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1 Jan

1yr

31 Dec

31 Dec
1 Jan

Spokane, WA

2°C

United States

2018

1 Oct '18

1yr

31 Dec '19

31 Dec '19
1 Oct '18

Pleasant Hill

United States

9 Aug '18

27d

5 Sep '18

5 Sep '18
9 Aug '18

Tacloban

Philippines

1 May '18

4mo

17 Aug '18

17 Aug '18
1 May '18

San Francisco, CA

15°C

United States

20 Apr '18

11d

1 May '18

1 May '18
20 Apr '18

Cebu

32°C

Philippines

2017

24 Nov '17

2mo

3 Feb '18

3 Feb '18
24 Nov '17

Palo

Philippines

28 Apr '17

5 May '17

5 May '17
28 Apr '17

Singapore

32°C

Singapore

2014

30 Jun '14

1yr

30 Jun '15

30 Jun '15
30 Jun '14

Virginia Beach, VA

27°C

United States

2010

30 Jun '10

3yr

30 Jun '13

30 Jun '13
30 Jun '10

Grand Rapids, MI

23°C

United States

1 Jun '10

29d

30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10
1 Jun '10

Kigali

24°C

Rwanda

2009

30 Jun '09

1yr

30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10
30 Jun '09

East Lansing

United States

2004

1 Jun '04

2yr

1 Jun '06

1 Jun '06
1 Jun '04

Madison, WI

24°C

United States

2001

1 Sep '01

3yr

1 May '04

1 May '04
1 Sep '01

Ann Arbor, MI

23°C

United States

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

by @coffeeshopceo | 3mo 3 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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✨ Recommended destinations

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

Please stop going to Lisbon, stop telling people to go Lisbon. It is a beautiful city, yes. The Portuguese people are some of the nicest, warmest I've ever had the privilege to meet, yes. But the housing crisis in Portugal is real and terrible. Airbnb and temporary accommodation for tourists / nomads, combined with rich foreigners who can afford exorbitant rents, are pushing locals out of their homes: literally. Search about the housing crisis, the police-enforced evictions of families and the e

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$2,060 / 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 25° 77° 25° 78°AQI 23

$1,102 / mo

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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 39° 102° 30° 86°🥵AQI 37

$1,268 / mo

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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 13° 55° 14° 57°AQI 22

$2,937 / 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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$1,427 / mo

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Barcelona

Spain

During winter is quite safe plus much cheaper. Some nightclubs are free and yet there is still a lot of people. Great por lgbtq+ community.

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🌥 Feels 21° 70° 20° 68°AQI 35

$2,836 / mo

40Mbps

London

United Kingdom

London is the best city in the world - you just can't do it on a budget. It's got an amazing tech scene but ALSO world class media, fashion, finance, art industries and many others. If you don't want to live in a tech / expat mono-culture then it's for you. It is a genuine melting pot with a huge range of nationalities and cultures living together (the US has a large number of nationalities but there seems to be hard segregations between them geographically, economically, culturally - so they

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🌤 Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 38

$3,895 / 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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$1,319 / mo

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United States

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12yr

$3,228 / mo

42Mbps

Philippines

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4mo

$1,462 / mo

7Mbps

Rwanda

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🌧 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 68

29d

$1,420 / mo

2Mbps

Singapore

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🌧 Feels 40° 104° 31° 87°🥵AQI 65

$2,762 / mo

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Ann Arbor, MI

United States

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🌥 Feels 1° 34° 4° 39°AQI 18

$3,335 / mo

54Mbps

Madison, WI

United States

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☀️ Feels 4° 39° 5° 41°AQI 25

$3,124 / mo

57Mbps

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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🌧 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 68

$1,420 / mo

2Mbps

Grand Rapids, MI

United States

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🌥 Feels 3° 37° 4° 40°AQI 24

$3,054 / mo

45Mbps

Virginia Beach, VA

United States

Safe and clean. Typical peak tourist season in the summer. Some fun events during the year like the Neptune festival, sandcastle and jet ski competition. This is not your funky beach community vibe, but more of a planned commercial district. Restaurants are average and the surf fishing can be great. Norfolk International Airport is close but usually a bit more expensive flights than say BWI. Just north of VA Beach you can cross the modern marvel bay bridge tunnel and travel back in time 50 years

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$3,714 / 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 40° 104° 31° 87°🥵AQI 65

$2,762 / mo

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Cebu

Philippines

Cebu city isn't safe, and internet is really slow unless you have a fiber connection. Most of areas are unsafe at night, some are sort of dangerous at daylight too. Even in deep province of Cebu island (such as Carcar city) I've been feeling much safer than here. Also don't forget about terrible road traffic and the fact that most of locals here doesn't speak English.

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🌧 Feels 37° 99° 29° 84°🥵AQI 32

$988 / mo

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San Francisco, CA

United States

I've been living in SF since 2014 and I have to say Cost of Living is misrepresented. It's a lot more expensive now (2020) than posted. 1-bdr in center is $3,500-$4,000 + $200-$300 for parking + $100-$200 for utilities. Almost impossible to find month-to-month rent, so this is for 1-year lease. Coffee for two + a pastry is easily $20. Dinner for two never less than $50, unless it's fast food (+20% tips are expected) and if you want actually something good it's at least $100 for two. Airbnb is $1

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🌥 Feels 17° 63° 16° 61°AQI 38

$5,440 / mo

67Mbps