Hi reddit community!

I'm looking for a bit of advice. I'm planning a solo backpacking holiday for next year and I'm debating whether to go to Vietnam or the Philippines. I love hiking, exploring mountains and volcanoes, experiencing local culture, adventure activities, learning about history, beaches (although not too much- don't want an exclusively beach - orientated holiday). I love going off the beaten path. Does anyone have any opinions on the two? Or any other countries they would think would be more suitable? I'm open to any suggestions! I'll likely be going for 3 weeks/ 1 month, travelling from the UK. I have a driving licence, but not sure how id fare driving in chaotic traffic.

Let me know please!

Hello Reddit community!

We are 3 travellers from the UK. We have travelled to cape Verde and planned to do island hopping using BestFly. However, after paying nearly €1000 for our flights, we were notified that all flights were cancelled and BestFly were pulling out of service in cape Verde. We have since flown with Cape Verde Airlines, who have provided us with great service (highly recommended on the whole). My question is, how should we go about receiving our refund? BestFly (we call them WorstFly) customer service have proven to be absolutely useless and I can see them denying us a refund, which is completely unjust. Is anyone else in the same situation/ has gone through this? What did you do? Any advice would be a great help!

Hello fellow redditors!

I hope all is well! I am heading over to Cuba from the UK in February for about 3 weeks and I want to explore as much of this beautiful island as I can. Because of this, I am looking to travel between Havana and Santiago de Cuba or other eastern cities such as Holguin. My question is: What is the best way to travel between these destinations? I am not opposed to getting an internal flight (if it's not too expensive.)

If anyone has done this before what would you recommend? If it is flights, how would I go about booking these? Any relevant info on transportation would be greatly appreciated!

Sam

I never usually post things on Reddit but I thought this might be a good place to get some advice. I've seen a few people post similar things to this before and I don't really know where else to turn so here we are.

I am a master's graduate in the field of Neuroscience (specifically neuropathology) and in April last year I got accepted onto a funded PhD in my field at a top 10 uni in the UK. I was pretty much on top of the world at the time. However, since the start of my PhD I have struggled significantly (covid didn't help). I am based at a hospital where there are pretty much no other PhD students, my supervisor is extremely difficult to deal with and has pretty much made my life hell. He likes things done a specific way and if it isnt, he can get quite angry. Because of this, my confidence, my lab work and ultimately my mental health has deteriorated, leading me to start seeing therapists etc. Needless to say, my work hasnt been up to standard. This has all culminated this week with me being advised by my supervisor that I am only going to get a Masters of Research (MRes) from my time here.

Although a big blow to me, I can kind of see the sense in it as I honestly couldn't see myself sticking it out for 3.5 years here. But I kind of don't know where to go from here- I can't move home as my mum can't afford to keep me there, and I don't know what job is going to take a student with a failed PhD. Anyway regardless, I have no idea what I want to do. I spent my whole life so sure this is the correct route for me to take, now that it's gone I don't know what there is.

Besides being a good place to rant, I'd also like to ask the community if anyone has had an experience like this and if so what happened? What did you do next?

Hi all,

We're currently looking for a couple more shit-house footballers who don't take themselves too seriously to join our weekly 5-aside at Goals, Queens Park on Southside. It's fairly relaxed and just a bit of a laugh. If you're interested drop a reply on this or private message me!

Morning all,

Anyone in the subreddit fancy some casual 5-aside football at Queen's Park (Southside) starting from this Wednesday? Looking for a couple more players.

Drop a comment/PM me if you're interested. We're all shit and unfit so any skill or fitness level is welcome. Will be doing this on a weekly basis from here on out.

Is anyone in the subreddit interested in setting up some 5-aside football? I am new in Glasgow (I moved here last week) and I'm looking to set up some chilled out games, hopefully on a weekly basis. I'm not a bad player, but I smoked a lot during uni so my fitness is shite. So anyone is welcome really!