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krampster2
Jun 26, 2014

Friend had a threesome with two Swedish women in one last night so think I might just travel around the country tasting all the women of the world. Foreign chicks dig Aussie dudes. Good idea or best way to get aids?

E: Also post your backpackers hostel stories

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MLKQUOTEMACHINE
Oct 22, 2012

Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice-skate uphill

krampster2 posted:

or best way to get aids?

... Just wear a condom, bruh.

the worst thing is
Oct 3, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

krampster2 posted:

Friend had a threesome with two Swedish women in one last night so think I might just travel around the country tasting all the women of the world. Foreign chicks dig Aussie dudes. Good idea or best way to get aids?

E: Also post your backpackers hostel stories

In a backpackers hostel in cambodia right now and a cute european girl just smiled at me and said good morning. Thats how it is here, the field is wide open. I mostly just go for hookers though, its much easier. I dont even care anymore

krampster2
Jun 26, 2014

Tautologicus posted:

In a backpackers hostel in cambodia right now and a cute european girl just smiled at me and said good morning. Thats how it is here, the field is wide open. I mostly just go for hookers though, its much easier. I dont even care anymore

Yeah but then you end up in a Cambodian jail because you didn't know one was 17 or some poo poo

PoPcornTG
Mar 26, 2007

Dogs day afternoon
Bleak Gremlin
I stayed in a Hostel in Seattle. There was a guy who as far as I could tell never left the room. He drank lots of Coca Cola. I did not sleep with him.

the worst thing is
Oct 3, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
Just go travelling and be nice. Good things will happen. Its not a given that you will get lucky but its very likely. Start with costa rica if youre an american, go for 2 weeks with a friend. Work up from there to asia etc

Tuxedo Gin
May 21, 2003

Classy.

krampster2 posted:

Yeah but then you end up in a Cambodian jail because you didn't know one was 17 or some poo poo

lol in cambodia hookers are retired by 16

the worst thing is
Oct 3, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

krampster2 posted:

Yeah but then you end up in a Cambodian jail because you didn't know one was 17 or some poo poo

Its like the wild west here, police give no fucks about anything. They exist to be bribed. Ya dont gently caress kids. Im only talking about backpackers anyway, if you want to go after locals thats a different story..theres only two types in asia, whores and good girls.

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


i spent a year backpackingg, its been a year since and im pretty confident the rest of my life will suck in comparison.

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


Tautologicus posted:

In a backpackers hostel in cambodia right now and a cute european girl just smiled at me and said good morning. Thats how it is here, the field is wide open. I mostly just go for hookers though, its much easier. I dont even care anymore

gently caress off

ArbitraryC
Jan 28, 2009
Pick a number, any number
Pillbug
I never really got how backpacking was different from regular tourism. So you fly to a place, rent a space to live, and just explore the city until it's time to go home? About the only difference I've seen is that it's typically an extended vacation and the lodging is usually cheaper?

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


third world sex tourism is pretty much the most vile thing and i hope whoever engages in it suffers, such as you tautologicus

MLKQUOTEMACHINE
Oct 22, 2012

Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice-skate uphill

ArbitraryC posted:

I never really got how backpacking was different from regular tourism. So you fly to a place, rent a space to live, and just explore the city until it's time to go home? About the only difference I've seen is that it's typically an extended vacation and the lodging is usually cheaper?

Backpacking often is less guided and more grungy than a normal vacation.

Fuck da Mods
Jun 27, 2013

fina get poz'd? :cabot: :gizz: :baby:
make a craigslist post

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


ArbitraryC posted:

I never really got how backpacking was different from regular tourism. So you fly to a place, rent a space to live, and just explore the city until it's time to go home? About the only difference I've seen is that it's typically an extended vacation and the lodging is usually cheaper?

theres no difference except instead of spending 100 dollars for a room its 5 with no air conditioning but a fan sleeping in a bunk with 7 other people in the room getting bitten by malarial mosquitos all night. also you dont waste money on tours, you just kinda bum along next to them and pretend youre not listening. also you get drunk and high with random 19 year old europeans and australians

etalian
Mar 20, 2006

Just make sure not to talk to cute Czech girls, they only want to drag you back to a torture den

Frostwerks
Sep 24, 2007

by Lowtax
i think the op should lurk more (on the forums)

ArbitraryC
Jan 28, 2009
Pick a number, any number
Pillbug

Sheng-ji Yang posted:

theres no difference except instead of spending 100 dollars for a room its 5 with no air conditioning but a fan sleeping in a bunk with 7 other people in the room getting bitten by malarial mosquitos all night. also you dont waste money on tours, you just kinda bum along next to them and pretend youre not listening. also you get drunk and high with random 19 year old europeans and australians
Do people normally go on tours on vacation? Every time I've traveled (granted, only within the us and to canada), we sorta just went to a place, read about fun stuff to do there and did it. I've never been on a guided tour of a city and the idea almost seems weird to me.

MLKQUOTEMACHINE
Oct 22, 2012

Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice-skate uphill

ArbitraryC posted:

Do people normally go on tours on vacation? Every time I've traveled (granted, only within the us and to canada), we sorta just went to a place, read about fun stuff to do there and did it. I've never been on a guided tour of a city and the idea almost seems weird to me.

Well if you've only travelled to the US and Canada then you've arguably never travelled to a place where a guided tour is popular/needed/meaningful. Go to a country with real history and real ruins.

Octy
Apr 1, 2010

ArbitraryC posted:

Do people normally go on tours on vacation? Every time I've traveled (granted, only within the us and to canada), we sorta just went to a place, read about fun stuff to do there and did it. I've never been on a guided tour of a city and the idea almost seems weird to me.

My family and I went on a guided tour of Vietnam once. It was convenient and we saw and did a lot of stuff that probably wouldn't be open to us as regular tourists. Otherwise we're not the tour type of people and whenever I travel I do stuff on my own.

the worst thing is
Oct 3, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Sheng-ji Yang posted:

third world sex tourism is pretty much the most vile thing and i hope whoever engages in it suffers, such as you tautologicus

I didnt come here for it. It kinda comes to you here. Yea its not pretty. Im just really uninspired this time around, following some western girl around doesn't seem that interesting to me. Doesn't leave me with much. Ill stop soon

the worst thing is
Oct 3, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

ArbitraryC posted:

I never really got how backpacking was different from regular tourism. So you fly to a place, rent a space to live, and just explore the city until it's time to go home? About the only difference I've seen is that it's typically an extended vacation and the lodging is usually cheaper?

Its cheaper and everyone drinks and does drugs on the beach etc and fucks each other. Its not for everyone. You also move around a lot more than your post implies, like a new place every 3 days, unless you find a really awesome beach with a great crowd (i have never found this, its a pretty degenerate scene usually).

the worst thing is
Oct 3, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
Most people backpack as a couple tbh. Its a romantic thing to travel together and see the world. But for the single guy theres plenty of opportunities if you are willing to be social and nice. You wont even have to pay for it. Hell i was banging a thai bargirl for free last week so thats possible too. Maybe she was in it for the visa or a longer money thing, i dont know. I got out of there. But yea all previous trips i only talked to westerners..this time only locals.

the worst thing is fucked around with this message at 03:15 on Nov 22, 2014

Radical 90s Wizard
Aug 5, 2008

~SS-18 burning bright,
Bathe me in your cleansing light~
If you're an aussie in a backpackers in aussie, mos people will probably think you're a oval office. (You probably are :ssh:)

krampster2
Jun 26, 2014

Radical 90s Wizard posted:

If you're an aussie in a backpackers in aussie, mos people will probably think you're a oval office. (You probably are :ssh:)

Australia is bigger than Europe, what's wrong with exploring it? Have seen most of Europe and plenty of Asia already.

krampster2 fucked around with this message at 04:05 on Nov 22, 2014

toggle
Nov 7, 2005

backpacker bush is great because the women are usually more open minded. get involved. get rooting. get an sti

Calvin Johnson Jr.
Dec 8, 2009

Sheng-ji Yang posted:

third world sex tourism is pretty much the most vile thing and i hope whoever engages in it suffers, such as you tautologicus

excuse me, where can I book a sex tour?

- me, to my travel agent

a star war betamax
Sep 17, 2011

by Lowtax
Gary’s Answer

ArbitraryC posted:

I never really got how backpacking was different from regular tourism. So you fly to a place, rent a space to live, and just explore the city until it's time to go home? About the only difference I've seen is that it's typically an extended vacation and the lodging is usually cheaper?

backpacking is for well to do white kids do they can bring up thei "backpacking year" every ten minutes for the rest of thier lifes

Bro Dad
Mar 26, 2010


its like vacationing but less fun so you can pretend its more authentic

Iamblikhos
Jun 9, 2013

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Sheng-ji Yang posted:

third world sex tourism is pretty much the most vile thing

Only if you're cheap and your standards are low.

Nathilus
Apr 4, 2002

I alone can see through the media bias.

I'm also stupid on a scale that can only be measured in Reddits.

Sheng-ji Yang posted:

i spent a year backpackingg, its been a year since and im pretty confident the rest of my life will suck in comparison.

this is like my greatest fear. that in my ever widening quest of ultimate existential hedonism, that i'll find something so wicked that everything else pales in comparison. my journey is one of purity, not purpose, so finding an endpoint is undesirable.

MLKQUOTEMACHINE
Oct 22, 2012

Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice-skate uphill

Nathilus posted:

this is like my greatest fear. that in my ever widening quest of ultimate existential hedonism, that i'll find something so wicked that everything else pales in comparison. my journey is one of purity, not purpose, so finding an endpoint is undesirable.

this sounds a lot like my relationship with porn

Nathilus
Apr 4, 2002

I alone can see through the media bias.

I'm also stupid on a scale that can only be measured in Reddits.

nutranurse posted:

this sounds a lot like my relationship with porn

porn is exactly why I am wise enough to harbor such a subtle fear.

Masturbasturd
Sep 1, 2014
One's opening up soon just up the street. There's even a coffee shop 1st floor.
God the patchouli and BO stenches usually keep me out, swedes or not.

toggle
Nov 7, 2005

i'm the 50 year old guy living in a backpacker hostel

MLKQUOTEMACHINE
Oct 22, 2012

Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice-skate uphill

toggle posted:

i'm the 50 year old guy living in a backpacker hostel

old burnouts always have the best lsd

skeletonotherkin
Sep 26, 2014

Nathilus posted:

this is like my greatest fear. that in my ever widening quest of ultimate existential hedonism, that i'll find something so wicked that everything else pales in comparison. my journey is one of purity, not purpose, so finding an endpoint is undesirable.

You'll eventually find yourself buying a puzzle box from a wrinkled chinamen.

the worst thing is
Oct 3, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

skeletonotherkin posted:

You'll eventually find yourself buying a handjob from a wrinkled chinawoman.

fixed

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Nathilus
Apr 4, 2002

I alone can see through the media bias.

I'm also stupid on a scale that can only be measured in Reddits.

skeletonotherkin posted:

You'll eventually find yourself buying a puzzle box from a wrinkled chinamen.

good reference but the reality would probably be far sadder. hedonists have various tastes so it will obviously vary by individual but one example of the end of the road is the retiree who finds bangkok to have the perfect mix of cheap + good food, booze, women, and other diversions so as to effectively be a sustainable paradise on earth and is thus trapped there for the rest of his life. No demons or hell dimensions just an ungraceful withering and dissolution inside a prison of his own making.

i try not to let it weigh on me too much, life in general is full of these sort of pitfalls its not just hedonism.

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