Places we have traveled and our opinion on them.

>>1223642
Did you actually travel to any of those places or did you make everything up?

Err, weird opinions m8. I agree that England has a lot of chavs, and your opinion on the weather could be valid... but it's pretty beautiful in the countryside and villages. As for Paris, I'd say the shithole is centered around the eiffel tower, so I dunno what you found so great about that place. Japan was also fucking gorgeous, and wonderfully efficient, pretty much the opposite of degenerate. If you stayed in a capsule hotel in akihabara, then maybe I understand your perspective. Otherwise, you must have had shit trips if you actually have been to all these places.

Sure OP I'll humor you:

Note: I am American

Chile: Santiago is well developed and a nice city with influence from many different places. Some places are more grimy than others, I spent more time in Concepcion. My Spanish is conversational so I could get around but not really have conversations. One thing you can't miss as a foreigner is the stray dogs, people drive manual cars, I've driven in Chile for a 9 months or so and it's alright but it takes some getting used to. I did not really like Chilean food. I feel like they put too much sauce or cream cheese on everything. The foods I did like were the seafood and I ate at a place with decent sopaipillas (kind of like a salty-sweet kind of bread). They eat too much ice cream there during the summer haha.

Canada: Been to Windsor and Toronto. In both places they have nice people. All kinds of people from different cultures living in both cities, Toronto I just visited for a day and Windsor I've been there plenty of times though I am not even sure how much Windsor counts as Canada haha. I liked the public transit in Toronto. It's pretty much America except with Tim Hortons and nicer people, they also tend to dress nicer, then again I'm Californian so I am used to wearing a sleeveless shirt and shorts most of the year.

China: I spent most time in Shenzen and drank with some local friends of a friend's cousin. The Chinese drink a lot hahaha. They are very reserved if you are a stranger, you hardly hear conversations on the subway among Chinese or on the streets. Beggars seem to target foreigners in Shenzen. Food is cheap as hell: $2.50 for a nice plate but it's also kind of shady (restaurant conditions, in some restaurants they give you hot water to sterilize your own utensils and such). My favorites were a basic rice/duck/sausage plate. I ate some street food and stinky tofu (actually pretty good) but I would recommend maybe just trying it for a day and then never eating it again, stick to nicer places maybe.

>>1223665

As a french folk I can only agree with you on mrs. Eiffel Tower.

Paris has many great places but the Eiffel Tower is just the main touristic attraction, not the greatest place to visit.

Visit VERSAILLE motherfuckers!!!

>>1223642
ok many French are pretentious I admit, and we tend to stick togeter. I went on a trip to America last year and was the only one to melt with the other internationals, the other french just stayed together all year bitching about everybody.

True story, but
>weak B8

Black American here.

>Australia
People were alright, but we stayed mostly around Sydney. Met an old German man who Hitler saluted when we asked where he was from. I laughed, he laughed, the other people around us didn't find it funny.

>New Zealand
Loved it. Everyone was very friendly, and wanted to know more about us as foreigners. They wanted to talk about how great NZ was, and how much better the South Island was than the North.

>England
Ever work somewhere and everyone hates their job? That's England.

>Canada
Nicer, cleaner America. Almost saw a bum fight, but nobody got shot and they both parted ways without actually fighting.

>>1223665
What's so bad about capsule hotels - is it mostly because of the depressing fact that so many are unemployed, hopeless people?

I'd love to try a capsule hotel - it seems cheap af, and you don't have to sleep in a bunk bed dorm with 8 or 16 other people. Also there's something intimate and cosy-looking about them - I think I'd love it for a change.

I'm hoping to stay in some of those when travelling China next year

>>1223642
This sounds like what 13 year old me may have written if I were guessing what places were like based on what I saw in movies.

White Canadian here

>England.
I visited England when there was a stretch of warm sunny days so maybe my view is a little skewed. But I had a fun time. Beautiful quaint looking country side and as well as more dramatic scenery. The people were a little awkward/stand offish, alright for the most part

>France
I still think the medieval villages and the Vosges makes Alsace one of the most beautiful places I've been to. Paris was fun but that's because I just decided to become the biggest tourist ever and buy one of those city passes. I had fun being a stereotype.

>Denmark
Expensive and didn't seem like there was much to do for tourists. Probably great place to live, but I'm not itching to go back to visit. People were nice

>Scotland
Highlands are up there with Alsace in terms of beauty. Edinburgh's a nice looking city.

>Belize
Stayed in a rural town in Orangewalk district. People extremely nice and friendly. Everybody had lush well maintained gardens. Maya ruins all over the place giving the place an unique ancient feel

>>1223642
>England: Totally miserable weather, miserable people, chavs.
Only thing I can totally agree with.

>>1223665
Op here lets just say the only thing I enjoyed about England was seeing Wrens city churches.
France was ok by the Tower because people actually spoke to you. I had a hard time getting people to help me out of that area. Great food though...Amazing cheeses and breads.
Japan I will admit I was limited to Tokyo and probably not even good area. Plus what is up with the drinking laws..I kept seeing people walking around just slamming beers in public.
I was being a bit harsh... I really did enjoy my time in Central Europe though...Never though I would have but there is a lot to see and its super cozy and when I went in the winter ..forget it..super cozy.

>>1223642
Anglo-Saxon American here.
>Thailand
I'm biased because I sort of grew up there (expat kid, later expat there myself; as a result I think I'm also immune to some of the stuff people complain about, like tourist scams/ripoffs), but it remains one of my favorite countries on Earth, except for the climate (I don't love hot weather). Love the food, love the people, enjoy the lifestyle, and know that there are huge parts of the country without tourists.
>The rest of mainland Southeast Asia
Cambodia is a little like Thailand in some good ways, but more corrupt, more chaotic, and maybe a bit grimier. Food isn't as good. Attracts a weird cross-section of foreigners, including a lot of artisans and some seriously twisted degenerates. The sexpats are sketchier than Thai sexpats. But at least they're finally arresting pedophiles. Very bad government has been enabled by Thai and other investors and international NGOs.

Laos (which is very much like Thailand) is great but tourism isn't being developed sustainably. Vientiane has been sort of wrecked in the last 25 years (when I first visited in the early 90s it was incredibly quiet). Luang Prabang is holding it together a bit more. Vang Vieng is a sad wasteland.

I worry for Burma. Too much foreign money pouring in. Good food. Nice people.

I like northern Vietnam more than I like the South--both climate and cuisine are better in my opinion. Hanoi is a charming city despite the hideous traffic.


>Kenya
Incredible national parks, pretty awful cities. Although I a great time in Nairobi, it's nearly as bad as its reputation. Not much good to be said about the food.

>China
Weirdly similar to the US in some ways--similar superpower arrogance. Beijing is really interesting but gave me bronchitis. Only place I've seen people smoke in elevators. And the spitting, ick. But great cuisines, and they'll be reasonable global overlords.

>>1223763
>Europe
London, Amsterdam, and Lisbon are on my list of cities I'd like to try living in long-term. Never understood/trv/'s great enthusiasm for Scandinavia, which is OK but too expensive, and I don't like the food (Dutch and Portuguese food isn't so great, either, but there are good immigrant neighborhoods and restaurants around).

>The Americas
I expected to hate Mexico City, but I loved it except for the smog. Would like to try living there, too. Like Mexico in general and would like to see more of the country (I've seen a lot of the DF, Oaxaca, Baja California, and parts of Guerrero, but that's about it).

All of Costa Rica that isn't San Jose is beautiful. San Jose is an ugly cesspool, but at least it's not very dangerous.

Nicaragua is underrated. Managua is at least as bad as San Jose, but slightly better than San Salvador, which scared me (a Salvadoran friend basically told me to watch my back there, so I was unfortunately on edge the whole time).

Peru is super-interesting and has some of the best food in the Americas, although much is quite starchy and heavy. I am not a big fan of most Latin American cuisines. Lima was a little dodgy but nothing bad happened.

Bolivia is great. Friendly but shy people, speak a melodious variety of Spanish. Extremely varied climate and terrain. Did not feel scared in La Paz but some say I should have. Got offered a lot of Charlie, which I guess was coke. Food is not so good. Ate llama jerky. They make some wine, weirdly, which is not as good as Mexican wine but better than Chinese or Vietnamese wine. Mostly saw the Altiplano, would like to see more of the wetter/warmer eastern parts of the country.

>Turkey
Amazing. Food culture history all exceptional. Sad that it seems to be getting more zealous and intolerant. Want to see western parts of the country; have only done Istanbul and the Aegean coast.

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>>1223768
Oh, and last but not least, I have had good experiences in Canada and particularly enjoy Montreal; if it weren't for the fact that I don't really speak French I might like to try living there, too.

Dutch here.

>West-coast US & BC
The people are so fucking chatty. Great scenery in OR and WA. Arriving in Victoria Island felt more european for some reason. And what the fuck is wrong with the amount of homeless people congregating in a park in Vancouver

>Morocco
The moroccans in the Netherlands are the worst people in the NL. Turns out a country filled with them is not a great experience. Me and my GF getting shouted at, catcalled, trying to con me, etc. But the people we got to know were super friendly, shared dinner with their families, etc.

>Europe
Germany is a bit stiff but Berlin and Hamburg are fun. Austria is a more boring germany with mountains. Chzech people are socialy awkward but friendly, strange country overall but beautifull and fun. Baltics are a empty swamplands with friendly people. poland is ok. Italy, Spain and France are shitty people but the countries are varied. I don't like spanish food though. Basque people are chill as fuck, like the portuguese.


>>1223768
>and I don't like the food (Dutch and Portuguese food isn't so great, either, but there are good immigrant neighborhoods and restaurants around).
This. I´m dutch and I hate the food here, I only eat "foreign" food. I ate a shit ton of Nepalese food in Lisbon since it was extremely cheap and all around my Airbnb.

>>1223726
>is it mostly because of the depressing fact that so many are unemployed, hopeless people?
most people using hotels are business men who missed the last train or tourist who don't know any better or want the experience. it'd be a terrible place to try to live in since you get kicked out in the morning with all your shit

>>1223779
>I ate a shit ton of Nepalese food in Lisbon since it was extremely cheap and all around my Airbnb.
I wonder if we were in the same part of town (we were near Praça dos Restauradores). We also ate a lot of Nepali and Indian cooking in Lisbon, because, among other things, my wife is vegetarian, so not very well-served by the Portuguese kitchen. We also found a couple of good Thai places. I think the Portuguese are slightly better cooks than the Dutch (no offense), but it's still pretty monotonous.

When I was last in Amsterdam I got some good Surinamese-Javanese cooking, which I didn't know was a thing.

>>1223642
Why didn't Australia like you OP ?

USA:
>WA
People are nicer than Canadians somehow
>OR
People here seem kind of dumb. Any stereotype you hear about Americans, they seem to be the example.
>CO
Lots of blacks & hispanics, but they don't cause trouble
>CA
Hispanics have no sense of etiquette. They're almost as bad as Chinese tourists, except they actually live here.

Japan:
Polite to a fault. This is very welcoming, as rude service people are incredibly common in my country. Sometimes it gets a little weird, but I don't hate it. I find it especially weird that when they give you something, they will always use both hands to give it to you, even for small things like business cards and pens. I actually felt kind of bad when they asked for my passport/credit card and I just used one hand (when in Rome, do as the Romans do?).

Hong Kong:
Best example of diversity I've ever seen. Canada, USA, UK, Germany, and Sweden all seem to have racial/religious/cultural tensions. They all have their problems, but somehow it works kind of okay in Hong Kong. They have a sizable Muslim population, but they don't cause trouble for anyone. They have people from different countries & continents working & living there, but they rarely have any spats. Maybe they do have a few problems that I've never noticed, but I have yet to see Hong Kong come up in shitposts about "cultural enrichment"; it's always UK or Sweden that has it the worst.

Only thing I didn't like about Hong Kong was the Mainland tourists.

Macau:
Beyond the casinos, I didn't find it very accessible. I don't fault the region for this at all, though; if I wanted to explore this place further, I really should've learned some Portuguese and/or Cantonese.

>>1223809
They're full.

>>1223763
>And the spitting, ick.
I noticed this too in the 24 hours or so I had a layover in Shanghai. I thought that it was an insult, like "I spit in your general direction, filthy foreigner!" before I realized it's just some common cultural thing.

Barcelona: Catalonians seemed more pretentious and stuck up than Madridians, but that could have been me projecting
Tulum: Everyone is trying to sell you something.
Mexico City: The people there are like the people in any big city, but mexican

>>1223809
Probably wasn't white. Casual racism seems accepted in Australia. Weirdly the asians with Australian friends seem to cop it all on the chin or just growing up in that culture its a bit of a laugh who knows.

>>1223882
Aussie here.

You're right except for Melbourne. Theyll publically hang you for a micro-aggression on a minority. They're a bunch of fags.

Its all in good fun though. If youre a ching chong and you come here, just dont be a tight-ass

>>1223802
Oh no offense taken, Dutch food is the worst.

And yeah we have some weird colonial mixes. My roommate for example, is Surinamese-Indian.

>>1223642
Northern Germany: a bit rough around the edges, dry humor, but friendly people

Rhein(-Ruhr) Area: friendly people, very open-minded in the cities, kinda prissy in the countryside; landscape and cities are rather ugly, but the history and reclaimed industry sites are interesting; nice drinking culture

Souther Germany: people are prissy and come off as unfriendly, beautiful landscapes and nature, though; quite touristy in popular spots

Bavaria: see southern Germany; but people are even more stuck-up and backwards-minded; more mountains and picturesque towns; kind of like Germany: the theme-park

Austria: Sort of like a more extreme Bavaria in terms of landscape, just with people that are strange in other ways.

Southern France: a bit run-down and dried out like most southern European countries; people are quite chilled and generally nice; food is decent, quite pleasant if you want to mix a bit of culture/landscape with a bit of typical beach vacation

Brittany: people put up a tight front but will open up if they see you are trying; just open conversations in French; landscape, coast and fishing villages are beautiful if you like maritime settings; seafood and produce is great, and the climate is mild and pleasant year-round

Japan: Nice and clean and safe. Values similar to central Europe, but still exotically Asian. Definitely comfy, and convenient for travel. Lots of tourist attractions, but often very crowded, good shopping.

USA: Depressing; almost everything is a pretty facade put up before a dump, the only thing that counts is money. Fucking expensive for terrible service and value. Not comfy at all, mostly soulless or too fucking big and empty. People are pleasant to talk to on an individual level, but society is horrible.

Tunisia: An African shithole with shitty people only out for tips and tourist attractions littered with people selling chinese plastic souvenirs; step off the tourist paths and you'll end up knee-deep in garbage. Fuck Tunisia.

French Riviera (Nice-Monaco): People kind of stuck up. Expensive as fuck but still a nice, chilled vibe overall

Ireland (Dublin): Certain parts are no-go areas, making you feel as if you wandered into the third world. City is boring overall, most pubs close at like 1-2 AM which sucks

Czech Republic (Prague): Has a very hip feel to it, people generally seemed friendly and the nightlife is decent.

Italy (Venice): My favorite city in Europe. Absolutely beautiful architecture. People are kind of unfriendly, probably because of all the tourists.

Cyprus: People generally a friendly, it doesn't seem like a travel destination for young folks though (except for the costal party towns). Almost everyone speaks English which makes it easy to get around.

Malta: Very, very, very densely populated (Malta, Gozo was the opposite). People are very chatty and friendly and speak English. Loads of foreigners.

US (NYC): People are arrogant, everything is expensive but the city is absolutely fantastic, can't wait to go back.

Thailand (Bangkok/Chiang Mai): Bangkok is extremely busy and the air is shit. Loads of areas where foreigners flock to (Khao San etc.), but also very quiet parts. People generally don't speak English. Chiang Mai is very chill compared to that, also has a more cultural vibe.

Japan (Tokyo/Kyoto/Kyushu/Okinawa): Tokyo is my favorite city by far. It always feels alive 24/7, it's clean, convenient and there is just so much to do. The people are a bit colder than in other parts of the country but I still have some good friends there. Kyoto feels a lot more tranquil if you leave the beaten path and it again has a more cultural vibe than Tokyo. In Kyushu, Fukuoka feels like a city I can imagine myself living in, big but still quiet and peaceful. Nagasaki has this strong traditional vibe to it, maybe because of its history. Okinawa doesn't feel like Mainland Japan at all, it's extremely laid back, people are really friendly and everything is different.

>>1223800
Wut, really? What if you rent it for 2 or more days - are you not allowed to stay there during the day?

Also, are you just talking about those in Japan, or just generally? Seemed like a good option for not having to worry about my stuff and accommodation for a few days

Thailand: Awesome for the backpacker culture and infrastructure. Really don't seem to like white people very much. Whores are vastly overrated but so readily available that you'll go to them all the time anyway when you're there. Overall kind of "SEA Lite"

Vietnam: One of my favorite countries... people are absolute shit to eachother there, ripping eachother off constantly, even people from their own country. Probably the most amoral culture I've seen on a daily basis. But the whole experience of the place is so damn wild, with amazing food, friendly women, etc... I'd never go there to ride buses between tourist spots because you're just going from one hotbed of scammers to another, but riding around on a motorcycle was incredible. Also the only place where I've been treated like a celebrity just for being white in places where they aren't used to it.

Philippines: Cities are awful shitholes, infrastructure in general is awful. But there's an incredible deference to foreigners, and any white foreigner is automatically super high status, even more so than the rest of Asia. Women are amazing. And the fact that most people speak english really well makes a huge difference. All in all one of my favorite countries.

South Africa: Bizarre. It's both a popular european tourist destination as well as being the least safe country I've visited. You really have to watch yourself in the tourist areas of the big city, I personally met tons and tons of people that got mugged in some of the "safe" areas. Also, the white people are pretty badass and the white women are gorgeous, and the black/colored people live in a totally different world. Race mixing is still not much of a thing.

>>1224015
> Really don't seem to like white people very much.

How so?

>>1224015

Colombia: Tourist sites are underwhelming- every single one of them- when compared to options in other countries. But the culture is pretty awesome since they really just want to drink, dance, and fuck all the time. The only place where I had serious trouble traveling before I knew the language - you really, truly need spanish to have a decent time of it here. I ended up staying for a while and learning the language with classes and tinder dates. Girls are nowhere as easy as they used to be, since the country is much better now, sex tourism is like 1/2 the tourists, and they're more used to foreigners now.

Peru: Awesome tourist sites, meh culture. Completely lacks the spice and sensuality of Colombia/Venezuela/Brazil/Arg/Chile, it's more indigenous. But Cusco, the Sacred Valley, and Machu Picchu are not overrated at all. For girls, they're easy and sometimes look good in Lima, but are generally boring as fuck and suck in bed.

Brazil: Incredible culture. The charisma of the average brazilian is totally off the charts compared to the average in other countries. The women are hot and IMO actually much easier than Colombia outside of tourist spots, and every single one I was with was incredible in bed. I didn't have much time here - only a couple weeks - and left wanting to learn portugese and return later.

>Czech Republic
Best beer in the world, hands down, people are different, and shopping at grocery stores definitely helps my budget. Loved Prague, and loved Brno even more. Great countryside too
>Germany
Not a big fan of Northern Germany, Bavaria is fun and the Black forest is also very interesting, love the Alsace region. Could live without ever visiting Berlin, Frankfurt, or Bremen again. the only decent food is down south

>Switzerland
Fuck this country is expensive. $25 usd for a sandwitch and a 20ish oz beer. But the most beautiful country that I have ever been to, loved every second and god-tier skiing

>Austria
Cheaper Switzerland

>Italy
Rome sucks, very good food though. Assisi is my favorite city here. Venice and Verona are pretty cool, would go again, Same with Florence. Lugano is in Switz but still very fucking Italian

>Russia
Went to Moscow during November, very fucking cold, good nightlife, nice looking women and the people are cold, but they love foreigners and will open up

>Romania
Transylvania is pretty cool, a very fairytailish place, everything is retardedly cheap

>Australia and NZ
Great /out/, fun people, but there is always a fear in the back in your mind about the dangerous shit like poison snails and shit, surprisingly good beer and decent food

>Costa Rica
Great if you have money to kill

>Canary Islands
Best spot for viewing stars in the world

>>1223700
>>England
>Ever work somewhere and everyone hates their job? That's England.

Englishman here - this is a perfect description

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>>1223642
Why the fuck do you even travel, you seem to hate it so much.

Or do you travel at all?

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>>1223700
>Met an old German man who Hitler saluted when we asked where he was from. I laughed, he laughed, the other people around us didn't find it funny.

Reminds me of a German guy I met who made teddy-bears, his specialty was bears in super hero suits. He was showing me Bat Bear, and Super Bear, and Flash Bear -- then we came to Captain America Bear. This was before the movie, and Cap was not as universally known then, so he explained to me, "This is Captain America, he is from World War Two and fought against the Nazis.... (long pause, then whispering confidentially) He was not a friend of my Grandfather..."

>>1223824
>CO
>lots of blacks & hispanics
>81.3% White American

>>1223763
Oooh, could we get some degenerate stories?

>>1224108
>Oooh, could we get some degenerate stories?
They're not very interesting, to be frank, and it was never really my crowd. Middle aged (or older) men, mostly from various European countries, who drink too much and spend a lot of time in brothels, and/or support much younger girlfriends/common-law wives. Lot of former sailors and soldiers. Conspiracy theorists. Guys who talk at exhausting length about the sugar plantation they've bought a share of in Svay Rieng, before casually implying that they can sell you methamphetamine, or heroin, or a girlfriend, then falling off their barstool. People who seem to hate only the Khmers and Cambodia more than they hate their own countrymen and homelands. Russian mobsters (especially in Sihanoukville).

Garden variety boozing whorehoppers, basically, much like the ones you see in Thailand, but typically lower-budget, and sometimes with an undertone of menace alongside the vaguely pathetic aspect.

>Thailand
nice, super friendly country just annoying to be aware of scams. mainly went to touristy places though. Best food country

>Myanmar/Burma
My favorite country I've visited, everything about it is amazing

>Cambodia
Angkor Wat area and genocide museums are worth to go for but rest of the country is a bunghole. Such a completely broken country, they don't even have laws regarding which side of the road to drive on

>Vietnam
Only went to the middle and southern parts, nonetheless really great. Would like to go back to do a motorcycle/bicycle tour from top to bottom some day

>Phillipines
Amazing country, great for scuba diving. Manillia is the shittiest city on earth though. And the food in this country is the worst, if you're vegan or vegetarian you're gonna have to survive on bread and peanut butter

>India
Went from northeast to northwest (sikkim, did some central stuff like taj and varanasi, himachal pradesh). Amazing food. Way too intense country. It's amazing to be there but you grow weary after a month.

>Iceland
absolutely gorgeous. Bike toured it.

>New Zealand
Also gorgeous, friendly people. Amazing for bike touring

been here and there in a lot more countries but not really travelled on my own or did something noteworthy so I'm leaving it out
Anyone been to central asia, like Kyrgyzstan? Preferrably in the mountain regions. I'm thinking of doing a bike tour there this summer.

Japan: Literally the best country I've ever been to, it's now my dream to live somewhere in Tokyo.

Germany: Cold, and depressing.

America: It was okay, it's way too similar to Australia though (my home country)

Lebanon: The only good Middle Eastern country, and it is very good.

England: See Germany. Also, way too many Pakistanis.

>>1223779
The amount of homeless in Vancouver is because its the warmest city in Canada. Winter kills them everywhere else.

>>1224370
How do you mean India is way too intense? What makes for the overstimulation/sensory overload?

>>1223984
>Tunisia: An African shithole with shitty people only out for tips and tourist attractions littered with people selling chinese plastic souvenirs; step off the tourist paths and you'll end up knee-deep in garbage. Fuck Tunisia.

Was TN your first African country, brother? When were you there? TN's tourism received massive blows and entire industry is on it's knees. You can see why it would make people a bit more zealous than usual.

Bulgarian here:

>Tunisia
I like it, to be honest. Been there twice. It's got it's African problems, but has had a very good and steady improvement the last 100 years. I've visited cities from the capital way down to Sahara, haven't done the coast side yet. The second time I visited it was after Egypt and it felt like a god sent.

>Egypt
Now that's a shithole with tourist gouging, Africa and Islam problems.
Add to that that Cairo is basically Bombay with a different shade of brown people, but all the trash and pollution.

>Israel (save for the politics)
Top notch country and good people (in and of their own). Worth a visit no matter who you are and what you think of them.

England: Not as bad as people describe it. Definitely plenty to see and do.

>>1224389
I'd imagine it's the sound and smell.

>sound and smell
I'm sure that describes many countries in that part of the world

>Thailand
Hands down my favourite country. You can do everything here, it can be as cheap or as expensive as you want, Every sort of outdoor activity is available to you, the bigger cities are great and full of character, bangkok can be hit and miss. It really throws you into the deep end, 90% of the people you run into will have some sort of english capability. Parties are great too.

>Bali
Similar to thailand but worse in every way. Cheaper than thailand in every way except for alcohol, and alcohol is needed in bali.

>Japan
I get why people like it. It's Asia lite. It's clean, it's organised and it's safe. Japan is an introverts paradise. There just really isn't anything exciting about the place, it has deep culture, great food, friendly people ( could be because I am white though ) but it just doesn't have the spark that thailand or bali had.

>>1223695
I'll be honest I don't like France and French people that much but Normandy was great and would definitely go again.

>Morocco
Been there a couple times. Very friendly people once you get to the countryside. Nice surfing, nice mountains. Food was good (sweets specially) and cheap. Fez and Essaouira are the cities that I enjoyed the most

>UK
England I only know London and Manchester. Shit wheater, shit food, shit women but still incredibly appealingfor some reason that eludes me. I like pubs and the music culture there.
Scotland. I lived in Glasgow for a year. Glasgow is ugly as sin but it's by far the friendliest place I've ever been to. The Highlands and specially the Isle of Skye is one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen.
Northern Ireland. I lived in Belfast for a couple of months and I would not get back there. I'm big on irish history so seeing all the murals and whatnot was very interesting, but the sectarianism is (was) incredible. Definetly a weird vibe, even if the people were always very open and friendly with me

>Ireland
I only know Dublin. I don't like Dublin.

>Netherlands
Cool place, would like to go back or spend some time living there. Amsterdam is beautiful and Dutch mentality seems to be incredibly tolerant and easy-going. Food is terrible.

>Germany
I speak somewhat passable german so I went there to learn and fuck around the country. Hamburg was cool, Dresden and Leipzig I also found nice. I had some fun times in Berlin despite not liking the city. Despite all the hip alternative places everywhere Germany seemed a bit sterile to me.

>France
I know Paris, Carcassonne and Tolouse. Paris is an amazing 10/10 city for being a tourist, not so sure about living there. The south of France is really beautiful. Food is good, culture surrounding food is great.

>Poland
Krakow is easily my favourite city in Europe. Went there with a local friend and we did north to south, had a blast. Food is very good and incredibly cheap.

>Costa Rica
Can't remember much cause I was really wee. I remember the lovely landscapes and parks tho.

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Colombia -- Been down there semi-regularly for a number of years, started going pretty shortly after the government started cracking down on the narcos and the farcos, and people were just incredibly excited to see a foreign visitor since the country had such a bad rep at that time for travelers. Folks have stayed friendly, there are some beautiful spots, and some good food. Trying to get to Medellin to visit some friends and see the Christmas lights this winter -- I'm a fan of over-the-top Christmas lights.

Qatar -- Been to a couple of the micro-states along the gulf, Qatar seems to me to be the most generically uninteresting. Probably "nicer" than Kuwait, since it wasn't torn up in the war, but at least the history in Kuwait is of some interest. People seemed the least approachable there, other than a bunch of entrepreneurial Indians that decided I was worth taking out to dinner in case I turned out to know any rich Arabs or be rich myself, When that turned out not to be the case, they shrugged it off and we had a fine old time.

Ecuador -- Really only spent much time on the Galapagos Islands, which I'd recommend highly as an amazing place for nature and the historical importance.

>>1224443
>Definetly a weird vibe, even if the people were always very open and friendly with me

Yeah, I just dipped a toe in the place on a day trip from the Republic -- I was struck by that even in a short visit that was mostly "Look at that thing that people come here to look at!"

>>1224389
literally everything, smells, sounds, people

say goodbye to personal space. Absolutely everything in india is in your face all the time

i bet every weeaboo got super triggered when they saw the line about japan

>japan
regret my time there didn't do as much as I liked
>SK
absolutely fantastic time saw a lot of musicals, good food, cheap clothes, love the people. went back twice
>Indonesia
crazy as fuck traffic and hot as balls unless you are out all day and are already sweating, good food. I wouldn't go back on my own but my girl is from there.
>france
After touristy stuff it's boring unless you know someone
>UK
Good weather when I was there really nice, a bit chilly. Douchey guy pickpocked me and i was stuck doing nothing until my bus back to france. crazy expensive gpb was 1.75 to usd then
>Belgium
couldn't go since wallet got stolen missed bus and exchanged ticket back to france

>>1224015
>>1224020

You sound like a degenerate who only thinks about fucking and getting high

>>1224489
>>SK
>absolutely fantastic time saw a lot of musicals, good food, cheap clothes, love the people. went back twice

Interesting. If SK is South Korea, you fell in love with the one place in my travels I'd turn down a free trip back to. Glad you enjoyed it,

I'm English

>Australia
Lovely weather, very clean and safe. The people have both the best and worst traits of my own countrymen in even more abundance. I hate the alpha-male posturing in men and shrillness in women, plus the excessive boorishness in both genders, but I do like the sense of humour a lot.

>Laos
Nice vibe. Incredibly friendly and happy people.

>Sweden
Best advert against mass-immigration ever. The natives are exceeding polite and civilised, the immigrants are absolute scum. I'm sure the two things are linked. And this was BEFORE the migrant crisis.

>>1224020
I've been to both Colombia and Peru and can confirm. Had the time of my life as a tall, blue-eyed gringo that can speak decent Spanish.

Was a little scared in a cab once, but the dude took me right where I needed to be and didn't overcharged. Medellin is wonderful. Just be careful crossing the streets.

>>1223642
California is an over rated shit hole but the women are fairly easy

>>1224096
For what it's worth, I was in Aurora.

They're highly concentrated over there, or they all decided to come out of the woodwork during my visit.

>>1224335
Tell more about the Russian mobsters.

>>1224049
Guess he didn't see the Captain America comic with him slugging Hitler.

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Bahrain, Qatar: two cuts from the same cloth. A bunch of hyper-wealthy people doing and buying things for the sake of being ostentatious. Poor working conditions for third-worlder expats, first-worlder expats are put in their own category. Saudis go to these countries to drink heavily, bang prostitutes, and show off. Weather is bogus during the summer (go figure, it's all in the Middle East).

Oman: the only country worth visiting in the GCC region. Wadi Shab was an awesome hike. Weather was also hot and booze was hard to come by, but hookah lounges were open into the late hours of the night. I watched the events in Egypt unfold at a lounge at 2 AM because I couldn't sleep. It was rather peaceful (pic related).

Sri Lanka: like a cleaner, friendlier version of India. Comes with a bunch of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Highly recommended if you don't mind occasionally sleeping in not-so-fancy hotels.

>>1224722
They throw large, tacky dance parties, buy and develop large, tacky real estate (snake farms, artificial island night clubs, very large, poorly disguised where houses, casinos [despite the fact that gambling is not legal in Cambodia, there are dozens of them, including right across the Thai and Viet borders]), sometimes go native (one famous dude has a son who is a high ranking Cambodian cop), and occasionally kill each other. My friend Charles says it better than I could:
http://m.phnompenhpost.com/big-trouble-little-russia

>>1224864
>where houses
Silly autocorrecting phone, that's WHOREHOUSES.

>>1223809
I am what they call a wog.

>>1224370
> Bike toured Iceland
When? How? How did you managed the wind?

>>1224370
>And the food in this country is the worst, if you're vegan or vegetarian you're gonna have to survive on bread and peanut butter
Sadly true. The Philippines is, kind of amazingly, the only country in Southeast Asia without at least some delicious traditional food. Sure, not everybody loves everything on every menu in SEA, but the Philippines is the only Southeast Asian country that neither has nor deserves food tourism. It's a bit surprising, because geographically and culturally it's not that dissimilar from parts of Indonesia or even Malaysia, but both Malaysia (for sure) and Indonesia (arguably, but without a lot of disagreement globally) have much, much better cuisine. The Philippines is pretty good at a few varieties of roasted pork, but everything else has an exponentially better version in a nearby country.

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Been to 30-something. I'll do a few for kicks:

>Iraq

Kurdistan, specifically. Nice nature, mediocre infrastructure, and amazing people. I couldn't walk into a restaurant without being offered free food or a cafe without the owner trying to have a chat over tea. The only place I've ever had a stranger give me money for being American. Lots of Syrian refugees in Duhok and Erbil, many of whom have heartbreaking stories.

>Turkey

Beautiful country with locals who are surprisingly hospitable given the number of tourists. Went all around Anatolia and hitchhiked for the first time. God-tier food.

>India

I've been to India seven times. Probably the most diverse country in the world in terms of culture, religion, and language. Amazing selection of environments and regions in a relatively small space. Can be frustrating to navigate. Even though I love India, I'll be the first to admit that the locals can get downright obnoxious. Pollution and trash in big cities and around certain touristic monuments is off-putting.

>Iceland

Weird fucking locals, miserable climate, and a moon-like landscape reminiscent of the Scottish highlands one minute and then Mars fifteen kilometers down the road. Extremely expensive. $10 in a shitty bar for a shitty glass of beer.

>Colombia

Went there with no expectations because it was the cheapest round-trip flight from Detroit. Totally loved the place and would have stayed an extra four months if not for a relationship. Beautiful nature, beautiful people, and a lovely, vibrant culture. Crime is a serious concern, though. I met a lot of travelers and English teachers who had been robbed once or multiple times.

>Nicaragua

Great nature and very affordable compared to Costa Rica. Didn't feel as sketchy as Colombia and had much better food, but didn't think the local people were quite as interesting.

>Greece

Really only spent time in the capital. Athens is a total fucking hell-hole.

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>>1225043

Pic on last one was from Jammu & Kashmir in India, which was the only state there wherein I found most people to be ornery, unpleasant, and not worth dealing with.

Bored and should sleep but feel like doing a couple more.

>Bosnia & Herzegovina

Nice nature. Sarajevo is a very pretty and historical city with a tragic past. I hadn't planned on stopping there while hitchhiking from London to Istanbul but couldn't resist. Only spent about five days in Bosnia but the place left a very profound impression on me. The damage and scars caused by the war are still very visible.

>Serbia

I've never been too into white women, but Serbian girls are fucking HOT. Killer nightlife in Belgrade, cheap and good booze, and acceptably friendly locals. A week there made me great at reading Cyrillic. Wanted to stay for longer but had a flight to catch for my second trip to India as well as Dubai.

>UAE/Dubai

Honestly, not as bad as people say. My uncle used to live there, so I stayed with him. The malls and whatnot get boring after a few days, but I liked exploring the shitty Indian and Paki parts of the city north of Dubai Creek. A lot of the North African taxi drivers and tourists were surprisingly nice. Rich Arab guy almost started crying when we stopped to pick him up from his broken-down Range Rover and I said "Ramadan mubarak," kek.

>Thailand

I went to Bangkok as a side-trip from India at the beginning of 2016. Spent half my ten days vomiting and shitting my stomach out, but the city grew on me by the end of my visit. Ladyboys and hookers really pissed me off (I'm not into sex tourism and hated getting whistled at and groped on my way back to my hostel in Sukhumvit). Good food, weather was too warm. Basically India-lite; the scammers and touts were nothing compared to Delhi.

Pic of a fabulous man who was doubtlessly telling all of his friends about the Gezi Park protests they just couldn't miss.

>>1225043
i really want to go and date and Indian chick. How are they?

>>1225046

Both of my long-term girlfriends were Indian.

They tend to be very clingy and full of drama. I'm sure you can find a few who are down for casual and short-term, but the majority are not. Despite being a poor country, India does not have a preponderance of gold-diggers. The reason is that the sorts of women who date foreigners tend to come from liberal families. As a result, they're usually well-educated, affluent, or both; they don't need you for your money, and often make a point of splitting checks.

My experience is that it's much easier to date if you stay in one city for an extended period of time, especially if you have an apartment. Getting a hotel room as an Indian/non-Indian interracial couple is a fucking nightmare.

Anyway, if you're a good-looking guy and know how to talk to women, you can probably get by dating. If you're an awkward loser, it's not going to work.

IME, even slutty Indian girls want to get to know you before fucking. It's not like the Philippines or something, but there are some slags (I met a girl off Tinder who made it sound like she'd slept with 100+ guys. Told me about how she banged a married 60 year old pilot. She wasn't even bad-looking, but I was so turned off by what a whore she was I didn't bother).

>>1225046
>>1225047

Also, if you date an Indian girl in India, prepare to deal with a hilarious amount of confusion and jealousy from young men, as well as disapproving stares from the elderly (young women didn't seem to care nearly as much).

FYI, a lot of Indian guys think white dudes can bang supermodels just by existing. Doesn't work like that. IME, being white adds 1-2 points onto your attractive. You will not be able to date very far out of your league; there are also lots of women who won't date white guys at all (believe it or not, there are some really handsome guys in India, albeit maybe not as many per capita as other places). I've seen plenty of spergy white guys get slapped in clubs for not getting the hint to piss off.

However, you do get the benefit of doubt from some girls that isn't extended to Indian men (i.e., you aren't immediately perceived as a desperate weirdo on Tinder or by asking for directions on the street).

Dunno, India is just a weird fucking place in every regard. I could probably write a short novel on dating there as well as about motorbike driving and how shitty the waste management system in Delhi is.

Don't get me started, too autistic and tired to stop.

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>>1225032
>When? How? How did you managed the wind?
last year in may, I did the ring road counter clockwise. I got sort of lucky with the weather but not the wind, I had a headwind during the entire southcoast and the north coast. I cycled into strong headwinds like 75% of the time... After reaching Djúpivogur I was really close to calling it quits, I was just so incredibly frustrated, yelling at the wind. Icelandic winds are usually so fucking strong too, I cycled close to Reykjavik (don't do this, take the bus at least 100km away, the traffic+roads are dangerous as fuck) and had strong sidewinds, so strong that it was really hard to keep a straight line. And then you have trucks passing you by in 90km/h with 20cm to spare from you...

If you are thinking about doing this, do it later when it's actually summer. I cycled in -5C to +5C which is pretty much the worst temperatures to cycle in, ice cold rain and your stuff (and you) never dries. Weather is generally worse too. A lot of roads are closed due to snow and you can't get into the interior at all. It's fucking rough but then of course that makes everything much more rewarding. The few days with sun and tailwinds were the best cycling of my life

Honestly it wasn't really a pleasant experience but man Iceland is ridiculously beautiful. I don't regret doing it at all

>>1225043
>Iceland
>Weird fucking locals
lol why? I only thought they were reserved (though friendly) but I'm scandi so my country is pretty similiar I think

>>1225044
I don't know what you on about pal but i travelled around india for 4 months and the only redeeming state there (including people and the food of course) was kashmir

>>1224370
I keep hearing great things about Myanmar, can you tell me what you loved about it the most? i'm thinking about going there in december although i've already been in thailand, laos, cambodia and vietnam, everyone gives me the impression that it's totally a different experience but i'm reluctant, so i'd appreciate your input.

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>>1225130
It's definitely a different experience from the rest of SEA. Since it's still very newly opened to tourists the scams and generally most bad things that come with tourism haven't really settled at all there. The people are amazingly friendly, older generation mostly speaks english and usually will talk to you but aren't intrusive like in India for example. Curious but reserved.

It's a lot more DIY to travel there, but that's also what makes it so great. We went to a waterfall outside Pyin U Lwin, we had to take a pick-up to a kind of middle of nowhere, and then trek another couple of kilometers. It's a beautiful waterfall which you could swim in, there were some other burmese families and a small kiosk nearby (those are everywhere). No entrance fees like there would be in Vietnam, and no other tourists.

The fact that it's so devoid of other tourists outside main attractions like Bagan is a special thing, and it probably won't stay that for too long. In a couple of years it'll probably be like the rest of SEA. It's a very different atmosphere travelling there than the rest of SEA, it's much more relaxed. I'd recommend going for a month

>>1225129

Wow - two people had two different experiences.

What a fucking shock.

>>1225047
Why is it hard renting a hotel room if you're a white/indian interracial couple?

That sounds totally absurd

>>1225194

A lot of hotels in India refuse to rent to unmarried couples. If you're white and she's Indian, they'll always assume that's the case. In fact, I've heard of incidences in which actual married, interracial partners were refused lodging or had to provide their marriage certificates.

For instance, there's a booking app called Oyo! Rooms which is popular in India. They had to create a separate filter for "couples" because so few properties will permit unmarried couples.

I would assume it's less of a problem for two white people, since it'll be easier to bullshit ("we don't change last names in Lithuania!").

The excuse I've been given is that hotels don't want to get caught up in prostitution scandals. However, I don't buy it. If I'm with a girl who pulls up outside the hotel in a fucking Honda or Ford (which only upper-middle class Indians can afford), there's no way she's a fucking prostitute.

IMO, it's just the judgmental culture at work.

I've heard the Northeast and parts of the south are more relaxed.

>>1223779
>The moroccans in the Netherlands are the worst people in the NL. Turns out a country filled with them is not a great experience. Me and my GF getting shouted at, catcalled, trying to con me, etc.
This.
Why are Moroccans (and Algerians) so fucking cancerous?
Here in boring mountain Germany (AT) even the fucking afghan and chechen goat fuckers aren't as scummy as them. Also Egyptians (paricularly black-ish ones)

>>1225235
*particularly

>>1224370
I spent some time in Kyrgyzstan last year did a small amount of trekking out of Karakol and saw ala-kul in the Terskey Alatau ranges. The drive between Osh and Bishkek was through a mountainous area also, beautiful if somewhat scary since the driving is Cambodia tier but with a sheer cliff on one side rather than desolate farm land. If you could bike that it would be amazing but I'm not sure about accommodation options. Along the way there is small settlements which may have b and b's but they seemed to be mostly just selling food and drink to passersby, it's usually 8-10 hours by van but can up to 12 if road hazards are bad. Anything else you would like to know?

>>1225280
Most villages on well traveled routes have homestays in them, in both kyrgyzstan and tajikistan.
Really if you want to go biking out there the pamir highway is the way to go.

>>1225292
That sounds promising for the guy, just looking at google maps it was The Pamir highway I took between the cities. I enjoyed traveling in Kyrgyzstan since it now has an emerging tourism sector with the easing of visa restrictions, everyone seemed to be trying so hard to grow it's potential.

>>1225181
is it too expensive?
can I pickup locals?

>>1225100
You have my respect, anon. I did the ring road counter clockwise too, but in september, in a camper van. The wind almost throw us away from the road several times.

You are a brave man

>>1225181
alright got it, can you give me a rough itinerary? i have a friend who's going there for 2 weeks in december but i can take a month off from work so i might do that, thanks for the reply.

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>>1225280
Thanks for the info!
Oh, I'd bring my tent of course so sleeping would never be a problem. Are grocery stores well spread out, like do you think I'd be able to resupply every say three days if I average 80km per day?
How is the traffic, low I guess? I want to go mainly on gravel roads. I've really only seen pictures so I'm barely even in the planning stage, but it looks so amazingly beautiful

>>1225292
>pamir highway
oh shit this is perfect man, thank you so much

>>1225318
outside of the cities (yangon is pretty expensive for some reason) it's like the rest of SEA. We spent less money there than in Thailand doing similiar stuff, during a month in each. I didn't even think about picking up locals while there so idk

>>1225329
knowing that the vehicles had trouble going straight too just adds a layer of how stupidly dangerous cycling close to Reykjavik is lol

>>1225403
I posted some shit a few months back for some guy here who wanted to go to Yanong, Inle Lake, Bagan and Kalaw, I'll just copy paste it from the archive

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>>1225432
I was there in march last year for a month but I honestly didn't like Golden Rock too much. The trek up from the village below was pretty great but the rest wasn't too mindblowing. If you have time then sure why not but I wouldn't make it a priority. However I slept at the village below since it was too expensive for me to stay at the hill. Might be a completely different experience.

However, Mawlamyine was one of my favorite spots there. Super chill city, and visiting "ogre island" which is an island close to the city was pretty fun, we had a great guide named Jo Jo whos card is in the image i posted, initially we thought he was a scammer since he was ridiculously intense but he was really great. Win Sein Taw Ya which is also close to mawlamyine too is the worlds biggest reclining buddha, pretty much the weirdest shit I've seen. It's in a valley with a lot of other huge statues/stuff and the interior is some kind of museum of buddhist hell and heaven or something and the whole stuff has been in construction for a super long time so it's not really finished. Oh and they are building an even larger reclining buddha on the other side of the valley despite the first one not being complete.

If going to inle lake you should def do the trek from kalaw, one of the best treks I did in SEA. We took one that was three days but if i remember correctly you can do shorter ones. Kalaw is a super comfy mountain town with great vistas you can hike up to for sunsets

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>>1225434
Hpa-An is also great which has a great day tour with many cool caves and pagodas. Last thing on the tour is the bat cave which is an opening where shitloads of bats fly out during sunset (and really it was a tsunami of bats)

The train from Hsipaw (not too interesting town, there are some nice hikes and pagodas but not much more) to Pyin U Lwin was cool as shit, and Pyin U Lwin is an awesome city, if you go there you should definitely go to the falls nearby. They're not super easily accessible but that's part of the charm and you can swim in it. The botanical gardens are nice too

Mandalay is a pretty boring town really, we didn't like it at all, if you are short for time skip it entirely.

Myanmar was easily my favorite country in SEA in my six month trip and if you have the time take around a month for it. The major charm is that it's still relatively recently opened to tourists, so there aren't many of them. There are basically no scammers at all in contrast to thailand for example and everyone is ridiculously nice to you. You get most places that arent main spots for yourself, which is amazing.

oh and be sure to try Paan/beetlenut

here's a pic from the vineyard at Inle Lake

2/2

>US
I'm Canadian and the border states are pretty much just Canada with very slight cultural and dialectal differences. Unlike most people it seems I tend to like most Americans I meet.

>Thailand
I was only able to do Bangkok (unfortunate because Bangkok gets slightly boring and expensive after maybe 3 days) but I would go again. Amazing food with great variety and cheap as shit too. Bangkok is full of touts, westerners that range from rich kids to crazy dudes who probably had their passport stolen by ladyboys and just decided never to go back home.

>Vietnam
The longest I've ever spent in a foreign country. Soooo much natural beauty and variety in food. People in cities I find are cold compared to Cambodia or even Thailand in that they don't seem to care much about talking or getting to know foreigners. That's probably just rhe language barrier. Women are beautiful there, most things are cheap as SHIT and there's huge variety in geography as well. From beaches to mountain climbing near China, communist propaganda and kids skateboarding wearing heisenberg t-shirts, dudes talking on their cell phones while their buffalo waters itself...Nam is an interesting place.
It's not all sunny though. The entire country has a problem with litter, the air quality is in cities is abhorrent (surprise surprise), the weed is fucking horrible and there's a lot of touts. Other than that I highly recommend it especially to people with an interest in military matters

>Cambodia
Mostly depressing when you see how the average cambodian lives, but can also be very enlightening to those used to luxury. The country is poor as shit and as a result it is very cheap. The rule of law is nil, drugs are everywhere and so are the street kids. Despite that though it's an easy country to have fun in and cambodians are very open to foreigners if they speak English (not even as touts either, though there are plenty). Would recommend if you're on a budget or you like drugs.

>>1225432
>>1225434
>>1225432
thanks for the info, much appreciated!

>>1225043

>Kurdistan

Tell me more. I'm thinking about taking a teaching job out there. The pay isn't much, but I like having something to brag about to people back home

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>>1225044

My biggest gripe about UAE/Dubai is that it all feels so very unauthentic... the big buildings and pretty lights are nice, but there's this feeling of superficiality to it that I couldn't shake each time I visited.

Their souks were pretty cool though. It's a shame the area doesn't try to focus more on its heritage, but what can you do?

>>1225526

What do you want to know?

Bear in mind that I went in 2013, before the Islamic State began establishing itself throughout Western Iraq. I have to imagine the situation on the ground has changed to an extent. There were plenty of refugees from Syria in Duhok and Erbil, and I'm guessing that even more have arrived from all across the Levant and occupied cities such as Mosul.

>>1225432
Post more pics of your Iceland bike travel. Is that route 939?

>>1225318
>can I pickup locals?
Short answer is maybe but the odds aren't in your favor. All of Southeast Asia is much more sexually conservative/traditional than visitors and the internet think it is, and Myanmar is about the most traditional and conservative place in the region, barring the very religious parts of Indonesia or Malaysia, where, no, you will never pick up a local girl.

Even in Thailand and Cambodia, which obviously have very prominent sex tourism scenes, "nice"/"regular" girls, which is to say nearly all of them, statistically speaking, are much harder to pull than their western counterparts. Those who are most open to international-style casual hookups generally have their hands out, whether literally or metaphorically. All can be dated and slept with, but it's a slower and more serious process than in the US or Europe.

So you're not picking up women in bars in Yangon who don't expect you to take care of them, basically. They're really friendly, though.

>>1223768
>Dutch and Portuguese food isn't so great
anon...

>>1225806
Dutch food is shit. Portuguese can be pretty tasty.

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>>1225709
yes, I'm impressed you could tell lol. Actually this was the first day I had no headwind and fine weather. This was the day after I contemplated quitting because I'd only cycled into a strong headwind all the way from keflavik and was only frustrated. The sheer contrast made it the best day of the trip and also that road was fun as fuck to bike except the really really steep parts where I just got no grip and had to push.

>>1225810
eh, I think dutch food isn't that bad, but portuguese food is pretty tasty tb h

>>1225318
>can I pickup locals in Myanmar?

No, absolutely not. I've never met someone that's done it successfully. It's the most religiously conservative country in Asia by far, and has not been exposed to western ideas. There are cases where women were fired from their jobs just for being friends with foreigners.

Hookers are available, though. I like to fuck a girl from each country I visit, so I tried some. In Yangon there are "fashion shows" where you can pick out a girl and take her back to your hotel, in Mandalay the moto taxi drivers will offer you girls, and in Pyin Oo Lwin there's a place marked on the Triposo app called "Brothel Bar"... which isn't a bar. The last one is 5USD for a cute girl, it's great.

>>1225432
>>1225729
>>1225861
Not a big fan of hookers, so that's a negative for me
But it'd be cool to visit a super religious country
meh I've just researched. It's Buddhism. Fuck that.

and ty for them info on Vietnam and Cambodia. Going to Philippinnes on April 27th and then to both of those after that.

Does anybody have experience with tier 2 cities in China ? ($800/mo poverty budget)

>>1225911
Don't knock it til you try it

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>>1225833
>>1225833
Route 939 is an incredible place. I sticked a GoPro to the car and filmed until I reached the place in the pic.

I wasn't supposed to take that route, but the maps took me there. That was the best I-am-lost time in my entire life

Did you rented the bike in Iceland or arrived with it?

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>>1226026
Oh wow I need to get back to iceland when it's actually summer. What time were you there?
This pic is a bit further up but like shit, just look at the difference

I flew my bike there, costed like €62 from sweden. Always the best way to do it IMO

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>>1226145
I went there in september 2016
I was hoping to see some snow like in your picture

I actually saw several bikes arround the ring road, but I first thought that they were like mailmen or something.

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>Philippines
literal shithole.

>New Zealand
Beautiful place. Weird people.

>Chuuk
Essential just a bunch of people being born, hanging out and then dying. Diving is top notch (which is the only reason to go).

>Niue
Comfy. A lot prettier then Chuuk (pic related) and cleaner. Diving is good (dat 60m+ visibility almost year round). Locals friendly. Similar life cycle to Chuukies but get smashed every saturday and fight each other. sundays are trippy the entire island feels deserted (everyones at church).

>France (Paris)
Locals a lot nicer then I was led to believe there is an element of the snobby french but 90% were normal in my experience. This one old french lady went out of her way to walk me and a mate to the hospital in 30 degree+ weather. mad expensive.

>England (London)
Tourists. Tourists everywhere. Locals mixed in with the tourists trying to get where they going. these tourist/locals groups great vast mobs of people. a sea of people packed into tiny lanes built way before anyone could foresee modern demographics.

>Singapore
Pretty clean/safe/friendly. Loved the indian section of the city. cool vibe/food.

>>1225847
>eh, I think dutch food isn't that bad, but portuguese food is pretty tasty tb h
Indeed, there are some good dishes in Portugal. But the cuisine is in my experience a little heavy and monotonous (I love arroz de pato the first three times I eat it; the fifth time I'm pretty sick of it), and my vegetarian wife had a hard time finding good main dishes to eat there (she doesn't do well in Spain, either). One can only enjoy bread, cheese, olives, and salads for so many days in a row.

I'll even give the Dutch credit for a few things--they make enjoyable fried junk food and sweets. It's a wonder they manage to stay slim when their cuisine's finest elements are olliebollen and kroketten. And while I find their beer unremarkable, they did more or less invent gin (I can only really enjoy a kroket after a couple of shots of genever).

>>1223642
>Japan: Weird as fuck...literal definition of weird, off-putting, creepy and just all around degenerate.
>
>England: Totally miserable weather, miserable people, chavs.
>
>France: Pretentious dickheads, Paris is a literal shithole outside of the Eiffel tower
>
>The entire section of central Europe.:Pretty much the twilight zone...otherwise pretty nice...Definitely underrated.
>
>Australia: I liked it...Australia didn't like me though.
>
>New Zealand: I liked it....Didn't stay long.

You're a fucking idiot.

>>1223755
So when you say England you mean you visited London.

>>1223726
>What's so bad about capsule hotels
You can hear other people snoring and receiving texts. Other than that they're great. The Japanese ones, anyway. No idea what they're like in other countries.

>>1227088
I've stayed at the 9hours Capsule Hotel right outside of Narita Airport.

Those snores travel far. It was actually quieter outside of the capsule than inside.

The showers & toilets were fucking top-notch, though.

>>1227014
>greentexting a whole post
So are you.

>>1223642
>Netherlands
Lived in Amsterdam for 2 years. Everyone speaks English. I even worked retail only speaking English to all native customers. Like most people have said the food is nightmare inducing. Although they have "snackbars" with really good but extremely unhealthy food. Red light district is a meme and the popular streets are a total scam

>Belgium
Went to Antwerp and Brussels multiple times. Antwerp has a red light district that is bigger than Amsterdam and of general higher quality. Like the Dutch they have SHITTY food except for unhealthy fried shit. Outside of Brussels and Antwerp the country looks gray and depressing in a weird way that you have to experience for yourself to understand.

>Germany
Natives refused to speak English even though they could understand me perfectly which was a bit weird. Great meat selection. I only ate wursts and schnitzels my entire 2 week trip. Great buildings in the catholic parts of the country.

>USA
LA. It was really shocking for me to see the US in person after only having it seen in media form. It looked like a third world country faking to be rich especially walking through the city taking a wrong turn and seeing entire streets filled with tents for the homeless. The plan was to make a roundtrip of the west coast and do the east coast a couple of years later but LA had me cancel the entire tour and go home ASAP.

1/2

>>1227247

2/2

>Japan #1 experience in my life
(I speak Japanese)
Most surprising thing about Japan was how easy it was to get girls. They practically did all the work for me. The girls aren't good in bed though they tend to just lay on their back making you do all the work. AMAZINGLY fresh food, high quality fish and rice dishes. Sadly certain vegetables/fruits are more expensive than beef for some reason. The nature is great enough to deserve a trip on its own and 99% of it is free.

If you want to go to Japan eventually I SINCERELY recommend learning the language. The locals open up to you when they see you are able to speak their language and everyone wants to hang out with you and get to know you better. I also noticed some people being refused entry to restaurants because they didn't speak Japanese and I would certainly have less female attention if I didn't speak Japanese.

I personally studied Japanese for about 2 years before my first trip to Japan and it was enough to understand every sign and conversation I had on the trip. I also eventually met my current girlfriend there and I like it so much that I will probably immigrate permanently to Japan when I find work there.

>>1225432
I don't remember seeing any grocery stores mostly just convenience stores with snack foods, though there was people with fruit stalls and restaurants but you would pass one maybe two a day at your rate. Traffic is pretty high considering, never congested but you will always be in sight of other vehicles. A lot of crashes since there is a lot of blind bends I saw about five or six on the journey and our van was taking these bends at 80+kmp/h. It's all sealed all be it poorly so no luck on the roads.

>>1227247
>The plan was to make a roundtrip of the west coast
>LA had me cancel the entire tour and go home ASAP

This is gold. You know the rest of the west coast is absolutely nothing like central LA right?

>>1227251
Please tell me more about picking up girls in Japan.

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>>1227247
>saw some homeless people so i got scared, cancelled my trip and went home

It's almost poetry that your subsequent post reveals you to be a pathetic weeb.

>>1227297
To be fair the trip would be very expensive and most people I know praised LA as the best part of the trip. It was a gamble if I would continue and possibly waste a bunch of money on bullshit or go home and put the remaining money towards another trip.

>>1227319
This was years before I started to learn Japanese let alone go to Japan. I don't even watch anime. But maybe you're right. I might've been a Jap loving fuck without knowing.

>>1227305
What specifically do you want to know? I'm white and not disgusting looking which already adds 2-3 points towards your attraction. Girls actually kinda approach you and say "haro" in English and if you reply in Japanese you're already in.

Ask more specific questions if you want to know. I eventually stayed 7 months in Japan (with some flying back and forth for Visa reasons) and have slept with close to 2 dozen girls before settling with my current girlfriend after 4 months.

>>1223678
>in some restaurants they give you hot water to sterilize your own utensils and such)
It's actually extremely widespread in China if the restaurant doesn't provide disposable tableware. You see poor condition, I see the benefit of not eating from dishes that were sitting on the table and collecting dust for days before you actually use them.

>>1223642
>and just all around degenerate

>Muh degeneracy

Spoken like a true virginal alt knight.

>>1227531
>What specifically do you want to know? I'm white and not disgusting looking which already adds 2-3 points towards your attraction. Girls actually kinda approach you and say "haro" in English and if you reply in Japanese you're already in.
>Ask more specific questions if you want to know. I eventually stayed 7 months in Japan (with some flying back and forth for Visa reasons) and have slept with close to 2 dozen girls before settling with my current girlfriend after 4 months.

>girls actually kinda approach you and say "haro"
>if you reply in Japanese you're already in.

Tokyo resident of 8 years and I am cringing right now. Please don't listen to this bullshitting cringelord. If you want to know the truth about this shit just ask me instead.

And no, my perspective is not that of some schmuck who can't get laid in Japan and so he says it's impossible. It's definitely not, but this guy is just perpetuating the same tired-ass memes and it's well, tiring.

>>1227585
Maybe they aren't memes and you're just ugly?

I've heard similar stories from a friend of mine that went on holiday to Japan and fucked more than a handful of Girls. He's a Chad though.

>>1227531
>most people I know praised LA as the best part of the trip

That is bizarre. LA is probably the worst major city on the west coast outside of the beach scene, if you're into that. The people are 100x better and it's 100x cleaner in any other west coast city.

>>1227585
Anything is possible if you're into fat chicks

>>1227616
This.

>>1227585
So -- tell us what you know?

>Taiwan
good vibe, safe, great food. people are friendly. cities if you're into that. great countryside if you're into that. Taroko is nice. kenting was fun too. underrated

>Thailand
great country. been there twice. wish to go again. only been to bangkok, phuket and krabi. loved krabi. wish to travel up north one day. yeah i love thai food also

>Cambodia
only went to Siem Reap so could visit Angkor Wat. temples are worth visiting for sure. stayed near pub street which was nice.

>Vietnam
spent some days in Saigon. very hot. lots of pollution. crazy traffic. scooters everywhere even on sidewalks. crossing the street is like a near death experience.
liked the food. actually first time ever trying pho
we had some awesome bbq. they give you the raw food and you cook it yourself. the alligator was really good damn.

then i went to Hanoi for a couple days. mores scooters and shit but less hot. also i was walking near the hoan kiem lake and this pack of locals approached me and asked me questions n stuff (i think they were part of some english class. has anyone experienced this?)

then i went on a 5 day motor bike trip on the north western part of the country. probably the highlight of my trip. great landscapes and what not. Mai Chau was beautiful

>Bali
not bad. good culture. great food. nice beaches. wish beer was easier to find once you get out of kuta. highlight was leaving kuta and spending few days just riding motorcycle out in the country side. very beautiful place

>Singapore
modern,clean, expensive AF. lucky for me we knew some ppl that lived there and crashed at their place. singapore has great food. had some stingray and frog legs that were just amazing.

>Malaysia
been here a bunch of times cuz of a grill i know
been to batu caves and melaka and her small home town but mostly spent the other time in KL. pretty much like a cheaper version of Singapore. food is awesome as well. good chinese, malay, indian food. wish to explore more of country though.

>>1224376
>America: It was okay, it's way too similar to Australia though (my home country)

The US west coast is basically one giant Melbourne with nicer scenery.

>>1225043
>Weird fucking locals

They are simply reserved around strangers. Not everyone on this planet needs to constantly make pointless smalltalk like the average amerifat.

>>1223642
Canada: specifically Alberta, Calgary is a cool city
Iceland: rainy and comfy country, locals were kind of taciturn

>>1224025
>>Australia and NZ
>Great /out/, fun people, but there is always a fear in the back in your mind about the dangerous shit like poison snails and shit, surprisingly good beer and decent food

There is literally nothing in NZ that can kill you. Don't lump us with AUS in this category pleb

>>1223779
>Great scenery in OR

Thanks sempai, Oregon is USA's secret state

>>1223642
sorry, but if you liked australia then i have no idea what to say to you other than sorry for your incredibly poor taste. and why did you go to japan when you could come to korea.

>>1228092
> pack of locals approached me and asked me questions n stuff

I had this happen to me in Phong Nha, near one of the caves i was sitting down for lunch and 3 girls from the staff approached me, asked if they can sit with me and started talking to me about general stuff in english

>>1228422
yeah exactly
it was kinda nice desu

>>1224497
i'm not that person, but why do you say that? I'm genuinely interested because i recently moved here.

>>1224025
>$25 usd for a sandwitch and a 20ish oz beer
this is wrong, even in Zurich

Sandwiches go from $5-$12 depending on the quality and bars charge $5-$8 per beer
t. Swiss

>>1228891
Assuming the extremes, that's $12 for a sandwich and $8 for a beer. Put together, that's $20.

Wow, anon was only off by $5.

>>1228175

Had less to do with small talk and more to do with the bizarre conversations they kept starting with me.

>>1223824
>Hong Kong:
>Best example of diversity I've ever seen.
>all seem to have racial/religious/cultural tensions. >They all have their problems, but somehow it works kind of okay in Hong Kong. They have a sizable Muslim population, but
>they don't cause trouble for anyone.
>but I have yet to see Hong Kong come up in shitposts about "cultural enrichment"; it's always UK or Sweden that has it the worst.

Trust me bruh, the shitposting is in another language, which is why you avoided all this shit.

Hong Kong is arguably one of the most xenophobic cities I've come across, bordering on Swiss levels of arrogance. Then again, I speak Cantonese and am not a gweilo.

>>1228958
Not him, but white people are still at the top in terms of social status right? People just discriminate against different types of asians?

>>1223882
It's the fact that casual racism isn't taboo if its banter, a lot of foreigners can't tell when the banter stops and starts. Its harder if English isn't your first language. I mean when you joke with your mates everything is fair game as long as said in jest.

>>1228963
only if you have money though

>>1223642
Paris, liked it was fun
London, expensive but still awesome
Berlin, speaking German helps a lot to get into the clubs, amazing time
Amsterdam, strong weed, nice city to just look at, very laid back people
Lisboa, drugs won't get you into any trouble, great restaurants at the coast, great beaches

>>1225438
>Amazing food
I've never heard more conflicting reports than the food in Thailand being amazing/horrible.

>Would recommend if you're on a budget or you like drugs.

What kind of drugs we talking here?

>>1227247
>Outside of Brussels and Antwerp the country looks gray and depressing in a weird way that you have to experience for yourself to understand.

You should have visited Ghent.