I've heard that Americans are considered rockstars in poor countries and I really want to take this to the next level.
I just got fired from my job so I plan on selling my car for about 5k and heading flying off to a poor country. I have decent enough vocals and I figure I can hire a band to back me up. I plan on being shamelessly fake about my image and trying to play off the idea that Americans are rebellious badasses that play by their own rules.
I've come here to see if any of the travel gurus can offer me advice on which country to select. I don't want to go anywhere dangerous, just somewhere poor with people naive enough to think I am rockstar material. I'm hoping to hook up with a lot of girls and make enough money to at least get trashed and party every night. Basically a place with a low cost of living and a thriving music scene.
>>896486
Interesting. Have you heard about this invention called the internet? Everybody's doing it. You can look up things on it, and people can look up things about you.
>>896495
Yeah I have actually, you could even say I'm using the internet right now to research an idea that I have. Isn't that wild? That I am using the internet to gather information and it's so subtle that you don't even realize it?
>>896537
Asking 4chan for "advice" isn't doing research
Which country that you've traveled to has the best prostitutes?
Why do you think this? How much did you pay for her services and what did she do for you?
Appreciated, I'm planning a sex holiday with my mates
great hookers in south america, thailand. argentina
>>895370
>sex holiday with my mates
c-can I come?..
>>895370
Dominican Republic, $60 for the best blowjob I've ever had in my entire life. Thailand is pretty great too, if you're into asian chicks.
So... my US company got bought by a Japanese Company a year ago. And now they plan to copy part of the engineering department there and they are asking for people to go there and start things. They already sent people from there here to get trained but they need more people with experience and since I'm the only one from the engineering department that actually knows Japanese (well, got a JLPT Level 4 approved and thinking on taking the level 3) they asked me if i wanted to move there for good.
In the beginning i was like "where do i sign?" but then it hit me "How is it to work there?". And since the only reference that i have is from some anime series, i wanted to know more.
In summary:
1-> How is the office work environment in Japan?
2-> How different from the US?
3-> What should i take into account before i start?
4-> From i was told i will have people working for me, what's like the boss-employee relationship there? I have people here, but i don't know what are the "do"s and "don't"s there.
5-> Holidays? Sick days?
Any help is appreciated.
>>893019
>>893019
have studied abroad in japan, so only from what I've heard:
> it's shit if you are at the lower end of the food chain
> you have to get to work really early
> you have to stay until your boss goes home
etc.
but since you start there in a higher position maybe you won't have those problems
I'd say go for it. I want to move to japan again too. Going for JLPT 3 this december. Good Luck!
>>893019
(part 1)
> How is the office work environment in Japan?
You WILL work overtime, unpaid, every-fucking-day. That means you have to show up at least 20 minutes early, stay for your normal 8-9 hours, then stay until around 9 at night. Yes, that mean you'll get home around 10. Yes, that means you'll have almost no time for the vidya or 4chan.
> How different from the US?
I am going to assume you mean the work environment. From what I can tell (I work teaching English in public schools, for what that's worth) it’s a lot more busy work than actual work. Normally, when you want to do something in Japan, you have to talk with your coworkers, hymn and haw over it for a few hours, days, or weeks (depending on how big a thing they’re working on). Before you know it, the Japanese will do the work in a quarter of the time you though it would take. “Hey, a quarter of the time, great!” you may think. No, no, first you will debate over shit that has nothing to do with the work at hand, then they’ll just start work on different shit. THEN, without bringing you into the loop, they’ll do it. Whereas in the US, we’d just start working on the damn thing and have it done before the Japanese.
In short, be prepared for everything to move at a much different, maybe even slower, pace than what you’re used to.
> What should i take into account before i start?
Moving expenses and finding a place to stay. Know that Japanese landwords are still very xenophobic, so be prepared to have many of them deny you solely on the fact that you are non-Japanese. Also, moving into a new place is expensive (a few months’ rent up front, safety deposit, renter’s insurance, key money, and bullshit “thanks-for-letting-me-rent” money).
The closer you live to an apartment, the more expensive it’ll be (more so in the big cities like Tokyo and Osaka). Either way, you’ll get bent over a truck stop men’s room sink and take it Liberace style.
New Japan General since the old one hit the bump limit
As always, feel free to ask about:
>places to visit / do in Japan
>stuff to do for weeaboos
>Teaching english in Japan
>How to become Yakuza?
Also, info on Prostitution in Japan http://rockitreports.com/topics/foreigner-friendly-pinsaros/
Heading to Fukuoka for 2 months on a study trip Dec-Jan. Anyone got recommendations for must see/do things in the area at that time of year?
During my time off over Christmas/New Year I'm also hoping to go to Tokyo for Winter Comiket. Would the rail pass be the best option for travel?
>>889647
Head to Dazaifu for the New Year's celebration on the morning of January 1st.
i'm thinking of studying in Japan. I can take care of housing language and stuff for myself. But can you guys enlighten me about the pro's and con's of japan ?
What are some of the items you always have in your backpack when traveling?
Camera, lenses, tripod.
I guess I have some clothes too.
Don't need anything else.
>>890167
how about a passport
>>890174
In my money belt.
Do any of you like to take a novel with you on your travels? Say, when you're waiting at a train station or at the beach, just having a nice read always brings joy to me on my trips-- even if it's just to kill some time :)
>always pack a book or to two to kill time if needed
>never find the moment to open it
>2kg wasted
Yeah and sometimes pick them specially for the places I am going to be travelling, like Rayuela when I went to Paris or Dubliners when I went to Ireland. I find that I always have time for reading when I'm travelling because all of the trains/buses/flights or the hours spent just chilling
>>883785
Same here, took 3 books with me on my last trip (2 of them were very light), ended up reading about 15 pages.
travelling stories thread?
>be inter-railing back to england from prague with my travelling partner ollie
>decide to visit my german friend along the way
>turns out she got kicked out and lives with her boyfriend and his parents
>luckyly they're sound and let us stay for a couple nights
>never met her boyfriend before, turns out he's a huge punk
>Mohawk, dreads at the back, dreads adorned with those metal bits from lighters, self done tattoos of a stick figure beating up a swastika, pretty intimidating tbh
>he also doesn't speak any english, but does understand it
>great
>we hang out with all his punk friends during the day, drinking in the park at like 2pm, listening to the specials on a shitty tape player, doing other punk things
>apparently if you have white laces in your DM's you're a nazi, if you have black laces you're a punk
>"whats with the guy with the black and white checked laces?"
>"he just really likes ska"
>make eye contact with this german girl
>she speaks a bit of english, we start making out within like half an hour
>ollie is all like "hey anon, whats her name?"
>i fucking hate you ollie
>turns out she lives near boyfriend guy so she gets the same taxi home as us
>gives me a handjob in the back of the taxi
>boyfriend guy notices, nods at me as if to say "good job"
>doesn't let on, no one else notices i'm getting a hand job
>from that day on we were good friends
>>883796
Classic Ollie
>In Norway
>Me and couple of friends trying to hitchhike our way from countryside to Bergen
>Wait at some gas station
>Rainy as fuck and no one stops
>After like 3 hours waiting there someone finally gives us a ride
>Cant take us all the way to Bergen but can shorten the distance for us
>Lithuanian guy
>bad ass looking, too serious
>uncomfortable ride the first 10 minutes
>Eventually got pulled over by an officer for speeding
>Mad as fuck
>Officer has to change from Norwegian to English because he is not following
>Receives his fine
>Tells us he has to pay 8000KR
>nearly 1000 euros
>Awkward silence
>"I am not telling my wife about this"
>We all lol'd
>All of a sudden guy becomes super talkative and trip turns out to be very chill afterwards
>>883809
speedingLAD
Those men (/women - mostly men) at the airport. Fancy suit. On the phone or on their laptop all the time. They look very busy (might just be pretending). What's their job?
'Businessman' is what you have to google to find them, but what 'business' specifically? International sales? Some sort of consultancy? Finance? I've always wondered.
I think thwy are called professional assholes
All kinds of business really. You could always go ask them, might make a few friends that way.
Eavesdropping on conversations, a lot of them around here seem to be in the financial businesses, and for some reason corporate real estate.
What are places near the Bay Area that is good to live in?
Considering rent, employment, culture, etc.. Basically places that are accessible and enjoyable for young people looking for employment.
>>882203
don't live in milpitas
Fremont I would say. It's safe, clean, and has bart.
I live within the picture you posted OP. What do you want your living situation to be like, and how much are you willing to pay in rent a month?
New Japan General since the old one hit the bump limit and the other new one got deleted
As always, feel free to ask about:
>weeaboos
>English teaching
>Yakuza
>Will Japanese girls start dripping just because I am white?
>travel in Japan
>>880600
What went wrong?
>>880602
I am not sure, it seems the top post was messed up with trolling, also some questions seemed like that.
Relating the topic, is anyone around Hokkaido in the next few months?
Do any of you like ??????????
Best places to go to to get laid?
In Europe that is.
Donetsk. Don't wait, OP. Leave right now.
>>878493
>Air Raid Siren
>Go into random basement
>See a cutie
>Smile, say hello, be nice
>2 months later
>yfw
Everywhere
If you have zero game you will get laid nowhere. If you have game you will get laid anywhere.
Okay it's time to remind ourselves of the real reasons we travel... it's DIRTY BACKPACKER SEX STORY TIME.
Let's hear your grimiest, nastiest, proudest, sketchiest stories of hostel sex or festival hookups.
I'll go first.
>first night in New Zealand, staying at BASE hostel in Auckland
>shitty touristy backpacker club (is there any other kind?) in basement.
>Meet runner-up in the stripper contest
>???
>your place or mine?
>She lives in a all girls dormitory, Im staying in 10 bed dorm
>try to convince her to do it in park, stairwell, kitchen, TV room, her place
>she insists on doing it in hostel dorm room
>#YOLO
>go to room, like 6 or 7 people sleeping there
>fucking screaming and moaning and shaking the dude sleeping above us
>people are just coming and going, getting stuff from their bag, completely unconcerned with the loud screeching sweaty banging going on in the bed
>no sheets, fuck that shit, put on a show
>Get the nickname of "the performer" in the hostel, buy everyone else in the room drinks and they highfive me after.
I got more, but before I share let's see what you got.
really? You must have something...
>first night in London... it always happens the first night
>at shitty backpacker pub on ground floor of hostel
>dancing, hitting on german chicks, failing
>chubby british girl is sitting in corner watching
>go over, bring beers
>???
>Invites me to swinger's party
>ask her if I can go back to hers, she says , no, save it for tomorrow
>meet her the next day, tell her I don't have any bondage gear
>she has mens thongs and mesh shirt, IN MY SIZE
>party is HUGE like 1000 people in intense bondage fetish shit
>end up banging her in the orgy room with like 30 other people fucking and her friends watching
>was on the dance floor buck ass naked
>also banged her friend in the orgy room while they drank and watched and gave me thumbs up.
best part was I hadnt had sex for like 5 months before travelling
too bad this is a board of virgins
>>877116
Virgin master race reporting in. Enjoy your STD's fuckers.
CHINA
My girlfriend is Chinese, our relationship is getting quite serious and I am starting to think about a future with her.
She lives in my country but her family is in her own country, I have asked her about the future but she is the type of person who doesnt like to think about it, she just likes to be in and focus on the now.
The problem is, while I am thinking about the future.. She cant really tell me what she wants in life (like at all) if I ask her she just says to be with me now etc.. I have asked her if she would live here or go back to China and she really doesnt know.
ANYWAY, I have my own business, quite successful and have built up a good life for myself.. But I love her so much that more than anything I just want to be with her.
I couldnt do my job in China though, its in a creative field and they just do not value it.. So now I am thinking about going back to school to study something that I could do as a job in China.
I have no idea what that might be though....... Im hoping someone could give me some guidance. What would be a good career for a foreigner in China? I plan to get fluent in the language (shes already been teaching me for a few months)..
Maybe she will stay here and I can keep doing what I am ding.. But I would drop everything to be with her, and I want to be able to get a good job if it came to that.
What study??
where are you from
>>875158
Australia
>>875159
Have you visited China? China is by no means a bad place to live if you have money, but the quality of life doesn't even come close to Australia.
If you want to work in China you have to bring something to the table a native can't do. So you could try to get work in some large multinational company, or you could teach English. English teacher is usually a low-paid position, but you could use your business skills to build a business out of it maybe. So learning Chinese is definitely a good idea, and perhaps you could do a masters of some kind related to what you already know so you aren't starting at square 1.
As for the general situation you're in... I don't think it's wise to plan your whole future around someone who isn't willing to make any commitment or share their plans with you. It doesn't matter if one of you doesn't want to talk about your future together, it's a conversation you need to have if you're going to be dedicating time and money to re-skilling.
I haven't flown in years. Is TSA as bad as they say or is it just politically motivated exaggerations?
Should I expect a humiliating experience, especially since I have two connections?
>>875958
No, they're generally pleasant unless provoked. DO NOT under any circumstances joke with them. Don't ask questions, don't slow them down in any way and just follow all the orders they give you. They have to deal with thousands of people every day, they're really bitter that their job sucks so they abuse their powers to harass you if you piss them off.
If they're being friendly with you, be friendly back. If they are being serious, don't try to lighten the mood. Answer only the questions you are asked and don't add any more info than needed. Try to control your nerves even if you are nervous about flying. This is the way to deal with border guards as well.
>>875963
So basically, treat it like you are getting stopped by local/state cops for for speeding?
Answer the questions, be courteous and it will pass over quickly?
Pretty much. It's not as bad as people make it out to be (At least not in any of the airports I've been in). Just do like the first poster said and you should be fine. Oh, and know exactly what you can/can't take onto planes. It saves LOADS of time.
New Japan General since the old one hit the bump limit
As always, feel free to ask about:
>weeaboos
>English teaching
>Yakuza
>Will Japanese girls start dripping just because I am white?
>travel in Japan
This is my current itinerary:
1 - Leave home
2 - Home -> Tokyo
3 - Tokyo
4 - Tokyo -> Mt. Fuji (Climb)
5 - Mt. Fuji > Tokyo
6 - Tokyo
7 - Tokyo (Akihabara) -> Nagoya (Korankei + Science Museum)
8 - Nagoya -> Kyoto
9 - Kyoto
10 - Kyoto (Day-trip to Nara)
11 - Kyoto -> Osaka (Castle/Aquarium or Nipponbashi)
12 - Osaka (Day-trip to Koya-san)
13 - Osaka -> Okayama (Kibi plain)
14 - Okayama -> Hiroshima (Peace Memorial Park)
15 - Hiroshima (Day-trip Itsukushima / Miyajima Fireworks Festival)
16 - Hiroshima -> Fukuoka (Canal City / RUins ??)
17 - Fukuoka -> Kagoshima
18 - Kagoshima -> Yakushima
19 - Yakushima
20 - Yakushima -> Kagoshima
21 - Kagoshima -> ???
22 - Filler day (???)
23 - Filler day (Hakone?)
24 - Filler day (Kamikochi?)
25 - Tokyo -> Home
Anybody feels like weighing in what to do with the filler days? Or of course general comments.
Reminder: Being white doesn't guarantee you'll sleep with a Japanese girl. It only guarantees you'll have nignogs trying to sell you sex with a Japanese girl.
>>877546
spoken like a true beta. But its true. If you're a dork you won't get laid anywhere on planet earth and if you talk to the girl about cultural differences and the way things are back home, and try to do the english teacher thing with a Jap girl, they will identify you as beta and friendzone you.
If you demand that she has beers with you and fucks you, she wont say no. in their culture they arent allowed to disagree with men and if you are dressed okay and dominant they will think you are powerful and have a huge penis and sleep with you.
The funniest part is most gaijin are so unbeleivably beta that its like shooting fish in a barrel if you have any game