looking forward to another winter of rotting in SEA

[JustGo]

I'm gonna dump my crappy little van this October, go back to SEA to enjoy the civilized life and further deplete my savings.
Only thing I'll leave behind in America is my birth certificate
Looks like it's cheaper to fly to Vietnam than other Southeast Asian countries
North Carolina to Vietnam costs $622, 26 hours total, my fam can drop me off at the airport

45 days Vietnam + 60 days Thailand + 45 days Vietnam gives me five months in Asia with only two cheapass flights between Vietnam and Thailand.

LAX to Vietnam is $404, but yeah, fuck traveling overland to the West Coast for le direct flight. Last winter it cost me $900 in buses, trains, and lodging to get from the Colorado Rockies to LAX and back again from SFO. Imagine paying that much for the privilege of being on foot around crazy California niggers. Never again. Driving to LAX from North Carolina would run me $400 in gas, 38 hours of driving my shaky shitbox on I-40 hoping the fucked-up radiator doesn't blow out. Screw all that, a couple layovers in Seattle and Taipei are nothing by comparison.

Over the winter I'll apply for a summer job in Alaska, at a salmon cannery or something. Slave away with the Filipinos, make friends, fly back to PH with them, get introduced to my future wife

 

[14passport]

I believe you can apply for 3 month Vietnam evisa online, and very easy to get

 

[AlexBrown84]

when do you plan to embark on this expedition?

 

[QuantativeAnalyticalBS]

Over the winter I'll apply for a summer job in Alaska, at a salmon cannery or something. Slave away with the Filipinos, make friends, fly back to PH with them, get introduced to my future wife

That's a good idea. I actually knew of someone who was relatively famous in the manosphere community who told me he was doing a similar type of plan as you. Infiltrating the asian communuty and social circle maxing is a legitimate way to get at desirable asian women.

 

[predeterminism]

That's a good idea. I actually knew of someone who was relatively famous in the manosphere community who told me he was doing a similar type of plan as you. Infiltrating the asian communuty and social circle maxing is a legitimate way to get at desirable asian women.

@AlexBrown84 @Marco Pumpo something has changed with him recently. hes stopped being antijbw?

 

[QuantativeAnalyticalBS]

@AlexBrown84 @Marco Pumpo something has changed with him recently. hes stopped being antijbw?

A potbellied Indian male has a chance to ascend if he does the same thing. Status > looks.

 

[Friar Tuck]

Hope you enjoy man. I had a great time in Hanoi earlier this year and will probably go back soon. Brits get 45 days as well, visa free, as of this year. Last year it was only 2 weeks.

 

[JustGo]

new plans, gonna savingsmaxx for a couple months in Colorado at my old job before dropping my van at a junkyard and flying out of Denver. boss even offered me the on-site apartment back, apparently it's been sitting vacant all summer

when do you plan to embark on this expedition?

mid October...climate is pleasant in North Vietnam that time of year. Cooler and drier than summer, but not as gray and gloomy as winter.
being a train autist, I'd love to explore Vietnam by rail.

Hope you enjoy man. I had a great time in Hanoi earlier this year and will probably go back soon. Brits get 45 days as well, visa free, as of this year. Last year it was only 2 weeks.

lucky bongs

That's a good idea. I actually knew of someone who was relatively famous in the manosphere community who told me he was doing a similar type of plan as you. Infiltrating the asian communuty and social circle maxing is a legitimate way to get at desirable asian women.

From what I've seen, a socially unrefined person with strong introvert tendencies would have more luck making friends / finding love in the oddball-ridden rural regions of America. Despite the low social density, or perhaps because of it, White people make extra efforts to show kindness & acceptance to strange characters, though the social engineering aspect of their behavior can be very off-putting. Third Worlders don't have such high-minded moral impulses driving their conduct; relationships grow between people who make themselves useful to each other. Do-gooders say "oh, you're just taking advantage of them, and they're taking advantage of you"...as if every relationship has to be built on piles of warm fluffy feelings for it to have any meaning.

One thing is true, you'll never get anywhere (socially) among the lower classes of non-whites if you always remain buttoned-up, proper and impersonally nice. It's good for dealings with the old folks, who appreciate formal interactions. Everyone else is drawn to a foreigner who smiles, laughs, asks names, demands attention during the meal, argues over the price before buying more, and doesn't really give a fuck that his conduct is resented by some of the local males.

 

[QuantativeAnalyticalBS]

I'd love to explore Vietnam by rail

The only problem with that idea is how long it takes to go from point A to point B in their country.

Life is tough and the one thing I've learned is that it ain't ever going to ease it's harshness for individualists. At least we can take comfort in the fact that we know it's always gonna be tough. That's something we know for sure and won't ever doubt ourselves on.

 

[AlexBrown84]

mid October...climate is pleasant in North Vietnam that time of year. Cooler and drier than summer, but not as gray and gloomy as winter.
being a train autist, I'd love to explore Vietnam by rail.
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a fellow train enthusiast!

i’ve done the same thing, albeit broken my train journey into two parts, saigon to da nang, then resting for a bit before continuing onwards to hanoi

pretty good scenery along the way

ever thought about taking the train system around china? their high speed rail connects in laos also. the only negative which really isn’t a negative is the trains are so fast you may miss things out the window lol

 

[Pained4ever]

The only problem with that idea is how long it takes to go from point A to point B in their country.

Life is tough and the one thing I've learned is that it ain't ever going to ease it's harshness for individualists. At least we can take comfort in the fact that we know it's always gonna be tough. That's something we know for sure and won't ever doubt ourselves on.

yes this is very important and has helped me deal with my anger issues

 

[Pained4ever]

a fellow train enthusiast!

i’ve done the same thing, albeit broken my train journey into two parts, saigon to da nang, then resting for a bit before continuing onwards to hanoi

pretty good scenery along the way
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ever thought about taking the train system around china? their high speed rail connects in laos also. the only negative which really isn’t a negative is the trains are so fast you may miss things out the window lol

i've only taken amtrak trains in burgerland but even there some of the views are amazing. they don't go nearly as fast as bullet trains in countries with non-subhuman infrastructure though. i'm gonna ride trains when I finally japanmaxx late next year.

 

[JustGo]

The only problem with that idea is how long it takes to go from point A to point B in their country.

Life is tough and the one thing I've learned is that it ain't ever going to ease it's harshness for individualists. At least we can take comfort in the fact that we know it's always gonna be tough. That's something we know for sure and won't ever doubt ourselves on.

Only true if you insist on bulling your way down the entire fucking country in one go. That makes sense for Amtrak, because there is only one train a day, and being on foot in some podunk American town for 24 hours is nobody's idea of fun. But why the hell would you do that in Southeast Asia? In Thailand I'd see the air-conditioned train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai blow through the station, packed full of foreigners who paid a lot of money for the 12 hour ride. Everyone so busy busy even on vacation, they only have time to hit the top tourist destinations. It's so much nicer to ride for a few hours in mid-day, arriving at a new destination after the 2 PM check-in time.

Nah, life is easy when you strip away pretentiousness and competitiveness, which have no place in the life of a man who has no place of his own in the world. Eating, sleeping, moving around...attaining these life essentials are easier than ever before in human history. Stick a card in an ATM, money comes out, you're good to go.

But easy doesn't mean freely given, far from it. Nothing has ever been free for a traveler; every interaction is an exchange. Sailors and wayfarers with a hankering for some action have always visited the nightlife areas and opened their wallets. The most important part of enjoying travel is being able to accept the existing reality of life wherever you choose to go.

a fellow train enthusiast!

i’ve done the same thing, albeit broken my train journey into two parts, saigon to da nang, then resting for a bit before continuing onwards to hanoi

pretty good scenery along the way

ever thought about taking the train system around china? their high speed rail connects in laos also. the only negative which really isn’t a negative is the trains are so fast you may miss things out the window lol

Taiwan also had some great scenery along the east coast railway to Hualien. But I enjoyed the ordeal of riding the open-air carriages in Thailand more. Hearing and feeling and smelling your surroundings, not merely seeing them pass by in a blur through glass.

 

[JustGo]

Google Flights looks good on the surface, but in reality it sucks.


The one flight I screenshotted disappeared, and I got really frustrated with the limited options until I tried Bing Flights and then whoa, now I had something to work with. Whatever, fuck United bag fees. Bing Flights had so many more options. 39 hours to get from my Colorado mountain town to Hanoi. $591 fare included one checked and one carry-on bag with Asiana via some third-party booking site Ooja. 58 days left in America!

This image made me so fucking happy. A nice selection of budget hotels within walking distance of Noi Bai Airport. Taxis can suck my dong.