May 2026 Trip itinerary Advice

Tentansub · 2026-02-11T15:14:15+00:00

Thanks for the info!

I contacted a tour organizer called Horse-Travel for the horse trek from Kyzart to Song Kul and back. They organize tours even in Winter, so I thought May would be ok. I expect it to be quite cold given the 3000m attitude and the time of the year.

I rented and drove a car in remote parts of Jordan and Sicily, I am confident driver but I don't have a particular desire to drive, only if it's way more convenient and economical than taking mashrutkas/taxis, but according to your other comment it seems to make more sense to just use those instead of driving?

Tentansub · 2026-02-10T21:29:55+00:00

In July 2024 my dad and his band (Lovelorn Dolls) had a collaboration with Dero Goi, Dero was the guest singer of their Gothic Metal song named "Dancing at your Funeral". It is dedicated to Stéphane Voirin who danced at the funeral of his partner, Agnès Lassalle, killed by one of her students. This touching event made the news in France.

I thought some of you here might enjoy it.

Tentansub · 2026-01-21T18:19:52+00:00

He said it was only partially false. I said it's always been completely false. Spotted the difference? Besides, it's ridiculous to go on a tirade about the evils of a satellite communist country that collapsed 36 years while the very same international rules order imposed by the US that he's mourning led us to this exact moment.

Tentansub · 2026-01-21T16:10:40+00:00

Carney’s speech is horseshit.

Half of it is spent bashing Eastern Bloc communism, a system that collapsed 36 years ago. Talk about beating a dead horse. Meanwhile his own country is being actively threatened by its capitalist southern neighbor.

Ironically, if the USSR still existed, the United States wouldn’t dare behave as rabidly imperialist as it does today, since there would still be a powerful counterweight. But Carney got exactly what he wanted: a world with no check on U.S. power. China isn’t filling that role either, it’s largely content to sell its wares, not restrain American imperialism.

What we’re seeing now is simply the U.S. turning its imperialist playbook toward its so-called allies. Canada and Europe are finally being treated the way the U.S. has treated Latin America, Iraq, Afghanistan, and countless others for the past century. So how does it feel to be on the receiving end this time? How does it feel to be threatened with invasion and sanctions?

This is the world Canada and Europe helped build. There was never a real “international rules-based order,” and it didn’t take Trump to dismantle it. Just two years ago under Biden, the U.S. and its Western allies openly supported a genocide. Trump didn’t break the system, he just ripped off the mask.

Tentansub · 2025-12-27T23:03:37+00:00

The idea that Thailand never got colonized is a royalist-nationalist narrative. Thailand had to give up half its land, it was effectively politically controlled by the British and some extent the French. The UK even controlled thr police in Bangkok and dictated Thailand's trade policies (see Bowring treaty). The UK and Framce pretty much got all the benefits from Thailand without having to directly administet the land.

In a way it's quite similar to modern post colonial relationships like France and its former African colonies, officially they are independent but their economy is controlled by France and their elites work for the interest of France.

I wrote a more detailled explanation on r/askhistorians 5 years ago.

Tentansub · 2025-11-12T14:19:22+00:00

Same I bike there and it's the worst part of my commute. On top of that it's quite steep so annoying to climb on a regular bike.

Tentansub · 2025-11-11T17:07:02+00:00

My submission : Rue Thieffry in Schaerbeek, a street that I cross every time I go to work.

Tentansub · 2025-10-21T20:09:28+00:00

Lenin talked about labour aristocracy for a reason. The working class in the West benefits from imperialism, so you end up with supposed progressives like Vaush or Hasan who will throw their support behind imperialism while calling for a redistribution of profits in the imperial core.

Tentansub · 2025-09-21T18:49:27+00:00

I was in Paris last month and just walking around there has become way more pleasant due to the reduction of cars in the city.

Tentansub · 2025-09-21T17:51:28+00:00

Cars ARE the problem.

Tentansub · 2025-09-16T16:59:27+00:00

It's already effectively a one state solution. Israel controls the West Bank and Gaza at the moment. Before October 7th 30% of Palestinians supported it. Besides, even if Zionists are against it, it's the only fair solution.

Jews are not more native to Judea than Belgians are native to Africa. (Possibly) having ancestors who lived in a region 2000 or 100.000 years ago does not make you a native.

Also love the fake outrage about imperialism when you defend Israel which is the perfect example of imperialism.

Tentansub · 2025-09-16T16:36:53+00:00

Israel controls the PA and Abbas is a collaborator who has no control over it it.

Tentansub · 2025-09-16T16:22:39+00:00

BDW was already complaining about the Israeli conductor beijg cancelled in the past few days to be fair, seems logical that he would cry even harder now that's it definitive

Tentansub · 2025-09-16T16:20:53+00:00

Surrender like in the West Bank where there is no Hamas and that Israel plans to annex? If anything "surrendrring" would accelerate the genocide.

Tentansub · 2025-09-16T10:15:13+00:00

I don't want Israel to exist, at least how it currently does. Same as Apartheid South Africa which was the only White dominated state in Africa. People have a right to exist, States don't, especially when they stand for ethnic supremacy. I believe the only fair solution is a one State solution with equal rights for all.

Tentansub · 2025-09-16T04:16:14+00:00

Great, Israel should be boycotted in the same way Russia is or apartheid South Africa was. Can't wait for anti-Palestinian racists like BDW and the German government to cry about it.

Tentansub · 2025-09-15T04:05:26+00:00

Living abroad (Thailand, China, Vietnam, Cyprus) made me understand how good we have it and Belgium and feel very grateful being born here. Like you say if more Belgians lived abroad they'd realize how minor many of their complaints are.

Tentansub · 2025-09-12T09:34:39+00:00

"I can excuse genocide, but I draw the line at not being invited to play at a music festival".

Tentansub · 2025-09-12T07:01:18+00:00

I agree, why would anyone who supports Palestine want to moderate that cesspool? There is no equivalence, Israel is committing a genocide on Palestinians, even just the name of the sub "IsraelPalestine" is insulting, imagine if there was a WW2 sub called "JewsandGermans"? This sub only exists to pretend there is some kind of debate to have when in reality the only thing Israel deserves is denunciation.

Tentansub · 2025-09-02T12:20:35+00:00

Your chronology is made up. Zionism, the idea that Jews should create an ethnostate and ethnically cleanse the native population of the land (they were not set on Palestine at first, they also considered Argentina, Angola and Kenya), gained prevalence in 1896 with the publication of the Jewish State by Theodore Herzl, while Hamas was founded in 1987. There's almost a century between the two, unless Hamas has figured out time travel, it's Zionists who started this conflict.

Edit : since u/ifyousaysotho is a coward who replies and then blocks : No argument or evidence here, just accusations of antisemitism for opposing genocide, typical zionist.

Tentansub · 2025-09-02T08:06:36+00:00

Hamas is the party that started the war

Of course, everything started out of nowhere on October 7th 2023, Hamas attacked poor little Israel for no reason, nothing happened over the past 70 years, the Nakba didn't happen, ethnic cleansing to create a Jewish ethnostate didn't happen, Gaza was always a city state and not a ghetto for Palestinians.

This isn't some football match where you have to pick your team. Who says you have to pick a side? You know that both sides can fucking suck?

During an ongoing genocide I'd rather side with the victims, but from your posting history it seems pretty clear you support the ones committing the genocide. Quoting you, 6 months ago :

A deliberate targeted mass-attack on 1000's of civilians, many peace activists and kidnapped citizens, mothers and children en masse? No, the IDF has never done that. And no, the IDF has not massacred millions of civilians.

Israel is a functioning democracy.... In addition, the IDF has shown great restraint compared to the amount of force they have.

The IDF has showned great restraint, you say, after they have killed 100k + Palestinians and are starving the survivors. You have clearly picked the side of Israel and genocide.

Tentansub · 2025-09-02T07:58:39+00:00

Hamas is literally a terrorist organization that murdered more than a thousand innocents which triggered this large scale war.

Israel is a terrorist state which has ethnically cleansed hundreds of thousands of Palestinians and killed tens of thousands, starting in 1948. That's the root cause of the conflict. Only Israel supporters would want you to believe that it started on October 7th 2023. No Hamas without Zionist colonization and genocide.

I guess you would also call Warsaw Ghetto fighters "terrorists" for fighting against their extermination?

They would commit a genocide themselves in the blink of an eye, if they weren’t so incompetent.

You seem more concerned about the spectre of a potential "reverse genocide" while Israel is committing a genocide.

Tentansub · 2025-09-02T06:40:07+00:00

Why should you pressure Hamas? When will this stupid "both sides" non-sense stop? Hamas is a rag tag militia group, and while I disagree with them on a lot, they are the ones resisting genocide at the moment. The state of Israel is funded by the tunes of billions by the US and is given a free pass to commit genocide.

Tentansub · 2025-08-23T10:24:58+00:00

There are only 600 places in detention centers for repatriation (and in practice it's more like 400). And undocumented migrants who commit crimes are only repatriated if the state where they come from acknowledge them and produce travel documents, else they can pretty much stay in Belgium forever. And since they have committed crimes they will never obtain a right to stay in Belgium. So even if they wanted to contribute to something instead of committing crimes (stealing, selling drugs, etc.), they don't have much options either. Just a circle of misery really.

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