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30 Mar '19

7mo

12 Oct '19

12 Oct '19
30 Mar '19

Juba

36°C

South Sudan

24 Mar '19

29 Mar '19

29 Mar '19
24 Mar '19

Kigali

26°C

Rwanda

2018

24 Oct '18

5mo

23 Mar '19

23 Mar '19
24 Oct '18

Muizenberg

South Africa

23 Jul '18

3mo

24 Oct '18

24 Oct '18
23 Jul '18

Sliema

29°C

Malta

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Introduce yourself — who are you, where are you and what do you do?

by @coffeeshopceo | 9mo 8 months ago | 672 comments

tl;dr: introduce yourself in this thread.

We must all get sick of the same backpacker travel questions when we meet new friends, I know I do.

You know the ones - where are you from, where’ve you been, where are you going, what do you do, how long have you been doing it - etc.

The novelty of answering these questions wears off after maybe a week, but they’re nonetheless insightful and no matter how much we hate them, we find ourselves asking others.

So let’s bring the dreaded backpacker questionnaire to NomadForum and introduce ourselves shall we?

what’s your name?
where are you from?
how long have you been away from home?
what do you do?
where are you currently?
where are you going?
what has been memorable for you so far?
will you go home anytime soon?
what have you learnt during your time as a nomad?
[insert your own question here]

No need to answer them all if you don’t want to
But the more you share… The merrier!

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Andorra as a break from the schengen?

in Andorra by @gigigriffis | 3yr 2 years ago | 1 comment

Nomads who bounce around Europe: Has anyone tried to use Andorra as their non-schengen time? I’ve read that you don’t get a stamp at the border, so I’m guessing if you wanted to do this you’d need to go to a govt office for a stamp? Is this even possible? If you’ve done this, would love to hear your experience!

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✨ Recommended destinations

This is an algorithmic recommendation based on @disasterrelief's trips history to find places they haven't been to yet that other people with similar travels as them also went and liked.

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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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 Internet 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun great

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 21° 70° 20° 69°AQI 56

$2,121 / mo

28Mbps

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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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

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🌧 Feels 37° 99° 30° 86°🥵AQI 43

$1,342 / mo

22Mbps

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 39° 102° 32° 90°🥵AQI 56

$1,424 / mo

27Mbps

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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💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

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🌧 Feels 13° 55° 13° 55°AQI 22

$3,008 / mo

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Chiang Mai

Thailand

Chiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really cheap apartments (300-400$) and restaurants (2-3$ for a main). Wouldn't recommend staying there during the burning season. The best area is Nimman, but it's also the most expensive. You can stay in the old city that's very nice but that gets noisy during the weekend for the night markets. Last but not least, very safe city. All in all would go back in a heartbeat.

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🌥 Feels 37° 99° 30° 85°🥵AQI 55

$1,103 / mo

18Mbps

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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💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive

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😀 Fun great

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌤 Feels 13° 55° 13° 55°AQI 21

$4,241 / mo

23Mbps

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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💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 Internet 🚀 Super fast

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🌥 Feels 36° 97° 30° 87°🥵AQI 42

$2,894 / mo

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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 16° 61° 16° 60°AQI 30

$3,151 / mo

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South Sudan

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 Internet 😡 Slow

😀 Fun very bad

👮 Safety very bad

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🌤 Feels 40° 104° 34° 92°🥵AQI 114😷

7mo

$1,100 / mo

2Mbps

South Africa

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 Internet 🙂 Good

😀 Fun mediocre

👮 Safety bad

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☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 66

5mo

$2,012 / mo

10Mbps

Malta

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💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

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🌥 Feels 17° 63° 17° 62°AQI 62

3mo

$2,897 / mo

32Mbps

Rwanda

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 Internet 😡 Slow

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🌤 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 61

$1,412 / mo

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Sliema

Malta

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💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

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😀 Fun good

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🌥 Feels 17° 63° 17° 62°AQI 62

$2,897 / mo

32Mbps

Kigali

Rwanda

Spent 1 month here with my girlfriend. The place has potential, but is not quite there yet. Pollution can be pretty bad. Otherwise it's very pretty and the people are helpful. You can find workable Internet, but not everywhere. Try Nyarutarama, which has a lot of embassies. Not extremely cheap, but affordable. Definitely take a trip to Lake Kivu and Volcanoes National Park in the North. Food isn't that great. The most common and cheapest way of getting around is by mototaxi, but beware, they can

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 Internet 😡 Slow

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🌤 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 61

$1,412 / mo

4Mbps