I need to head to East Asia soon and mongolia keeps calling out to me.

Hashtag yurt life

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        Apparently you can rent a campervan and there is a ton of campgrounds. Only catch it’s illegal to park for free anywhere.

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          I rented a campervan in Iceland and the campgrounds are frequent and not very expensive. The problem is that they’re very crowded so there is literally zero solitude at least where we wandered. It stinks that you can’t just drive down a dirt road and pick a spot away from the crowds like in the US but it was still awesome.

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              Iceland is not very big. It’s about the same size as Ohio in the US. There are also very few trees. Plenty of open space but not many trees. It seems like the best way to beat the crowds is to wander off the beaten path in an off road capable vehicle but our van was not allowed on those “roads”.

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                That’s definitely mercator-map brain on my side, thanks!

                The vehicle restrictions are really good to know about, was your van too wide for the roads?

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                  No it wasn’t about the size, it was because the van didn’t have 4wd or high clearance. The off-road “roads” I believe are called F roads if I remember correctly and the Icelandic government doesn’t allow normal vehicles to drive on them.

  • nylo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Japan! because it’s awesome!

    gonna do a backpacking trip wandering with the cherry blossoms. do they usually start in the south and go north or are the predictions for next year abnormal?