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6 Oct '19

3mo

7 Jan

7 Jan
6 Oct '19

Paris

16°C

France

6 Aug '19

1mo

6 Sep '19

6 Sep '19
6 Aug '19

Lisbon

25°C

Portugal

2018

15 Jun '18

1yr

5 Aug '19

5 Aug '19
15 Jun '18

Casablanca

23°C

Morocco

13 Feb '18

4mo

14 Jun '18

14 Jun '18
13 Feb '18

Montevideo

26°C

Uruguay

4 Feb '18

12 Feb '18

12 Feb '18
4 Feb '18

Mexico City

22°C

Mexico

15 Jan '18

19d

3 Feb '18

3 Feb '18
15 Jan '18

San Francisco, CA

14°C

United States

2017

16 Oct '17

3mo

14 Jan '18

14 Jan '18
16 Oct '17

Montreal

13°C

Canada

2016

16 Oct '16

1yr

15 Oct '17

15 Oct '17
16 Oct '16

Caen

France

1 Sep '16

2mo

16 Oct '16

16 Oct '16
1 Sep '16

Paris

21°C

France

17 Aug '16

1mo

16 Sep '16

16 Sep '16
17 Aug '16

Lisbon

25°C

Portugal

2015

2 Sep '15

4mo

1 Jan '16

1 Jan '16
2 Sep '15

Paris

21°C

France

13 Jul '15

2mo

1 Sep '15

1 Sep '15
13 Jul '15

Cebu

30°C

Philippines

14 May '15

2mo

12 Jul '15

12 Jul '15
14 May '15

Ho Chi Minh City

33°C

Vietnam

27 Apr '15

16d

13 May '15

13 May '15
27 Apr '15

Kuala Lumpur

32°C

Malaysia

28 Mar '15

29d

26 Apr '15

26 Apr '15
28 Mar '15

Ubud, Bali

30°C

Indonesia

15 Jan '15

2mo

27 Mar '15

27 Mar '15
15 Jan '15

Bangkok

32°C

Thailand

2014

29 Oct '14

2mo

27 Dec '14

27 Dec '14
29 Oct '14

New York City, NY

17°C

United States

21 Jun '14

4mo

28 Oct '14

28 Oct '14
21 Jun '14

Montreal

23°C

Canada

31 Mar '14

2mo

29 May '14

29 May '14
31 Mar '14

London

11°C

United Kingdom

1 Jan '14

3mo

30 Mar '14

30 Mar '14
1 Jan '14

Paris

6°C

France

2013

2 Sep '13

4mo

31 Dec '13

31 Dec '13
2 Sep '13

Caen

France

2 Jun '13

3mo

1 Sep '13

1 Sep '13
2 Jun '13

Lisbon

21°C

Portugal

2 Mar '13

3mo

1 Jun '13

1 Jun '13
2 Mar '13

Warsaw

8°C

Poland

2012

13 Nov '12

4mo

1 Mar '13

1 Mar '13
13 Nov '12

Riga

6°C

Latvia

1 Aug '12

3mo

12 Nov '12

12 Nov '12
1 Aug '12

Vilnius

22°C

Lithuania

2011

1 Jan '11

1mo

1 Feb '11

1 Feb '11
1 Jan '11

San Francisco, CA

14°C

United States

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

by @coffeeshopceo | 4mo 4 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 @nickyborry's trips history to find places they haven't been to yet that other people with similar travels as them also went and liked.

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 38° 100° 30° 85°🥵AQI 29

$1,370 / mo

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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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☀️ Feels 31° 88° 28° 83°AQI 70

$1,108 / 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 38° 100° 30° 86°🥵AQI 64

$2,906 / 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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🌧 Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 27

$3,033 / mo

39Mbps

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 -1° 30° 1° 34°AQI 111😷

$3,139 / 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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🌥 Feels -1° 30° 1° 33°AQI 71

$2,356 / mo

30Mbps

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 30° 86° 26° 79°🥵AQI 8

$1,617 / mo

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Boston, MA

United States

Boston is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is the capital of the state, the largest city in New England, and the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The city proper is home to about 617,900 people, making it the largest city in New England and the 26th largest in the United States.

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France

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🌤 Feels 7° 45° 8° 47°AQI 43

2yr

$3,461 / mo

29Mbps

Morocco

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☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 44

1yr

$1,764 / mo

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Canada

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7mo

$2,862 / mo

23Mbps

Portugal

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🌥 Feels 17° 63° 16° 61°AQI 31

5mo

$2,169 / mo

26Mbps

Uruguay

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🌧 Feels 26° 78° 25° 76°AQI 46

4mo

$2,629 / mo

19Mbps