Travel

[dylbop]

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I've been to America and The Netherlands, and I've developed something of a wanderlust...I want to go everywhere. In particular Iceland, which, ideally, I'd like to do next year, but I dunno if I could do it.

Iceland is stunning. I just got back last week. What a mesmerising country.

My biggest travel advise is that everyone should experience Tokyo. Makes Manhattan feel like Legoland.

 

[fancygreen]

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My biggest travel advise is that everyone should experience Tokyo. Makes Manhattan feel like Legoland.

What an apt comparison!

I liked Tokyo alright, but Kyoto was more my speed. I know it's weird, but I enjoy how low the sidewalks are.

When I was in Shibuya (in 2007), Beyoncé had a promo video on one of the television screens at the top of a building. Her vibrato bounced off of the intersection below and made my ears ring for two hours. I was deeply upset.




(I guess she liked my ears. She put a ring in them........)

 

[Stella]

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I'd love to go to Iceland (and not only because my Icelandic crush)!

So, I came back from Oslo and the center is really beautiful but if you are a bit outside of the center (or for example near the central station) the place is a bit fucked up (for scandinavian standarts). And yes, it is expensive: for example, I paid more than 10€ for a normal McDonalds- menu (double cheeseburger, french fries and coca cola).

 

[BubblegumBoy]

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Whereabouts? I'm desperate to go to India at the end of this year!

I stayed in Chennai most the time, its more a business city. I stayed with a pastor in a small village, literally you can't get a better experience if you ask me. I also had a week in Delhi and 2 weeks in Gujurat which is to the west. Delhi is very Western-ised and commerical, but the Taj Mahal and the sites there are amazing. (Taj Mahal is actually like 3 hours drive from there, but still worth it.) I might be going back there next year, its an amazing country.

 

[graffiti my soul]

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I stayed in Chennai most the time, its more a business city. I stayed with a pastor in a small village, literally you can't get a better experience if you ask me. I also had a week in Delhi and 2 weeks in Gujurat which is to the west. Delhi is very Western-ised and commerical, but the Taj Mahal and the sites there are amazing. (Taj Mahal is actually like 3 hours drive from there, but still worth it.) I might be going back there next year, its an amazing country.

Ah, Gujarat, so jealous! Chennai seems interesting too. I may be going to Himachal Pradesh/Punjab/Gujarat but nothing's set in stone.

 

[BubblegumBoy]

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Gujurat is amazing, we did a tour there, there are some truly amazing places there like Junagadh (probably my most favourite place in India). Have a good time if you go! I actually met a lady here in England from Gujurat the other day, I always get so excited when I meet people from India now haha.

 

[Mikl C]

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Coming atcha from Kuala Lumpur, like Raquel from corrie!

 

[dylbop]

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KL is just so confusing to navigate. I remember I walked for like an hour just to try cross the road around that hotel they are constructing at Brickfields/Central station.

 

[Sinful]

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Not here for ma hometown shade. KL is amazing girls, enjoy it miklc.

 

[MFW]

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Has anyone had much experience with Interrail? Planning on doing a trip around Europe with a couple of friends next year, and apparently France/Italy get a bit iffy over the passes etc..

 

[Alphableat]

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Has anyone had much experience with Interrail? Planning on doing a trip around Europe with a couple of friends next year, and apparently France/Italy get a bit iffy over the passes etc..

Interrail is fantastic! Haven't been through France on the pass, though I know you have to still pay for their high speed, TGV trains. It's annoying but you should be able to travel just fine without using them. I used my pass to travel from Vienna to Rome and from Rome to Venice without issue though, so don't worry about Italy!

 

[MFW]

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That's good then! Apparently for quite a few trains in France you need to reserve a seat aswell. Our plan was to do Amsterdam - Paris - Zurich - Venice - Rome - Nice, which should be do-able I guess? I demanded a few days of relaxing by the sea, so thats the purpose of Nice! I'm extremely excited mostly for Rome. If our plans fall through, I'm still going ahead and spending a few days in Rome next summer.

 

[Mikl C]

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KL is just so confusing to navigate. I remember I walked for like an hour just to try cross the road around that hotel they are constructing at Brickfields/Central station.

Oh my god, KL Sentral? I did the EXACT same thing. I even considered running across the freeway with my rucksack!

I'm in Kuching on Borneo now, it's a lot more chilled and the mix of people is interesting. Plus, beer.

 

[Alphableat]

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That's good then! Apparently for quite a few trains in France you need to reserve a seat aswell. Our plan was to do Amsterdam - Paris - Zurich - Venice - Rome - Nice, which should be do-able I guess? I demanded a few days of relaxing by the sea, so thats the purpose of Nice! I'm extremely excited mostly for Rome. If our plans fall through, I'm still going ahead and spending a few days in Rome next summer.

Yes, definitely doable - we did 11 cities in 22 days when we went! We found that it worked out a lot cheaper for us to fly out at the start and work our way back, so that might be something to consider. Also might want to bear in mind that by going through Central Europe it's going to be expensive everywhere you go; Eastern Europe is so, so much cheaper. Rome in particular is very pricey and (not to dampen your excitement, but) one of my least favourite places we went to.

 

[Bailey]

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Just got back from a trip to Turkey! Istanbul for two days, Bodrum and then we took a boat over to Antalya. Absolutely gorgeous country, the time went by much too quickly. Next time I would like to spend more time in Istanbul, but we at least covered the Hagia Sophia and the Grand Bazaar (two majors on my list) so I was satisfied with that.

 

[Hitori]

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I love Cambodia, and I'm hoping to visit again.

 

[jackbox]

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I caught the travel bug years ago and read endless travel literature and watch endless documentaries and experiment with different cuisines and wonder if it tastes the same in the country it originated in. I've been to 12 or so countries and lived in the US for a bit.

Have to say that I despise resorts and I usually find European city breaks incredibly dull and something to get into once you hit 50. There are exceptions though; I love Scandinavia and Stockholm is my favourite city in the world. I have a thing for dark, mysterious, closed countries and places, epic landscapes and non-western culture, which is why Bhutan, Tibet, Laos, Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, Burma, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador are top of my travel priority list.

Only problem is, I'm a bit wary of traveling alone and I'd really like to go with someone I can grow close to over the trip but the chance of finding a gay guy who would rather backpack in Burma than spend a week in Amsterdam or Ibiza seems remote. Somebody willing to prove me wrong?

I think the chance of meeting somebody on the road is even more remote so I might just like, y'know, do the whole thing alone and be really brooding and hardcore.

 

[Blob]

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Amsterdam and Belgium were absolutely fantastic. Going again next year for sure.

 

[Hitori]

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Before I actually go to bed, I got myself thinking about the places I'd like to go around the world. Of course, I can't afford to spend for everything all in one! Well, perhaps just go to these places in my lifetime! I've grown up looking at maps, atlases and reading about other places so it's something I'd like to do even if I'm always nervous.

ASIA
Thailand (I wanna go back!), Cambodia (again!), Vietnam, Laos, Burma, all around the Philippines, South Korea (but it's not really a priority even if I love K-Pop), Japan (high school favorite country of mine), India (not a priority but I'm just really curious), Bhutan (even if tourism rates there are high), Nepal and China (especially Guangzhou just to experience the feel of it).

EUROPE
Norway, Finland, Sweden, Hungary, Netherlands, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Never been to Europe ever yet! And oh, add up Spain.

SOUTH AMERICA
Brazil (no visa needed!), Peru (same!), Ecuador, Chile and Argentina.

OTHER PLACES
Canada, USA, Mexico, Australia and the island countries in the Pacific especially Fiji.

EDIT: I think traveling alone is over-romanticized sometimes.

 

[Sinful]

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I caught the travel bug years ago and read endless travel literature and watch endless documentaries and experiment with different cuisines and wonder if it tastes the same in the country it originated in. I've been to 12 or so countries and lived in the US for a bit.

Have to say that I despise resorts and I usually find European city breaks incredibly dull and something to get into once you hit 50. There are exceptions though; I love Scandinavia and Stockholm is my favourite city in the world. I have a thing for dark, mysterious, closed countries and places, epic landscapes and non-western culture, which is why Bhutan, Tibet, Laos, Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, Burma, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador are top of my travel priority list.

Only problem is, I'm a bit wary of traveling alone and I'd really like to go with someone I can grow close to over the trip but the chance of finding a gay guy who would rather backpack in Burma than spend a week in Amsterdam or Ibiza seems remote. Somebody willing to prove me wrong?

I think the chance of meeting somebody on the road is even more remote so I might just like, y'know, do the whole thing alone and be really brooding and hardcore.

If you stay in hostels on your travels you are BOUND to meet someone/people who are heading in the same direction.