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22 Jul '19

24 Jul '19

24 Jul '19
22 Jul '19

Vientiane

31°C

Laos

11 Jul '19

10d

21 Jul '19

21 Jul '19
11 Jul '19

Saint-Jean-de-Monts

France

5 Jul '19

11 Jul '19

11 Jul '19
5 Jul '19

Ljubljana

27°C

Slovenia

7 Jun '19

28d

5 Jul '19

5 Jul '19
7 Jun '19

Ischia

Italy

19 May '19

18d

6 Jun '19

6 Jun '19
19 May '19

Valencia

22°C

Spain

4 May '19

14d

18 May '19

18 May '19
4 May '19

Lisbon

22°C

Portugal

27 Apr '19

3 May '19

3 May '19
27 Apr '19

Nantes

13°C

France

24 Apr '19

26 Apr '19

26 Apr '19
24 Apr '19

Paris

15°C

France

28 Mar '19

26d

23 Apr '19

23 Apr '19
28 Mar '19

Bangkok

35°C

Thailand

25 Mar '19

27 Mar '19

27 Mar '19
25 Mar '19

Vientiane

34°C

Laos

25 Jan '19

2mo

24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19
25 Jan '19

Bangkok

32°C

Thailand

22 Jan '19

24 Jan '19

24 Jan '19
22 Jan '19

Kuala Lumpur

32°C

Malaysia

10 Jan '19

11d

21 Jan '19

21 Jan '19
10 Jan '19

Taipei

19°C

Taiwan

2018

15 Oct '18

3mo

9 Jan '19

9 Jan '19
15 Oct '18

Bangkok

33°C

Thailand

10 Oct '18

14 Oct '18

14 Oct '18
10 Oct '18

Nantes

17°C

France

3 Oct '18

9 Oct '18

9 Oct '18
3 Oct '18

Leeds

12°C

United Kingdom

28 Sep '18

2 Oct '18

2 Oct '18
28 Sep '18

Nantes

21°C

France

12 Sep '18

15d

27 Sep '18

27 Sep '18
12 Sep '18

Bangkok

33°C

Thailand

15 Aug '18

27d

11 Sep '18

11 Sep '18
15 Aug '18

Canggu, Bali

27°C

Indonesia

2 Aug '18

12d

14 Aug '18

14 Aug '18
2 Aug '18

Singapore

31°C

Singapore

20 Jul '18

12d

1 Aug '18

1 Aug '18
20 Jul '18

Bangkok

33°C

Thailand

4 Jul '18

15d

19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18
4 Jul '18

Nantes

26°C

France

21 May '18

1mo

3 Jul '18

3 Jul '18
21 May '18

Bangkok

35°C

Thailand

22 Mar '18

2mo

21 May '18

21 May '18
22 Mar '18

Canggu, Bali

30°C

Indonesia

5 Mar '18

16d

21 Mar '18

21 Mar '18
5 Mar '18

Hakuba

Japan

28 Feb '18

4 Mar '18

4 Mar '18
28 Feb '18

Tokyo

11°C

Japan

26 Feb '18

28 Feb '18

28 Feb '18
26 Feb '18

Busan

10°C

South Korea

25 Feb '18

26 Feb '18

26 Feb '18
25 Feb '18

Tokyo

11°C

Japan

7 Feb '18

19d

26 Feb '18

26 Feb '18
7 Feb '18

Hakuba

Japan

6 Feb '18

7 Feb '18

7 Feb '18
6 Feb '18

Tokyo

11°C

Japan

8 Jan '18

29d

6 Feb '18

6 Feb '18
8 Jan '18

Fuerteventura

Spain

2 Jan '18

8 Jan '18

8 Jan '18
2 Jan '18

Nantes

8°C

France

2017

31 Dec '17

2 Jan '18

2 Jan '18
31 Dec '17

London

9°C

United Kingdom

1 Nov '17

2mo

31 Dec '17

31 Dec '17
1 Nov '17

Canggu, Bali

30°C

Indonesia

26 Oct '17

31 Oct '17

31 Oct '17
26 Oct '17

Bangkok

33°C

Thailand

5 Oct '17

20d

25 Oct '17

25 Oct '17
5 Oct '17

Kata Beach

Thailand

3 Oct '17

5 Oct '17

5 Oct '17
3 Oct '17

Khao Lak

Thailand

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

by @coffeeshopceo | 6mo 6 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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Any digital agency owners living the nomad lifestyle?

by @nicolas | 4yr 3 years ago | 9 comments

I’d like to get into conversations with other agency owners with employees, or even create a mastermind group and share experiences around questions like:

how you manage teams remotely
how you keep them motivated without daily face-to-face discussions
how you find and work with customers remotely
whether your goal is growth and exit or just lifestyle entrepreneurship
etc.

Anyone interested? Thanks!

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✨ Recommended destinations

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

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

📡 Internet 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun great

👮 Safety okay

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🌦 Feels 1° 34° 2° 36°AQI 32

$3,066 / mo

33Mbps

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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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 Internet 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun good

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 29° 84° 28° 82°AQI 122😷

$1,111 / mo

22Mbps

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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😀 Fun great

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🌤 Feels 13° 55° 14° 58°AQI 39

$2,937 / mo

30Mbps

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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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 Internet 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun great

👮 Safety okay

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$2,141 / mo

34Mbps

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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📡 Internet 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun okay

👮 Safety good

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🌧 Feels 34° 93° 29° 85°AQI 36

$1,086 / mo

13Mbps

Seoul

South Korea

Really enjoying Seoul so far. It is very hard to make friends at first as not many people will speak English or are too afraid to. Maybe easier in Itaewon. For phone service, I was able to get month to month service on KT with unlimited data for only 35,000 won a month. Check out the desk with a sign in Thai on the electronics floor at IPark Mall connected to Yonsan station for this deal. They speak great English as well.

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 Internet 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun good

👮 Safety okay

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☀️ Feels 8° 46° 8° 46°AQI 64

$2,368 / mo

20Mbps

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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😀 Fun good

👮 Safety okay

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🌧 Feels 6° 43° 7° 44°AQI 51

$1,548 / mo

37Mbps

Amsterdam

Netherlands

One giant tourist trap. Giant hordes of rich Europeans vacationing with their parents credit cards.

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💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive

📡 Internet 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun good

👮 Safety okay

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🌥 Feels 3° 37° 4° 39°AQI 18

$4,496 / mo

25Mbps

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