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ITT: travel tips you give to people about your hometown

If you go to Morelia, Mexico, visit the Cathedral at night, get candy and souvenirs at mercado del dulce, and maybe go out of the way and travel to Patzcuaro from here to get the quaint old town feeling and for the ice cream too. Also, Try some street tacos at El Leon Russo.

Dress down and don't brag you're from The US, Canada or Europe in general or risk getting mugged. Also beware the rural areas around the city since they're pretty much controlled by drug lords.
>> Anonymous
If you go to south central Los Angeles. Be prepared because there is nothing to do. Go to the piers in San pedro. Hollywood tourist shit is all walkable. Downtown is shit don't go there. Meseums are ok mostly free. Save your money and go to sf instead.
>> Anonymous
>>63223
I meant piers around Santa monica.
>> Anonymous
STOP FUCKING COMING TO PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. WHY HAVEN'T YOU FIGURED OUT HOW TERRIBLE IT IS?
DO YOU LIKE LOOKING AT UNFINISHED CONDOS?
DO YOU LIKE REDNECKS?
Fucking shithole. Go to south Florida, srsly.
>> Anonymous
If you go to Nashville, Tennessee, avoid niggers, mexicans and kurds.
>>63225
I used to go to Panama City Beach every summer. A few friends actually wanted to go to school there.
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st. louis:

first off, lol @ coming here of your own volition

i heard a trip to the top of the arch is like $20. save your money, all you can see is downtown and the east side (i.e., nothing).

avoid downtown, unless you like shitty casinos and condescending west countyites coming to see the baseball game. patronize the loop (pic related, from 2002), the central west end, and other areas around forest park.

forest park is fun and almost everything in it is FREE (zoo, science center, etc.). the botanical gardens (near tower grove park) are also impressive.

good pizza: fortel's (imo's is overpriced and shitty)
good burgers: o'connell's
good indian: india's rasoi
good fast food: lion's choice
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In PDX the aerial tram is a great view, but at the top there's nothing to do except walk around the hospital, get a coffee and hang out on the pavilion enjoying the fresh air and the view with people who are visiting their sick relatives. I walked around the hospital campus and found signs indicating a hiking trail but couldn't find the trailhead.

If you like live music, you'll find yourself up to your misshapen genitals in venues. Grab a copy of the Mercury and take your pick. Same with strip joints.

The Living Room theater fucking rocks. Big, wide, plushy, CLEAN comfortable seats with tons of elbow room where you can set your Alcoholic Beverages. Mostly indie films and documentaries, occasional mainstream hit. Just don't go alone, ffs.
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Location: Anywhere, South Africa.
Firstly, if you actually decide to come here for holiday, you are already messed up.
Travel Tips: Never, ever, ever wear jewellery or anything valuable on you. Dont walk around with your mobile phone in your hand. Dont look like a tourist. Dont trust any blacks. Ignore street vendors. Try to keep your walking around to a minimum. Rather drive. Never go out alone at night. if you have to, travel in groups. Stay the FUCK away from Johannesburg. Always be aware of your surroundings. Enjoy the sights!!
>> Anonymous
Dallas/Fort Worth: Why bother?
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>>63379

Portlandfag? Really? Oh shit. Please, I start my freshman fall term at PSU in two weeks. I live in Hawaii and I'm heading out tomorrow morning.

Could you please elaborate just a bit more on Portland and it's general atmosphere and what I can expect of it's residents? I'm going in blind.

From what I've heard it's fairly laid back for a metropolitan area, really "outdoorsy," with many of the residents being grounded, down to earth, cultivating an air of progressive liberalism. Sound about right?
In return:

The Big Island of Hawaii is, well, big. Vastly underdeveloped, our biggest towns feel like overcrowded way stations, but it's nice. Still has that "hometown" feel. And it's open. Vast, purgatorial plains of fountain grass and lava rock. Unless of course you're staying at one of the resorts. Eat shave ice. Lots of it. Scandinavian shave ice on Alii Drive in Kailua, Kona does it best in my opinion. They'll put a scoop of frozen ygourt in the center. So ono buggah wen broke da mout!
>> Anonymous
>>63404
Well shit, that was days ago so you're probably here by now. Yeah, there are cops and there are meth addicts and then there's everyone else stuck in the middle. Like the cooperatively run bicycle shops and the sidewalk cafes and the second-hand clothing boutiques. I was giving advice for travelers, not so much for students who'll be staying here for months on end... I haven't been a student in so long, and I never lived in a dorm, so I don't know what students need other than cheap beer and free condoms.

And I'm sure you've found the mercury by now. If not, it's portlandmercury.com. Good luck!
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Tripoli, Lebanon:

The moment you land on the airport I suggest you take a cab and get the fuck away. Drive an hour down to Beirut and enjoy the nightlife or something. Just get the fuck away.
>> Anonymous
>>63388
Christ. move.
>> Anonymous
Los Angeles fag here

-if you want any decent chance of getting where you want to without having to wait over 9000 hours for our shitty public transport system, rent a car.

-if you are staying anywhere near downtown, stay in after nightfall.

-Disneyland is NOT in los angeles; it's in Anaheim. Stay in that city rather then LA if you want to see that park.

-food wise, los angeles isn't too shabby. If you are staying at a hotel, ask them where a good place to eat, or if you have friends, see if they want to go with you.

-Griffith park observatory, the Getty, the beach (albeit dirty and full of people) are some entertaining and free options for the budget minded traveler when in LA.
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Washington DC: If you're of gentle birth, you'll be able to find some similar kin outside the Black Cat and 930 Club every night 11-1, or the neighborhoods in and around Howard and George Washington. Lot's of generic places to eat. "Elite Power Political hangouts" are blown up tourist joints. Tell people you're from Maryland, New York, or any Northern state, we don't like to be associated with Virginia.
>> Anonymous
anyone from NY ? got any tips
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Auckland, New Zealand.

unless you want to be beaten up for your shoes/socks/anything that could be stolen at all, keep the fuck away from south Auckland. CBD has an okay nightlife + there are a few touristy places. The good thing about Auckland is there are random patches of paddocks or forrests everywhere throughout the suburbs.
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>>65291

Yeah but... no one travels here just to go to Auckland you know =/ its not special at all
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>>64261

As long as you aren't a brainless moron and are at least sharper than a bag of wet hair, then just get lost around the Melrose area of L.A. for a while. See the Queen Mary, hit a few nice bars in the Long Beach area. Pillage Hollywood and sunset Blvd. for all they're worth.

Go to the Wilshire corridor and have arguably the best Korean food in the country amongst a number of places, go to Point Dume or Manhattan to swim and Venice to walk around/ shop.

Catch a ball game, get lost in a million different malls, travel Mulholland Dr. at night for one of the best views fucking anywhere.
>> Anonymous
Adelaide, Australia. DON'T COME HERE IT IS BORING AS FUCK.
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>>63123
Location: Madrid, Spain.

DON'T come if you don't understand and speak some Spanish, if you hate crowds or if you are afraid of traffic jams. Actually, Madrid is a traffic jam itself.

If you come here, party shall be guaranteed. For a native Spaniard, 3 a.m. during a weekend is still FUCKING EARLY. My advice is to go with your friends for dinner (tapas or no tapas, that's up to you) near Puerta del Sol, then get wasted with sangría (Cuevas Sésamo is quite quaint if you ask me, although it is normally crowed -as any place in Madrid, anytime- in weekends), and then try free chupitos at Calle Huertas. Yes, I know it sounds pathetic, but our food is world-class and very cheap anywhere in Spain, Madrid being no exception. Going to McDonalds in Spain is close to heresy.

Don't go on Friday or Saturday nights around Moncloa or any place that anyone has remotely described to you as "bakala". Ever.

tl;dr>>64975
>> Anonymous
San Francisco, Oakland east bay area

Don't drive into SF, parking's a bitch like any other major cities. Take bart+muni+bus inside the city, it will get you where you need to be. Don't eat at any seafood joints that are actually on the pier. It's extremely over price. Look for seafood in SF on google. Nightlife is pretty nice with strip clubs, clubs, and some massage palours around the city.

If you want to catch a ball game, unless you are a Giants fan, just go to A's game on Wednesdays for a dollar. But don't hang around near the stadium and don't expect to do anything there. East Oakland ain't no joke. Oakland is ghetto as fuck with not much to do. Berkeley has more stuff to do than Oakland. Telegraph Ave, and College Ave are what Berkeley is all about. You will see the direct contrast as well.
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If you go to Brownsville, Texas, what the fuck is wrong with you? This place is horrible. Get out as soon as you can. Nothing to do here. No where to go but gas stations, and chain restaurants that go out of business and are replaced every five months.

90% of the people here are the fucking scum of the Earth. Snoody poor people. Seriously, picture a fat mexican woman with 8 screaming kids walking out of the dollar store covered in plastic jewelry, walking around with her nose pointed up, screaming about how low class other people are. Imagine a place where "YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG" was practically mandatory for everything anybody does.

Where the county sheriff was involved in a scam to keep the insurance money meant to insure the cruisers, but still got elected because in his campaign commercials his kids looked cute. Where a child molester sits on the city council.

You know how when you put on your turn signal, that's to let everyone behind you know they should slow down because you're getting ready to turn? Not in Brownsville! Here it tells them to speed up and cut you off so they don't have to wait for you to turn.

Ever caught someone staring at you, and they either looked away embarrassed, or smile and wave to cover? Not here. Here, they just keep right on staring.
>> Anonymous
Washington DC -
Do the tourist shit, hit the museums, they're free for the most part and pretty cool. Same with the art galleries. Go to George town for shopping (its a neighborhood near the 14th street bridge). Tons of good places to eat. Go to China town (gallery place metro station). Avoid homeless people and going inside government buildings they're boring as fuck. Visit memorials. If you have to go to a government building go to the capital and take the 'secret' underground electric rail line to the Rayburn building and visit your congressman. Staying in a hotel? Stay outside the city in like Old Town Alexadria, a lot cheaper plus Old Town is pretty cool.
>> Anonymous
Washington DC -
Do the tourist shit, hit the museums, they're free for the most part and pretty cool. Same with the art galleries. Go to George town for shopping (its a neighborhood near the 14th street bridge). Tons of good places to eat. Go to China town (gallery place metro station). Avoid homeless people and going inside government buildings they're boring as fuck. Visit memorials. If you have to go to a government building go to the capital and take the 'secret' underground electric rail line to the Rayburn building and visit your congressman. Staying in a hotel? Stay outside the city in like Old Town Alexadria, a lot cheaper plus Old Town is pretty cool. Use the metro, fuck Marylanders.
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>>65517
dont go to chinatown, theres nothing there worth seeing/eating/doing
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>>65459
Do spanish people hate it when americans compare them with mexicans?
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>>65543
This happens?
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>>65543
I see people from Spain as on a whole 'nother level above the likes of Mexico, Brazil, and Venezuela.

Spain is awesome, as are the people in it. A lot of the resulting colonies just suck is all. Perhaps because they had this tendancy to start fucking the native populations as soon as they got there.
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Niagara Falls, Canada: No danger anywhere in the city, come here in a suit made of money with a gold hat and silver shoes and your not likely to be robbed. Lots of shit to do for a couple of days visiting not so fun to live, 78,000 people living here with 12 million tourists a year. stay at the embassy suites, go on the maid of the mist, take a hike into the Niagara gorge and sit by the class 6 rapids, then go a little bit away jump on the jet boats ride the rapids, go to journey behind the falls, go to the casino (Casino Niagara) theres alot of side shows shit like planet hollywood/guiness world records/Ripleys' believe it or not etc etc they are fun to see once or twice. the RBC is nice to see in the summer with the butterfly conservatory but really after 3 or 4 days here your ready to go home after seeing everything lol.
>> Anonymous
Jacksonville, FL:

GET A CAR, THIS PLACE IS HUEG
>> Anonymous
protips for seattle?
>> Anonymous
St. Paul, Minnesota.

If you come here of your own free will on anything else but a business trip, its already to late for you. Nothing but banks down here and legal buildings. Sure you can go to the science musseum and check out the omni theatre or go to the excel energy center, but those are the only things that come to mind.
If your looking for something to stick in your mouth, go to Micky's Diner and see what they have for you to eat.
Seriously, don't come here. Minneapolis has much more to offer.

Protip: Don't go to the Mall Of America unless you have over 50 bucks to spend.
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Tips on Helsinki:
Don't spend too much time downtown. It's dull. Take the bus routes/trains to the rich and poor suburbs around Helsinki. You will understand the Finns so much better if you see how normal people live.
>> Anonymous
Vienna - Austria

watch ur step - dogshit
watch out for old pedophile people - they are goin to put u in the cellar and rape u
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Tips on Ankara:

Visit the airport. Get a plane to Istanbul
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>>66588

Downtown Seattle can be a lot of fun. Various restaurants, plenty of which are asian. Lots of ethnic food as any large city has. Pretty vegetarian friendly. Good falafel place called Aladdin's on the ave. The new library is practically a monument. Metro system is decent. You could do touristy shit, like visit the Space Needle or take a tour of underground Seattle. Kind of like Portland, but bigger and less hippie-ish. Lot of venues. Showgirls, Deja Vu, Lusty Ladies for larger strip joints.
>> Anonymous
Manchester:
Be sure to amuse the locals with your quaint accents. Most will be happy to buy you a drink if you ask nicely and smile. Alternatively, when ordering a drink in a bar or pub, just ask the barman to "put it on the tab"; they'll be happy to let you pay when you leave.

Try wandering off the beaten track into Moss Side. The locals of that area are colloquially called chavs. So a local greeting might be: Hey you, chav.

It's common to talk very loudly with your companions or onto your mobile in the UK, so don't worry about annoying other passengers.

The traditional greeting for a policeman is "Allo-allo-allo". Address a policeman in this manner and he'll be pleased.
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>>66638
i lol'd
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Austin:
ACL? Capital is taller than the one in Washington which is pretty funny go see a rodeo see a Texas football game. Say hi to Lezlie, the town transvestite (kind of lame compared to the ones in LA but...) Eat some Tex-Mex.
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Providence, RI

Rhode Island is as small as some cities, so you can branch out a bit. Providence has no public transportation, and no parking, so good luck with that. You can see our cool mall, and the Roger Williams memorial, and Waterfire if they are in season. Go to the RISD museum, and eat lunch on Thayer St, lots of cheap restaurants.

You can look at the cool architecture at Brown University, though a lot of it is under construction. Stay in the main area of Providence, and don't go to Pawtucket or any of the shitty poor people areas.

Maybe go to Newport or Jamestown after that to go to the beach or get some clam cakes and chowder if its the summer. Providence is very small. My actual hometown is so boring, its not worth mentioning. Providence is a nice stop-over on the way to NY or Boston.
>> Anonymous
Newyork city

Manhattan,brooklyn, bronx, queens.

Stay in a hotel in manhattan.

Brooklyn has hotels but it's a complete piece of shit, brooklyn is like the suburbs. Queens is the same shit except queens is filled with asians and hispanics.

The bronx is horrible and filled with black people - Don't go there

Manhattan is the place to stay but it's also bad, No one is open at night time - After 10pm 90% of businesses are closed.

Sure you can go to grays papaya and get a hotdog at 3am. But it's a fucking hotdog and a drink.

Mainly you want to stay in manhattan, in a hotel.

Night life consits of clubs - But they won't welcome visitors. Clubs their own clitches/members.

Manhattan is also filled with people from all over the world, So don't worry about race. We have koreans, japanese, italians, germans, ethiopians, jews, russians, niggers, cambodians, vietnamese, Canadians, Pakis, We have everyone over here. Cripples, OBESE PEOPLE, Ugly people, cool people

loners who you see everyday walking with a cigarette in their mouth and just walking very slowly, You got people who hang out at 2am in groups waiting to mug people. You have people who decide to walk across the manhattan bridge at 4am in the morning.

It's fun, But NOT safe.

I suggest you carry a pocket knife and watch over your shoulders and area at all time. And have it ready to be widthdrawn too.

The city is not safe at all. But don't let that discourage you.

Most people here uses knives. very few get guns. Well unless you visit areas filled with black people.

Just be careful and watch out - Be aware
>> Anonymous
Fresno, CA : Drive through it, you missed nothing, continue to Yosemite about an Hour north, well worth it.
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>>66235

Swedfag here.

I went to Spain, Brazil and Mexico (not Venezuela).
Mexico is on par with Spain, both have the same horrid smell of tortillas and you hear the irritating Spanish language everywhere. Girls are a bit hotter in Spain, but they act like men for some reason. Also Spain is like the 3rd world of Europe.

Brazil on the other hand my fag friend, is light years better than that. Don't even get me started on the hot girls. Food is much better. Beaches that are simply amazing, specially if you like surfing.

About my hometown, just come here if you need a fast internet connection. Kidding, the girls are pretty hot in here, good luck though getting on their pants.