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I spent most of my life feeling dull and bitter, until one night when I was around 20, smoking weed and watching YouTube at night, I stumbled across some old Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown episodes and tuned in. I fell in love with the melting pot of cultures and later that year I booked a flight to Chiang Mai in Thailand (off a minimum wage job), which was the furthest I’ve ever gone from home. During my time there, I laughed, made friends despite usually not being social, trained and watched Thai boxing, ate in poor family owned restaurants, and I felt a great deal of hope for my life. Since then I’ve fell in love with travel and experiencing different cultures, and I haven’t felt insecure about my looks or other superficial things in the same way that I used to since this switch happened.


If I'm an advocate for anything, it's to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. The extent to which you can walk in someone else's shoes or at least eat their food, it's a plus for everybody.

Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.


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Bro discovered geomaxxing
 
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I spent most of my life feeling dull and bitter, until one night when I was around 20, smoking weed and watching YouTube at night, I stumbled across some old Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown episodes and tuned in. I fell in love with the melting pot of cultures and later that year I booked a flight to Chiang Mai in Thailand (off a minimum wage job), which was the furthest I’ve ever gone from home. During my time there, I laughed, made friends despite usually not being social, trained and watched Thai boxing, ate in poor family owned restaurants, and I felt a great deal of hope for my life. Since then I’ve fell in love with travel and experiencing different cultures, and I haven’t felt insecure about my looks or other superficial things in the same way that I used to since this switch happened.


If I'm an advocate for anything, it's to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. The extent to which you can walk in someone else's shoes or at least eat their food, it's a plus for everybody.

Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.


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Read every molecule

Mirin OP
 
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how do you experience these cultures OP?
By speaking to people, watching and participating in sports, both eating and cooking food, and trying to be a traveller rather than a tourist
 
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Holy fuck i'm mirin so hard.
Awsome thread. So happy for you :feelsgood:
I gotta cashmaxx so i can travel a bunch when i'm older.
Read every molecule

Mirin OP
 
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By speaking to people, watching and participating in sports, both eating and cooking food, and trying to be a traveller rather than a tourist
women experience it differently
 
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@satangoy ts so cool

Jfl i always talked abt where we wanna travel with my ex.

You ever wanna visit kazakhstan?
 
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did you have tons of cheap sex?
 
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did you have tons of cheap sex?
No I met a girl at home around the time I made this realisation and she became my oneitis, now we’re in LTR and travel together
 
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by getting fucked by locals
True lol, many men also travel to fuck locals. If that’s what you’re into then why not
 
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No I met a girl at home around the time I made this realisation and she became my oneitis, now we’re in LTR and travel together
Fuck bro that's so awsome and wholesome.
You lifemog 95% of people probably.
 
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Fuck bro that's so awsome and wholesome.
You lifemog 95% of people probably.
Prioritise happiness bro and it’ll all fall into place. There are many parts of my life that aren’t the best, for instance I’m about to finish college and can’t really code so I’m tryna speedrun learning that lmao
 
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I spent most of my life feeling dull and bitter, until one night when I was around 20, smoking weed and watching YouTube at night, I stumbled across some old Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown episodes and tuned in. I fell in love with the melting pot of cultures and later that year I booked a flight to Chiang Mai in Thailand (off a minimum wage job), which was the furthest I’ve ever gone from home. During my time there, I laughed, made friends despite usually not being social, trained and watched Thai boxing, ate in poor family owned restaurants, and I felt a great deal of hope for my life. Since then I’ve fell in love with travel and experiencing different cultures, and I haven’t felt insecure about my looks or other superficial things in the same way that I used to since this switch happened.


If I'm an advocate for anything, it's to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. The extent to which you can walk in someone else's shoes or at least eat their food, it's a plus for everybody.

Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.


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