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What are your favorite and least favorite countries you've been too? For me:
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Favorite: >Turkey >Iraq >India >Serbia >Colombia >Greece >Iceland >Kazakhstan
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>>1044082 What was wrong with Kazakhstan?
>>1044079 Where did you go in Georgia? How long were you there?
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So these have been pinned to palm trees and lampposts around SE Asia for the past 10 or so years. I grabbed one there two years ago drunk and forgot about it. Just found it at the bottom on my bag earlier.
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>>1043816 >I'd love it to be a true travelling offer, but more than likely an expensive tourist private boat tour dressed up like an adventure. If it's a 42 foot boat, they're correct in getting 1-5 people. Not that good a way to make much money.
There's a few men in their 40s-60s who end up buying a boat and hoping to sail the world. But that requires a crew. Many take on crew for no money. If they have enough money to buy a blue water boat, then they can probably afford to spend the $5-10 or so of dehydrated food that you will eat a day.
This explains it well, there's links to networks if you really want to travel this way.
http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2013/nov/19/crew-ship-see-the-world-free Anonymous
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>>1043816 I saw the same thing or something similar in Penang, Malaysia - I thought they were recruiting for a slave ship so I just ignored it.
There are legit crew jobs on boats though - I think
https://www.findacrew.net/ lists some jobs, but I've never looked into it.
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>>1043925 >a 42 foot boat, >that requires a crew. WAT!
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I live in Blaenau Ffestiniog where bounce below is...worth a visit if anyone is in North Wales.
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>>1044063 The first fast-food habitrail-and-ballpit was at the Burger King on Independence Blvd in Charlote, NC.
It got bulldozed a few years back -- I tried to get them to declare it an historic site and preserve it, but no luck...
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I have roughly six hours in Singapore between flights but need to clear customs/collect luggage due to the way I've booked flights.
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>>1043807 The airport doesn't matter too much and while delicious food is a plus I don't really consider myself a food tourist. I don't necessarily have to stop in between the two countries but the airfare to stop in Singapore or Bangkok is about equal to a straight shot from Mumbai to Manilla.
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>>1043553 Go to the bar it's the same view and entry is free so you might as well pay the same for a drink as you would for the ticket to the observation deck
>>1043811 I would say there are a lot more things to do on your own in Bangkok, what kind of things are you into?
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>>1043815 I like big cities and examining the architecture, I like history sites, concerts (especially jazz), unique nature sites, and wildlife. Leaning towards Bangkok but I dig the idea of visiting a city-state for some reason
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>>1043864 The architecture is much nicer in Singapore, Gardens By The Bay is pretty unique, not to mention the Orchid Gardens, the Botanical Gardens, the nature trails and the zoo is also great. Universal was alright, only had 2 rides that were proper adrenaline rushes though. Make sure you go to the top of Marina Bay Sands to see the architecture at night (although if the Indonesian forest fires are still causing issues there it won't be any near ideal). Bangkok probably trumps Singapore in terms of history sites and concerts, although the British influence is a cool history element in Singapore.
Just be warned it's significantly more expensive than Bangkok, but also a hell of a lot cleaner
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>>1044002 Solid advice, thanks a bunch
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Hey /trv/, i want to work abroad. Like, literally, fucking anywhere. I doesnt have to pay well, it doesnt have to be a funny job, i just have to get out of this shithole of a country. I am 25 y/o swedish male.
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>>1043785 Holy shit you're annoying as fuck. Go to somalia faggot
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why do you want to leave Sweden, just out of curiosity?
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>>1043739 Sorry i just didnt think you deserved a proper answer cause youre not contributing.
>>1043803 Because time stands still here and you are either a feminist, a nationalist or a homosexual. Everyone acts alot more important than they are and the people are shy, ungrateful and anti-social.
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>>1044025 Those problems you listed pretty much exist everywhere. Where did you have in mind you might want to go? You'll find if you travel more Sweden is probably a superior place to live then wherever you may want to move to.
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>>1044025 michigan fag here. Wish I lived in Sweden instead of a police state where I have to choose between supporting the tumblrkin-left or closet-racist-right while being exploited by fracking firms either way.
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I'm planning a trip to New Zealand and I'm not sure If I want to do just the north island, south island or both. I would be saving a good chunk of money if I did just one island. If I were to pick one island, I'm leaning towards the south because I've heard from a few people it's the only one worth doing. The problem is that I don't know when I'll ever be in this part of the world again. Is it worth shelling out extra money to do both islands, or should I just do one and save money for another trip? (I'm getting towards the end of a year long working holiday visa in Australia)
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>>1043021 Damn... I'd hate to miss out on either. I think I'm just going to bite the bullet and shell out the money for both islands. Thanks for your input, I appreciate it!
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>>1042968 I literally just did what you are doing now. Was on a WHV in Aus and thought "Fuck it, while im on this corner of the planet i might aswell" and went both north island and south island of NZL on a 4 week trip and saw most things worth seeing.
Both islands are ridiculously beautiful, New Zealand is like a cocktail of Scotland, Norway, Patagonia, Karakorum and Iceland... It has everything.
If you dont pop over to NZL, you will regret it.
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It has long been my dream to backpack both dem islands. One day...
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If you're concerned with cost, I'd stick to the North.
This guy
>>1043021 is right in that the South is just a bigger version of the North. The only thing the North has that the South doesn't is real cities. The only thing the South has that the North doesn't is Fjordland. But Fjordland is not cheap to get to.
The North has a lot more infrastructure. There's more transportation and lodging alternatives, so things are a bit cheaper to travel around in.
But you didn't say what your time frame or budget is. A good way to save some money is to travel on the off peak time. New Zealanders take a lot of vacation and travel within a bunch November-January.
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>>1043930 >>1043930 I did a Milford Sound full day trip from Queenstown for 100 NZD so its not that expensive. I know theres more to Fiordland than Milford but its the main thing and only going there you still get a sense of what the Fiordland is about.
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Guys, I'm visiting Glasgow this weekend, any suggestions what I should definitely see or do over there?
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What's safer , Backpacking South America or Backpacking SEA? I don't want to get kidnapped by ISIS and get my death filmed in SEA and I don't want to get shot by Cartel in South America. Why is it so unsafe to travel nowadays. In 2008, almost everywhere was completely safe.
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I think the best option for you is to just stay at home and think about all the places you could be (if only they were safer!).
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>>1043851 >a third option for me would be Australia backpacking. Fuck that m8. Have you heard about all the forest fires, spiders and box jellyfish?
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Just hide the thread, guys.
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By next summer's end I'm looking to move to Seattle. It'll be my first time away from home outside of leaving the house for college. Any tips or things I should look out for?
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>>1043958 >shitty areas Well this is relative. The neighborhoods I checked are definitely better than where I live now, which is quaint and without issue. Seattle just seems to be way more progressive throughout to where in my eyes, barely any neighborhood is truly "shitty".
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>>1043961 Yeah that's absolutely true. There's nowhere that you really have to worry about your safety within the seattle city limits, except maybe south of I-90. Around the center of the city I jog around with an iPhone on my arm every night without even thinking about it.
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>>1043964 >Around the center of the city I jog around with an iPhone on my arm every night without even thinking about it Damn, that's exactly what I want.
The only things keeping me from settling on Seattle is the weather possibly affecting my mood in a negative way. I guess no place can be perfect, though.
How do people handle weed being legal there? I'm from Georgia where it's super illegal so naturally I wonder about that aspect?
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>>1043967 That, and the difficulty of making friends here (seriously read the seattle freeze article), are what are making me leave. Lots of people don't last here.
Weed is a non-issue. It's legal, you can smoke it, people do. There are delivery services you can text if you're 21+ and they'll deliver in 30mins. It's not a big deal at all.
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>>1043968 >the difficulty of making friends here I read up on it and I'm not really convinced.
I don't think most people take advantage of all there is to do in cities like Seattle. I'm a bumpkin so maybe I view things differently, but I feel that if you're out doing a diverse set of activities you have to find yourself joining some sort of group that you can hang out with.
I'm just theorizing though.
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What is a cheap airline to African from Australia anyone?
