Do you regret traveling so much?
Has traveling made you bad or physically sick?
Well, Im asking because something inside me is starting to regret the 6 years of hardcore traveling. Maybe I shouldnt been gone for so long. I mean, the time was great, i earned a lot of money as a teacher, translator, logistics manager. Hell, i even lived the hedonist dream: found an outdoor gym at some beach, bought a tent and started living on that beach. every morning i went fishing, had a breakfast of mussels and crabs, then had a workout and some swimming practice.
but, honestly, the downside of all this is the fact that i really didnt develop, all my friends are rich and bald now, have a family and a nice home. and i cant even find a decent job, all this freedom made me hate any authority. besides this i have nothing to show potential employers, all my past jobs were on a freelance basis without any contracts.
and theres a bigger problem: i cant emotionally commit myself to a lasting relationship, simply because i still have the traveler mentality; that everyone in my life will soon disappear and we will never contact each others but on birthdays.
And, last but not least i got a heart attack due to excessive partying last year. Feels bad.
Though I am sure everything will be alright in the end, i still regret so much.
What about you, do you think there were some things you better have not done?
You're suffering from grass is greener syndrome, bro. All those bald dudes wish they'd been able to do what you've done.
Does that mean you've had the better deal? Obviously not, but neither have they.
You're absolutely right that it's going to work out okay, for the simple reason that you want it to, and as a traveler you're good at things like resourcefulness and self-determination.
Can't get a mortgage to buy a house as nice as your bald friend's? Ten grand will get you an acre of land in coastal Maine, a few hundred bucks will get you a lobstering license, a fiver will get you a beer at a dock-side bar where you'll meet the friends you always wanted.
The bad news is you've got the bug and you'll always want to be somewhere else.
More bad news, I'm probably half your age with a quarter your experience, so I prolly don't know wtf I'm talking about.
Heart attack? Are you shooting what zyzz was shooting?
I've got pretty much the opposite problem. I've blueballed myself after planning out a hardcore career of travel, instead getting engaged and starting a half-decent job. If we wanted to within a year we could get a loan and buy property in our neighborhood where we can be pretty much 100% certain it'll double its value within our lifetimes. We'd be dooming ourselves to 20 years of debt but we'd be able to travel in perpetua by the time we're 50.
By that time of course the world will have been paved over.
>grass is greener syndrome
sound more like goldilocks to me. you were too hot, they were too cold. need to find balance. i've been all over three continents, a lot of it with my amazing wife, and we have a 1 year old son who we're taking to japan next year, and we're also financially stable with some very tight friendships.
I'm going to new york city in a few weeks and one of my favourite things is to taste food and booze from other places (I'm not from the USA).
What do you guys recommend to eat and where?
Get Halal B. 53rd st and 6th avenue. You have to be drunk.
Then get fake halal for comparison.
Find a bullshit food truck on the nyu campus. Otherwise nobody really does decent street food.
Don't eat the hotdogs
Most of the food to eat out in New York is immigrant food, of one sort or another.
Chinese food in Chinatown.
Indian food on East 6th Street.
Pizza.
Jewish Deli food.
Honestly, if you want truly American food that hasn't been adopted by the global franchises, Boston or Philadelphia would be better.
For booze, the Brooklyn Brewery produces decent beer, and is reasonably well distributed.
>>1087631
There is also plenty of American food. Burgers, cheap Diners, Chains and American food focused restaurants high and low. These are to be found in all neighborhoods. Thats what makes NYC what it is, it basically has everything.
Starting a USA thread. If it's a question about a city or state in the U.S, ask away here. Just wanting to make a general recommendation? Do it here. Want to talk about experiences or ideas? Do it here!
I'll start with New Orleans. I'm going to be going there on the 11th through the 14th of March. I have a place to stay and I will have a car. It'll be me and my girlfriend but we don't know anyone there. We don't have much planned just that we'll be getting pretty wasted a couple of those nights. We're interested in doing pretty much anything from exploring some abandoned places to some history museums. Would like to know of any good places to go. Cool things to do/see.
>>1086758
went to new orleans for a week this past summer and i have to say it's one of my favorite cities. i had nothing planned and had a great time.
one thing to note is that frenchman st is 100x better than bourbon st. amazing music, drinks, food, and atmosphere, while bourbon st is just noise and expensive garbage.
>>1086755
What's ur favourite territory?
I realize that /trv/ is a slow board so please be patient if I don't respond immediately.
>>1086132
I've heard becoming an air courier nowadays is in the past. How did you get the job? Is the pay worth it? Does not having a stable life affect you in anyway?
Looks like a job to do for a few years.
>>1086148
The industry has definitely shrunk over the past decade but there is still a market for people who want their goods accompanied during transit. In the past I've accompanied a rich client's pet dog on a flight to SFO. Another time I personally delivered a VERY expensive work of art to Milan. It's an insight into how the rich live.
>How did you get the job?
Well, I'm essentially a freelancer. I advertise my services and clients get in contact with me. No disrespect but I can't stand the "gibsmedat" attitude these days where millennials expect others to provide their dream job for them. Create your own job.
>Is the pay worth it?
I charge a premium as I offer a luxury service. So yes, I'm handsomely compensated.
>Does not having a stable life affect you in any way?
I'm single and have always been a bit anti-social so this job suits me down to the ground. There is a lot of time spent in hotel rooms and waiting in airports. I'm intimately familiar with most major airports across the world from AUH to SIN to LHR and to be honest they begin to look the same after a while. Same sterile decor, same issues of magazines on the shelves, same over-priced coffee. I sometimes feel lonely for a partner when I'm out exploring a new city and see loved up couples walking hand in hand, but a girlfriend would tie me down and make my lifestyle almost impossible. I've no intentions of slowing down any time soon.
>>1086162
How much do you make? I'm genuinely interested how much a job like this would pay.
Do you really need to register your stay? Especially if you're frequently changing cities.
There seem to be differing opinions online, some claim no one checks registration papers and only your visa is enough, others say it's better to register even if it's a huge pain.
Also Russia thread
Will hop aboard this thread and also ask a question.
I'm thinking about going to Moscow and take the Trans-Siberian from Moscow to Beijing in November/December.
Is it a bad idea to do that traversing during winter?
If you're frequently changing cities, there's no point.
If the police stop you (they will unless you blend in well) you're just going to have to show them your passport and visa, and then pay a small bribe, like $2. ALWAYS CARRY CIGARETTES AND A LIGHTER FOR BRIBING. The system made sense during the cold war, but now it's just something that they keep to make money from.
>>1081689
Yes. There will be no daylight, and the few hours of it will be the same monotonous landscape for days
>>1081686
Depends on where you stay. Was told we only had to register if we were in a city for more than seven days, but some people would tell us it depending on the city. That said, most hostels/hotels will register you. In my experience, trying to register yourself is a fucking nightmare, one of my worst experiences in Russia.
>>1081689
Don't bother. Like the other guy said, it'll be dark most of the time. You're going to want to stop and see the cities you stop at, and during the winter it's going to be dark more often than not. That said, I'm told summer can be hellish because of the mosquitoes.
Sup /trv/,
I'm taking a month long vacation at the end of the year, I'll be leaving a week before Christmas and coming back around the 18th of January.
I'm trying to decide whether to divide my time between Thailand and the Philippines or just go to one.
My interests are hooking up (not paying for sex) good beaches, fun nightlife, wonders of nature, anything cool with animals, and just stuff that can't be done anywhere else.
Can anyone offer recommendations one way or the other? This will be my first trip to Asia.
That period is one of the most expensive times to fly to Thailand, I not sure about the Phillipines.
Pros for Thailand: More "exotic", temples and stuff . Easier to hook up with non-Asians (slutty backpackers)
Cons: English is less prevalent. More expensive than Phillipines.
Phillipines pros: English more prevalent. Easier to hook up with Asians (not that Thais are particularly hard, but Phillipines is super easy). Cheapest than Thailand. Better beaches
Cons: Less exotic. Less infrastructure. Less modern. Food not as good.
I think the overall nature in the countries is a wash.
I'd honestly go to Phillipines first if yu plan to go at all, because people tend to be less impressed with the Phillipines if they have been to Thailand first, vice the other way around
>>1078930
Thanks. What are the better airports Asia-side to get laid over in? My options seem to be Peking, Singapore, Dubai, Seoul, and Taipei.
>>1079016
Peking. Kek. Most people in the 21st century call it Beijing, you know?
If you want a chance to leave the airport, I don't recommend Beijing or Seoul as all the major airports are a bit of a commute from the city. Singapore is quite close (because Singapore) so even with a few hours, you could go out and come back.
crossposting this from /ck/ because I like /trv/s opinions sometimes
so I'm a culinary student, I'm doing pretty fucking great in my classes and I have top notch internship lined up this year. If all goes well I'll be in a solid position to go literally anywhere in the world next summer and I'm trying to get a jump on it. Right now I live in the Northeast United States and I could bounce from restaurant to hotel for the rest of my life if I wanted to, learning and experiencing plenty, but I'd like to use my vocation to travel and actually see the world. It's too bad I don't speak french and my spanish sucks, living and working in Europe or South America would be my first choice but I'm down for anything. I'm obviously not asking /ck/ to make my decisions for me here, I am constantly doing research and analyzing what I really want and what would be best for me and my career. But I feel like I'm sleeping on some world class cities and cuisine. So what am I missing? What are some highly livable cities I should be looking at? I need a place with a good drinking culture, I can't be stuck in some backwater full of senior citizens any longer.
>>1088152
You don't have to speak perfect French or Spanish to move to Europe for culinary experience. Start learning now, you have a year, that's enough to know enough Spanish to hold most conversations as it's a very easy language to learn.
The best suggestion I can give is to go to a country of which cuisine you will specialize in. If you're into French food move to France, if you're into Thai food move to Thailand. Getting visas will be the difficult part.
>>1088367
I get that. Go where my taste buds want the most. And that's great. But you have to realize I'm dick deep in this right now. Yeah, I'm technically trained classically french, and six months in rural france would do me great. But so would six months in Greece, or Sardinia, or Brazil, or Montreal. I've got a pretty good hold on world cuisine, but its all from an outsiders perspective. I'm here asking you guys because I feel like I'm missing something. If I go to Auckland will I learn how to cook lamb better than anywhere else? Will six months in Rio change my life? This isn't just a cuisine question, we live in a global community. There's french restaurants in Indonesia, they have $$$$ brazilian in Prague. But where am I going to improve as not just a cook but a human being the most?
I have plenty of ideas, and I'll probably get going on my language skills even if I end up in NYC for some stupid fucking reason next year. But I would feel like I fucked up if I didn't at least see what everyone else has to offer.
So I guess, if you need a better question /trv/, where was your best meal /trv/?
>>1088152
I'd vouch for Japan or Korea if you want to diversify. Spend a year or two in somewhere like Akita or Pusan... Getting good at real Japanese or Korean cuisine might add an interesting flair to whatever you've gotten good at in the North East. The trick is they really like to have people speaking the language when they hire, so you're really going to need to be a skilled chef if you want to land a good hotel job in East Asia.
Hey /trv/, first time poster here.
I've had a job for a few months that has opened up some pretty awesome doors for me in terms of finance. I just got told I was getting the last week and a half of this month paid off, so I'm free to do whatever. I've never been outside the USA aside from going to Canada once, and I wanna leave this continent and go somewhere. Trouble is, I'm so overwhelmed by all the possibilities that I'm having a hard time picking where I wanna go. Money isn't (too much) of an issue but I'd like to spend less than like 2500 dollars total. I'm 22 years old and have no attachments in terms of a significant other. I've spent a lot of my time camping and hiking, so I'm not looking to go to tourist traps and hang out in a fancy hotel my entire time. I'd rather check out cool bars and hang with the locals as much as possible and have a good time drinking, fighting, or fucking.
What would you guys suggest for a first timer? Europe seems fun, but I also like the idea of Asia or even New Zealand. It's hard to choose.
Fighting?
>>1088085
Go to Ecuador. You can hang with the locals, see the cool things, it's not expensive and people are generally friendly.
Go to Thailand or Vietnam and rent a scooter. Watch out for ladyboys.
My son is 16 yo and is very responsible, and mature. He has traveled a lot with me in the past. but I am curious to one thing. How could he travel alone to AUS for example? and be able to go without a guide or a adult. He is basically a man.
picture is completely unrelated
>>1087846
Granted, I have daughter turning 15 next month and I'm on this page, but how much does anyone want to bet that this is the "son" posting trying to skirt the age limit for 4Chan? Good on him though, better than the retards that admit to being underage.
>>1087849
Not underage. A serious question.
I mostly browse /diy/ but when looking through the 4chan homepage noticed this board, and decided to ask.
He cant
OK guys, I have £1100 in cash, a passport, and no hope. where should I go for my final week?
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Final week of what?
>>1087604
I'm checking out.
>>1087605
OK. You should go to a doctor.
i feel that i am better than the people im around because they've only ever been to one town in their whole life and ive seen the entire country, been to almost every state in united states, Hawaii twice. i was born in Illinois and live in Virginia. i am not sure where I want to live. Germany would be my top pick but in the us probably Florida. driven across the country multiple times and seen all the landmarks, flew to Ireland and then France and drove through France Belgium Netherlands Germany Austria Czech rep Italy and England. where have you been anons? btw my first post on this board. i come from /o/. my one favorite thing about going to other countries is the different car cultures and what type of cars car enthusiasts enjoy around Europe. pic related one of my favorite places normandy beach where 10000 soldiers came to liberate france on june 6 1944
>>1087405
if you're gonna jerk yourself off, do it in the bathroom
>>1087405
>i come from /o/
>>1087405
i would list the countries ive been to but that would be egotistical. needless to say im often referred to as well traveled, even in hostels that are located in the obscurest countries. i love food and i always find it cute when my friends who might have left their home country once in their life talk about things like tacos. tacos? well i just share my story of the most delicious mexican tacos i had in MEXICO with MEXICANS. then i go on about the hookahs in dubai, the tea in china, and the night life in london. i know they wont grasp or follow, or even appreciate most of what im talking about. thats why i come to /trv/.
What were your most memorable or greatest city to club in?
For me it's got to be Tokyo. It has everything. The atmosphere, in a "exotic" place, the neon lights, the city lights and having the train ready to take you home at 8am helped a lot. It's one of those things that I will never forget.
Not that I have been to a ton of places, but Cancun, Mexico was great.
Coco Bongo was such a great time because it was like a 3 hour show while in a club atmosphere. Then at 2am the show ends and it's an all out rage fest. Ibiza is supposedly the best, still on my bucket list
>>1087279
>all out rage fest
What do you mean by this? Fighting? I though you were going to say
>and it's an all out orgy fest
>>1087280
When i was in high school ~7 years ago people starting saying "rage" to mean partying with copious amounts of alcohol and/or other drugs. Letting loose, as it were.
Hes not refering to actual rage or violence, although thats not out of the question.
What shouldn't be missed in Las Vegas?
Alcohol
Cocaine
Hookers
>>1087770
And money
>>1086996
Get the fuck out of here theres nothing.
>My college is offering a three-week exchange trip to France
>It held a seminar regarding this trip and other trips today
>Around 50 people attended this seminar
>After the seminar, most people asked questions about this trip to France
>Quota for French trip is 25 people
>Some of these people who want to travel to France are Translation and Linguistics majors
Should I apply? I am a Chemistry major and my major has nothing to do with French. They say that they will look at your general communication skills, participation in college activities, and passion to select people in the interview. I didn't participate in any college events and my communication skills are below average.
The worst that could happen is they refuse your application.
If you're scared of being scarred for life because your application was declined, then don't do it.
You also shouldn't apply if you don't have the money, obviously.
>>1086866
My college will pay for all the expenses (except the flight tickets).
>>1086886
So unless you're a pussy who can't handle rejection or you don't have enough for flight tickets or you have something better to do during those three weeks, I see no reason not to apply.
But seeing as you had to create a thread to ask, you may fit the first case.
Going to the Netherlands for a week, any recommendations or advices?
Do stuff that you might find interesting.
You stated literally nothing about yourself or a budget, so there's nothing else to say.
>>1086791
Sorry... new in the board.
I'll have around 600 euros for that week.
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