Pixel

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Best cities in South America to see on a layover?

I'm able to book up to 4 layovers of ~20-24 hours each in South America and I'm looking for cities that have large regional airports, decent city-to-airport transit infrastructure, and have stuff to do in the evenings and late mornings. Safety is relative but bonus points for places where tourists aren't casually mugged on a...

Pixel OP ,

Honestly, that's a fair comment. It might be an ambitious thing to ask.

Increase your Linux Server Internet Speed with TCP BBR Congestion-Control ( www.cyberciti.biz )

I recently found this on Reddit while looking into why jellyfin is effected so much by latency. I found that this worked and thought I would share it because it is generally applicable, takes five minutes to setup, and helps a lot with bandwidth on higher latency connections. I admit I am not sure of the technical stuff behind...

Pixel ,

Cool writeup. I remember implementing BBR many years ago when I was trying to bypass the Great Firewall for an extended stay. Helped deal greatly with the huge congestion on Chinanet backbone at the time, but it's less of an issue these days now that foreigners can use CN2.

Pixel ,

The great firewall situation was always interesting, because if you would use a roaming Sim, then you will be able to access anything

Roaming SIMs work because the APN sets a network routing path outside of China.

Pixel OP ,

Highly recommend it, especially between the edges of off-season and shoulder season. I went to Fukushima and was basically one of two tourists in town (the other being a Rwandan artist-in-residence). When I was in Sendai in January, the most touristed attraction (Sendai Castle ruins) couldn't have had more than 40 visitors, and I remember taking a $10 airport limo bus to the hotel meant for 55 travelers, and I was the only one on it. I've made it a goal to visit Akita and Aomori in the future.

Pixel OP ,

I'd say it counts so long as they aren't basically closing for the off-season.

Pixel OP ,

Not sure that counts - there's like 4 hotels in the whole area.

Pixel OP ,

I'm surprised I guess, BRQ airport has seasonal connections across Europe...

Pixel OP ,

I think I'm going to need a source for that...

On top of that, there's little tourism infrastructure in Mogadishu so I doubt that. There's basically Omar and Ali's Visit Mogadishu outfit and his guest house, and that's really about it.

Pixel OP ,

None of these sources point to tourism promotion in Mogadishu.

Pixel OP ,

This is a great find. I remember about a year ago, people were speculating that Air Greenland was going to become a partner of Air Canada - my hopes were dashed when that didn't materialize.

Pixel OP ,

I liked getting the Sendai Area Pass and just taking the Loopie bus. It was a pretty good value and in many of the smaller attractions, I was the only tourist there that day (like the Sankyozawa 100-Year Electric History Center).

It made it pretty easy to see Sendai in two days. The only thing that was closed in the winter that I would've liked to see were the University of Tohoku's botanical gardens (not that there aren't other botanical gardens I couldn't have gone to).

I really enjoyed Gyutan too (beef tongue) too. I don't know if I got to try high-quality beef but I definitely enjoyed the food.

Pixel OP ,

I tend to run pretty hot. Right before I visited Japan in January, I was in Southeast Asia and dying from the heat. The locals told me it was the coolest time of the year yet I was struggling to survive... I am partial to a mild winter I guess.

Pixel OP ,

My guilty pleasure is watching those YouTube videos of people vacationing at absurdly cheap caravan parks, and the general vibe I get is that these places are pretty run down but are surprisingly adequate if all you're looking to do is get away from town. Low-cost European carriers have definitely done a number on a lot of domestic UK resorts though - they simply aren't competitive for the reasons you've stated.

What destinations are experiencing "undertourism"?

I'm curious to learn about places around the globe that have a significant amount of underutilized tourism infrastructure. In many cases, I suspect that governments are propping up unsustainable tourism operators or investing in tourism with a "build it and they will come" mentality....

Pixel OP ,

NGL I’m in this thread for hidden gem places because crowds are awful and part of the reason I don’t travel.

I completely agree with you. I didn't really want to obliquely complain about "tourism" in general, the same way that complaining about traffic is an oxymoron - because if you're stuck in traffic, you ARE traffic.

By the time that a hidden gem gets out, it isn't long before it gets overtouristed and the crowds ruin it for me. Think Portugal - amazing country, but I could already start to see the negative impacts that my presence and tourism was having on Lisbon because I was one of the many that started arriving once Conde Naste Traveler and all the other travel publications started pitching Portugal as the must-see hidden gem. I didn't feel like I left my comfort zone at all - pretty much everything catered to tourists in some way.

On top of that, because of frequent flyer miles, I do have the option to getting to some of these places pretty reasonably cheaply since cash fares to some of these places are pretty silly.

Pixel OP ,

This response definitely took me by surprise too. I've heard it described as one of the most overrated, overtouristed places in Southeast Asia.

Pixel OP ,

I'd love to see that video if you end up remembering which vlogger it was.

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