Where would you guys buy a cheap apartment if you had around 30,000 usd and wanted to buy a nice enough 1 bedroom apartment?
I've seen in Bulgaria you can get nice coastal ones for as cheap as 15,000 euros, but Sunny Beach and Varna don't seem like the best places to live.
All I'm really looking for is good internet access to work online, in a relaxed place especially with weed (so like india, cambodia and morocco, illegal but plentiful is cool) and somewhere warm.
A lot of flights to europe that aren't too expensive would be nice too.
>>1086149
Detroit or Cleveland... I'd spend the other 29,000 on assault weapons and self defend the shit out of some burglars lol
>>1086149
Kyiv or Lviv, Ukraine
The value will go up a lot over the next 10 - 20 years even if you don't want to live there.
Italy. You can get a small place for that amount about an hours drive from Roma.wwwcasadifamiglia.it
/trv/ relevant literature.
What are you reading in those hostels?
>>1085751
Non-/trv/-related stuff, really. I only read travel literature when I'm at home, doing boring stuff not to starve.
Some of my favourites are:
- Theroux and Bryson. Pretty widely known, but Theroux is still great and Bryson is pretty funny (in the first half of all his books, then he loses his drive and it sort of peters out).
- André Gide's stuff. Pretty old, pretty stuffy from time to time but reading how someone travelled to absolutely out of the way places like Chad in the 1920s is insanely interesting. It might be a more /lit/-related question, but if anyone has any recommendations in the same vein, hit me up.
- Cees Nooteboom's stuff. It's in Dutch so it's easy when I don't feel like reading in English or other languages. Don't know whether it's translated, though. For any Dutchies out there: Nachttrein naar Mandalay is cool stuff.
anything by this guy is pretty cool
Michael Palin travel books are great.
My favourite Python and favourite travel show host.
So on a whim I decided to do a weekend in Quebec, I'm burger but I can bullshit a little in French... my wife speaks a bit better than me.
Where should I check out? I'm thinking Quebec City hang out and look at architecture, go get some poutine, watch a hockey game and get some drinks and then get up to breakfast at some place recommended by Yelp, and hang out at Montreal until my flight is ready...
Anything more interesting to add or other "must see" or "off the beaten path" type things?
Bump?
Three places:
Old Town of Quebec City
Cozy as fuck. It's super old world-looking and makes you feel like you're in Europe.
La Ronde:
Biggest amusement park in Quebec near Montreal and 2nd-biggest in the country. Great if you like roller coasters. This only applies if you are visiting in the warmer months.
Exporail:
This is the largest train-specific museum in the country and near Montreal, also. They also have many examples that still run, particularly old timey trams.
Also, of course, don't forget to get some poutine and some ice wine.
How necessary is it to speak French?
What is the cheapest way to travel across Europe?
My gf and me planned to travel this Septmeber and visit as many country as we can basically starting with Czech Republic or Hungary, going up and making a full circle.
However I recently found out that interrail is a scam and that the train options there are really limited.
Whats a good alternative? Just booking th
>>1085657
Just booking the trips separately?*
well it depends on how often you want to change your location.
Make up your mind about how many trains you will probably take, add the individual prices and compare that to the interrail ticket for your timespan. also consider flying, might be cheaper
buses
tell us some interesting stories from your travels
If you're gonna start a thread why not pick a nice photo and put some effort into a semi-inspiring first post?
>>1085516
if you want a good thread why not contribute yourself
pic is from munich, guys come into the park and surf on this funny wave made by bollards in the water
the water is very shallow, only a foot deep or so, and men brave the water even in winter
Ithink you need a permit now because germany
but it's kind of interesting
>>1085518
wow that's shit
so funny
wow lol
interesting
Where should my wife and I go on our next 10ish day vacation?
>Tokyo/Seoul
>Singapore/Hong Kong
>Mumbai/Delhi
I am a bit nervous about the India trip because of all of the reports of white women getting groped/raped. Tokyo isnt very appealing to me either since I am not a weaboo, however my wife really likes Korea. And Hong Kong just seems like a lite version of China.
>what would /trv/ suggest?
>>1085111
I suggest you are immature. You sum up destinations with really inane reasoning. Why not just do what your wife threw out as something she wanted, Korea, since I have this feeling you don't actually enjoy travel, or people, or culture in the same way that other people are pretty content with all of those locations (other than India because I'm sure you can't protect your spouse and/or poor budget).
>>1085116
Holy fuck has there ever been more projection in a single post
>>1085120
tbf, op's post is quite childish. he's nervous about the entire country of india because they might rape his wife? tokyo won't turn out to be an interesting city because he's not obsessed with japanese culture? is there something wrong with hong kong being a smaller china, even though they're quite dissimilar?
Digital Nomad general.
Let's talk about things you can do to drop out of the rat race, live the simple life, and ideal locations for it.
Locations with fairly low CoL ideal for working at home:
>Bangkok, Thailand
>Chiang Mai, Thailand
>Philippines
>Saigon/HCMC, Vietnam
>Cambodia
Ways to earn passive income, or be your own boss:
>freelance writing
>freelance programming/IT work
>freelance English teaching
>freelance copywriting
>selling on ebay/dropshipping
Feasible or not? Anyone have personal experience? Who is a 'digital nomad' right now?
Just call yourself a writer or whatever you do instead of a "digital nomad" which sounds gay as fuck and you should only use if you're building some guru identity to sell ebooks to retards who want to "escape the rat race".
I live in Hawaii, work as a programmer and travel every 2-3 months.
>>1085063
>Locations with fairly low CoL ideal for working at home:
>>Bangkok, Thailand
>>Chiang Mai, Thailand
>>Philippines
>>Saigon/HCMC, Vietnam
>>Cambodia
Agreed re: good lifestyle possibilities in most of these places (I've lived moderately long-term in BKK, Chiang Mai, and for six months in Cambodia, and I've visited VN, although I like the North better than the south).
Note, though, that none of these places will let you stay more than six months per year without a local, real job, except maybe for Cambodia, where for now it's easy to sleaze a renewable business visa (though the government is the most corrupt in Southeast Asia and among the least functional, so who knows when this could change without warning). It may be easy to get long-term access to the PI, too, but I've never wanted to try.
Jobwise...
>freelance writing
>freelance programming/IT work
>freelance English teaching
>freelance copywriting
>selling on ebay/dropshipping
All are possible. Few pay worth a damn. I've done freelance writing, copywriting, editing, and translation, and found it difficult to make a decent living at any of them--you really need to hustle constantly to maintain enough clients, and work a lot to live.
I'm still a freelancer, mostly still writing and editing in practice, but I've since become very specialized, and cery technical in some respects, so it's a different kettle of fish.
I've also been an English teacher, but not freelance--that can also be a decent living in some countries, but it's another case of having to hustle for work a lot of the time, and for people who want a lot of mobility it's less than ideal, as most people want English tutoring fairly long-term.
I don't know anything about dropshipping... does that pay genuine money? If not, it seems like only freelance programming (or IT, or maybe web design/back-end stuff) on your list could be anything like a comfortable living. $10K/year in Southeast Asia is doable, but not at all luxurious.
>>1085068
TEACH ME YOUR WAYS
Do you work while traveling? I have about two years longer for a degree I software engineering and need to pick peoples ' brains about this stuff. The only people I have been able to talk to here about it are doing the usual family and long term stable employment with programming.
What island are you on? Are you a freelancer or did you get hired at a brick mortar place?
post if you have more than two
Straya-France here.
Hola amigos
What country/region would you argue has the best indigenous music? Post examples!
I'm a big fan of 'desert blues' from west Africa; best stuff seems to come out of Mali and Mauritania.
http://www.voanews.com/MediaAssets2/projects/african_music_treasures_blog/hammadi.mp3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePM9397Irks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4-uq8cTF7o
Japan, J-Pop.
>>1084582
I like me some desert blues too every now and then. Tend to stick to Terakaft and Toumania Diabaté though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoIcrKC67bI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6cnzw_mnNo
Other than that, Mongolian (or in this case, Kalmyk) throat singing also tickles my fancy, as does Persian classical music:
>Okna Tsahan Zam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-CwSha7AI0
>Reza Manbachi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-CwSha7AI0
>>1084591
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoIcrKC67bI
This has me booty jiggling around my kitchen
In a few weeks I'm leaving on a cycling trip through southern Europe to all way to north cape in Norway. The map is a very rough sketch of my route. I've been in a few of the countries, but haven't really spent that much time in them.
It's a shit load of ground to cover, and too easy to miss cool places to visit, even if I spent days on researching. So if anyone has any tips on where to go and what to visit, especially under-the-radar type of places, or just beautiful nature, like mountains/coastline/national parks.
I will be wild camping, and I'm not that worried about safety, but tips on that are also appreciated.
>>1084213
Hey.
I'll try to suggest some places along or near your route.
Poland:
- Masuria
- Trail of the Eagles' Nests (from Czestochowa to Cracow) - bike trail with amazing medieval castles
- Cracow city
- Tatra mountains - but it may be little difficult for bicycling
Romania:
- DN7C road (Transfăgărășan)
- few castles of Vlad Palovnik (Dracula) - Cetatea Poienari, Peles, Bran
- Berca - muddy volcanoes
I see you don't want to visit Greece. Any good reasons to avoid it?
On my future trip I plan to see Athens, Olympia, Rion-Antirion Bridge.
Montenegro:
- Budva
- Kotor bay, with nearby towns
Croatia:
- Dubrovnik
- Split
- Krka National Park
- Zadar
- Plitvice National Park
Slovenia:
- Bled - castle and Saint Martin Church
Italy
- Pisa
- Rome and Vatican
Of course it's just a few places from many worth to see. I look for some information all the time because I plan such trip, maybe not now but I plan to see Europe on a bike just like you.
Helpful sites:
wikivoyage.org
tripadvisor.com - but sometimes there is imprecise locations of places
http://en.unesco.org/countries
http://www.amusingplanet.com/
For inspiration - relations from bike trips:
https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/?o=tS
>>1084243
And as for safety, few tips that came into my head.
I suggest to look in google for images of bills. In Poland, for example, for over 20 years we have new bills. But sometimes those worth nothing old ones can be used to scam foreginers.
Due to imigration crisis some borders may be closed or with increased control.
Apart from that typical safety rules:
- avoiding dark alleys in the night
- not carrying all money in one pocket
- not looking like rich foreginer
- try to avoid political and religious topics
Leave your bike in Austria then visit Italy using public transport, when you have seen Italy pick up your bike and continue on your trip.
If you ride your bike in §Italy near or in Roma or on the Via Aurelia you will die.
Hey /trv/
I'm visiting my friend in Chicago for a week (Feb 27 - May 6). I've checked out a few websites with lists of things to see and do already, but I'm wondering if there's any natives here who wouldn't mind giving me the inside scoop to a cool dive bar, local bands or some "off the beaten track" things.
>>1084078
Feb 27 - May 6 is a very long week
>>1084126
Well, I arrive Saturday at 4pm and am leaving Sunday at 10am. I'll be in Chicago for 186 hours in total. A week is made up of 168 hours. So I will be in Chicago for one week and 18 hours.
So yes, you're right, that is a very long week.
Should I do this?
From what I've researched, all the good schools are taught in German
>>1083889
yes, If i didn't already have an undergrad I would. I wish they had free grad programs.
The slight problem is getting in. I believe that is how they make this viable, thousands of people pay the application fee and don't get in.
Pretty sure you must have at least €10,000 per year to support yourself
Hey guys,
First of all, I apologize about my english. It isn't my first language.
My friend and I are landing in Nepal two weeks from now, in the 8/3.
We were wondering about the impact that the earthquake had on Nepal and on the tourism to that country. Are people still coming to hike there? Are the popular hiking routes (Annapurna etc) are gonna be deserted? etc.
Any recommendations and other valuable information would be excelent. Thanks!
Hey anon,
I've never been to Nepal. But as I'm also going there this summer, I found out one or the other thing about Nepal on this board. All the people replying to worries like yours told OP, that you wouldn't even recognize, that there was an earthquake. Therefore 99% of the country - including Kathmandu and the polular treks - have been restored quite fast.
>>1083071
Really? Cool! That's great. Do you think the number of travellers would come back to normal?
>>1083171
I can't really say that, but is it that important? I actually like it, when places aren't that overrun by tourists
Is being a nomad possible? I'm 18, have no sort of debt, a US passport, $10,000, and experience living under my means. I fluently speak English, Spanish, and have been learning French and Japanese in school for 3 years. I've never left the country and have been accepted into a decent college, but I really am unsure if I want to go. Is it possible for me to just be a nomad before/instead of going to college and inevitability ending up in debt?
you should do it. More kids should do this rather than going straight to university. I should've done this to be honest. Just go head first and you'll find what you want to do with your life.
>>1081252
>Is it possible for me to just be a nomad before/instead of going to college and inevitability ending up in debt?
It sounds to me like you're really looking for a gap year before you go back to school. Is it possible for you to travel for a while, maybe a long while, before going to college? Sure. Is it possible for you to be a nomad forever, never getting a degree, and never stopping moving? Probably not. But luckily, you probably don't really want that anyhow.
Ten grand seems like a lot of money, but realistically, that's a few plane tickets and, if you're frugal, a few months, perhaps even a year, living simply somewhere relatively cheap. Or an economical, medium length backpacking trip.
Eventually, probably sooner than you think, the money will run out and you'll need more if you want to keep moving. With no degree, and presumably few or no marketable skills, you're not likely to get real jobs anywhere outside the US. Along with no money, this also probably means no visas, so your time in any one place is going to be inherently limited (which makes it additionally hard to get even under-the-table work).
Being bilingual might be an advantage. Go somewhere in Latin America and interpret for visiting Anglos, or translate stuff into English for locals, and you can probably pick up some cash. But whatever country you wind up in isn't likely to let you stay forever, or work legally.
>>1081264
So realistically my best choice would be a gap year? I think my school lets you take one, I'll look into it. Thanks for the help.
Now that we are securely into 2016, let's reflect on some of our favorite and least favorite /trv/ threads, posts, posters,and trends of 2015. Also share travel stories, pictures, and highlights of 2015.
That thread where the woman came here seeking information on how to contact her boyfriend in Mexico, who went missing. Some thought she was trolling and turned out she was for real and her boyfriend died.
>>1080446
All I gots to say is never trust tour guides in Peru...
Can someone please post screencaps of that one guy who broke down crying while carrying luggage, let his girlfriend get taken to a hotel and got cucked as a result?