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I'm planning in the days to go either west or east,(hungary->austria->germany or hungary->romania->bulgaria->turkey->(we will see :) ))i'm planning a big trip. I'm curious if anyone know anything about eastern europe,turkey (squating,trying to travel free,train hopping,and etc..)

I'm planning in the days to go either west or east,(hungary->austria->germany or hungary->romania->bulgaria->turkey->(we will see :) ))i'm planning a big trip. I'm curious if anyone know anything about eastern europe,turkey (squating,trying to travel free,and etc..)

For career purposes, I'm considering doing whatever it takes to earn my way into Israel. I know it will not be easy because of the changes in the world, but I have to try. Does anyone know anything about Israel?

Reposted from r/shoestring: all credit belongs to the author (i.e. i did not write this post) I thought I'd make this post because I remember researching and wondering if a trip like I'm on was possible and if so how to achieve it. I know my situation may not reflect that of everyone, but I...

Hey all, Backpacking everywhere through Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore for the next few months. No destinations in particular. Either keep traveling if I can find the means all the way to West Europe by land, or pounce on some yupster job offering. Basically I need some...

I just started researching for a trip to SE Asia this winter. The initial plan is a clockwise loop N from Bangkok, into Laos, S through Vietnam, then through Cambodia. Does anyone have experience getting into Vietnam overland? I keep reading you need a visa in advance, and cant just show up at...

I arrived in Bangkok first thing in the morning after an anxious night on the plane, getting caught in my own thoughts, just waiting for the all-ecompassing, enthralling experience of stepping into a land of the likes I'd never experienced before. I was convinced it was the only way to sort out...

I am wondering if anybody knows if you can receive a shipment at a U.S. embassy. I will be close to Bangkok and I need my head meds sent from the states. it was no issue In terms of price when I was in scambodia, but I paid way too much in Thailand. I would rather not have to return to phnom...

So far, I've been travelling through Vietnam, cambodia, and now I am in thailand. Been really enjoying the street art, graffiti on French colonial buildings and kicking it with local bums...well sorta, this one cunt stole 700 baht from me but I was dumb enough to ask him to find me some uppers...

Hey everyone, I'm a new member of StP, but very enthusiastic about the concept. I also just started a podcast that focuses on travel and on highlighting underrepresented voices, communities, and places around the world. It's called Latitude Adjustment. I spent a good portion of the past 7 years...

Hey everyone. So excited to hav e found this community! I've spent most of the past 6 years packing across North Africa, Middle East, and S. Asia... wish I'd found this sooner. If you've got any questions about how to get by on nothing in Egypt, or India... or general questions about travel in...

I'm thinking of quitting my soul sucking job this month. I already have a month long trip planned for Korea and Japan kicking off in the next few weeks. I'm considering extending my wanderings indefinitely through more of SE Asia but money will be an issue. (I have money, but I don't want to...

saw this post on reddit's /r/vagabond today and thought it might be worth reposting here for anyone that was interested: Hitchhiking across Russia (self.vagabond) submitted 23 hours ago by lonelyhoncho I’m about to go on a gap year and am thinking about hitchhiking across the whole of Russia...

Lumbini, Nepal, December 2016. The supposed birthplace of Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha. I had been backpacking around Nepal for about 2 months at this point, mainly staying at a farm/ashram up above the outskirts of Pokhara. I managed to get down from the hills and mountains of Pokhara to the near...

I’ve made it to Japan with basically no questions asked by immigration, with a budget of about $200/mo ($600/88days). I’ve booked myself 1-2 hostel stays per week after the first week or so is over. Any tips when it comes to Tokyo?

I was hoping I could fly the Europe route, cutting through Copenhagen.

Hello SquatThePlanet! This is my first day, and also my first post. I've been trying to get as much information about hitchhiking China, though there seems to be little out there on the interweb. I've created this thread to put together on a single page any details that I might find useful, and...

Hi guys, I'm currently thinking about going to Georgia either in march or (more likely) somewhen in the summertime. The landscape looks awesome, plenty of cheap beer and food, friendly locals, not too many tourists, sounds good to me. Plus I can fly there form as little as 20€ per round trip...

Just wondering: Does anybody know if you can catch transoceanic ferries at any Indian ports? Wanting to sail from the West coast to Europe. Or even to frikkin the middle east, N Africa, or Turkey I dont give a phuq as long as i dont have to fly or cross Pak.

So, thought I'd share a couple of snaps i have from the past year or so in asia. Bits and pieces collected from here and there when I've remembered. All taken on phones Kashgar - old city Kyrgyzstan - almost to the kashgar border, super easy hitches that day. After Kashgar to Urumqi in...

Hello, thought some of you may find this of interest. I would like to go to GOA some day. Map -> http://bit.ly/2cKtFeM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello world.. We are a team of...

http://rojavaplan.com One of our comrades went to Minneapolis to get medical study rich and go to Rojava as a journalist, Slingshot press pass and everything, but ended up at the Sacred Stone Spirit Camp protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) instead! But seriously, Rojava is still on...

A trip to Kyrgyzstan, over on the border of China. The Tian Shan Mountains are beautiful but a bit of a mission. The capital city has a mad market with all sorts of instruments, car parts, food, spices for sale. The people are friendly, and the vodka is cheap.

http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2016/07/09/young-american-traveler-murdered-by-couchsurfing-host-in-nepal/ Young American traveler murdered by Couchsurfing host in Nepal WITW STAFF 07.09.16 DAHLIA YEHIA (FIND DAHLIA -- FACEBOOK) A Nepalese man has been convicted for the murder of...

This is a pretty good video since it does list the prices of things in Thailand right now and the video really gives you a good sense of what it's like to live there.

Anyone ever been there, or anywhere in the region? I might have a chance to spend a few weeks there at a university. Tips would be appreciated! Thanks <3

A really good friend of mine sent me a message this morning and any good information or advice would be greatly appreciated.... as of now he reckons the best case scenario is that he will have to stay for one month waiting for his temporary german passport to arrive, where he can only fly to...

Saw this shirt today in Cambodia, had to pass it on. Unfortunately there are so many like this, but haven't made a point to get photos. Anyone else find some crazy ones? "GOME PEOPLE YOU KNOM WHERE DROPPED ON TREP HEADS AS BABIES"

So I'm heading to Laos around the end of the month, and I heard accomodation there is pretty expensive, and there's a lot of abandonned buildings! So I've been thinking of squatting my stay there. Has anyone ever did it? What does the laotian law has to say about it? My googling only resulted...

So here I am, Rishikesh, India, 6AM. Trying to go to Gangotri for a few days trek to Gaumukh glacier. I head for the bus station, take a 7hrs over-crowded bus to Uttarkashi. I read I could then take a shared taxi (That means 14-18 people shoved into a 10-seat taxi) for another 5hrs that would...

If you guys wanna follow me, here's my travel blog! Chasingthehorizonblog.wordpress.com Here's my second article about my 2 days spent in Mumbaï. Be warned, my articles tend to be pretty extensive! So the flight went great, but that's pretty much the only part. So far, I can tell Mumbaï is a...

So I'm leaving for Asia this October, and I was wondering if some of you guys already went and saw stuff worth the detour or anything super cool I might have missed! I am planning on going to India -» Nepal -» Thailand -» Laos -» Vietnam -» China So far I only know the cities I'll visit in...

Hey. i'd like to go to asia, but i only speak german and english. I heard that people in asia usually dont speak english. And german even less. I heard that most people on central asia speak russian. We'd like to go to india, tibet, china, mongolia, thailand, indonesia. Does it male sence to...

Wish this was here in the US - I'd definitely be looking to urban explore this. Ran across this yesterday and thought it was quite unusual. hehe "There is one more door we didn't enter. Many also graffiti on the wall, for example bad words and pictures of naked women are found.'" oh my ...

The little boy here ... tears me apart. I don't understand the term "punk" but I do understand the word help as well as FOOD NOT BOMBS. I got this feed out of facebook - dirty kid couchsurfing coalition. _______________________...

It's an interactive page of sorts, so cant paste it here, but worth a browse if you have a few mins http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/06/10/world/asia/north-korea-photos-video.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0

Almost two years ago, the photographer Won Kim was back-packing across Japan and passed through Arakawa-ku, a ward in northeastern Tokyo. There he ran into a tiny hotel which was set in one of the larger buildings that lined the street, with no signboards to guide you there, it was almost hidden...

Hello my fellow proud hobos! I am Tom Bluenose here in Jiangsu Province, PRC. I began my erudite journeys in 1997 after a bold "barstool prophet" moment and a "mirror moment" (those of you know what I am talking about). Since then I have lived in South Korea, Japan, PRC, Kingdom of Bahrain...

CULTURE, Always interesting. http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/04/23/chinese-government-says-please-stop-hiring-funeral-strippers/ China Says Please Stop Hiring Funeral Strippers A screenshot of the saucy funeral in Hebei that attracted attention earlier this year. In China, friends...

Short videos of my five month backpacking trip through China, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines. I did a lot of hitchhiking, couchsurfing, wild camping, urban exploring and roaming around. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL98o8hW2GRMruoXOsI0ilUBrk8LRlWplF

If you're looking for the punk scene and some chill people to hang out with go to Aguinaldo Park & Museum across from the University of Baguio. The punks normally hang out there, you can smoke free weed, throw some pesos for gin and smokes and get pretty wild. I did lose my phone that night...

I haven't hitched through all of South East Asia so I am uncertain on many places, but I was going to go over some advice for hitching in the places I traveled over the last month. Malaysia So this is probably the easiest hitch hiking I have ever done in my life depending on your location...

Photos from Critical Mass Chiang Mai on January 30th, 2015. First two photos are mine and the rest were stolen from the Critical Mass Chiang Mai Facebook page. Fifth photo shows me looking super dorky with a headlamp.

EXCLUSIVE - Children CAGED to keep the streets clean for the Pope: Police round up orphans and chain them in filth during pontiff's visit to Philippines Street children in Manila are being rounded up before the Pope's arrival Officials claim it is to stop gangs of beggars targeting the Pope...

Hey all, My friend and I have a huge, round-the-world-without-flying trip starting in May (emphasis on trains!). Was wondering if anyone had any info on hopping trains in Asia? I've ridden in Indonesia, but would love some info on riding in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Mongolia, and...

Hang Son Doong, the largest cave in the world! The cave has a dense subterranean jungle, and several underground rivers... looks amazing, thought you guys would like this http://www.likeswagon.com/2014/10/vietnam-to-build-cable-car-in-worlds.html

Next month me and my girlfriend will be flying out of San Francisco and flying into Jakarta to start our little Asia adventure. so far we have tickets to jakarta then we'll be traveling north and taking a plane from Indonesia to malaysia. That's about as much as we have set in stone, other then...

Hi friends ! My name is Ezequiel, im 23, and Im from Argentina. I have spent three months in New Zealand, and in less than a week Im flying to Thailand, to start my backpacking adventure on Asia on a budget$$$, trying to visit Thailand, Cambodia (Not sure yet), India and Nepal. My idea of...

I'm beginning to plan for a trip that is WAY beyond anything I have ever done. One year from now, I would like to embark on this trip. Everything between now and then will be preparation. I've been studying in school so I can come up with some career options on the road. I've been studying music...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/10/28/you-may-never-eat-street-food-in-china-again-after-watching-this-video/ WorldViews You may never eat street food in China again after watching this video 92 More By Max Fisher May 19 This still from the below video shows a...