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6 Oct '19

3mo

7 Jan '20

7 Jan '20
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 | 10mo 9 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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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun good

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 36° 97° 30° 86°🥵AQI 8

$1,358 / 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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💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun great

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 9° 48° 10° 50°AQI 16

$3,049 / mo

32Mbps

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

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

😀 Fun good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 33° 91° 29° 84°AQI 42

$2,822 / mo

86Mbps

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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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun good

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 45° 113° 35° 95°🥵AQI 53

$1,032 / mo

18Mbps

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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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 15° 59° 15° 58°AQI 10

$1,544 / mo

37Mbps

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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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun great

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 13° 55° 13° 55°AQI 30

$2,239 / mo

36Mbps

Los Angeles, CA

United States

Nothing does a better job of explaining LA’s beautiful diversity and different neighborhoods than the documentary about the late Jonathan Gold, our city’s greatest amabassador and the only food critic to ever win a Pulitzer Prize. It is called, “City of Gold” and if you want to know LA, just watch this film. Trailer link: https://youtu.be/DmKTRDfz1zM

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💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun great

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 42

$4,378 / mo

50Mbps

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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👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 20° 68° 19° 67°AQI 46

$3,724 / mo

34Mbps

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France

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💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 16° 61° 16° 60°AQI 18

2yr

$3,590 / mo

29Mbps

Morocco

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

😀 Fun mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 30

1yr

$1,698 / mo

8Mbps

Canada

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💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 24

7mo

$3,019 / mo

24Mbps

Portugal

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 20° 68° 20° 68°AQI 24

5mo

$2,311 / mo

27Mbps

Uruguay

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun mediocre

👮 Safety bad

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🌥 Feels 19° 65° 18° 64°AQI 30

4mo

$1,975 / mo

29Mbps

United States

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💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 30

4mo

$3,192 / mo

44Mbps

Latvia

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 21

4mo

$2,401 / mo

23Mbps

Lithuania

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun mediocre

👮 Safety bad

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🌧 Feels 13° 55° 14° 57°AQI 12

3mo

$2,048 / mo

39Mbps

🛬 Most visits

Paris

France

After a month in Paris I can honestly say I have never enjoyed myself more from a culture perspective. The eating, drinking, and nightlife is excellent. People often complain that French people are rude but they have it all wrong. They are very formal. Dining is quite different as it doesn't align with the experience in America. In France restaurants are a space you are invited into and the waiters and chefs are professionals who know how best to treat you during your experience. They are in con

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💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 13° 55° 13° 56°AQI 8

$4,103 / mo

32Mbps

Lisbon

Portugal

poor signaling, disorientation, cleaning and disorganizing of the streets in Lisbon is similar to Naples in my opinion

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun great

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 14

$2,038 / mo

26Mbps

San Francisco, CA

United States

I've been living in SF since 2014 and I have to say Cost of Living is misrepresented. It's a lot more expensive now (2020) than posted. 1-bdr in center is $3,500-$4,000 + $200-$300 for parking + $100-$200 for utilities. Almost impossible to find month-to-month rent, so this is for 1-year lease. Coffee for two + a pastry is easily $20. Dinner for two never less than $50, unless it's fast food (+20% tips are expected) and if you want actually something good it's at least $100 for two. Airbnb is $1

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💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

😀 Fun bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 13° 55° 14° 56°AQI 27

$5,572 / mo

55Mbps

Montreal

Canada

Spent two years in Montreal. I have zero regrets and it was a lot of fun for a few years, but ultimately needed to leave. Pros: -Good variety of nightlife and activities. From clubs to cool bars to strip clubs, you can find it in Montreal. Drinking here is quite cheap. -Population feels very young in the city center due to multiple large universities. Other areas around are also full of young professionals. Lots of cool trendy areas. -Work to live not live to work attitudes. People in Montrea

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💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 19° 66° 19° 67°AQI 32

$2,948 / mo

28Mbps

Casablanca

Morocco

There are no digital nomad, hipster or tourist in Casablanca as the city is ugly, dirty and unsafe with heavy traffic. This is why I choose this place.

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

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😀 Fun good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 26

$1,724 / mo

16Mbps

Montevideo

Uruguay

Everything (and everyone haha) seems to be old. Not a kind of place to have fun and enjoy. Food is great, but pricey — you can find the same or even better for a cheaper price in Buenos Aires. Legalization of marijuana isn’t something good to celebrate in my opinion and just created a weird environment. There are better places to go.

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😀 Fun mediocre

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🌥 Feels 19° 66° 18° 64°AQI 5

$1,489 / mo

39Mbps

Mexico City

Mexico

I'm the one who left the review complaining about how people don't speak English 2-3 months ago. I think it's only fair to leave another review as I projected a pretty negative overall picture of the place. I came back a second time and boy, I'm glad I did. The language barrier didn't disappear, but I came with a different mindset and made efforts to learn some basic Spanish. Being able to explain how you want your coffee even makes a huge difference. Mexican people are kind and warm-hearted.

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📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun good

👮 Safety bad

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🌧 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 17

$1,430 / mo

21Mbps

Cebu

Philippines

I love Cebu so maybe I may seem biased but here's my perspective as an American who has spent many months, off and on, in Cebu. It is my other home. I have even owned a condo in Marigondon, Lapu-Lapu previously and a car there too. First, it's a big city and like any big city you need to be careful. I don't find Cebu to be unsafe. I've felt just as safe in Cebu as I do in my native Los Angeles (California, USA). Obviously don't do things like flash money or valuables, etc. Use common sense...

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💵 Cost 😝 Cheap

📡 InternetWiFi 🙂 Good

😀 Fun good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 37° 99° 30° 87°🥵AQI 18

$949 / mo

7Mbps

🛌 Most time spent

Casablanca

Morocco

There are no digital nomad, hipster or tourist in Casablanca as the city is ugly, dirty and unsafe with heavy traffic. This is why I choose this place.

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 26

1yr

$1,724 / mo

16Mbps

Paris

France

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💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 13° 55° 13° 56°AQI 8

12mo

$4,103 / mo

32Mbps

Montreal

Canada

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💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 19° 66° 19° 67°AQI 32

7mo

$2,948 / mo

28Mbps

Lisbon

Portugal

poor signaling, disorientation, cleaning and disorganizing of the streets in Lisbon is similar to Naples in my opinion

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun great

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 14

5mo

$2,038 / mo

26Mbps

Montevideo

Uruguay

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun mediocre

👮 Safety bad

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🌥 Feels 19° 66° 18° 64°AQI 5

4mo

$1,489 / mo

39Mbps

Riga

Latvia

Visited the small, cute part of RIGA's old town and the ART NOUVEAU architecture that is located a bit outside the center. Seemed quite juvenile + full of tourists during the summer of JULY 2019. Has a bit of that ex-comunist era inside the city.

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📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 21

4mo

$2,401 / mo

23Mbps

Vilnius

Lithuania

It's very fun and green city in summer and quite dark and cold during winter time. Old town is beautiful and cozy, fast internet, few coworking spots.

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🌧 Feels 13° 55° 14° 57°AQI 12

3mo

$2,205 / mo

29Mbps

Warsaw

Poland

I already living more than 1 year in Warsaw and i still think it's one of the best cities to live as a nomad as well. there is plenty of meetups to meet other expats, the people are nice, its cheap, its very big and not crowded, and very clean, pros: cheap easy to make international friends , as there is many meetups great public transport plenty of cafes to work from warm and honest locals the cons : Not many nomads, big city so some places far from each other . expensive cowork places (

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun great

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 20° 68° 19° 66°AQI 63

3mo

$1,893 / mo

35Mbps