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26 Sep '19

14d

10 Oct '19

10 Oct '19
26 Sep '19

Palermo

25°C

Italy

31 Jan '19

29d

1 Mar '19

1 Mar '19
31 Jan '19

Amsterdam

6°C

Netherlands

15 Jan '19

15d

30 Jan '19

30 Jan '19
15 Jan '19

Sydney

28°C

Australia

2018

16 Dec '18

29d

14 Jan '19

14 Jan '19
16 Dec '18

Hobart

21°C

Australia

16 Nov '18

29d

15 Dec '18

15 Dec '18
16 Nov '18

Melbourne

19°C

Australia

16 Oct '18

1mo

15 Nov '18

15 Nov '18
16 Oct '18

Perth

21°C

Australia

15 Sep '18

1mo

15 Oct '18

15 Oct '18
15 Sep '18

Darwin

30°C

Australia

30 Jan '18

8mo

14 Sep '18

14 Sep '18
30 Jan '18

Sydney

28°C

Australia

15 Jan '18

15d

30 Jan '18

30 Jan '18
15 Jan '18

Chiang Mai

29°C

Thailand

2017

23 Dec '17

23d

15 Jan '18

15 Jan '18
23 Dec '17

Ko Lanta

30°C

Thailand

15 Dec '17

22 Dec '17

22 Dec '17
15 Dec '17

Bangkok

32°C

Thailand

1 Dec '17

13d

14 Dec '17

14 Dec '17
1 Dec '17

Amsterdam

8°C

Netherlands

29 Jun '17

2 Jul '17

2 Jul '17
29 Jun '17

Zadar

28°C

Croatia

1 Feb '17

5 Feb '17

5 Feb '17
1 Feb '17

Barcelona

15°C

Spain

2016

15 Nov '16

1mo

23 Dec '16

23 Dec '16
15 Nov '16

Dar es Salaam

31°C

Tanzania

26 Aug '16

10d

5 Sep '16

5 Sep '16
26 Aug '16

Florence

32°C

Italy

3 Mar '16

8 Mar '16

8 Mar '16
3 Mar '16

Valencia

18°C

Spain

11 Jan '16

11d

22 Jan '16

22 Jan '16
11 Jan '16

Managua

31°C

Nicaragua

2015

27 Dec '15

14d

10 Jan '16

10 Jan '16
27 Dec '15

San José

25°C

Costa Rica

20 Nov '15

22 Nov '15

22 Nov '15
20 Nov '15

Bonn

Germany

31 Oct '15

5 Nov '15

5 Nov '15
31 Oct '15

Bruges

14°C

Belgium

9 Jul '15

12 Jul '15

12 Jul '15
9 Jul '15

Ljubljana

27°C

Slovenia

15 May '15

23 May '15

23 May '15
15 May '15

Gaborone

25°C

Botswana

5 May '15

10d

15 May '15

15 May '15
5 May '15

Windhoek

25°C

Namibia

2014

14 Oct '14

23 Oct '14

23 Oct '14
14 Oct '14

Amman

26°C

Jordan

4 Sep '14

7 Sep '14

7 Sep '14
4 Sep '14

London

19°C

United Kingdom

16 Apr '14

10d

26 Apr '14

26 Apr '14
16 Apr '14

Willemstad

28°C

Curaçao

11 Apr '14

13 Apr '14

13 Apr '14
11 Apr '14

Miami, FL

28°C

United States

9 Apr '14

12 Apr '14

12 Apr '14
9 Apr '14

Lima

24°C

Peru

4 Apr '14

8 Apr '14

8 Apr '14
4 Apr '14

Rio de Janeiro

29°C

Brazil

28 Mar '14

29 Mar '14

29 Mar '14
28 Mar '14

Colonia del Sacramento

Uruguay

22 Mar '14

27 Mar '14

27 Mar '14
22 Mar '14

Buenos Aires

24°C

Argentina

11 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14
11 Mar '14

Santiago

26°C

Chile

4 Mar '14

9 Mar '14

9 Mar '14
4 Mar '14

Easter Island

Chile

26 Feb '14

3 Mar '14

3 Mar '14
26 Feb '14

Papeete

French Polynesia

24 Feb '14

27 Feb '14

27 Feb '14
24 Feb '14

Auckland

25°C

New Zealand

1 Jan '14

4 Jan '14

4 Jan '14
1 Jan '14

Sydney

28°C

Australia

2013

15 Dec '13

20 Dec '13

20 Dec '13
15 Dec '13

Sanur, Bali

31°C

Indonesia

10 Dec '13

15 Dec '13

15 Dec '13
10 Dec '13

Kuala Lumpur

31°C

Malaysia

22 Nov '13

2yr

25 Nov '15

25 Nov '15
22 Nov '13

Phnom Penh

31°C

Cambodia

17 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13
17 Nov '13

Ho Chi Minh City

31°C

Vietnam

18 Oct '13

1yr

22 Oct '14

22 Oct '14
18 Oct '13

Luang Prabang Province

Laos

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

by @coffeeshopceo | 6mo 5 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 @marcelhagedoorn's trips history to find places they haven't been to yet that other people with similar travels as them also went and liked.

Lisbon is the next remote work hub of Europe. There's many reasons why I think that: 1) it already has somewhat of a startup/tech scene because of the annual Web Summit conference 2) which means internet is fast, and there's lots of meetups and it's easy to make friends 3) it's relatively affordable for foreigners compared to Spain and the rest of Europe 4) Portuguese people are super friendly, a lot more friendly than in the rest of the Mediterranean and Europe 5) Lisbon is ideal to go on day/w

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☀️ Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 18

$2,058 / 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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🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82°🥵AQI 34

$1,371 / mo

23Mbps

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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🌥 Feels -5° 23° -2° 29°AQI 13

$3,042 / mo

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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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🌥 Feels -7° 19° -4° 25°AQI 19

$2,120 / mo

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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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🌥 Feels 34° 93° 29° 85°AQI 55

$2,868 / mo

95Mbps

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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🌫 Feels -4° 25° -2° 28°AQI 36

$1,525 / mo

40Mbps

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 32° 90° 27° 81°🥵AQI 40

$1,076 / mo

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New York City, NY

United States

Having spent a total of two weeks in London on two separate occasions and having lived in NYC for two years, both are among my favorite cities in the world. Londoners are quite internationally and ethnically diverse, and seemingly better educated and more intellectual than New Yorkers in aggregate. The city very clean with a stunning mix of modern and historic architecture, and arguably has Europe's best public transit in terms of signage, availability, cleanliness and general efficiency. Meanw

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$4,636 / mo

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Cambodia

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☀️ Feels 32° 90° 29° 84°AQI 77😷

2yr

$1,259 / mo

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Laos

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📡 Internet 😡 Slow

😀 Fun bad

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🌥 Feels 28° 82° 26° 79°AQI 141😷

1yr

$1,009 / mo

2Mbps

Australia

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🌥 Feels 27° 80° 25° 77°AQI 21

1yr

$3,670 / mo

15Mbps

Thailand

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🌥 Feels 31° 88° 28° 82°AQI 67

2mo

$1,404 / mo

18Mbps

Netherlands

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🌤 Feels -2° 28° 1° 33°AQI 37

1mo

$4,026 / mo

38Mbps

Tanzania

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🌥 Feels 39° 102° 31° 87°🥵AQI 63

1mo

$1,395 / mo

2Mbps

Italy

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24d

$3,680 / mo

15Mbps

Costa Rica

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14d

$2,554 / mo

7Mbps

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