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25 Sep '16

2mo

1 Dec '16

1 Dec '16
25 Sep '16

Lima

19°C

Peru

19 Sep '16

24 Sep '16

24 Sep '16
19 Sep '16

Guayaquil

29°C

Ecuador

18 Sep '16

19 Sep '16

19 Sep '16
18 Sep '16

Piura

Peru

12 Aug '16

1mo

17 Sep '16

17 Sep '16
12 Aug '16

Lima

18°C

Peru

7 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16
7 Aug '16

Cusco

14°C

Peru

23 Jul '16

14d

6 Aug '16

6 Aug '16
23 Jul '16

Arequipa

21°C

Peru

24 Jun '16

29d

23 Jul '16

23 Jul '16
24 Jun '16

Lima

20°C

Peru

16 Jun '16

24 Jun '16

24 Jun '16
16 Jun '16

São Paulo

23°C

Brazil

8 Jun '16

15 Jun '16

15 Jun '16
8 Jun '16

Salvador

27°C

Brazil

11 May '16

28d

8 Jun '16

8 Jun '16
11 May '16

Recife

30°C

Brazil

2015

26 Dec '15

5mo

11 May '16

11 May '16
26 Dec '15

Rio de Janeiro

28°C

Brazil

19 Oct '15

2mo

25 Dec '15

25 Dec '15
19 Oct '15

Royal Leamington Spa

United Kingdom

19 Oct '15

2mo

24 Dec '15

24 Dec '15
19 Oct '15

Royal Leamington Spa

United Kingdom

14 Oct '15

17 Oct '15

17 Oct '15
14 Oct '15

Amsterdam

14°C

Netherlands

11 Mar '15

7mo

14 Oct '15

14 Oct '15
11 Mar '15

Royal Leamington Spa

United Kingdom

28 Feb '15

11d

11 Mar '15

11 Mar '15
28 Feb '15

San Francisco, CA

11°C

United States

26 Jan '15

1mo

28 Feb '15

28 Feb '15
26 Jan '15

Royal Leamington Spa

United Kingdom

20 Jan '15

26 Jan '15

26 Jan '15
20 Jan '15

Phuket

31°C

Thailand

17 Jan '15

20 Jan '15

20 Jan '15
17 Jan '15

Bangkok

32°C

Thailand

10 Jan '15

17 Jan '15

17 Jan '15
10 Jan '15

Ko Samui

26°C

Thailand

2014

29 Dec '14

12d

10 Jan '15

10 Jan '15
29 Dec '14

Phuket

30°C

Thailand

23 Dec '14

29 Dec '14

29 Dec '14
23 Dec '14

Antwerp

8°C

Belgium

10 Dec '14

13d

23 Dec '14

23 Dec '14
10 Dec '14

Lyon

10°C

France

28 Jul '14

5mo

10 Dec '14

10 Dec '14
28 Jul '14

Royal Leamington Spa

United Kingdom

2013

30 Dec '13

7mo

28 Jul '14

28 Jul '14
30 Dec '13

Mons

Belgium

23 Dec '13

30 Dec '13

30 Dec '13
23 Dec '13

Paris

9°C

France

1 Aug '13

5mo

23 Dec '13

23 Dec '13
1 Aug '13

Kajaani

Finland

2009

2 Nov '09

4yr

1 Aug '13

1 Aug '13
2 Nov '09

Antwerp

8°C

Belgium

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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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✨ Recommended destinations

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

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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😀 Fun great

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 21° 70° 20° 67°AQI 50

$2,120 / 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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🌥 Feels 35° 95° 30° 86°🥵AQI 44

$1,344 / mo

22Mbps

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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👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 15° 59° 15° 60°AQI 28

$3,006 / 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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☀️ Feels 38° 100° 31° 87°🥵AQI 72

$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

📡 Internet 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun great

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 27

$4,247 / 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

😀 Fun good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 36° 97° 30° 85°🥵AQI 56

$2,898 / mo

86Mbps

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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👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 10° 50° 10° 50°AQI 40

$1,508 / mo

36Mbps

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° 62°AQI 26

$3,149 / mo

31Mbps

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Belgium

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🌥 Feels 13° 55° 13° 56°AQI 91😷

4yr

$3,210 / mo

42Mbps

United Kingdom

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☀️ Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°AQI 52

1yr

$3,913 / mo

27Mbps

Brazil

⭐️ Overall Score

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 Internet 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun mediocre

👮 Safety very bad

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🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 78°AQI 14

6mo

$1,036 / mo

11Mbps

Peru

⭐️ Overall Score

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 Internet 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 21° 70° 20° 68°AQI 13

5mo

$1,117 / mo

14Mbps

Finland

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💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 Internet 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 11° 52° 11° 51°AQI 53

5mo

$3,038 / mo

34Mbps