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29 Aug '18

2 Sep '18

2 Sep '18
29 Aug '18

Madrid

30°C

Spain

28 Jan '18

1mo

27 Feb '18

27 Feb '18
28 Jan '18

Ko Lanta

31°C

Thailand

2017

11 Jul '17

13d

24 Jul '17

24 Jul '17
11 Jul '17

Palma, Mallorca

30°C

Spain

28 Apr '17

27d

25 May '17

25 May '17
28 Apr '17

New York City, NY

15°C

United States

8 Apr '17

19d

27 Apr '17

27 Apr '17
8 Apr '17

Birmingham

12°C

United Kingdom

12 Mar '17

25d

6 Apr '17

6 Apr '17
12 Mar '17

Ko Lanta

31°C

Thailand

9 Mar '17

12 Mar '17

12 Mar '17
9 Mar '17

Bangkok

35°C

Thailand

5 Feb '17

1mo

9 Mar '17

9 Mar '17
5 Feb '17

Melbourne

24°C

Australia

30 Jan '17

4 Feb '17

4 Feb '17
30 Jan '17

Brisbane

29°C

Australia

28 Jan '17

29 Jan '17

29 Jan '17
28 Jan '17

Melbourne

27°C

Australia

2016

2 Dec '16

2mo

25 Jan '17

25 Jan '17
2 Dec '16

Liverpool

7°C

United Kingdom

1 Oct '16

29d

30 Oct '16

30 Oct '16
1 Oct '16

Palma De Mallorca

Spain

29 Sep '16

30 Sep '16

30 Sep '16
29 Sep '16

London

19°C

United Kingdom

27 Sep '16

29 Sep '16

29 Sep '16
27 Sep '16

Birmingham

17°C

United Kingdom

26 Aug '16

1mo

26 Sep '16

26 Sep '16
26 Aug '16

Brighton

20°C

United Kingdom

16 Jul '16

22 Jul '16

22 Jul '16
16 Jul '16

Palma De Mallorca

Spain

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I'm beginning my Nomadic journey - what advice do you have?

by @jacob_tr | 3yr 3 years ago | 8 comments

Hello Everyone,

On January 8, I set off on my Nomadic Journeys. I have a one way ticket to Iceland booked for a film shoot, and a flight into mainland Europe on the 20th, and from there I have no idea, and I am completely on my own.

What advice do you have? Right now I am feeling everything, from bad to good about it all, really can feel that safety/wool from underneath me get pulled away, I know I’m jumping out of my shell here.

(To give some background, I’m starting my nomad journey after having started a successful business, so financially I am set. It’s the question personally, mentally how do you cope in the beginning of leaving everything and going?)

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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United Kingdom

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