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| bio | website | en.wiktionary.org/wiki/… |
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| location | Bondi Beach | |
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| visits | member for | 1 year, 11 months |
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Backpacking since Christmas Day, 1989. Hitchhiking since mid 2010.
Currently home working in a backpacker hostel while I pay off the credit card from the last trip and save for the next one.
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Feb 24 |
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Local cuisine in Peru @Washu: Ah sounds like chorizo then. The same word used for totally different things in Spain, Mexico, and South America. Empanadas can also be utterly different from country to country. |
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Feb 20 |
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Why do travel sites always show per-person accomodation price on a basis of 2 travelers sharing the same room? @Ankur: I don't think that's the reason they do it. I think it's because people travelling in twos is the overwhelmingly most common and it's simpler to use the most common as the default. |
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Feb 20 |
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How can I find the cheapest private hotel room (as opposed to a bed in a dorm) using online tools? He's asking about hotel rooms anyway, not hostels with private rooms. I'm only familiar with the hostel booking sites though and have never used a hotel booking site so I'm not familiar with the differences. Also most of these sites I've used also allow you to filter by price. If you set your minimum price to something about 10 or 15 euro or whatever the typical dormitory price is for the part of the world you're looking at, then you won't see most of the stuff you don't want. |
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Feb 18 |
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What food is Chicago (USA) famous for? When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza ___ ... anyone guess what the missing word might be? |
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Feb 18 |
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Is there a museum in South Korea about defectors and refugees who escaped North Korea? Is it impossible? Prove it. d-; |
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Feb 18 |
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Is it necessary to take a national identity card when travelling abroad? Yes I've been able to use my drivers licence as ID overseas when I don't have my passport handy. And at the travel accommodation where I work we accept any ID that was issued by a government and carries both a photo and a number. |
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Feb 16 |
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Can I participate in the farming/harvesting of chocolate/cacao as a tourist anywhere in the world? After not getting any answers at the beginning it's now going to be hard to decide who gets the bounty I would say. Thanks to all. (-: |
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Feb 14 |
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Can I participate in the farming/harvesting of chocolate/cacao as a tourist anywhere in the world? FERAL CHOCOLATE! Wow if only I needed an internet nick or had a band without a name ... |
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Feb 14 |
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Can you search for a job when using a tourist visa (B-2) in the US If you think my answer is drivel, you should say so in a comment to that answer. As it stands you're making it look like it applies to something in your own answer or in the question. There is no guarantee that these two answers will both remain here or remain in their current order. |
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Feb 13 |
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Is my social security number from a previous temporary work visa still valid? If the SSN is related to validity of travel documents then it's related to travel. If it's not then asking whether it is is still on topic I say. |
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Feb 13 |
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Claustrophobic - travelling for the first time long RSA to USA I'm removing the USA and South Africa tags, they seem quite tangential to the actual problem of claustrophobia sufferers on aircraft. |
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Feb 13 |
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Does my government know in which country I am at when I travel? I'm not sure what Going of James bond mode could mean so I couldn't edit it into something I thought makes sense. Want to have a try yourself? (-: |
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Feb 13 |
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Can you search for a job when using a tourist visa (B-2) in the US So they tell you how long you can stay when you arrive or when you get the visa? How does this affect booking your return ticket? |
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Feb 13 |
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Is it wise to pretend to be Christian to safely travel through the US? Yes it does sound a bit ridiculous, but if you have travelled outside the tourist zones in the US you might find it less surprising that somebody would find the need to ask a ridiculous sounding question like this. |
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Feb 13 |
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Is it wise to pretend to be Christian to safely travel through the US? I think need is too strong, but otherwise the question is actually worth asking. |
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Feb 13 |
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Can you search for a job when using a tourist visa (B-2) in the US It's true I don't have any sources to cite. So there's definitely room for another answer to back up what I've said with the actual facts. It might even be worth putting a bounty on the question to encourage somebody dig up some references. |
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Feb 12 |
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Is there a museum in South Korea about defectors and refugees who escaped North Korea? Hmm I'm not sure. How did you come to be pretty sure? Maybe this is a problem worth discussing on meta? |
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Feb 12 |
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Getting from Mexico City airport to downtown easily and safely In my experience Mexico City is a place where you can try to look confident or tough and it will discourage people from messing with you. In other places this will attract more dodgy attention. Still I knew a large muscly American guy who got pickpocketed or robbed on the Mexico City subway. |
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Feb 12 |
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Getting from Mexico City airport to downtown easily and safely The stats were great by the way! I only downvoted because I'm worried naive people could take this advice and run into problems. Personally I would've assumed Moscow and DC would be more dodgy than DF too. I definitely see loads more people on the metro to/from the airport in places like France, Germany, Turkey, Japan, Korea, Sydney though. |
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Feb 12 |
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Getting from Mexico City airport to downtown easily and safely Keep in mind that Stack Exchange is not intended primarily for one-on-one answers but to be a repository of answers that will be helpful to many people, most of whom will arrive at the sites via search engines. So while this particular OP might have just one backpack, not everbody who finds this topic while looking for advice will be in the same situation. We shouldn't assume all readers will have small amounts of luggage or short flights. We should assume many varied people wanting to know how to get from Mexico City aiport to downtown will come here. |
