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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 | 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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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.

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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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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$2,985 / mo

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Prague

Czechia

My husband and I spent about 6 weeks testing Prague in Nov-Dec 2018 as we were considering it as a semi-permanent base of operations for the next year or two. Honestly it was great and we plan on leaving Malta where we have been for the past year. Pluses - transportation is very good and quite cheap, tons of restaurants, lots to do. People are more reserved, perhaps even a bit suspicious, so I would not say it was an OVERLY welcoming vibe, however there are a lot of expats from the US, CA, UK

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$1,981 / 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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$2,882 / mo

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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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$2,313 / mo

19Mbps

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 41° 106° 30° 86°🥵AQI 41

$1,331 / mo

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Phuket

Thailand

Living in Bangkok since 2015, I refused to go to Phuket longer than I could. I strongly believed in rumors that Phuket was all about prostitution and dirty beaches... oh, how I was wrong! Phuket is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! I’d say you can find the same conveniences you’re used in Bangkok, but with a beach - actually many of them, ofter pristine and desert if you rent a motorbike and explore by yourself. Forget about Patong and go to Karon, Surin, Kattatani, Paradise and Freedom Beach instead... you’

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🌧 Feels 34° 93° 28° 82°🥵AQI 42

$1,113 / 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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$1,460 / mo

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Thailand

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9mo

$1,198 / mo

23Mbps

Indonesia

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💵 Cost 😝 Cheap

📡 Internet 🙂 Good

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🌧 Feels 40° 104° 30° 86°🥵AQI 28

5mo

$845 / mo

9Mbps

Spain

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2mo

$2,635 / mo

33Mbps

France

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2mo

$3,449 / mo

28Mbps

Japan

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1mo

$2,731 / mo

26Mbps

Italy

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28d

$3,532 / mo

17Mbps

Portugal

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14d

$2,094 / mo

29Mbps

Singapore

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12d

$2,775 / mo

88Mbps

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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 38° 100° 32° 89°🥵AQI 84😷

$1,421 / mo

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Nantes

France

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🌧 Feels 12° 54° 13° 55°AQI 24

$2,427 / 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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$3,193 / 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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$1,278 / mo

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Vientiane

Laos

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$1,009 / mo

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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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Busan

South Korea

Great place if you like Korean cuisine and fresh fish in general. Haedong Yonggungsa seaside temple is the absolute highlight. Locals are helpful, too bad 8/10 won't speak english. Young people included! Remember: Uber, Grab, Google Maps won't work in Korea, in favour of Kakao app which is pure garbage and all in Korean. And by the way pornography is illegal.

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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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$2,775 / mo

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Bangkok

Thailand

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8mo

$1,421 / mo

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Canggu, Bali

Indonesia

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5mo

$1,278 / mo

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Nantes

France

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1mo

$2,427 / mo

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Valencia

Spain

I spent 8 days in Valencia with my boyfriend for new years. We really enjoyed it honestly. We found the city quite walkable, even though it's relatively big, very bike-friendly, felt super safe riding around. Didn't find the public transport to be bad at all, but then again we come from a capital with much shittier public transport. Food is affordable, there's tons of cafes and restaurants everywhere (they were constantly full though). My biggest issue was that barely anyone speaks any English,

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18d

$2,403 / mo

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Lisbon

Portugal

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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14d

$2,094 / mo

29Mbps

Singapore

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12d

$2,775 / mo

88Mbps

Taipei

Taiwan

Definitely check out The Key (on near Zhong Xiao Dun Hua station) if living here for more than a month. Cafe + Gym + Bar all in one, monthly membership about $50 USD. English-friendly, no contracts. Made my 3 month stay here immensely better with fast wifi in the cafe and it's a great feeling to be able to work out immediately after working.

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11d

$1,947 / mo

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