Hello everyone. I'm an anon who sometimes posts on here. I'm currently in China after three years and want to give some people advice on information
>All of 4chan is banned
Ironically not from by China but by 4chan itself. The entire country is IP blocked. You can go to the smallest village to the biggest city and experience the same thing. No idea why this is. Anybody posting with a Chinese flag in other boards either has a 4chan pass or has a 4chan pass and a vpn (more likely this). Anyone claiming to be in China is like a larp.
>Free VPNs are harder to get
Don't come here with a phone pre-installed with free VPN's installed abroad. Over 9/10 of them won't work and the one that does work will be fucking garbage. You have to pay. A lot of VPNs will lie to you that they work in China. They dont.
>People are still very friendly
Saying this cause I saw some anons (likely larps) saying that Chinese are mean to foreigners now. Haven't experienced such a thing. Everyone has been nice to me.
>Everything requires a fucking phone number
Booking a hotel? Phone number. Want to use 99% of Chinese apps? Phone number. How do you get this phone number? You have to go to some very specific phone shop downtown that allows foreigners to get SIM cards
>Inflation isn't so bad here
Like everywhere things have gotten more expensive but its not as bad as other countries I've visited.
>Its English unfriendly as fuck
I speak Chinese but I cannot in any shape or form understand how a non-Chinese speaker will be able to navigate this place alone. All the Chinese apps don't have an English version. Translators are garbage at translating food items (or just any Chinese really) and Google translate doesn't work here.

Any other questions let me know. Its kinda hard to post on 4chan but I'll try my best

Are road trips actually fun? Is the idea just sitting for a car and driving for as long as possible or do you stop at specific sites along the way?

We live in NJ/NY area, and have thought about a road trip to Chicago or Niagara Falls, or even Seattle if we decide to go cross country, but I personally want to stop and explore famous cities/eat at iconic restaurants/see famous landmarks/etc. Can that be done on a road trip?

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I'm of the mindset that whenever I end up in a large city, that they'd be a lot more useful and frugal than petrol money guzzlers and expensive public tour transport.

Renting bikes is out of the questions because it's just a scam to guzzle money out of gullible tourists. I should know.

But then again, I don't want to be more susceptible to getting robbed.

Another option is to just log into the local Second Hand Seller site, and just get a one-time cheap bicycle from the closest source there. And dump it for 50% of the price as soon as I'm done.

What's your advice anons?

Are they all woke/pozzed? Picking up here isn't LatAm tier and the hostals are full of guys like 10:1 ratio wtf.

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I'm going to Europe soon and I have a lot of extra time in one city. Is Tbilisi worth taking a flight too if I get bored?

Going to travel by motorcycle up the Swedish TransEuroTrail in about a month up to Jokkmokk then go visit Lofoten and go down the coastal Norwegian road. Any advices on food and camping up there ?

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