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I want to live in Shikoku for two months. I’d like Shikoku, because of its beautiful nature, and preserved culture and tradition. Has anyone been there? Where could I base myself, apart from the 4 big cities (prefecture capitals)? I’d ideally like a town, 10 - 50.000 people population. Anyone with an idea? Thanks!

Hi,
I wondered how everybody deals with getting data on their phone in each country they travel. Is there a way around it? It is always such a pain having to buy and activate sim cards everywhere. I have tried the company “worldsim” and had an international sim for a while, but they where terrible and ended up to be super expensive.

I’m planning on 6 weeks in Chiang Mai soon and most of the stuff I’ve read about finding a place there says the best thing to do is to look in person. Considering the short time I’m there, I would prefer to prebook to say a couple of days of apartment hunting.

I was wondering about the options for short(ish) term accommodation and if pre-booking is worthwhile or if I’ll just get fobbed off with the worst room/apartment available.

I’m just looking for something basic - so long as it has air conditioning. Having a work space would be a definite advantage as would closeness to coffee. Other than that, things like a pool, gym, kitchen aren’t that important to me.

Hello,

My boyfriend and I would like to spend a few months in Italy - nowhere major like Milan, maybe Tuscany region or more south. I’ve been there before, but not in a work capacity. We need decent internet both where we stay (maybe airbnb) and are hoping to find some cafes or work spots around.

I don’t see too much on here about Italy. And it certainly doesn’t make any list of ‘best places for digital nomads’ - so I’m curious about that. Is it a bad spot for people like us that survive off of the internet? Is it not reliable?

I appreciate any insights from your experiences!

Hello, i have been moving around with just a couple of suitcases and that was easy, just find a nice coworking space and pay a lot for a room on AirBnB and you can visit a lot of places.

My problem now is that i have been living in a flat for a few years, and i cumulated an amount of stuff i don’t necessarily want to get rid of. In other words, this time i want to move my whole base elsewhere, but i am quite confused about how to do that.

I want to move from Germany to Italy, and i guess that i can find a more or less expensive service to move my stuff safely to destination, the problem is that i would like the furniture to arrive after me, and possibly to a destination i don’t know yet.

So, ideally i would load all my stuff on a truck and call back one month later with the address of the house i found in the meantime, but i am not sure that a service like this even exists. If it doesn’t, i will have to go back and forth from my target location, and i will need to carefully plan my moves in order to be in the old place while loading the furniture, and already in the new place when it will arrive.

This sounds unneededly complex. Am i missing anything? How do people relocate?

I’m currently on UpWork, PPH, Guru and Fiverr but it feels like I’m grasping at straws here. It takes a long time to apply for each job and then wait for the reply. Even still, most of the jobs are small and not recurring.

I was wondering if anyone had a recommendation for finding remote jobs (as in ones that are recurring)?

I know of a few out there like remoteok and all the sites it pulls from but they all seem to be jobs for experienced techies. Looking at the job board today I see the word, ‘senior’ and ‘principal’ showing up constantly.

My biggest skill is around video but I can do web development as well as a junior. Does anyone know a platform or group where I could find remote jobs more suited to me?

I appreciate any feedback. Thankyou!

If I stay somewhere for a while I usually get hard bottled bulk water containers, but often I have to rely on cheap plastic water bottles, which isn’t good from both a health and environmental perspective. Have used a drink bottle with a filter but can’t say I trusted it, and it was a little annoying. Any better options in use?

Hi,
This is quite a specific question but can be generic in term of method.
I need to get some time out of Bogota so I can come on the remaining days of my touristic visa in order to enrol in a cheapest university to study Spanish.
So basically going out for 2 weeks, come back, do the papers during the 3 remaining weeks.
I’m trying to find the cheapest flight + hotel combination for this period of time using Nomadlist.
Anybody has a better method/experience?

Hi,
Surprised that this thread does not exist.
If you lose and block your only credit card, what are your other options than going home?
Do you have a specific bank that can send you a new card? Aside from that do you have some tips?

Occasionally I discover some really great tools that make life as a digital nomad orders of magnitude easier or better. Some of the ones I’ve found include:

• Goodbits - for creating curated newsletters
• Hemingway Editor - helping you write better
• Pana - Travel Concierge
• PwC World Tax Summaries - does what it says on the tin

So what products, services, tools, websites or apps have you discovered that have made your life easier or better?

I’m leaving for India in about a month and then headed to Thailand and probably Indonesia. What immunizations should I get, and which ones did you get for these areas. The CDC says Hepatitis A and Typhoid for most and long list for some travelers. I’m also considering a Malaria prevention pill. I will be in India for 10 days and Thailand and Indonesia for about a month.

Any information regarding what other nomads have or have experience with would be greatly appreciated.

Lately I’ve learned little kitesurfing and I’m new in digital nomadism.
I’d like join these exciting things into something. Got idea if there are some digital nomads who like kitesurfing and planned go to somewhere.

I have some locations, where some digital nomads would go:

• Tarifa, Spain
• Montenegro’s Hidden Coastline (Croatia’s Dalmatian coast and Albania)
• Sicilia, Italy
• Lefkada, Greece
• Bay of Roses / Sant Pere Pescador area 1,5 hr away from Barcelona and Castelldefels which is a beachtown-suburb of Barcelona have the best kitesurf conditions + infrastructure after Tarifa in mainland Spain
• Bali, Indonesia (cowork there! http://www.dojobali.org)
• Tenerife, Canary Islands (there was some organized trip lately, http://www.meetup.com/workoff/events/227343513/ for 80€ with flights, coworking-space + activities )

Who is interested to do some kind of calendar or plan something, or is there already some kind of this calendar?

disclaimer, surfers != kitesurfers

Hi to all Nomads living on Ko Samui or Ko Phangan!

Are there any good coworking spaces on the islands of Thailand? (I only found one in Ko Lanta, but nothing on the Eastern islands like Ko Samui or Ko Phangan where I would like to stay.)
If not, what are the best internet cafes to work comfortably and quietly?
How fast and how reliable is the internet connection?

Thanks so much!

Hi guys !

I want to know, as digital nomads, how are you concerned with money transfers ? How do you manage this if you are used to send money to your original country ?

I’d like to switch my bank to something more nomad friendly, because I don’t like my current one for numerous reasons, but I can’t to decide which one would be the best.

Today I saw the Nemea bank via this article. Looking at their website the offer looks awesome: https://www.nemeabank.com/

The only thing that makes me suspicious is the fact that they talk about 3.5% interest rate on 5 years fixed term deposit accounts, which seems awesome, but also too good to be true. I’m no expert, but if a bank tells me they guarantee 3.5% interest I’m suspecting some scam:).

So I’m wondering if somebody has experience with them? I know that currently they have no cards yet, but they plan to offer that soon, and I would be fine to wait until then.

Hi,

any tips, suggestions? It’s for Jan-2015 through March-2015.

I’m ideally looking for a nomad house-style type of setup, in which 4 or more digital nomads all live together in a nice, modern villa. But I’m not sure if there are too many of those around in Canggu.

Otherwise a private room+bathroom or private apt. for around $600-800 will be fine (depending on the speed of the Internet).

Any help or tips are more than welcome : )

I am a software engineer with 4 years of experience. I have been working for several companies in the software business, and I think I’m done with working in an office, 9-5, small talk in the coffee machine, etc. I just can’t stand it anymore. I don’t like the idea of sticking around an office, working there with a lot of distractions and pointless interruptions because I am supposed to be more “productive”.
I am skilled, hard-worker and dedicated. I love being part of a team, and part of a meaningful project in which I believe, and in which I can contribute to a remarkable growth and evolution of a valuable product/service.
I have handled website development of all kinds (mostly AngularJS + Bootstrap in the last year), Android apps, and Java development. I have a quite nice resume and cool projects behind me, and a deep understanding of software projects management (Scrum / Git / testing…)
But I am totally lost in how could I get a job that allows me remote work. I d I have tried looking for jobs in remoteok.io, but when you’re not from US or not willing to be there the opportunities are way less than expected.
I am not looking for a huge salary/conditions, just the chance of working in a project in which I can give my best, while I enjoy an Internet connection from Spain, Slovenia or wherever is my next destination.
If you know how I could start looking for my perfect remote work, or know someone who is looking for someone like me, I say thank you so much in advance.

PD: Sorry if this kind of question is not suitable here, or has been asked before. Please tell me or move it if needed.

We have been racking our brains to source our dream location:

• Surf
• Dive/snorkel
• Rockclimbing
• Nomad working features such as safe, affordable, good internet and cool atmosphere
• Preferably in Asia.

The most obvious choices seem to be in developed countries such as California, Sydney and the Basque region. However we are currently based in Asia and love the bustle of it all.

So far we have come up with a few seasonal options being Taiwan in the right time of year and the Philippines. Sri Lanka might be OK but we aren’t sure on the internet and the climbing doesn’t seem to be near the coast.

Anyone got any suggestions?

Cheers

So, I’m about to become a digital nomad later this year. Right now I’m in the preparation mode and looking for useful information that will help me to achieve living like a digital nomad without having to deal with beginner problems…

I have traveled before, so I have some experiences, but not long term travelling in poor countries. Just been living abroad in several countries in Europe for 3-6 months in the same place. I will visit both South East Asia and South America, so I would like to have some helpful tips about security and how to avoid theft.

So basically, if you’d like to share your experiences: How do you protect your tech gear from theft while travelling?

Looking for a connection I can work from, 2+mb/s would be awesome! Just leaving Seminyak, Bali and heading north to Canggu. I’m desparate for good internet so I can get some work done. I’m a programmer and need to download/upload ~200mb files on the reg. If you have any fast internet spots near Canggu or Ubud, you’d be helping a nomad out!

I have a personal hotspot and love working outside but I’m limited to how much battery my MacBook has. Has anyone used/or is currently using external battery for their MacBook?