Recently I have been deeply considering traveling. I have always been an adventurous type but I have never been beyond the America's and not much of those. My pre-plan has brought a lot of questions to my attention and I figured that some of you may know the answers and save me some digging. Before I ask the questions I will list the countries I plan on going to. Canada, British Columbia (start) United States, Alaska Canada, West to East Greenland Iceland Norway* Ireland* United Kingdom* Germany Netherlands Belgium France* Spain Portugal Italy Switzerland Greece Ukraine Russia China Mongolia Japan Thailand Malaysia Philippines* Indonesia South Africa Madagascar Papa New Guinea Australia* New Zealand* United States, Hawaii8 Antarctica Argentina Chile Peru Dominican Republic Jamaica Mexico, Cancun United States, Arizona to Washington* * Places I would like to stay for a while, possibly rent an apartment/place for a few months and get a job. The rest of the places are more of a slow passing-through. http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/1992/maptrip.jpg So my questions are: 1. For the * places, what are the requirements in order to rent a place. How much money am I looking at per month on average. 2. For the * places, what are the requirements in order to get a job. 3. What sort of immunizations should I look into getting? 4. The image shows the pre-plan path I currently plan on taking, the yellow indicates a road path, pink a flight. For the longer road routes and * places I will probably consider buying a car and selling it at the end, what are the age, license, citizenship? restrictions on renting/buying a car and average cost. 5. Travel insurance, I know it is necessary but I don't really know much about it. 6. Photography laws. If you know any of these, or can provide any reference links that would help me learn the answers to these questions it would be much appreciated and I will be willing to pay out credits to good and reliable information. I will be looking into all these questions myself, but as I mentioned above, there is no point in not asking, someone might know. The reason I put this in General Discussion: Aside from the above questions I wanted opinions on places and countries I should go to. I would like to stick fairly close to the shown path, but small detours are fine. I would also like to know what is a good Traveling guide publisher or author that covers a lot of these places. Any other tips, opinions or suggestions are always welcome. This is my pre-plan and I won't be going for a few years, but I am thinking it would be unwise to start my research any time but now. Thanks in advance to any that help me.
my advice as an Australian. visit the east coast. much more pristine and some great beach and forests to visit. now. if i was to travel Australia 4 places you must go are... Sydney.. have a tour or the bay and the surrounding areas are great. the blue mountains. go up north to Queensland but do not go too far up as it gets extremely humid Also come down to Victoria and visit some of the national parks. Adelaide. waste of time its the "city of churches" western Australia is very nice but so far away from everywhere else not a great place to go if traveling though. aires rock is nice but flat and boring not my thing but you may like it. anyway thats what i have to say about my hometown Australia!!!! btw im so jealous sounds like a great trip
He speaks the truth. 1. In England there's no real living requirements, you'd look maybe at about £200-300 a month 2. 16+ for crap jobs, for decent jobs 18+ but have lived in the UK longer than 3 years 3. None afaik 4. 17 is the minimum age to start driving, you can probably get a crap car for maybe again about £300 which would serve its purpose for a few journeys, no point spending out a lot. You'd have to re-take your driving test here though, which you'd also have to pay for, and it's painful to do it, if I were you I'd skip even trying to drive in the UK and just find another form of transport, train will in the long term be cheaper since if you only plan to be here a few months you could probably get a travel card or something. 5. No idea. 6. No major ones.
My advice as an Argentine. Don't visit Argentina. it was worth it. Anywayz, try to go to the South, like "Tierra del Fuego" or you can visit "Iguazu Waterfalls" which is in the north east of Argentina. You can cross to Brazil through there, not stay in it but cross for a couple mins . As in requirements to drive and such, you shouldn't in other countries. I mean, unless you're gonna live in that place for over a couple years, theres no point in driving. Public transportation isn't as good as it is in New York, but it gets you places. You might have to take a bus then a cab to visit important places. Also, you might've want to go to the Capital, but I recall , many singers have stayed in a hotel near the Pink House, (basicly, white house in the US) (------ you for jokes coming towards that and quoting pink house lolol) and well, they've been robbed. A spanish singer named Daddy Yankee, stayed at a hotel 2 blocks away from the house. And robbers were still able to steal everything, including his US passport, gold jewerly and such. So just watch out. TBH, imo, visit the north or south, don't go to the capital. Plus people like to charge you more since you're a foreigner. i don't keep on typing cuz i gotta go lol..
Right on a serious note, if you come to Scotland i'd avoid the towns n citys n just visit the highlands. They're gorgeous.
I think you should visit Austria, too. Especially Vienna, it's simply a beautiful place to visit, and if you already plan to be in Europe, you can't miss it. As for the others, avoid Florence in Italy, especially the western part, I was there... >.> But don't miss out on Pisa and Venice! Other then that, good luck with your trip =P
Yeah you should see my 'pre-plan' bill I've raked up, you wouldn't be jealous then. My brother went to Australia for a year so I was going to ask him about it but I am pretty sure he never went to the Western Part, or at least never talked about it. I will definitely look into that. The reason your rock is boring is probably because you live there. We have no cool rock/mountain thingies in Vancouver. I am assuming that is a joke? Every Scottish person I have ever met has been nice. 1. That's about the price it is here, that's good. 2. Don't need anything good, just something that can boost up my bank account while I'm idoling. 3. Haha, I should think so. 4. Forgot about the left side driving. That is a place I would like to be for a long time though so I will have to see what will eventually cost me less. 5. 6. Didn't think there would be any. Thanks for the info ? Yeah I planned on going to the more 'Touristy' places in South/Central America. Well, I would need somewhere to sleep. I hear they are beautiful too, that's one of the reasons I want to go to Ireland as well. Yeah Austria is another place I wanted to visit I just don't want to cram too much of Europe into my trip. After I am done this trip I would probably consider going back to Europe and spending more time there, Africa too.
I live in Queensland east coast, and I will agree. Very nice here, but stay away from the very north..as UA said, very humid. Also I can't believe you mispelt an national icon. Ayers rock (put your hands in the ayerrrr), or Uluru as the natives call the area. I've been there and it's actually pretty ------ing cool, however I was a ----- and didn't try climb the thing. Sydney is a nice place, but too many crossdressers for my liking However you may enjoy some of the old architecture that can be found there. If you're single I'd recommend going to Gold Coast, Queensland. It's a good place to see Australias female talent =P Also I live at Hervey Bay, right next to Fraser Island .. another place I would recommend going (Worlds largest sand island!) the tourists there are so much fun, you Americans are always getting naked and doing skinny dipping and ----.. As for accomodation costs, atm renting a place where I live (a 2 bedroom apartment, good condition) is about $240 a week. In the city it's a bit more expensive, but with the financial crisis there's a lot of people looking to share houses with someone =) Fair few job opportunities in the cities too if you want to stay longer, especially for backpackers / bartenders. (Although as a backpacker you prolly won't get as good quality work ) Sorry for the novel of a post. Edit: Quick edit -- I've got bets that you don't even make it 1/2 way down that list before you get abducted, Hostel style.
Hostiles will be last resort for me. I will have quite a bit of expensive gear with me and I don't want to risk anything. How much is a one bedroom apartment per week? And I am Canadian not American.
Hey, Eggman, for travelling as a Canadian you should definately look at Travel Cuts for what you're looking for. Their "Swap" program is great, where they'll get you over to other countries for world living AND they'll hook you up with a job, as well. You can stay in one place for up to a year (average, you can stay longer if you want) or you can hop around, too. I highly recommend you check them out. Go to this website: http://www.swap.ca/
I'm afraid I don't know about 1 bedroom apartments If you're still looking when I'm at work next week, I'll find you a link to a real estate search engine =)
Oh, excellent website. This could really change my plans around. The reason for my original path was I wanted to be away from Western culture and not come back for 'visits' until I was done my trip, this could change that up but I am sure I can accomidate for it. In any case the cost information is great. Thank you very much. I will be looking for any and all information for months to come. By the time I leave I want to know everything I can without actually being there. I don't want to plan my trip 100%, as I want some room for time/place detours, but as much as possible.
