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Yangon

34°C
Myanmar
2017
 11 Nov '177mo28 May '1828 May '18
11 Nov '17

Shanghai

20°C
China
 
 8 Oct '171mo10 Nov '1710 Nov '17
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Hong Kong

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Bangkok

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 13 Jun '1729d12 Jul '1712 Jul '17
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Ubud, Bali

28°C
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18 May '17

Kuala Lumpur

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8 May '17

Hoi An

33°C
Vietnam
 30 Apr '176d6 May '176 May '17
30 Apr '17

Hanoi

31°C
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Ho Chi Minh City

34°C
Vietnam
 7 Apr '177d14 Apr '1714 Apr '17
7 Apr '17

Tokyo

18°C
Japan
 
 7 Mar '171mo6 Apr '176 Apr '17
7 Mar '17

Osaka Prefecture

Japan
 
 9 Feb '1725d6 Mar '176 Mar '17
9 Feb '17

Taipei

20°C
Taiwan
2015
 9 Nov '151yr8 Feb '178 Feb '17
9 Nov '15

Mexico City

21°C
Mexico
 
 14 Aug '153mo10 Nov '1510 Nov '15
14 Aug '15

Guadalajara

26°C
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Where to set up offshore LLC (as an American)?


by @gnefkow |  | 8 comments

Hello,

I’ve been searching through the forum, but most of the information I’ve found seems a little old and Americans, unfortunately, seem to be exceptions to a lot of things.

Situation:
I’ll start a new job with a 1-2 year contract outside the US in about a month, I:

  • am a US citizen - it is the only passport I hold

  • have been using my parents’ address (Texas) as my official address for the past few years.

  • will be on-sight in South East Asia, but officially billed as a private contractor for the company.

  • will make less than the cut-off amount for the American tax exemption in next year. It is realistic to assume based on my career, though, that in the coming years I will be over that mark.

  • plan to qualify for the 330 rolling days outside of the US

  • Don’t plan to return to the US for at least the next several years, maybe ever for residency.

From research so far, it looks like the best options for me are Belize, though I see a lot of people talking about Hong Kong or Singapore. I know that within the US, Delaware LLC’s are easy to set up, and may be a good short-term option since I’ll likely qualify for the foreign tax exemption in 2018.

I would love to talk to anyone that has some experience with this as my head is spinning a little bit. Website recommendations would also be great (there is a lot of information out there, but figuring out what is and isn’t sketchy is a bit harrowing - has anyone worked with, like Nomad Capitalist or Flag Theory before?).

Thanks!!

Nomad Capitalist: http://nomadcapitalist.com/
Flag Theory: https://flagtheory.com

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Where to stay for a month in Taipei?


in Taipei, Taiwan by @gnefkow |  | 7 comments

Hello,

My girlfriend and I will be heading to Taipei for a month in February, and we’re trying to figure out where to live. Any advice on…

  • How to find a place? Are there any websites where we could find a place for a month?
  • Area of town - which district should we try to stay in?

We’re on a budget, looking for something that would be around $400usd per month if possible.

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Search/review site for Co-Working spaces around the world?


by @gnefkow |  | 7 comments

Hostelworld for hostels,
Nomadlist for general locations,
Yelp for food (among other things)
Trip Advisor for activities…

Is there a website where a community of people can rate and review co-working spaces around the world? I’m in a nice place right now, and about to start on toward the next destination, I’d love to review the coworking space I’m currently sitting in and start planning for the next stop.

I know that there are some threads around here about it, but I’d love to search “Taipei” and see a list of them with reviews from actual nomads (rather than the hap-hazard websites the coworking spaces make about themselves).

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Do you have a travel hanger you like?


by @gnefkow |  | 4 comments

Its been a little while since I’ve looked, but I wasn’t able to find anything that had good ratings. When you do your laundry by hand, though, and there isn’t always an iron around, it would be a nice thing to have. Obviously looking for something that:

  • is light weight
  • folds up somehow to have a small profile
  • I have kind of broad shoulders, so wide enough for my shirts.

What have you found that is either a good travel hanger or a good way to get around needing one?

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What is the best way to pay/get paid as a remote contractor?


by @gnefkow |  | 1 comment

It seems like every method I’ve tried so far has been a struggle.

My bank - Wells Fargo - has some options, but they’re very cumbersome and, though I have a business account, “SurePay” has a $2000 limit and “Direct Pay” takes forever.

I’ve used SquareCash if people have a US debit card, but that doesn’t work for foreign contractors.
I’ve mailed people checks, but that is silly and not scalable.
I don’t think that I can sensibly require all of my contractors to accept bitcoin.
I just went through a long and tedious back-and-forth with Xoom that involved them taking it upon themselves to cancel my transaction… not worth getting into.

SO for those who pay international contractors/get paid by companies in countries that you aren’t from - what is the preferred money transfer?

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Central America - Where and what's next?


by @as11 |  | 11 comments

Currently in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico and heading to Santa Teressa, Costa Rica next week.
Then Aruba in the Caribbean Sea for Christmas and New Year.

However I feel I want to head back to Central America to bring living costs down, rather than staying in the Caribbean Sea among the expensive Islands.

This means I have around 2 - 2,5 month of unplanned travelling.
Any digital nomads who have ideas about where to head in that timeframe?

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Has anyone been terminated by Project Fi?


by @jackgopack |  | 15 comments

Any long terms Project Fi users cancelled?

Planning on being outside of the US for a year or more and disappointed to just discover their “termination for excessive international roaming” fine print (similar to T-Mobile’s) as follows:

“The Services must be primarily used in the United States and are not intended for extended international use. Further, the Services are designed for use predominantly within our network. If your usage outside our network is excessive, abnormally high, or cause us to incur too much cost, we may, at our option and sole discretion, suspend your Project Fi account, terminate your service, or limit your use of roaming.”

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How do you take care of your mental health during the transition to a digital nomad lifestyle?


by @kalitherapy |  | 8 comments

I’m a professional psychotherapist who is starting out in this lifestyle and I’m curious to hear what specific psychological struggles people had to overcome while making the transition to life as a DM. Also, what do you do to stay mentally healthy while traveling to foreign lands. I’m interested in hearing any insights people may have, especially since I am working on a book on psychological resilience and I can’t think of a more stressful transition than moving from a static to a nomadic lifestyle. If you’re not comfortable putting your experiences on a public forum, feel free to PM me.

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🌍 Top countries

  • Mexico

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😙 Affordable
    📡 Internet 🏎 Fast
    😀 Fun okay
    👮 Safety bad
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    🌥 Feels 23° 73° 23° 73°AQI 44
    2yr
    $1,448 / mo
    11Mbps
    ×
  • Myanmar

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😙 Affordable
    📡 Internet 🙂 Good
    😀 Fun bad
    👮 Safety okay
    Tap to open
    ☀️ Feels 29° 84° 28° 83°AQI 127😷
    1yr
    $1,992 / mo
    8Mbps
    ×
  • China

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😙 Affordable
    📡 Internet 🤬 Unusably slow
    😀 Fun bad
    👮 Safety good
    Tap to open
    🌥 Feels 10° 49° 10° 50°AQI 137😷
    7mo
    $1,454 / mo
    1Mbps
    ×
  • Japan

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 🙂 Okay
    📡 Internet 🏎 Fast
    😀 Fun good
    👮 Safety good
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    🌧 Feels  47° 10° 49°AQI 19
    1mo
    $2,957 / mo
    27Mbps
    ×
  • Hong Kong

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 🙂 Okay
    📡 Internet 🚀 Super fast
    😀 Fun great
    👮 Safety very bad
    Tap to open
    🌥 Feels 19° 66° 19° 66°AQI 78😷
    1mo
    $2,563 / mo
    70Mbps
    ×
  • Indonesia

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😝 Cheap
    📡 Internet 🙂 Good
    😀 Fun okay
    👮 Safety good
    Tap to open
    🌧 Feels 36° 97° 29° 85°AQI 37
    29d
    $915 / mo
    9Mbps
    ×
  • Vietnam

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😝 Cheap
    📡 Internet 🏎 Fast
    😀 Fun okay
    👮 Safety okay
    Tap to open
    🌥 Feels 26° 79° 25° 77°AQI 118😷
    27d
    $992 / mo
    11Mbps
    ×
  • Taiwan

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😙 Affordable
    📡 Internet 🏎 Fast
    😀 Fun okay
    👮 Safety okay
    Tap to open
    ☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 116😷
    25d
    $2,027 / mo
    19Mbps
    ×
  • 🛬 Most visits

  • Guadalajara

    Spent one month living and discovering Guad and area. Walked, bussed and Uber when necessary. NEVER felt unsafe. My Spanish is very basic and yet was able to communicate. Friendly and helpful people! Amazing for such a large city!🌺❤️

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😙 Affordable
    📡 Internet 🏎 Fast
    😀 Fun okay
    👮 Safety bad
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    🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 91😷
    1x
    $1,228 / mo
    11Mbps
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  • Mexico City

    We stayed here for two months. This was an amazing experience. I plan to move back for a longer time. We came here from Los Angeles, we lived in Polanco and Roma, both great but I would recommend Roma as it has a younger crowd, a bit more active, and cheaper. Even with going out to dinner several times a week still found a hard to spend beyond $25 USD for a meal, even in more expensive neighborhoods like Polanco with amazing food around every corner!! It felt very safe and there were police

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😙 Affordable
    📡 Internet 🏎 Fast
    😀 Fun good
    👮 Safety bad
    Tap to open
    🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 87😷
    1x
    $1,477 / mo
    18Mbps
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  • Taipei

    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.

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😙 Affordable
    📡 Internet 🏎 Fast
    😀 Fun okay
    👮 Safety good
    Tap to open
    🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 54
    1x
    $2,027 / mo
    18Mbps
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  • Tokyo

    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

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey
    📡 Internet 🏎 Fast
    😀 Fun great
    👮 Safety good
    Tap to open
    🌧 Feels  37°  42°AQI 10
    1x
    $3,394 / mo
    29Mbps
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  • Ho Chi Minh City

    It used to have a lot of character and charm but all the construction is making the city lose its culture. Apartments and accommodation are ridiculously expensive. 300 to 500 a month for tiny rooms in a shared house. For single guys go elsewhere. Women here are rude, ultra conservative and have flat personalities with nothing going for them. Food is okay but plenty of MSG and food safety is atrocious. In addition motorists are aggressive and plenty of accidents take place. Don't live here i

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😝 Cheap
    📡 Internet 🏎 Fast
    😀 Fun good
    👮 Safety okay
    Tap to open
    🌥 Feels 35° 95° 30° 86°🥵AQI 132😷
    1x
    $985 / mo
    20Mbps
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  • Hanoi

    I lived in Hanoi for 3 full months and I really loved it. Hanoi has a big foreigner district called 'Tay Ho'. If what you are looking for is somewhat foreigner(English) friendly, the spot is yours. However I preferred to stay in the Japanese area that was full of good sushi. The charm of the city comes from the people. Vietnamese are aggressively kind and way too friendly. I even rented a piano from a local shop, placed it at home and played it. Took private Muythai lesson from a local gym

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
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    📡 Internet 🏎 Fast
    😀 Fun okay
    👮 Safety okay
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    🌥 Feels 28° 82° 26° 78°AQI 175😷
    1x
    $1,055 / mo
    12Mbps
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  • Hoi An

    I stayed in Hoi An much longer than I planned (10 days) because it was so pleasant. Yes, tourists everywhere. But my hotel was gorgeous and cheap and the wifi was plenty fast for work. When not working I biked out to the beach or through the paddies or into town (too crowded for a bike most times but functional if needed) or just around the countryside. Had some of my friendliest encounters here and as a single woman, always felt safe - night or day.

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    📡 Internet 🙂 Good
    😀 Fun good
    👮 Safety okay
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    ☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 93😷
    1x
    $1,041 / mo
    10Mbps
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  • Kuala Lumpur

    First time I was in KL was in 2015 as a backpacking student. I stayed for 2 weeks at an airbnb in Bangsar South and I loved it. Met up with Uni friends, made new friends and I really like the relaxed atmosphere, despite being in a huge city. Fast forward, 3 years later, I went by myself to KL for a 3 days stay on a visa run from Chiang Mai. I stayed in a hotel near Bukit Bintang. I actually really didn't like it - I think because I was by myself, in a fairly wild part of the city and got so us

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
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    👮 Safety okay
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    🌧 Feels 40° 104° 31° 87°🥵AQI 58
    1x
    $1,304 / mo
    18Mbps
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  • 🛌 Most time spent

  • Mexico City

    We stayed here for two months. This was an amazing experience. I plan to move back for a longer time. We came here from Los Angeles, we lived in Polanco and Roma, both great but I would recommend Roma as it has a younger crowd, a bit more active, and cheaper. Even with going out to dinner several times a week still found a hard to spend beyond $25 USD for a meal, even in more expensive neighborhoods like Polanco with amazing food around every corner!! It felt very safe and there were police

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😙 Affordable
    📡 Internet 🏎 Fast
    😀 Fun good
    👮 Safety bad
    Tap to open
    🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 87😷
    1yr
    $1,477 / mo
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  • Yangon

    A very poor city, not comparable to any other in SEA (maybe Phnom Penh, in Cambodia). Not much to see and do, particularly I can’t see any advantages to stay here, as Thailand, Indonesia and even Malaysia offer better option with higher quality for the same price.

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
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    📡 Internet 🙂 Good
    😀 Fun great
    👮 Safety okay
    Tap to open
    ☀️ Feels 31° 88° 29° 85°AQI 149😷
    1yr
    $1,115 / mo
    8Mbps
    ×
  • Shanghai

    Shanghai is a giant city and your experience really depends on a few factors like: 1) where you live in the city 2) do you speak basic Mandarin 3) do you make nice money 4) do you have to use the internet If you can afford to live in Jing'an or the French Concession, you can live a fashionable metropolitan lifestyle like you would in New York City. There's amazing food (Asian, Western and fusion). You'll be surrounded by entrepreneurs, artists, fashion designers and models. Many of whom d

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    👮 Safety good
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    🌥 Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 76😷
    7mo
    $2,083 / mo
    1Mbps
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  • Guadalajara

    Spent one month living and discovering Guad and area. Walked, bussed and Uber when necessary. NEVER felt unsafe. My Spanish is very basic and yet was able to communicate. Friendly and helpful people! Amazing for such a large city!🌺❤️

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😙 Affordable
    📡 Internet 🏎 Fast
    😀 Fun okay
    👮 Safety bad
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    🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 91😷
    3mo
    $1,228 / mo
    11Mbps
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  • Hong Kong

    Hong Kong is a fabulous city - from big city living, to isolated beaches, outlying islands and hikes through mountainous terrain. The big downside is it's EXPENSIVE. You need to have a decent salary to live here - otherwise, it would be tough. Hong Kong island is the most expensive, but more affordable places are possible, the further you are willing to travel. It's quite a transient city, so probably pretty easy to make connections!

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 🙂 Okay
    📡 Internet 🚀 Super fast
    😀 Fun great
    👮 Safety very bad
    Tap to open
    🌥 Feels 19° 66° 19° 66°AQI 78😷
    1mo
    $2,563 / mo
    70Mbps
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  • Ubud

    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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    👮 Safety good
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    🌧 Feels 34° 93° 29° 85°AQI 36
    29d
    $1,086 / mo
    13Mbps
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  • Taipei

    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.

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😙 Affordable
    📡 Internet 🏎 Fast
    😀 Fun okay
    👮 Safety good
    Tap to open
    🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 54
    25d
    $2,027 / mo
    18Mbps
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  • Ho Chi Minh City

    It used to have a lot of character and charm but all the construction is making the city lose its culture. Apartments and accommodation are ridiculously expensive. 300 to 500 a month for tiny rooms in a shared house. For single guys go elsewhere. Women here are rude, ultra conservative and have flat personalities with nothing going for them. Food is okay but plenty of MSG and food safety is atrocious. In addition motorists are aggressive and plenty of accidents take place. Don't live here i

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😝 Cheap
    📡 Internet 🏎 Fast
    😀 Fun good
    👮 Safety okay
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    🌥 Feels 35° 95° 30° 86°🥵AQI 132😷
    11d
    $985 / mo
    20Mbps
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