Thread 2821099

If you've never been outside the capital or largest city, then you haven't TRULY visited a country yet.

Appalachia is much more fun to visit than Europe or anywhere in Southeast Asia.
>but what about the cheesy tourist trap towns
there's a lot of other fun places, but you will have to make an effort to find them

>>2821099 (OP)
If you haven't been to the largest city, you haven't actually visited a country. imagine some dork going to Montana instead of New York. Fucking kek man

>>2821103
>to Montana
>filled with one off mom & pop shops, cafes, and diners, nature, wildlife.
>New York
>Starbucks, Subway, 7-11, modern business casual fusion resturants, all over priced, trash, cops, homeless everywhere.

>>2821099 (OP)
>no one has ever visited the vatican

>>2821154
My vatican memories:
hot and crowded (inside was turbo air conditioned though)
4 dollar water bottles for sale outside (this being 20 years ago)
lots of really nice art - but almost all of it hilariously censored to the point where the sociological ramifications of nudity and censorship overwhelm the impact of the art
sistine chapel is super disappointing after all the nice art (and you see it at the end)

>>2821133
Montana is overpriced too, if we're being honest. The cost of dining out in these Western mountain towns is obscene. A fancy burger and soda is gonna run you $30 after tax and tip.

>>2821102
Southeast Asia has plenty of forested mountains. Unlike Appalachia,
>buses are cheap, plentiful, and go all over the map
>lodging is cheap, plentiful, and all over the map
>you never get rained out in the dry season
>same mix of friendly and wary people
>Lao wooden houses are more soulful than prefab trailers

>>2821216
>>buses are cheap, plentiful, and go all over the map
I admit, Appalachia is car-centric, but that won't change until more people visit!
>lodging is cheap, plentiful, and all over the map
well, if you don't mind camping, there's plenty of that, and airbnb has turned all sorts of shitty old homes and random accessory units (attachments under, over, and adjacent to people's houses and garages) into fairly affordable dwellings - and there is even cheaper depending on your stomach for bare bones lodging
>>you never get rained out in the dry season
global warming has done weird things
june-early sept is now usually pretty dry overall and the rain is predictable a week in advance for the most part
>same mix of friendly and wary people
its a crapshoot if they are gonna be nice or crazy!
>>Lao wooden houses are more soulful than prefab trailers
I don't mind trailers at all and I've stayed at some perfectly comfortable trailers turned into airbnbs, but a lot of the accommodations are actually hand-built wooden cabins of varying sophistication and one of the big advantages of cabins over motels is that artisan aspect - and if you have bigger money to spend there are certainly nice larger wooden cabins to be had

>>2821154
St. Peter's Basilica is like the capital. A true explorer will see the rest

>>2821099 (OP)
The real truth nuke is that you've TRULY visited a country as long as you left the airport or train station.

>>2821133
>>filled with one off mom & pop shops, cafes, and diners, nature, wildlife.
It's not filled with shit except a bunch of empty fields and farm machinery. Have you ever been there in your life? Two days in NYC are worth two thousand in MT.

>>2821099 (OP)
A real trvke: Going to Philippines doesn't count as a real first 3rd world experience.

>>2821321
Yes it does. Everything about PH is pure Third World shithole, more so than Latin America in many ways. (At least LatAm has architecture n plazas n shit.) In fact, the first and last time I stupidly fell for a tourist scam was in the Philippines. That's as Third World as it gets.
>>2821258
Example, I technically visited the UAE by spending 18 hours outside the airport, but I only spent about five hours riding city buses and then walking along a portion of the Sharjah waterfront. That very limited experience, with no noteworthy stories or interactions, leaves only a vague and rapidly fading impression of the country in my mind. It really doesn't qualify me to tell you what the experience of traveling the UAE is really like.

>>2821311
Your inability to find the good spots in all that Montana vastness is a skill issue. Whereas, any drooling retard can shuffle along an NYC sidewalk and order good food from any random restaurant. Zero skill required.

>>2821371
There are scams in first world countries too anon.

>>2821373
False, most restaurants in NYC are complete garbage. NTA.

>>2821371
>It really doesn't qualify me to tell you what the experience of traveling the UAE is really like.
So what? You still went and did something. It's worth putting a pin on a map to signify you've been there. So, you've been there.

>>2821373
>Your inability to find the good spots in all that Montana vastness is a skill issue
Well excuse me for not wanting to be around the bumpkin retards who can barely read a map of the USA I escaped from to the city where you can meet real people with triple digit IQs, get great food and drink everywhere, do anything you want to do etc