somewhere soon?

>>1089045
I started vegan diet in january, and I'm trying to chose a destination for this summer, and since I don't want to bother everyone every time we go in a restaurant, and ending in a place where the only vegan/vegetarian stuff is salad...

>>1091962
>how easy it it to travel between Canada and America
Not too hard if you're a citizen of one of those countries with appropriate clearance but otherwise it's a normal border isn't it?

Pretty much any 1st/2nd world border crossing is going to get you entered into a DB which the NSA has probably hacked which means that ASIO gets that file on you under the five-eyes program.

Pretty hard to be anonymous these days.

I mean, go to Cambodia and they take your fingerprints electronically at the border. That data is probably instantly copied by the NSA and sent to UK/AUS/NZ/CA. Maybe to some European agencies if the US wants them to have it.

What are you hiding from anon?

>>1091972
Local authorities.

forgive my ignorance, but isn't there a tonnes of places you could cross the border from canada to US that's not patrolled? same goes with any other national borders. i do know that the border between mexico and america is heavily policed, but other than that wouldn't it be fairly easy anywhere else?

>>1091976
>be fairly easy anywhere else
Sure, but getting there will be fairly hard.

>>1091569
America

>>1091569
America

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>>1091569
America

"I was traveling through Kenya and I saw another white tourist. It ruined my day."

I slept in the dirtiest, most run down disease ridden beds in India.

>"you slept in beds?"

>>1084317
I went to NYC and never left brooklyn. time square not even once

>>1090775
You will wake up on the side of a hill at some point. If you don't, you did it wrong.

>>1090775
dont go in october

>>1090775

I have been once and it was an absolute madhouse and I have no plans to ever return. I prefer the other beer festivals in Bavaria but I do understand wanting to go and experiencing it so...

1. Beer is expensive and you're not allowed to walk out with a "souvenir" Maß -- there are plenty of places to buy them outside of the venue.

2. Learn the words to Ein Prosit.

3. Most folks are happy to let you sit at a table with them but do respect the Reserviert signs.

4. Don't grab the women.

5. Do try out the different tents.

6. Find lodgings now.

7. Have fun.

>>1092947
Where did you get them?

yeah it's surprising how shitty Chilean food is compared to all of its neighbouring countries.

According to Google it's in Leon.

>>1092864
Brussels?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/paul-mcclure/14598832968/

>>1092797
Oh good thing you made it clear it is Naples, Italy, OP, otherwise I would think it was Naples, Florida.

>>1092798
Honestly, it's worth specifying just to avoid all the smartass Americans. Too bad I got you instead.

Wait, there's a Naples in Italy too? Typical, guidos rip off everything. First pizza, then spaghetti, now city names. You're going to Jersey Shore, bitch.

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The view is scenic everywhere in Norway but it costs more + road tolls. The fjord-rich areas along the westcoast are probably the best for scenic. Maybe Hardangervidda (mountainous area down south). Other popular destinations include the Geiranger fjord, Atlanterhavsveien, Trolltunga and Preikestolen but if you want impressive 100% nature shots you might wanna go farther north like Lofoten.

The southern 2/3 of Sweden is pretty much flat but I'd say there's more deciduous forest and larger lakes with a flat spruce horizon compared to Norway. In large parts of central Sweden you'll be driving in corridors of firs the entire time. Northern part is more barren but beautiful. Southern has a more continental feel with open fields, deciduous woodlands and idyllic red houses. Look at topography maps to get an idea of the terrain. More mountains means less trees and the treeline is at around 700m altitude here.

AFAIK both countries have solid right to roam laws and atleast in Sweden you can stay on private land for one night as long as you're out of eye/earshot of buildings. There are some restrictions to lighting fires in peak summer and you should leave no trace. June is not the warmest month, that'd be July-August but still viable if you have a decent sleepingbag. RV sounds like a good compromise between cost and comfort. Food can be expensive, especially in Norway so you could pad your dinners with some brought-from-home food assuming you live somewhere cheaper.

Source: I'm a Swede who has been to Norway a few times.

Pic is en route (like a 10km walk) to Trolltunga from the parkinglot. Not representative of all of norway but almost.

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Norway.

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Near "Flatruet", central western Swe.

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>>1092682
>so would ideas on coll historic neighborhoods that are (for the most part) safe
That came out wrong. I meant to say I want to know some cool historic neighborhoods that I can stroll down without being mugged.

>>1092682

Lots of 24 hour strip clubs. Baltimore Harbor is pretty nice. You are pretty much going to have to deal with people chimping out no matter what.

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If I visited Baltimore, I would want to visit two historic sites: Fort McHenry and the B&O Railroad Museum.

Fort McHenry (~2.5 miles southeast from downtown) guards the entrance to Baltimore Harbor and a battle that happened there during the War of 1812 inspired a poem that became the US National Anthem.

The B&O Railroad Museum (~1 mile west of downtown) is the best museum of its kind in the United States. It has the largest collection of railroad equipment dating from the 1800s in the country, which is housed inside an an old railroad complex dating from 1829. It also has a few that still run, which use the oldest stretch of track in the country dating from 1830 (The B&O Railroad was America's first railroad to eventually grow into a big railroad and was the first to have regular passenger service there). The crown jewel of the collection is the William Mason steam locomotive, the oldest operational standard gauge steam locomotive in the world (built 1856).

>>1092662
another option that is worth considering is the Jones Loop bar, kind of a flat bar but with way more versatility. Provides a nice backsweep for an upright all day riding position and also and extension for when reducing wind resistance is necessary. Also lots of options for hand placement to reduce shoulder and arm fatigue. Can we also make this a BTG (bike travel general).

Ive just started university for the year and have spent the last 3 hours watching round the world trips on youtube and just want to drop out and fuck off, pls give me inspo guys

ps. did about 5000ks of touring on standard drops last year and theres really nothing wrong with them, a timeless design to say the least, however i did at times feel like a bit of sweep in the drops provided by a bar like the salsa cowbell would have been nice

>>1092662
also thats a really nice bike, are you going full on and getting it rohloff equipped

>>1092662
You probably want butterfly bars or something similar. They're good for resting on while you ride.

A Nomad thorn is nice, you need to cut that stem though before you face plant on it. It's also not going to be cool when trying to tuck in a head wind.

I just use flat bars with bar ends but I don't ride more than 20km in a single leg so it's not a big deal for me. I'm just touring with a folding city bike and take trains.

>>1092631
College. Semester Abroad. All the fun, all of the freedom.

>>1092632

This is best idea.

But just a heads up, its not an easy program to get into, no matter how your university advertises it, you need to work very hard.

Also why Japan OP?

>>1092631
I have a friend, an inexplicable Suomiboo, who did an extra year of high school through AFS. He graduated, moved to Finland, did the equivalent of a second senior year in Varkaus, learned Finnish, came home, went to university a year and a bit older than his youngest peers. I think he was probably only eighteen when he left, so yes, he was a little younger than you. But he did it, so it's definitely possible. His program was not at all academically intensive, and of course he did not need the grades, but he did actually learn very good Finnish, which is no mean feat (he's very, very quick with languages--conversant in seven or eight by now, presently completing a PhD in philology).

I don't know if AFS in particular even has a Japan program, or if they expect participants to have had some Japanese, but if they have one you can probably apply for it.

>>1092451
best strip clubs in north america

Anything else?

Im actually going with my gf tmrw possibly.
What do?

>>1092451
Poutine