OP, the people you mentioned are not passport bros - they’re DNs like yourself. This sub has 2.3 million followers and the passportbro sub has like 20k followers. Do the math.

What’s ruined many foreign spots was the ability to work remote after covid.

OP - you gotta go to Paris and see her again. No ifs and buts. Life is too short to not go this.

It’ll be an adventure and a story you’ll tell your grand-children, whether they are through her or someone else you meet later in life.

In a shady location an airport taxi would likely be safer than a street taxi

Sure, but thats a different argument - when a foreigner arrives at an airport, they don’t have the option to decide between an airport taxi and a street taxi.

There have been cases in Manila and Bogota where the foreigner has been robbed whilst in the taxi going to their hotel. No one can be sure if the taxi driver was in cahoots or not. A personal friend of mine arrive in Rome airport and took an airport taxi at an agreed price. The taxi guy then drove him to an ATM and demanded 150 euros. My friend was frightened, had no choice and so did as he was told.

Good thread OP.

The most riskiest part of my journey, when arriving in a new country, is always the transportation between the airport and the accommodation. Esp as many cities have taxi-mafia.

Some of the precautions I take:

1. multiple credit cards, located in different places on my person, in the bag etc.
2. secret hidden pocket
3. emergency cash hidden on my person
4. emergency contacts (for credit cards, banks, etc) sent to myself in an email.
5. all important Word/Excel files stored on the cloud and never on the laptop
6. having two phones

Good luck.

Argentina is ENORMOUS. If you’re from Europe, its literally like going from Scandinavia to South of Italy.

I know BA and Foz de Iguazu well. BA is great. Modern. European. Cheap. Exciting.

Next time I’ll visit Mandoza, Cordoba, Patagonia etc.

Argentina is like a European country located in South America. Its a good place to start if you’ve never been to LatAm before.

From BA, you can catch a 2 hour ferry ride to Montevideo, Uruguay.

Yes, very much possible.

In Colombia, you can have a menu-del-dia lunch for around $3. A nice-ish meal in a restaurant like Crepes y Waffles would be $10. I stayed in hostels, so not sure of Abnb prices.

In Argentina, its just as cheap - inflation is over 150% a year though so that’s brings a few practical problems, like menu prices literally changing every week. Great country, lovely people, and excellent steaks and red wine. Metro in Buenos Aires was ridiculously cheap at like 15 cents a ride.

In both countries, uber is cheap.

Not been to Brazil.

Noted. You make a valid point. In fact, Istanbul is about as bad as it gets when it comes to unwanted male attention.

But Albania seems different - there’s lots of pork being sold and alcohol is widely available. They seem to have a very different approach to things than the likes of Egyptians and Moroccans.

Not female, but been to Albania - Tirana is as safe as you would want. In fact, women being approached is not the done thing here, as the country is largely Muslim.

Its a sleepy country which is trying to catch up with the rest of Europe.

Americans not realising how loud they speak, when they visit other countries.

Want an honest answer?

Don’t even think about taking a tour for something like that. Just finding different companies which will cater for your requirements will take just as much time as doing it yourself. And it be will damn sight more expense with a tour operator.

This is what I would do if I was in your shoes.

1. have a rough list of countries you want to visit.
2. book a cheap one way flight to the closest one to Stockholm.
3. book a hotel/hostel a day or two before you fly. Only got a couple of nights and then extent if you like it, or change hotel if you don’t.
4. read up on what to do/see in said country/City. Takes a couple of hours of Googling.
5. enjoy new country/city. If you like it, stay longer than planned. If you don’t, then move earlier than planned.
6. rinse and repeat above steps for next country.

I’ve done this for several months, across several continents, multiple times and its the best way to travel. I’ve made temp friends along the way, fallen in love, and cried on the airplane as I’m leaving.

Best way to live.

Good luck.

Once the money is in the uk bank account then you can simply transfer it onto your Wise, Revolut or any other international bank account.

You currently live in the UK - you must have a UK bank account no? If so, then just receive payment there.

On the streets.