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31 May

29d

29 Jun

29 Jun
31 May

Canggu, Bali

30°C

Indonesia

23 May

30 May

30 May
23 May

Beirut

25°C

Lebanon

17 May

22 May

22 May
17 May

Jerusalem

27°C

Israel

9 May

16 May

16 May
9 May

Bethlehem Governorate

Palestine

28 Apr

10d

8 May

8 May
28 Apr

Amman

19°C

Jordan

5 Apr

22d

27 Apr

27 Apr
5 Apr

Sibiu

Romania

2020

20 Dec '20

1mo

19 Jan

19 Jan
20 Dec '20

Lisburn

United Kingdom

20 Nov '20

1mo

20 Dec '20

20 Dec '20
20 Nov '20

Berlin

8°C

Germany

13 Nov '20

20 Nov '20

20 Nov '20
13 Nov '20

Amsterdam

8°C

Netherlands

15 Sep '20

2mo

13 Nov '20

13 Nov '20
15 Sep '20

Berlin

19°C

Germany

26 Mar '20

6mo

16 Sep '20

16 Sep '20
26 Mar '20

Belfast

10°C

United Kingdom

18 Mar '20

26 Mar '20

26 Mar '20
18 Mar '20

Bangkok

35°C

Thailand

21 Jan '20

2mo

18 Mar '20

18 Mar '20
21 Jan '20

Ho Chi Minh City

31°C

Vietnam

12 Jan '20

21 Jan '20

21 Jan '20
12 Jan '20

Cairo

18°C

Egypt

7 Jan '20

12 Jan '20

12 Jan '20
7 Jan '20

Sibiu

Romania

2019

14 Dec '19

24d

7 Jan '20

7 Jan '20
14 Dec '19

Lisburn

United Kingdom

12 Dec '19

14 Dec '19

14 Dec '19
12 Dec '19

New York City, NY

6°C

United States

21 Nov '19

21d

12 Dec '19

12 Dec '19
21 Nov '19

Mexico City

21°C

Mexico

16 Sep '19

2mo

21 Nov '19

21 Nov '19
16 Sep '19

Toronto

21°C

Canada

9 Sep '19

16 Sep '19

16 Sep '19
9 Sep '19

Montreal

20°C

Canada

2018

4 Oct '18

1yr

21 Nov '19

21 Nov '19
4 Oct '18

Toronto

14°C

Canada

1 Aug '18

5 Aug '18

5 Aug '18
1 Aug '18

Boston, MA

26°C

United States

30 Jun '18

2mo

31 Aug '18

31 Aug '18
30 Jun '18

Baltimore, MD

27°C

United States

31 May '18

1mo

30 Jun '18

30 Jun '18
31 May '18

Shelter Island Heights

United States

18 May '18

25 May '18

25 May '18
18 May '18

Hutchinson

United States

2017

3 Dec '17

7 Dec '17

7 Dec '17
3 Dec '17

Paris

9°C

France

27 Oct '17

1 Nov '17

1 Nov '17
27 Oct '17

Dublin

13°C

Ireland

30 Aug '17

3 Sep '17

3 Sep '17
30 Aug '17

New York City, NY

27°C

United States

26 Aug '17

30 Aug '17

30 Aug '17
26 Aug '17

Philadelphia, PA

29°C

United States

21 Aug '17

26 Aug '17

26 Aug '17
21 Aug '17

Niagara Falls

Canada

16 Aug '17

21 Aug '17

21 Aug '17
16 Aug '17

Atlanta, GA

31°C

United States

13 Aug '17

16 Aug '17

16 Aug '17
13 Aug '17

New Orleans, LA

32°C

United States

12 Aug '17

13 Aug '17

13 Aug '17
12 Aug '17

Houston, TX

33°C

United States

6 Aug '17

12 Aug '17

12 Aug '17
6 Aug '17

Austin, TX

35°C

United States

3 Aug '17

6 Aug '17

6 Aug '17
3 Aug '17

Phoenix, AZ

40°C

United States

31 Jul '17

3 Aug '17

3 Aug '17
31 Jul '17

Washington, DC

31°C

United States

31 May '17

2mo

31 Jul '17

31 Jul '17
31 May '17

Ocean City

United States

2016

1 Sep '16

2yr

31 May '18

31 May '18
1 Sep '16

Stirling

United Kingdom

1 Feb '16

8 Feb '16

8 Feb '16
1 Feb '16

Reykjavik

3°C

Iceland

2015

1 Aug '15

14d

15 Aug '15

15 Aug '15
1 Aug '15

Santander

Spain

1998

14 Apr '98

19yr

1 Sep '16

1 Sep '16
14 Apr '98

Belfast

11°C

United Kingdom

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What's the best thing to do with your phone/ your phone number when travelling?

in Poland by @davda1546 | 7mo 7 months ago | 6 comments

Hey, hope everyone is well!

We're leaving in a month to go travelling. Our first destination is still to be confirmed, but will likely be Poland or Slovakia. We will be moving around every month or two to different destinations.

The question we have is: what do people do with phones/ phone numbers when hopping from country to country? Ideally we'd just like one number for the whole trip (even better, the number we already have) wherever we go, rather than getting new SIMs with different numbers.

This is just so it's easier to keep in contact with family/ clients/ etc.

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Lisbon

Portugal

It's great if you're woke, young & artsy. If you're just a regular guy in your 30's with no connections, you'll have a miserable time. Especially during the pandemic. It's not inexpensive and you get offered cocaine every 200 meters in the city center.

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🌧 Feels 19° 66° 19° 67°AQI 27

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Canggu, Bali

Indonesia

Bali is amazing, but Canggu isn't really that great -- actually there are SO MANY better places, like Uluwatu, Gili Islands or even Ubud that I can't understand the hype. As almost everyone said below, beaches are crappy, roads are terrible, sidewalks are non-existent and having a motorbike is a must. On the other side, food is great and cafes are pretty reasonable with all those incredible bowls. Anyway I wouldn't recommend it for more than a week.

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🌥 Feels 37° 99° 30° 85°🥵AQI 50

$1,346 / mo

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Singapore

They say you get what you pay for. After having traveled the previous 4 months in India, Cambodia, VietNam, Myanmar and Thailand, Singapore was so easy! The subway system is a marvel, streets signs were easy to read, everyone speaks English (that just makes it easy for me as an English speaker) it is safe, clean, and parks are gorgeous. I was there as COVID 19 was breaking out fairly fast and that put a damper on my time but I was so happy to be there anyway and plan to go back. For digital

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🌧 Feels 39° 102° 30° 86°🥵AQI 44

$2,908 / mo

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London

United Kingdom

How did you guys classified Penge as rich? It is one of the worst neighbourhood I have ever been in London, the ammount of people I know that have been robbed there is appalling.

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☀️ Feels 14° 57° 14° 56°AQI 54

$4,249 / mo

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Budapest

Hungary

I stayed here for a month in July last year. There's lots of cool aspects to the city but I hated it when I was there. The city has a problem with British stag parties, so if you look like you're a British male and speak English expect to be treated with disdain (it's fair enough) The Hungarians can just generally be unfriendly, especially bartenders. It's a weird experience waiting to be served while 3 people ignore you. Or buying the same drink and getting charged whatever they want (700-1500

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☀️ Feels 13° 55° 13° 56°AQI 60

$1,502 / mo

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Ubud, Bali

Indonesia

Honestly, this is an awesome place to be if you're actually trying to get work done. It's a bit of an older vibe than Canggu, and there's certainly a big chunk of yogi's kicking around — but I liked it much better than Canggu and found it less pretentious. Plus, you can drive down there in 45mins whenever you want some beach or party vibes. As others mentioned, there's some great coworking spaces, cheap warungs, some really nice spots to stay cheaply if you go just outside of the mad tourist

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🌥 Feels 34° 93° 29° 84°AQI 27

$1,786 / mo

13Mbps

Barcelona

Spain

Lived in Barcelona for a year and a half. I would agree that the weather is perfect and Barcelona does have a great tech scene as well as food and has everything landscape and lifestyle wise that you could think of. Bureaucracy isn't too bad if you nip it in the bu** early and have patience. Also, some clubs are free. (Jamboree!). The metro is also, very efficient with red and purple being the busiest lines. Very walkable city too. Plenty of opportunity to meet people as well. The beaches are ok

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☀️ Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 35

$3,164 / mo

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Prague

Czechia

I visited Prague on more than one occasion and tried something new each time. I really wanted to enjoy it, but unfortunately it turned out to be one of my least favourite cities. Perhaps it was just me, but there was an overwhelming sense of distrust and dislike towards foreigners, you have to try pretty hard to blend in if you want to experience the life of a local & avoid the tourism. I met some wonderful people and and there’s some cool communities to be part of, but another extended stay

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🌥 Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 53

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Berlin

Germany

Berlin is overall a great city to be. Food is cheap and everywhere, easy to go out and have fun/meet for business. Rent has crept up but still far better value than where I came from. Internet: 36 EUR/month get me 450/40 mbps (cable -> DOCSIS 3.0) Public transport is 2.70 EUR/ticket. No woman I know has said they felt unsafe. Some really odd, xenophobic sounding comments on here. Biggest downsides IMO: service quality at restaurants - not that people are rude, but they don't seem to particular

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🌥 Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 49

$3,020 / mo

34Mbps

Singapore

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💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 Internet 🚀 Super fast

😀 Fun good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 39° 102° 30° 86°🥵AQI 44

$2,908 / mo

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Cape Town

South Africa

Beautiful place but the crime is really bad. You can't really enjoy it at night and you have to be constantly aware of your surroundings. Im not sure how this ended up in the top 10 on NomadList.

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🌥 Feels 20° 68° 19° 66°AQI 58

$1,851 / mo

11Mbps

Ubud, Bali

Indonesia

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

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🌥 Feels 34° 93° 29° 84°AQI 27

$1,786 / mo

13Mbps

Seoul

South Korea

Seoul is an amazing experience. Even though it's a massive city, it's thoroughly Korean rather than cosmopolitan and overflowing with authentic local culture. It's extremely clean, modern and futuristic with neon lights and flashing screens everywhere. The modern architecture in this city is impressive and beautiful. It wouldn't take much to convince yourself that you've travelled 100 years into the future. The food is amazing and you have to try Korean barbecue at least once if you visit this

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🌤 Feels 21° 70° 20° 68°AQI 76😷

$2,365 / mo

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Moscow

Russia

You can have MGTS landline internet 500mbps for $10/mo. Only swiss products in groceries, no EU due to current sanctions. Really cheap life, if you are rich i'd recommend AzbukaVkusa groceries. A lot of expensive restaurants.

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🌧 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 55

$1,847 / mo

21Mbps

Stockholm

Sweden

I absolutely love living in this city. It's very clean, safe and things generally always work! This is something I miss when I travel to other cities in Europe and rest of the world. Also co-working spaces are growing tons. Though night life might be pretty "boring", it truly is what you make it. Get to know other expats and friends through meetups or friend of a friend, and you'll have an awesome time here!

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🌥 Feels 5° 41° 7° 45°AQI 34

$3,751 / mo

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Tokyo

Japan

Tokyo has so much to offer and so much to do. It is easily overwhelming. Whereas I usually take my first week to explore a place Tokyo’s sights just kept on going. I remember ending up in a hidden cocktail bar, a mexican rooftop party with 1 meter margaritas, spending a whole day going only to French places(?), visiting a store that only imported 2nd hand hiphop apparel, and throughout it all the best michelin star ramen. It just seemed endless, completely unrelated and incredibly fun. Six wee

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☀️ Feels 18° 64° 18° 65°AQI 36

$3,325 / mo

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United Kingdom

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☀️ Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°AQI 34

21yr

$3,915 / mo

27Mbps

Canada

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🌥 Feels 10° 50° 12° 53°AQI 26

1yr

$2,970 / mo

24Mbps

United States

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🌥 Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 34

7mo

$3,192 / mo

45Mbps

Germany

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☀️ Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 44

3mo

$2,956 / mo

34Mbps

Vietnam

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🌤 Feels 41° 106° 31° 87°🥵AQI 60

2mo

$960 / mo

13Mbps

Romania

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🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 58°AQI 31

23d

$1,518 / mo

38Mbps

Mexico

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🌥 Feels 27° 81° 27° 80°AQI 72

21d

$1,524 / mo

13Mbps

Spain

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🌥 Feels 19° 66° 19° 67°AQI 23

14d

$2,836 / mo

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Berlin

Germany

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🌥 Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 49

$3,020 / mo

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Belfast

United Kingdom

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🌥 Feels 12° 54° 13° 55°AQI 46

$3,001 / mo

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New York City, NY

United States

I've lived in New York City - Brooklyn - for over 20 years. For visiting tourists, the best neighborhood to stay in is NOT Bushwick. Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Ft. Green or Brooklyn Heights is preferable. Plenty of good transportation in those areas - subway, buses or Uber. Easy access to beaches in Long Island and New Jersey. There's plenty to do in NYC. Great restaurants, Broadway plays (!), and in the summer you frequently can catch a free concert.

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☀️ Feels 13° 55° 14° 58°AQI 13

$4,876 / mo

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Toronto

Canada

Much nicer than people would have you think. Too many locals seem to be under the impression that it's the busiest, most expensive city in the world. These people clearly haven't travelled much. Not saying it's cheap, but for a big city in an English speaking country it's about what you'd expect, if not cheaper. Pros: - Hot humid summers, gorgeous orange autumns, cold snowy winters. If you like distinct seasons this is a great place to be. Winter is about 4-5 months, from Nov-Mar. Ignore every

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☀️ Feels 12° 54° 13° 55°AQI 30

$3,368 / mo

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Bangkok

Thailand

Don't believe the prices on here for an apartment. 686 usd/month refers to an apartment in a high class condo, right in the city centre and seconds away from the BTS(train station). Just remember this, people working at supermarkets make 2 usd/per hour. If you want to live like a local, then you can save a lot of money. If you don't mind a 5-10 minute walk from the BTS, then you can easily get a one bedroom apartment for 300 USD per month, in a high class condo, plus with free golf cart ser

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🌥 Feels 47° 117° 35° 95°🥵AQI 76😷

$1,419 / mo

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Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnam

Only thing to add is that in general Saigon has terrible walkability. I love Saigon, lived there for 3 years. But motorbikes are always parked on the sidewalks so you constantly have to step onto the road which is a little hair raising. And if it's not motorbikes then there are restaurant tables scattered across the pavement. Plus the pavement is almost always cracked. I'm a pretty chill person. But going for a random walk in Saigon always leaves me kind of irritated after a while. Of course the

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🌧 Feels 43° 109° 31° 87°🥵AQI 56

$975 / mo

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Cairo

Egypt

I stayed in Cairo for a week as a solo female (21 years old). I was followed a lot and cat-called / asked for a 'view' or a kiss every 5 minutes even though I was completely covered up, so this is definitely not a place for the faint hearted. It was never with malicious intent though (no one forced themselves on me or even tried to mug me), the culture is just very different than western culture. Whilst they're pushy, they won't do anything unless you let them. It took a couple of days for me to

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💵 Cost 😝 Cheap

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🌥 Feels 28° 82° 28° 83°AQI 58

$843 / mo

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Mexico City

Mexico

If you stay in Roma or Polanco you'll be fine. Mexico City was a little too chaotic for my taste, but also had some really beautiful and cool neighborhoods and a must visit if you find yourself in the middle of Mexico. Uber runs here so that makes it easy to get around. It can be as cheap or expensive as you want it to be, a decent hostel will run you $15 - $20/night. I cook many of my meals and prefer to splurge at nice restaurants a few nights a week vs eating at cheap places for every meal

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🌥 Feels 25° 77° 26° 78°AQI 91😷

$1,502 / mo

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