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>>915611
Yanhshuo, fuck.

Wulingyan, China

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Shiojiri, Japan

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Isle of Skye, Scotland

I've flown from Spain carrying sprays (deodorant) and liquids (hand moisturiser) and have had to throw them away when flying from other airports. Either they just don't give a shit in Spain or they are too paranoid in other countries.

>>916517
>When I came back home, they told me to put my stuff through the scanner but the other people hadn't to.
Delta has a TSA-precheck for a while now. If you are checked in far ahead and they do a little background check you get to skip a bit of the security random deep checking, to generalize the process.

What you describe however is ignorance. You obviously look and act like a lost puppy and felt persecuted for them doing their job right one way and being casually (bad) on the reverse. Oh well. Luck or your actions/mannerisms brought it on or they were more rushed/less rushed on one leg of your trip. We'll never know.

A guy in my work has had is ass-cheek spread and inspected on 2 different occasions. He told me it happened when he was leaving Florence to come back home. Apparently he had been keeping weed in some small camera film container and emptied it before arriving at the airport but the sniffer dogs still picked up on it.

The guy doing the cavity search was a bit of a cunt and said something along the lines of "isn't this humiliating for you?" To which my collegue replied, "you're the one with your head up a strangers ass."

Makes me laugh.

>>917274

I've never had much luck getting sleep on flights. It's usually too cold and bumpy up in the sky for me to stay down for long. Buses and trains on the other hand - oh god, I literally can't stop myself from dozing off. One of my friends who came with me from Istanbul to Tbilisi on a 36-hour ride got angry because I slept almost the entire way.

>>917278
>Miss flight
>Get assigned new flight
>Exit row window seat at night
>Wearing short sleeve t-shirt and can feel the cold air creeping out of the door

>>917278
Get ear plugs (ur just good phones with calm music) eyes mask (that ones that people use to sleep) and a blanket. You don't need anything more.

And I usually wear short sleeve and shorts while flying for confort.

There's a certain element of traveller who is so pretentious that they look down on people who use guides or visit landmarks.

These are typically the people who come back and have wasted months of their time away in travelling through the middle of nowhere , to hang out in the middle of nowhere.

There aren't really any hidden gems in the world anymore, so "going off the beaten track" usually means you end up in places that people don't go to for a reason...because they're shit.

Guidebooks are to be used as a reference, and not 'you must go there and there and do this'.
But I don't think anyone actually does that (save for japanese).
The good point in them is in the historical/cultural explanation they provide, which is not obvious if you just go there without any knowledge.

>>915520
>There aren't really any hidden gems in the world anymore

This is a pretty good point. If something amazing is discovered, the whole world will learn about it. The only places that are awesome and can stay off the beaten path are those that are difficult to reach.

>>913350

Where are you from?

What was Syria like before the civil war?

What was the best experience?

>>913356
> Where are you from?

Poland

> What was Syria like before the civil war?

One of the most hospitable places in the world, same league as Iran. Great people, not much of landscape, huge heaps of waste along roads.

I crossed Syria in Oct-Nov 2011, so technically speaking the war was already ongoing (fights in Homs, FSA being formed). Situation was very tense, I was checked my military many times, including total inspection of baggage.

> What was the best experience?

Hard to point at one, but here are some highlights:

Being invited by a local family to their home, while cycling in the night and in rain through countryside in Syria.

Riding alone across Sahara, sleeping under stars.

Paradise-like scenery and tranquility of countryside on Mount Elgon slopes, in Uganda.

What was the most dangerous situation you got in?

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Ueno Park, with some weird fire/earthquake drill, where Middle/higschool girls were demonstrating how to behave in case there's a fire or an earthquake

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Imperial palace. Ended up there after wandering around for two hours, looking for Tsukiji. Also accidentally walked into the ministry of justice and got scolded by a policeman. Fucking jetlag

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Nice looking train station

Hard sided. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbpKhHwwtiY

>>918404
not OP,but thanks for the tip.

>>918386
I much prefer backpacks, you can run for a flight with a backpack and it's vaguely easy. Suitcases are awkward, if you're tall then they always bash your legs and you have to stoop to pull them.

The security issues in soft-sided ones are valid (they can also sometimes just be slashed with knives) but hard ones can usually be forced with a crowbar or any length of metal etc.

Really you just don't valuable things in a suitcase, even in flights. Don't travel with guns and diamond-encrusted knives and you'll be able to carry your valuables in your carry-on.

There really is no difference. Nightlife is the same everywhere you go.

>>912269
well for me its really really different. I'm not sure were you have been but western girls are much much more chill. and I have never pulled a girl in asia who isnt obviously a hooker. In western countries i have taken so many girls home. Plus in Asia (Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Japan) its really hard if you are not white in clubs...thoughts?

>>912257
The people throwing up at 2 am look a bit different.
Feels the same otherwise...

>>906683
The wage is higher but the rent and other costs are higher too, so there isn't much difference to other places. It all depends on what you like, if you're into surfing, then LA is the choice, but if you like skiing, you'd probably prefer Seattle or something.

>Living in high-crime cities over-populated with welfare breeders and illegals while costs are ridculously high and one city is prone to hurricanes while the other is prone to droughts and fires

pass.

That ridiculous rent is not worth getting my ass kicked by a cat-5 storm or paying more for water than electricity

>>906713
Yeah but, perfect weather. It's as hot as the south without ever really going past 100 because you're next the coast.

I live in a villa, outside the city (also in Sweden). It's all villa houses and the river flows across the garden. It's surrounded by allotments.

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North Carolina reporting in. I'm in Charlotte, the largest cit in the state, but there is a system of "green ways" and creeks that provide forage and corridors for getting around for various critters.

Picture is in my back yard, it's been sort of fun having the deer come by, but the numbers are starting to get really high and they are on the point of becoming a nuisance. Will be interested in seeing how the city copes with it.

In addition to the deer, I've had several sorts of hawks, some racoons, possums and once a wild turkey (which is passing strange) in the yard, and I've seen foxes and coyotes in the neighborhood.

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Reunion Island here.
I live a short distance outside of the most touristic town of the island.

Pros:
Best beaches (with the island's coral reef) are a 3mn drive.
Local nightlife is much more alive than most other towns (tropical islands tend to be super quiet after nightfall).
Weather like pic related 300days+ /year (between the coral reef and the mountain as a backdrop, we have a microclimate when some other parts of the island are under pouring rain 9 months/year).
Neighborhood is quite new, so infrastructures are better than most parts of the island (water supply, powergrid, Broadband...).

Cons:
Crowded with tourists and islanders from other parts trying to escape their climate/lack of beach.
Prices in real estate are much higher than average (as a rule of thumb, think 100.000€ per room if you plan to purchase an apartment,even more for a villa).
Mainly expats from Metropolitan France like myself live here, it's kinda seen as a ghetto for rich whites, and it's true a lot of them don't even try to blend in.

>>915392

First stay for me coming up, but i've researched a bit.

Yeah, you'll need to reserve, I did my reservation online but this hostel doesn't charge until check-in, so I assume they ask to reserve so they don't overbook. And yeah don't see why a single night would be frowned upon.

Also, be sure to check reviews.

Single nights are fine. Reservations are likely needed during busier seasons. Best to send an email or call ahead if you're unsure about your plans.

That's exactly what hostels are for. A place to sleep. Most guests are one night only. You can check in at 11pm and check out at 3am for all we care. Your roommates will probably hate you and you're not getting a refund. But it's basically just like a hotel. Reservations are sometimes necessary, weekends and summer especially. Just call or email. I work in a hostel.

General hostel thread?

Time? Costs? Any troubles? Age? Best experience/memory?

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>>915313

I was gone for almost five months on my last trip. I left at the very beginning of May and returned closer to October than not. I spent a week and a half in Iceland and mid-May until mid-June hitchhiking from London to Istanbul. I did cheat once or twice (I was hitchhiking because I was broke, not just because I thought the idea was cool), like when I took a paid car from Sarajevo to Belgrade in order to ensure my arrival in Istanbul in time to catch a flight to Dubai.

I saved $2900 or so for this trip and ran out of money after taking a brief "vacation" to Kashmir in August. I wound up doing a bunch of odd-jobs in Delhi to make ends meet. I'd say the experience of having to make ends meet on a couple of dollars every day was the most interesting I've had in quite a long time. It was funny how every Indian in the Paharganj tourist ghetto knew me before I left, despite my living some forty minutes away in South Delhi. Other than that, I had a great time climbing mountains in Iceland, solo-trekking in the Himalayas, bumming in Venice with a German friend I made last year, learning Serbian, hitchhiking in Eastern Europe, and exploring Belgrade.

I didn't have any particularly bad experiences outside of India; those that happened there were mostly related to annoying and uneducated people I had to work with.

My trip last summer lasted for three-and-a-half months. I think I had around $5,000 saved for that one and came back with $90 in the bank. I had a thread detailing the whole experience. It was a great and interesting adventure - I got caught up in the Gezi Park protests and a whole bunch of other stuff.

Just as sort of a heads up for anyone who might care a lot about pictures: I didn't realize I had my camera set to "Postcard" resolution until I got to Germany. That's why a lot of the pictures I took in Iceland and the UK are fucking tiny.

>>915313

Oh, and I turned 21 in August. I afford traveling by way of two part-time jobs. I don't think I'm going to go anywhere overseas again until I finish getting my BS in Neuroscience, but I might take a trip down to South or Central America this coming summer or next winter break. I'm going to India again for a month and a half, starting in three weeks, but I think I'm going to take it easy on traveling until I graduate. As much of an addiction as I feel like I'm starting to develop, I'm fucking sick of working at delivery joints for tips and minimum wage.

>>916332
Hey guys, I'll spending a night in Phuket, second week of Jan, and possibly a day (0800-1700) in Bangkok.
I plan on taking the train+bus from Bangkok to Phuket and staying at a semi decent hostel/hotel for the night there.
any advice on what to do/how to make the most of it also what not to do/avoid would be appreciated..
Cheers

Haven't been to phucket but I've been to bangkok, Kanchanaburi and pattaya. I've been here for a month and I'm currently living in pattaya if anyone has questions.

>>916353

Spill all your knowledge, going Phuket for first solo trip soon. Ive been before but with family

There was a red light district with whores sitting on display like 5mins from my hotel back when I visited Osaka. Anyone have any personal experience with Japanese prices etc? I'm heading back in December

>>918561
That place is called Tobita Shinchi and there's no other place like it in Japan. I'm not usually into paid sex but I also wanna go there next year.

Some badass old dude Japanese shop keeper told me about it, said to go there and experience it because the Japanese government are most likely shutting it down within the next few years. I didn't go though, and regret it now. But expect to be paying at least $100 for any kind of service

>>918572
thats reasonable. do they have any of those blonde tanned super whorish looking ones? that is my fetish

How much did it cost? you worked in between?

>>907865
On average maybe $1,000 a month, but obviously that fluctuates depending on the region. No working except for a couple of weeks in Malawi in return for food/beer/tent.

Why the fuck are you in West Africa now? When is your expected time of death?

But on a serious note, where are you from originally? Age? What job did you do before leaving for this trip? How much longer are you planning on traveling and what do you want to do after you finish?