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>>1046933
If you're a darkie, I guess it will be easier to blend in. White folks stand out, for better and worse. On the other hand, once people realize you're a "rich" westerner, it'll be the same expectation that you give them money. Often, 'white' = rich, western, regardless of skin colour.

Overall it's a poor shite country desu, but one of the better ones in the region in terms of stability and economic growth (for what that's worth). Don't need to tell you to stay away from Somalia. See some highlands, see some baboons, monastaries, etc.

IME, most African dank is grown by grannies in the backyard ditch. Cheap by the brickload, yea, but you'll be needing that much to have any effect, and shit will kill your lungs.

Ethiopian chicks can be pretty hot, and to date, boning a fine young Ethiopian exchange student remains one of my favourite sexual memories. Good luck.

>>1046933
Sup OP, never been there myself but there's a Dangerous Roads episode on it, might check that for the funs.

>>1046944
How was transportation around the country? And is hitchhiking around the country a possibility?

Where would you recommend for the best nature and wildlife? I'm a bit of a poorfag and don't really wanna pay park fees for camping.

What were the consequences if caught with ganj? Did police ever randomly search you? I remember being pulled off a bus and having my whole bag searched in India by coppers.

>>1046634
Its not the food or they hygiene anon. Those are countries that have not yet been torn to bits by feminism.

>>1046634
its probably mostly genetic.

>>1046650
please just stop posting these stupid memes

Don't be

>>1046606
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>>1046299
As a mexican who has done a fair bit of domestic travel, I think it really depends on your budget and the part of the country you want to visit. The place where I have had the best time was in Xilitla, San Luis Potosi, a little hidden gem stuck in a region that is a bit violent nowadays. Guanajuato is a nice old city, Mexico City has stuff for everyone, Cancun is a touristic shithole and Playa is a bit better. Oaxaca is a rather poor but otherwise strong in tradition state with good food(and sometimes disgusting such as crickets). I've also heard good things of Chiapas but I've never been there.

So yeah, it depends on what you want to do, and where you want to go. It has enough relatively safe states to cater the needs of most kinds of travelers

>>1046299
I've been to Mexico many times. My favorite places are probably Mexico City, which I approached with terror but found delightful, and Oaxaca, which has one of the cleanest and best-preserved historical centers I've seen anywhere in Mexico (another is in Querétaro).

>>1046299
I spent a few weeks traveling through the southern and central states. From Quintana Roo to Jalisco. It's my favourite country that I've been to so far. I think you can find everything you're looking for in one of the regions of the country so I highly recommend going.

>>1046186
The only good time to travel is with friends.

what if you just really want to experience different cultures/surroundings? i get the trope of the yuppie white 20-something instagramming every little place he goes and romanticizing poverty, and it's obnoxious. but can't a person be self-aware and just really want to see another part of the world? people have done that for centuries

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>Ecuador & Galapgos

Highly recommend if the natural history and significance of the islands is of interest to you. One of my bet trips ever.

Can be pricey, though.

I've also had some good times in Colombia.

What sort of stuff interests you, and how heat-tolerant are you?

>>1046197

Experiencing the islands is something I have planned to do for quite some time, the idea is to do some diving while we are there. One thing that worries me is El Niño wont that hit around December/January? If so wont that make the weather very unpredictable?

Colombia could also be an option, i have also thought about seeing Chile and Argentina any know if that is doable in 3 weeks time?

The budget matters but not that much, we are already flying half-way round the world

USA / tied for #1

#17, Bananaland

#4, Denmark

Yes. It's pretty great actually. Maybe not KSA itself, depending on your lifestyle. But the money you make, and you just go to UAE, Bahrain, or fly to Thailand for a few hundred bucks for your debauchery, the same way the Saudis do.

>>1040956
thanks - thats what i was hoping. there's a lot of cool places to fly to; and then can save money pretty easy.

as long as i can figure out and follow the laws there i bet its not so bad

>>1040964
What city will you be working in and what kind of work?

>Real travelers don't go on cruises. They backpack through South East Asia for 9 month
Wow. Real travelers is even a thing with normies

There is no such thing as a "Real Traveller" as travelling is a different experience for everybody and everybody gets something different out of it.

Having done package holidays, Villa rentals, city breaks and backpacking I can say that for me, nothing even comes close to the authenticity, the raw experience of backpacking, how can you really get a taste for a culture when you're surrounded by tour guides and 100+ German OAP's clad head to toe in Berghaus and North Face jackets being shows some pre-fabricated monument that features on the cover of every travel book in the region?

For me it's about just being in the culture, especially places like Cambodia, hanging out on the beaches, helping fishermen pull their boats in, going camping on Koh Rong or just chilling out in Pattaya on the sidewalk with a kebab and watching people go by on their daily shit was liberating as fuck.

I've never understood why you would pay £££ so you can fly to Spain, lie on a beach and talk to other Brits and drink British beer and listen to British music in a British styled hotel run by Brits, you didn't pay for a holiday you just paid for the sun to come out for a few hours each day.

I had the "real traveler" discussion with a friend. She is a rich girl, who's been a lot of places and her mindset is like thisVV

>I can say that for me, nothing even comes close to the authenticity, the raw experience of backpacking, how can you really get a taste for a culture etc etc...

Now I will certainly agree that going it independently, exploring on your own, etc are all better than packaged tours and stuff, but the idea of being a "real traveler" is still just a snooty privileged clueless person mindset.

For one, if you are traveling a country(ies) for leisure, you are in an incredibly privileged position in the first place, money wise.

They do their little backpacking experience, and then feel so smug and good about themselves, when really, it doesn't amount to jack in terms of authenticity, *because you get to leave.* You want the "authenticity, the raw experience?" Fucking live in that Cambodian village.

I went to the Philippines with my buddy from Nigeria once, and I proposed we do all the standard bumming it stuff. He wasn't having it, his reason being that he lived in poverty for the first 18 years of his life and he wasn't going to pretend he was poor for a few days just have an "authentic experience." While we didn't do any tours or anything we did stay in a decent hotel. I couldn't argue with him.

If you're such a privileged little shit that you need to "play poor" for a few days to try to feel good about yourself or that you've got some kind of "cred" you're ridiculous.

I don't want anyone to get me wrong, as I said, I think backpacking and bumming it and stuff are better, but you can't feel superior or like you've got some kind of cred for doing it.

If anyone have advice on this post, please tell me thanks. >>1046044

>>1046277
Is joining the Yakuza simple or something?

>>1046279
Do you have something specific you want on Comiket? Otherwise it's kinda crazy to go. You'll never have enough time to just browse randomly.

>>1049340
You can get small private rooms for less than a bed in a hostel dorm, and luxurious lofts in expensive areas of the city, and anything in between. So it can be expensive, but it does not have to.

It can be particularly good if you are traveling with a group of people, as sharing the rent of a flat turns out as a pretty good deal, compared to hostels and mid-range hotels.

You can have some socialization with the hosts if they are open to it. Some of them will socialize a lot with you and show you around. while others are all business. You can usually tell this apart by reading reviews.

Good luck.

It's cheaper than a hotel, more expensive than a hostel. Can be better or worse than either one, depends on the room.

I lived in one for two weeks, it was the side room in this sweet old Israeli lady's house. It was breddy good, though I was always a little conscious of the fact that I was in someone's house, not a hotel

what's your daily budget?

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With that kind of money, not a lot I'd guess
You could probably go on a road trip to no where in particular, and return when you're running low on gas money

>>1049168
b-but i just want to leave and not come back..

>>1049171
What's wrong with where you are now?

>>1049133
Once saw a post on /int/ where a Moldovan casually mentioned "the town rapist" as if it was nothing. I mention this to demonstrate to you Moldova is fucking harsh, it's like everything dangerous about Russia but twice as poor. There is literally 0 tourist infrastructure that all of Europe has now.

I'd probably recommend you learn a tiny bit of Russian. I don't entirely know the situation regarding language in Moldova but generally the farther east you go in Europe the lingua Franca becomes Russian not English, although that's changing, I wouldn't put money down on many moldovans being fluent in eng.

>>1049155

I knew a girl from Moldova who was drop dead gorgeous. She had to have a body guard whenever she visited her grandparents. It's not a happy place

>>1049155
>I'd probably recommend you learn a tiny bit of Russian. I don't entirely know the situation regarding language in Moldova but generally the farther east you go in Europe the lingua Franca becomes Russian not English
Russian is indeed useful in Moldova, although the sole official language is Romanian, and the media are Romanian-only. In Chişinău I heard nearly as much Russian as Romanian spoken in the streets, and just about everyone seemed to be able to speak both (I speak pretty good Russian and a little Romanian, and tried switching back and forth to see how people responded), although rural areas are less Russian.

I enjoyed Chişinău, weird, small, and shabby though it was--sort of half Western Europeanesque and half Soviet construction/demolition site mess--and while I never felt all that unsafe it is definitely pretty sketchy in some respects. It's one of only two places globally where I've been shaken down for money by cops. It was actually sort of funny, since it was the middle of the day on the main street, they told me the bribe was "for some champagne," and they walked off cheerfully with the equivalent of about $5 each. But it would have been scary down a dark alley at night (as was the case in Odessa, the other city where that's happened to me). There's a good brewpub, a weird central market, and some bizarre nightlife (discos with burlesque shows, etc.). Take cabs at night--if not for crime, because there are only about fifteen streetlights.

How is the Netherlands the Somalia of Europe?

>>1049002
because there are no rules

>>1049004
I'm Dutch. We have plenty of rules. Mostly common sense rules though.

You'll be fine with or without a passport. But why only a carry-on?

>>1048913
I'm sorry, but what do you mean I'll be fine without a passport?

I don't really want to have too many bags to fuss around with and get past security with. My girlfriend's family has spare clothes i can borrow so i figure it'd be fine to pack some of my own clothes + other essential stuff and be fine throughout my stay. I might end up packing more though if it seems odd that ill be travelling for so long with so little.

>>1048915
No idea why he said that. But you have your passport, you should be all set. Euro border guards generally don't question visitors, unlike America. If they do, just tell them honestly your plans. You really should have nothing to worry about from them.