Thread 2819222

Post your travel maps in this thread. Pic related is the official /trv/ Real Traveler's map™, edition 4.0.5

Fill in the countries and subdivisions you have visited, talk about your map and ask others about their maps. You can use the map however you like, the colors are more like suggestions, you don't have to use them, and you don't have to use all of them. You can add or remove colors and change the map as much as you want in any way you want. Don't like this map? Upload a completely different one. Up to you. Despite what some might say, there's no "wrong" way to use the map, and new posters and less travelled people are welcome and encouraged to stay and post :) This map is a group effort by our board, and we can only improve it if people reach out to share suggestions or corrections.

This is the newest edition of the map, edition 4.0.5, updated for September 2025. Thanks to an Anon in the previous thread, it is now easier than ever to fill in the map. You can use the website splored.com to easily color in entire countries with a single click. At the time of making this thread, it uses the old 4.0.4 template, so you still need to update it to 4.0.5 with the simplified template, but hopefully Anon will update the website after I make this thread.

Topic for this thread: Should we have a Real Traveler's Discord? Just something I've been thinking about. I don't use Discord myself, so it's not important to me, but it could be nice to have a hangout for the regulars or a "backup" in case 4chan goes down again or somewhere to share subdivision news if there's no thread up. Just interested in hearing your opinions on this.

Pic rel is a simple template you can paste over your old map to update it, but only if your old map is the 4.0.4 edition. Otherwise you have to use the template in the OP.

Changelog for the 4.0.5 edition:
>changed to the borders of the Historical Latvian Lands, formerly the Cultural Regions of Latvia
>added three new provinces of Angola
>added nine new regions of Mali
>reduced the number of provinces in Burundi as per their new administrative reform
>added five new city and city-and-county councils in Ireland (Galway, Cork, Dublin)
>merged the provinces of Vietnam following their regional reform
>tweaked the borders of Iraq and the Republic of the Congo
>joined Trinidade and Martim Vaz to Espiritu Santu in Brazil, as per an Anon's request
>fixed some pixels in Indonesia
>new DLC, Danish counties and Montenegrin municipalities (IMHO they didn't turn out that pretty, but hey, they're there if you want to use them)
>the British Indian Ocean Territory will be handed over to Mauritius, but the deal isn't ratified yet so I've waited to include it on the map
Philippines. Too complicated for a single line of greentext. Fixed the regional borders, I added Negro Islands Region as well as separated Sulu from Bangsamoro, Sulu is not a part of any region anymore but it's not a region in itself either, so who knows what they're doing. I then replaced the regions with the provinces, as those are the ones actually used for administrative purposes, I THINK. It's not entirely clear. I asked /asean/ on /int/ and that was how I understood it, that the provinces are the primary administrative division, and the regions are more statistical groupings. Manila and Zamboanga City are not part of any province, so they are added separately. The city of Isabela is part of Zamboanga REGION, but Basilan PROVINCE. Correct me if I'm wrong in any of this. In any case, the regions have been added as DLC.

This map comes with "DLC", which are optional regions you can add for a few select countries. It's hard to make a good Real Traveler's Map without having some regions be too small or too large, or sometimes the official divisions are not perfect for a traveler for whatever reason. Up to you if you want to change one or more countries. Feel free to add or suggest others if you want.

What counts as having visited or lived in a subdivision? Completely up to you, use your own definition. If you need official guidance however, I personally like this Anon's post:
https://archive.4plebs.org/trv/thread/2337267/#2340603

In short, any visit of any length counts as a visit as long as you made a conscious effort to go there for touristic reasons. This excludes layovers and transits and such, but includes short visits such as leaving the airport for a few hours during a layover. For living, more than a month for non-touristic reasons, meaning you could travel around while there, but the reason you went was work or study or such.

There's also the Ultra Deluxe Autism Edition, with second level subdivisions for the USA, Canada, Russia, China and India. This was made as a one-off and won't be updated regularly. It's accurate as of March 2023, if you spot a mistake, please notify OP and it'll be fixed.
Changelog for US and Canada:
https://archive.4plebs.org/trv/thread/2337267/#2342099
There's also this map:
https://archive.4plebs.org/trv/thread/2427017/#2427024
with more second level subdivisions, but I haven't gone over it and can't guarantee its accuracy.

I combined it all into one map for simplicity. Link to the individual countries here:
>USA
https://i.imgur.com/XpinlB0.png
>Canada
https://i.imgur.com/KgWPFHe.png
>USA and Canada
https://i.imgur.com/cU5xf8N.png
>Russia
https://i.imgur.com/WvR20fF.png
>China
https://i.imgur.com/cXZls4F.png
>India
https://i.imgur.com/oOInCV5.png

Instructions on how to use the map with MS Paint, courtesy of Dutch Anon.

How do you fill in the map? It's very easy. You only need to use two buttons, which I have circled in red.
Say you want to colour a specific region light red, you click the tool that I marked B, and you'll see your cursor takes the shape of that tool. Then you left click the colour you want to use, i.e. the big circle. You'll notice that colour 1, which I marked C, changes to light red.
If you repeat this process but you RIGHT click a coloured circle instead of left clicking it, you will select the colour as colour 2. Let's click dark red. This way you can have both shades of red selected at the same time, which makes colouring in the map more convenient, especially when doing big countries.
Now you select the tool which I marked A. Let's get to colouring. Say you want to colour Indiana in light red and you want to colour Ohio in dark red. Easy. Left click Indiana and right click Ohio.

Obscure and overlooked territories cheat sheet. Fun and useful map made by another Anon about the small island nations, various dependencies and other territories that can be difficult to pinpoint on the map.

And finally, here's my map. As usual I haven't done anything particularly interesting the past year. Only addition so far in 2025 is that I went on a roadtrip to Møre og Romsdal county. Super nice nature, you should go there if you get the chance.

>>2819228
Great map right there, I'd add Åland and Man for completeness, Mt. Athos for maximum autism.

Next destination: INDIA!!!

I love map autism
My plans have changed since the last map thread, I'm going to do an epic 22 night trip through the Balkans next summer. Focusing strongly on Montenegro, Macedonia, and Bosnia, with the other countries just 2-3 nights or as a day trip.

>>2819229
I'm jealous of your far-Eastern European travels, I hope I can safely visit Ukraine and Russia some day.
What'd you do in Belarus and Moldova?
>>2819255
I'd go insane moving my home that much

>>2819229
I hope someday I can visit Ukraine and Russia. Really wanna see their military museums and Ukraine has a kino missile silo museum

>>2819223
Damn, appreciate your thread as always. Just updated mine. It was fun (but predictable) to shade the provinces of Philippines again.
Anywho, from my previous update, I just came back from 2 trips. First one was a first time visit to Fiji & Tonga to swim with the whales. Expensive but one of the most fucking kino experience ever. Really highly recommend.
Second was my family's dream trip to Japan, though I've been there many times so the trip didn't excite me that much. Shaded Tochigi and Yamanashi prefectures. Nikko & Kawaguchiko were great. Definitely don't recommend traveling in August though unless you don't mind the summer heat.

>>2819308
How was Silesia mate?

>>2819255
Did you see any of the gangs or was this map a lie

>>2819222 (OP)
This is splored anon, great work bro.

I'll add the map update to the todo list. I'm currently working on a map model which can be used to add a bunch of new features like map region labels, more advanced filters for the community page, give stats for your map and other stuff. It's a pretty long tedious task so it won't be that fun but I'll chip away at it.

I think the discord is a good idea, if you set it up I'll add a link to it in the sites nav.

>>2819918
Wrocław was neat, I went after Christmas so they had a nice Christmas market. To be honest, I vastly preferred Krakow and the surrounding area, but that might just be because it was grey and rainy when I was in Wrocław.
Pic related is some graffiti I saw there

>>2819308
There's a simple solution. Don't own anything. It makes moving to a new place as hassle-free as can be.
>>2819919
You mean Mexican cartels? I crossed paths with unsavory characters a few times, but they were always the lowest tier. The higher-ups wear cowboy hats and stroll around the plaza with their families on Sunday evening.

>>2819308
>I'm jealous of your far-Eastern European travels
Yeah, that was a fun trip. It was my first proper solo backpacking trip, just a student with all the time and not a care in the world. This was back in 2014 too so it was very budget friendly.
>What'd you do in Belarus and Moldova?
In Belarus I stayed mostly in Minsk. I found it difficult to get around as not a single soul in the entire country speaks a word of English, and I was very much a travel noob at the time too. The hostel I stayed at was quite dead, but me and a guy there went to the Khatyn memorial. Minsk itself was a very fascinating city to stroll around in, the city was completely demolished in the war, so everything was rebuilt in grand communist fashion. I went out for drinks by myself a few times, but the nightlife there was non-existent. Highly rated places on Google were completely dead, as in I was the only guest there. It was really weird, worst nightlife of any city I visited in Eastern Europe. I wish I had any exciting stories from Moldova, but alas I got a nasty case of food poisoning literally my first day there, so I spent most of my time on the shitter in Tiraspol and Chisinau. I spent a week recuperating in Brasov afterwards.
>>2819885
Thanks man. I really like your map, you must have a lot of exciting stories to tell. Please share some photos from Fiji and Tonga :)

>>2819989
>Don't own anything.
Ok Klaus

Just got back from Japan and I'm already thinking about a second trip there.

But before that I probably will want to do a trip to Italy and one to Poland for genealogy stuff.

My trip to Japan was two weeks but now I think it might be a more efficient use of PTO to do two one week trips a year than one two week trips. At least until I switch jobs and have an opportunity to take a longer one between jobs.

Learned a few things from Japan, including not to go there during the summer and also it's probably worth not being so cheap with hotels and also that it's a good idea to include rest days on a longer trip.

If I go to Italy I can't decide if I would rather do Florence Rome and Naples or a Northern Italy trip to Venice during Carnival and then go skiing and see an Opera in Milan.

If I go to Poland I'm not sure if I would rather do the entire trip in Poland, or add on either Ukraine or Czechia.

>>2820841
Rome, Florence, Bologna, Verona and Venice are all on the high speed train route. That's the way to do it your first time. Do a day in Bologna. Climb the tower.

>>2819222 (OP)
Lol why would I give you free data so you earn money? Go scrape this site like everyone else.

>Own country
Tijuana, Saltillo, San luis, Guadalajara, Cdmx, Cd Neza
>USA
Los Angeles, Hoboken, Manhattan
>Japan
Tokyo, Chiba, Nagoya, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka
>China
Beijing.

No hate against China but that was my first time traveling to a country where I couldn't communicate efficiently with people. Their broken english was worse than the japanese and even when they used their phones to translate to english it was a nightmare.
Plus it's not my first language either so I'll just stick with more Japan, English and Spanish speaking countries in the future.

>>2820011
>Thanks man. I really like your map, you must have a lot of exciting stories to tell. Please share some photos from Fiji and Tonga :)
Yeah for sure. I honestly have no exciting stories to tell since I only did the normie stuff, but it was an adventure nevertheless. Traveling to this part of the world was interesting & I'm glad it wasn't dull as people on /trv/ make it seem.
Fiji is honestly what you'd expect: tropical paradise, boat cruises, expensive. But it's not sovless. Locals were very welcoming and laidback, cuisine was delicious, and the airport was interesting.
It's interesting how Fiji and Tonga are practically neighbors but are very different. Fiji's islands are mostly mountainous. Then you see Tonga and realize how the environment changed quickly. Landing in Vava'u, you're greeted by cliffs, deep blue waters, islands filled with palm trees with no resorts in sight. Driving from the airport was wild. Unpaved roads, chickens, cows and pigs running about, a boring main town, no infrastructure for tourism at all. But I was there for the whale swim (which I saw plenty), so it was great.
If traveling around Polynesia wasn't so expensive, I could probably do 2 separate trips there per year. I'm already planning for another visit 2 years from now to other nations.

Just finished up a trip to Iceland with my girl, was a pretty amazing place. Reminded me a lot of Alaska and Highlands Scotland, really enjoyed getting off the beaten path and dipping in random hot springs
Mostly focused on hitting all 50 states right now. Just in the preliminary stages for a few potential trips

Indiana: I think it would be cool to see the Indy500, poke around Indianapolis and go to the Indiana Dunes

Mississippi: For this I'd either chill in some town on the gulf, I've heard they have some underrated spots for that, or do a civil war trip with my dad for the Mississippi river campaign. We went to Gettysburg and Antietam already

Washington: I've always wanted to take the sleeper Amtrak to Seattle, would be fun to check out Spokane as well.

I'm sure there are a lot more I could do, I prefer to spend about a week in each state driving around and doing stuff so I can actually see a fair amount. Suggestions appreciated

>>2819885
Based West Germany-maxxer

Next destination : a lot of France and probably Ireland in the next years
I would also like to visit Italia a bit more than I did

>>2819222 (OP)
>Montenegro
Cringe

Just came back from a quick work trip to Ingerland
Vacation to Tunisia with the gf is next

>>2823317
>west virginia only
basado

i got bored filling in regions visited.

>>2819222 (OP)
So do you all admit that the main reason you travel is to mark off the places you’ve been on a map and show people? Travelers are such insufferable and obnoxious faggots

>>2823327
no, but its a fun thing to do when I get back

pic rel Kool Aid water from my recent trip to iceland

>>2823323
DC as well
I went for work, was pretty fun
I'd love to travel more to the US if it weren't so hideously expensive and if you guys weren't going through your years of lead moment

>>2823327
This is a bad post

>>2819222 (OP)
Here's mine

>>2823327
Map painting is fun for sure, but /trv/ managed to turn into a pissing contest.

>Travelers are such insufferable and obnoxious faggots
90% of the faggots who post their retarded maps really are.

>>2823390
I just like geography okay

>>2823324
how did you only visit Aqtau and nowhere else in Kazakhstan?
how was Tibet, I presume you went with a group? and how did you spend so long in China without going to Beijing

>>2823327
Shut up, you don't get to decide how and why people should travel.
>>2823390
People have always compared themselves to others, this is how it is when you travel too, people at the hostel bar flock around the most travelled people and listen to their stories. There's nothing inherently wrong with bragging about your accomplishments.

How am I doing at 24 years old?
This winter i'll add Korea, China, Thailand and possibly Laos or the Philippines

>>2823704
It's not really a competition, but you're doing alright man. Five continents and a few obscure countries there, nice nice. Adding China colors in a large country too. How was Vanuatu?

>>2823937
Fantastic
Could be the best place i've been to
Efate / Port Vila is okay but the outer islands are much more interesting
I mainly went to Malekula
It felt like a true adventure as it's so remote & the lifestyle is bamboo huts and living off the land etc.
Tropical paradise and very friendly locals
A village chief whose BnB I stayed at showed me the skull of a man his father had killed and eaten when cannibalism was still practised on the island (until the 1960s!)
Drank a lot of Kava with the locals, it's a drink made from a root which has mild intoxicating effect a little like weed. Tastes awful but feels pretty nice.
Pic related is the terminal at Norsup Airport

Been doing quite a bit of travel, but mostly to the same countries/regions as I've already visited. The new ones since the last time I posted are Stockholm, the Warsaw region and Antalya.

Thinking of not traveling much, in the immediate future, but might try to fill out all of Finland soon.

>>2823365
Any cool stories from the Canadian Arctic? Wish it wasn't so prohibitively expensive.

>>2823959
I tried Kava a few times in Fiji and Vanuatu and it had pretty much no effect on me.

Did you go to any other islands? I went to Tanna to see the active volcano. Stayed in a tree house for a few nights. It was incredible.

>>2824461
Espiritu Santo for a day, only saw Luganville
The flight between Malekula and Santo was cool, tiny propellow plane like pic related and I sat up front just behind the pilots
If I go back I'd go to Pentecost to see the land diving

>>2823392
Me too.

>>2823440
>people at the hostel bar flock around the most travelled people and listen to their stories.
People enjoy listening to decent human beings, not to a racist autist incel going on a rant.
>There's nothing inherently wrong with bragging about your accomplishments.
There are numerous issues with bragging in general.

>>2824071
Not much really. I even went up to the top of ellesmere island. Very beautiful, largest rabbits i'd ever seen.
Honestly, the hours spent looking out the window at 30,000 ft over the arctic landscape was a sight unto its own. The sun looks a LOT different at the north pole when at that alltitute, almost like its close, possibly due to the lack of the sunlight penetrating the atmosphere at the top of the planet.

>>2823959
I've been to Kiribati, New caledonia, Marshal islands, and the non tourist side of fiji. It's a whole different world

>>2823327
Wild guess...all your formative life experiences have occurred in the same geographical location. Jealous much? Hey, there's nothing wrong with choosing stability, but you shouldn't seethe at people who don't have roots and thus meander all over the globe. It's bad form.
>>2823440
Nobody is flocking to a braggart, unless he is an exceptionally good storyteller who knows how to reel in an audience with embellished tales of his exploits.

I'd really like to go to one of those North Atlantic Islands. I'm not sure if its a good idea for someone who can't drive though.

I'd like to get the mainland UK done though.

>>2825286
Imagine 'homelanding' all the overseas territories, kek.

>>2825292
I have a strong connection to South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

>>2825293
Reading Endurance isn't a strong connection btw.

>>2825294
I can't read

>>2825292
Are you retarded?

>>2825384
They have different ISO 3166 codes.

>>2825286
there is actually a good bus network in the Outer Hebrides, and you can walk or hitchhike too
I can't speak for the other ones

>>2823960
You live where much of my Norwegian ancestry is from, nice

>>2825385
Kek
And?

>>2825286
why did you live in south picartin or whatever is called and faklands?

Added some more regions in China and did a train ride from Kunming to Vientiane in Laos. Next trip will be exploring more of central asia and stan countries. My autism also requires me to 100% europe at some point not much left.

>>2820841
>If I go to Poland I'm not sure if I would rather do the entire trip in Poland, or add on either Ukraine or Czechia.
Idk how long you'd have, but Poland is easily worth an entire trip on its own. Gdansk, Warsaw, and Krakow alone are worth staying in for several days at least

>>2821749
How do you live in France and been to all those European countries, but not once to Switzerland?
>>2823704
You're doing incredibly insanely well. Most people don't travel at all outside their continent

Literally just started traveling on my own for the first time this year at 25. Everything outside of Germany is just family trips from years ago or places near me. I've been traveling around my own region lately, seeing new places in states I've already been, which isn't reflected on this map.
In October I'm taking a New England road trip, In November I'm in Quebec, and then in December, I haven't fully decided, but I'm either going somewhere new in Europe, or to the freaking Caucasus in Georgia/Armenia

>>2826093
>In October I'm taking a New England road trip
Nice dude I’m flying up there that month

Here's mine, just came back from Colombia.

>>2826458
How's life in Chiapas?

>>2826463
Can't complain. Weather in San Cristóbal is bearable unlike anywhere else in the state and it is just big enough for all required infrastructure (consistent electricity, optic fiber, cellular coverage everywhere) while keeping it small so as to have livable prices.

>>2821749
Normiest map ever

>>2826093
The Caucasus in December looks dreamy, best of luck with that Anon!

>>2826348
Where will you be?
I'll be staying in Hartford and Boston, with a trip to Salem.
>>2826623
Honestly I think I'll leave the Caucasuses for another time. As cool as Tbilisi and Yerevan look during Christmas/New Years, I feel like a lot of the attraction of the countries come from the nature aspects, which may be spoiled during the winter. I think I'll go to Vienna and Prague, which will at least have more to do in the cities. My mind could still change though.

>>2826623
Eeeeeh, depends on the snowfall really. I've been there in December and a few years later in January and it was anything but. Grey, cold and snowless winters are depressing and doubly so when paired with decaying Soviet architecture.

>>2825948
go to Henan already wtf

Almost everything done by bicycle.

>>2828059
Very cool map from a very cool guy

Currently living/travelling Europe and I am sick of it very keen to sink my teeth into Central Asia in 2026
>>2828059
>Almost everything done by bicycle.
unfathomably b a s e d
>>2825286
was China difficult for /trv/ in a nutshell?
>>2819229
How was Lebanon and Jordan? I am a massive food tourist and Lebanon is quite high on my list but I have never visited a Middle Eastern country. Would you recommend?

>>2828059
Neat!

>>2828059
Based Europemaxxer

>>2826658
>Where will you be?
>I'll be staying in Hartford and Boston, with a trip to Salem.
Portland. Will be checking out New Hampshire too

>>2828146
>How was Lebanon and Jordan?
Jordan is comfy, it's basically a vast desert with some real hellholes of cities sprinkled in between. Amman is fascinating for being so incredibly soulless, it was a tiny village of only a few thousand people 100 years ago, today it has 4 million people. The only sights are the Citadel and Roman theatre in the centre, the rest of the city is an endless sprawl of sandstone houses. Outside of the cities it's actually quite a beautiful country though. The centrepiece is of course Petra and Wadi Rum. You should spend two or three days in Petra and hike to the lesser known places, once you go away from the Treasury, there are no crowds. Or there weren't at least, I was there in 2014, which is starting to become a really long time ago lol.

I have mixed feelings about Lebanon. I lived there for almost a year and didn't really have a good time (it's a long story), also Lebs are some of the unfriendliest people I've ever met. At the same time it's hard to deny that Lebanon is a real treasure trove of a country, there's millennia of history around every corner and the nature is simply amazing. The highest peak of the Levant is in Lebanon, it's over 3000 meters tall. As for food, you should absolutely try "manoushe" or "Lebanese pizza". It's sold everywhere and was by far my favorite Lebanese food.
>Would you recommend?
If the situation there is calm, absolutely. On a good day both are safe and easy countries to visit, very entry-level Mideast countries. Lebanon is by far the more liberal of them, Jordan is very conservative, with poor nightlife and very few chances to talk to the local girls. Even during times of conflict, Beirut is mostly safe. The bombings are almost exclusively in the southern suburbs, where no tourist ever goes (except to and from the airport). But the situation can change from day to day, so you'll have to update yourself when you decide to go.

>>2828146
hello rio tinto employee

moving to ulaanbatar over the summer, mongolia fucking rules

Back from Croatia/Bosnia, fun trip overall

Might do Paris in December, also still unsure about my longer vacation for spring 2026, torn between Taiwan with a side trip to Japan, Nepal/Bhutan or Australia (or something else I haven't come up with yet)

I really don't understand europeans who have never been to some of their neighbouring countries that are no more than a few hours driving away. (and even more convenient with trains)

I will focus on Europe for the upcoming years. Plan to visit most of Ireland, north of Italy, and South of Germany.

>>t. 19 yo boy in college

Honestly id like advice from what seem to be great people. My life was pretty great up until a month ago when my girl said I wanted to kill her.

>>2829629
I wonder if Europeans view neighboring countries the same way Americans view neighboring states.

>>2829806
That'd be such a shallow way of living lol

>>2829806
We obviously don't

>>2829629
few hours is a long drive in europe and its also expensive, it makes more sense to buy a 50 euro plane ticket, and if im flying somewhere ill rather go to spain than bosnia or slovakia

>>2829983
>if im flying somewhere ill rather go to spain than bosnia or slovakia
Some of you are too comfortable with sharing normie opinions

There's so much to see in the world fuck

It's not much but I like to really see a country. Regional there is a lot but I can't quite remember everywhere and it's very tedious to do. Southern Hemisphere is just a distance thing, I have plans.

>>2828059
My dad did that too, biked many journeys, I could never

>>2830511
i saying that because i was there

>>2830713
What made you decide on the Guianas for your first trip to South America? What was your itinerary?

>>2829770
why ireland?

>>2829770
Tell us about living in French Guiana

>>2823413
>nowhere else in Kazakhstan
flew from baku and back for business reasons.
in tibet had a private driver so no group was needed. just an approved itinerary. it is very cold and windy. i never had a reason to visit beijing.

>>2830745
>23 countries
>it's very tedious to do
lmao

>>2830745
How do you get dark mode? That site is burning my eyes

>>2821550
My recs for Indiana:

Indiana Dunes is great whenever, dune hikes are fun, a beach day is great is mid-late summer, and if not it’s still pretty cool to check out the shore.

The rest of the region is home, some people come just for urban exploration in Gary. Pierogi Fest in Whiting is great (but that’s late July so detached from an Indy 500 trip)

Outside of the region, South Bend and Fort Wayne, the north is really only known for little lake towns and Amish country, Nappanee / Shipshewana is IMO a less touristed version of Lancaster county PA, but if you’ve already done Amish country elsewhere you can skip it. They serve pretty good food.

Indy has got a lot of museums and bars, my favorite part is walking around by the canal. I really wanna see the Regatta one year. Get a pork tenderloin sandwich at a suburban dive bar on race weekend and just mingle.

West Central / covered bridge land - these things make it on all our state symbols, our license plates have these now. They’re kinda cool to see if you pair it with a hike in turkey run.

Bloomington is pretty, IU campus is scenic with all the limestone, and then Brown County is right there which is probably the best place to see fall in Indiana - again maybe not perfect if you go in May for the 500 but wouldn’t be terrible.

My ex wife is from Southern Indiana, Jasper, French Lick and Santa Claus is a good trifecta to hit while you’re down in that corner.

Bump

Added 5 stans since last time.

Next up is Indonesia - Timor Leste - Brunei

Honestly nothing too interesting on my part. Your generic european countries with a couple asians in there as well. Hoping to do more someday but already settled down.

>>2823317
Tunisian motherfuckers are insane. They are legit spice fanatics. My guts have barely survived a week of eating ultra-spicy tunisian food. I like spicy food occasionally but this is something else. Even asking for "sans piquant s'il vous plait" will get you a plate of food that is spicier than what would be considered "spicy" in most places in Europe. These sons of bitches would use chili pepper paste to brush their teeth if they could. They use fucking chili pepper paste instead of butter to put on their bread. The standard appetizer at restaurants is straight up bread + chili pepper paste. It's wild.

Other than that Tunisia is really fun desu, I loved it, would recommend but bring stomach protectors because jesus christ eating like this for a week will do a real number on your GI tract if you're not already used to consistently eating very spice food

>>2835665
Any Carthage kino there? Also, it seems like Tunisia has lots of islands nearby, and some interesting salt lakes. Worth visiting for the nature and unique environments?

>>2835677
>Any Carthage kino there?
I went with my gf and we're both history buffs, so our trip was mostly focused on Carthage kino and other archaeology stuff. We went to Carthage to see the sites, the most prominent ones being the Tophet (ancient carthaginian sanctuary/cemetery where child sacrifice is rumored to have taken place), the Punic Port (ancient carthaginian harbor) and the Antonine Baths (roman-era thermal baths with also some carthaginian and byzantine stuff, the most well known and most impressive site). We also saw Carthaginian artefacts at the Bardo museum in Tunis and at the Sousse archaeology museum, although most people go there for the impressive collections of roman-era mosaics, Bardo has the biggest collection of Roman mosaics in the world, some of them are big enough to occupy a whole two-story wall.
>Also, it seems like Tunisia has lots of islands nearby, and some interesting salt lakes. Worth visiting for the nature and unique environments?
Yes, but we didn't really go to the desert and salt lakes, we only saw them by driving past them (flamingoes included). Sadly we only had a week, so we opted for the cities and archaeology sites in the north-west corner of the country. From what I understood, most of the interesting nature is in the south-east

>>2835665
Did you get hassled / attempted to be scammed by locals? Like Egypt?
I would really like to go to North Africa but I don't want people to harass me and my gf all the time. It was bad enough in Istanbul

>>2835747
>Did you get hassled / attempted to be scammed by locals? Like Egypt?
I've never been to Egypt, so can't really compare. Hassling did occasionally happen in souks and other very crowded/touristy places like the Antonine Baths, but it wasn't bad - we just said "no merci" and kept walking, and people stopped bothering us. Most "scam attempts" were people telling us to go to this or that shop, which was clearly ran by their friends/family - but again it wasn't hard to shake them off. People did tend to be quite chatty, especially when they figured out we were Italian. We were often given advice by random people on stuff like tourist attractions opening times or how to visit mosques without getting thrown out, people gave us directions, but nobody ever outright asked for money. We never felt threatened or uncomfortable interacting with people, actually most interactions were quite pleasant (my gf speaks fluent French and a lot of people there speak Italian, which helped us - English is not nearly as widely spoken).
People did warn us multiple times about pickpocketing, which apparently is a serious problem in Tunis and you need to watch your stuff closely, so we were always mindful of that. It didn't happen to us though, and we never noticed anyone attempting to pull moves on us. It was overall a rather chill experience

>>2819222 (OP)
Trying to expand on this I'm young but I hate planes bc am a pussy trying to get over it. Want to go to Brazil Spain Japan & Vietnam one day

>>2835828
fuck i am retarded forgot this - I also wanna visit egypt

>>2835771
Ok, that's really nice. Egypt has a terrible reputation for pushy touts and scammers and I was worried it might be the same. I might consider going then, I don't speak French but my gf speaks Arabic so communication shouldn't be a big problem.

Zero new regions this year so far but at least I can change home country. Going on my first trip this week!

>>2831001
Gf is French Guyanese, went to visit her in the summer. Landed in Georgetown and made my way to Cayenne as it was cheaper. Spent most of the time taking it easy in FG, went to many beaches and did some of the tourist stuff. Went to the border with Brazil, a few days in Suriname.

>>2836370
How was Suriname? I've been curious about it ever since I visited the Netherlands. Would've never crossed my mind otherwise.

>>2835881
You can move countries but Russia will always be your homeland. There's a reason "to betray" in russian is the same word as "to change"

>>2835881
the lack of light green is fucking with my autism, can you fill it up please

>>2836401
nobody wants to be russian tho

>>2836471
>no light green
>ancient map edition, at least five years old
Very non-autism friendly map desu

>>2836401
I need to betray the batteries in my flashlight.

>>2836401
Why still not "liberating" Ukraine, if you are so Z-patriot?

>>2836371
I really only stopped in Paramaribo. One tourist street, a few landmarks, bars, markets and casinos. Kind of ghetto, but nothing will happen unless you are a complete fool. Interesting mix of people speaking dutch, taki taki and their indian dialect, met some interesting characters. Good vibes and nice food overall though. I didn't hear there was much to do outside the city, and I didn't see much of the nature stuff either, but I don't think there's anything in SR you can't find in more interesting countries in the Amazon. Check it out if you're passing through or know someone there, but I wouldn't go out of my way for it.

Hey.

How am I doing for 28? I'm going to visit a friend in Scotland later this week but I'm realizing filling this out I really haven't been outside the country since getting married to my Canadian wife. Also what do I do on my 25 hour layover to Iceland next week besides the Blue lagoon?

Only new place this year was Banff but that's ok.

>>2837341
Pretty good for 28. Also please don’t tell me you’re moving to Canada

Paris trip in December locked in

>>2828059
Massive update. Just got back from a bicycle trip starting near Paris and ending near Madrid, collecting Basque Country, Cantabria, Asturias and Galicia in Spain and every single district of Portugal along the way. Picked up Poitou-Charentes, the last old region of France that I needed as well. About 3600 kilometers of cycling.

The Iberian peninsula is now complete, as is Western Europe as a whole.
I'm kind of starting to run out of European subdivisions to collect, which is somewhat worrisome.

>>2831932
>anon
>can't read

Get it together man

>>2832074
It's probably their default setting

>>2839115
Thank you
Lmao no fuck that, never. Plus my wife loves America particularly my home of New York. I could update my list RN given I've checked off Iceland and am currently in Scotland visiting a friend.

>>2839291
Damn that's actually amazing, congratulations. If you like biking you might have to make your way to America and Canada and bike here