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Dakar

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Senegal
 
 29 Jul '161mo30 Aug '1630 Aug '16
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Accra

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Ghana
 
 9 Jul '1619d28 Jul '1628 Jul '16
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Seattle, WA

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Dar es Salaam

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Nairobi

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Kenya
 
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Dahab

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Egypt
 
 29 Mar '1629d27 Apr '1627 Apr '16
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Cairo

22°C
Egypt
 
 26 Jan '162mo23 Mar '1623 Mar '16
26 Jan '16

Cape Town

23°C
South Africa
 21 Jan '165d26 Jan '1626 Jan '16
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Washington, DC

4°C
United States
 
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Indianapolis, IN

0°C
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Montreal

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Shanghai

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What are your Zanzibar recommendations?


by @purplespatula |  | 7 comments

Have any of you worked from Zanzibar? It’s mostly a vacation destination but the Internet is relatively good so we are planning to give working there a try in mid-July. Do you know any hotels, coffee shops or restaurants that might be particularly good for getting work done?

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Where are the nomad hot spots in Central and South America?

 

by @jb510 |  | 106 comments

The last few years I’ve spent mostly in Asia (Thailand/Indonesia) and Europe (Spain/Italy), but I run a company in the US and need to coordinate with 10 US based employees and business partners. The time zone issues between EU/US and SEA/US are exhausting even if I love the locales.

I’d really like to try romping around the Americas for a while, but I’ve never been south of Baja California and really can’t find much positive having been said about remotely working from CA/SA as a DN.

I know some hippy, surfer, artist, musician, yoga teacher types calling various locals home, but no one making a living online… more than a few people have told me it’s fabulous down there until you go to Thailand/Bali and then you wonder why all those ExPats are suffering in CA/SA. Of course you only really know when you go yourself.

I’d love to see nomadlist.io get filled out with more details on Central and South American cities. It seems really sparse coverage at the moment, but maybe that’s simply because it’s not good and no one stays there for long.

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Where are the nomad hotspots where you can scuba dive?

 

by @madsn_ |  | 20 comments

Nomad-to-be here, wondering about destinations that offer a good mix of:

  1. Low cost of living
  2. Decent internet
  3. Scuba diving

Phuket seems an obvious choice, but I’m hoping there are some nomad scuba divers here who can share their experiences.

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What's the weirdest thing you travel with?

 

by @gigigriffis |  | 21 comments

I was thinking about packing today and I’m curious: what’s the weirdest thing you guys have in your bags? Nomads are, by nature, minimalists, but I’m sure we all do it differently. I have a friend who travels with BASE jumping gear, another a sequin dress. So, what’s the most unusual thing in your bag?

Mine is probably that I travel with a dog.

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What's the digital nomad scene like in (Las Palmas de) Gran Canaria


in Las Palmas, Spain by @repat |  | 6 comments

Hi,

so I’ve heard many great things about the Canary Islands but only from people who are not digital nomads. I’ve been on Tenerife in February 2011 and 2012, but only as a tourist (and with a student budget living at a friends house, so very different experience) and I saw a lot of old people. People say the same about Gran Canaria, especially in the winter, since a lot of the German and British retirees overwinter there.

Everything I read about especially the biggest city Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is more or less about the city, the food, the beaches, the weather, the nature and so on but less about the people. I know I’d have to learn Spanish to speak to the locals (and I want to). I want to go somewhere at beginning of next year and LPA is on the top of my list. After my Tenerife experience and everything I read I’m sure I will like the location itself but it’s never fun if you’re somewhere alone for too long. Maybe the people who live(d) there can share their experiences about the digital nomad scene, or more specifically: How about the international crowd, are there a lot of people from say … mid 20s to mid 30s that are meeting up regularly for leisure (not work/tech related meetups)?

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Has anyone stayed in Nairobi for longer and can share costs/tips?


in Nairobi, Kenya by @alexlielacher |  | 7 comments

I am strongly considering ditching SEA for East Africa this summer. I just doing the cost analysis, but I am not sure how much food, drink and neccessities will be per month in Nairobi (and Kenya in general). Has anyone been lately who could advise?

My cost analysis so far is:
Flight - £350 (from Europe one way)
Visa - £35
Accom - £250 (airbnb)
Co-working space - £110
Gym - no idea?!
Food, drink, entertainment - ???!!!

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks :slight_smile:

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Why is South East Asia preferred by nomads over Latin America?

 

by @oskar |  | 34 comments

Hi guys

Why do you think south east asia attracts far more 1st world digital nomads and tourists than latin america does? i have some theories but i would like to know your opinions because most of the people in this forum are from 1st world countries :smile:
Is it because is cheaper? safer? closer? more “cool” ?

thanks

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How is the internet in West/Central Africa?


by @wordmonkey |  | 6 comments

So… common sense says that the best places to work are those with good, fast, stable WiFi connections. At the same time, the thing I like best about my location independence is the ability to spend long stretches of time in places I wouldn’t normally get to spend much time in. So I’m determined to make West and Central Africa happen in 2017, specifically Benin, Togo, Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon, Rwanda and Congo-Brazzaville. (And a month off in the DRC, but the latter will just be an offline holiday.)

If anyone has any experience with the reliability of the Internet in the region and the availability of data SIM cards in any of the countries I’ve mentioned, I’d be super grateful about insights, tipps and heads-ups, AirBnB recommendations, et cetera. I know it’s not going to be a fast, luxurious, spotless connection for most of the time, and that’s fine, I just need it to be mostly reliable, speed is secondary.

Thanks :slight_smile:

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🌎 Regions collected (4 of 9)

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🌍 Top countries

  • South Africa

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😙 Affordable
    📡 Internet 🙂 Good
    😀 Fun mediocre
    👮 Safety bad
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    ☀️ Feels 27° 80° 26° 79°AQI 68
    2mo
    $1,920 / mo
    9Mbps
    ×
  • Egypt

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😙 Affordable
    📡 Internet 🙂 Good
    😀 Fun mediocre
    👮 Safety mediocre
    Tap to open
    ☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 49
    2mo
    $1,004 / mo
    6Mbps
    ×
  • United States

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey
    📡 Internet 🏎 Fast
    😀 Fun mediocre
    👮 Safety very bad
    Tap to open
    ☀️ Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 32
    1mo
    $3,196 / mo
    46Mbps
    ×
  • Ghana

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😙 Affordable
    📡 Internet 😡 Slow
    😀 Fun mediocre
    👮 Safety bad
    Tap to open
    🌥 Feels 44° 112° 32° 89°🥵AQI 99😷
    1mo
    $2,310 / mo
    5Mbps
    ×
  • Kenya

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😙 Affordable
    📡 Internet 🙂 Good
    😀 Fun bad
    👮 Safety bad
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    🌥 Feels 36° 97° 29° 84°AQI 122😷
    29d
    $1,390 / mo
    9Mbps
    ×
  • Senegal

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 🙂 Okay
    📡 Internet 😡 Slow
    😀 Fun great
    👮 Safety mediocre
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    🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 97😷
    28d
    $2,711 / mo
    5Mbps
    ×
  • Canada

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 🙂 Okay
    📡 Internet 🏎 Fast
    😀 Fun mediocre
    👮 Safety mediocre
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    🌥 Feels -1° 19°  35°AQI 29
    20d
    $2,785 / mo
    27Mbps
    ×
  • Tanzania

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😙 Affordable
    📡 Internet 😡 Slow
    😀 Fun bad
    👮 Safety very bad
    Tap to open
    🌧 Feels 39° 102° 31° 88°🥵AQI 102😷
    11d
    $1,400 / mo
    2Mbps
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  • 🛬 Most visits

  • 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

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😙 Affordable
    📡 Internet 😡 Slow
    😀 Fun great
    👮 Safety good
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    🌧 Feels 14° 57° 14° 58°AQI 61
    1x
    $2,072 / mo
    2Mbps
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  • Montreal

    Having lived in the Montreal region almost all my life, here are a few things to note: - Smoking is prohibited in all public buildings (restaurants, bars, stores, underground shopping malls, business and residential building (excluding your own living spaces), public transportation, etc. - English is harder to come by outside Montreal and certain parts of south shore but very common in the west end of Montreal - Montreal has 2 English universities: McGill and Concordia both of which are centrall

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 🙂 Okay
    📡 Internet 🏎 Fast
    😀 Fun good
    👮 Safety mediocre
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    🌤 Feels -16°  -10° 15°AQI 21
    1x
    $2,660 / mo
    28Mbps
    ×
  • Indianapolis

    I live in Indianapolis. Even though I don't want to live here in the future, I do now. And what I can tell you from this is that it is a beautiful family friendly city. Broad Ripple is a place for pets and children to come eat lunch and walk around. There are many shops from Ice Cream to Hiking stores. The inner city of Indianapolis though is the most fun. It may have been called a boring city but I highly disagree. I have a blast everytime I come to the city. Yes, there are problems and my tip

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 🙂 Okay
    📡 Internet 🏎 Fast
    😀 Fun mediocre
    👮 Safety very bad
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    ☀️ Feels  41°  43°AQI 23
    1x
    $2,948 / mo
    48Mbps
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  • Washington

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive
    📡 Internet 🚀 Super fast
    😀 Fun good
    👮 Safety very bad
    Tap to open
    ☀️ Feels  34°  40°AQI 16
    1x
    $4,599 / mo
    69Mbps
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  • Cape Town

    Beautiful place but the crime is really bad. You can't really enjoy it at night and you have to be constantly aware of your surroundings. Im not sure how this ended up in the top 10 on NomadList.

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😙 Affordable
    📡 Internet 🙂 Good
    😀 Fun good
    👮 Safety bad
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    ☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 45
    1x
    $1,701 / mo
    9Mbps
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  • Cairo

    I stayed in Cairo for a week as a solo female (21 years old). I was followed a lot and cat-called / asked for a 'view' or a kiss every 5 minutes even though I was completely covered up, so this is definitely not a place for the faint hearted. It was never with malicious intent though (no one forced themselves on me or even tried to mug me), the culture is just very different than western culture. Whilst they're pushy, they won't do anything unless you let them. It took a couple of days for me to

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😝 Cheap
    📡 Internet 😡 Slow
    😀 Fun mediocre
    👮 Safety mediocre
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    ☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 46
    1x
    $838 / mo
    5Mbps
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  • Dahab

    Dahab is amazing! Thanks to being one of the few warm and open places during covid, there's a great professional expat crowd here right now. I love it and plan to extend my stay by a couple months.

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😙 Affordable
    📡 Internet 🙂 Good
    😀 Fun very bad
    👮 Safety bad
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    ☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 74°AQI 59
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    $1,004 / mo
    8Mbps
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  • Nairobi

    Nairobi is one of he best place to be a Nomad in Africa. Very low cost of living especially if you know where to look.

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😙 Affordable
    📡 Internet 🙂 Good
    😀 Fun mediocre
    👮 Safety bad
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    🌥 Feels 28° 82° 26° 78°AQI 121😷
    1x
    $1,326 / mo
    9Mbps
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  • 🛌 Most time spent

  • Cape Town

    Beautiful place but the crime is really bad. You can't really enjoy it at night and you have to be constantly aware of your surroundings. Im not sure how this ended up in the top 10 on NomadList.

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😙 Affordable
    📡 Internet 🙂 Good
    😀 Fun good
    👮 Safety bad
    Tap to open
    ☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 45
    2mo
    $1,701 / mo
    9Mbps
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  • Accra

    For internet, don't bother with landline. Just pay for the biggest 4G plan you can get and tether constantly, save yourself the headache. Kukun is the nicest coworking spot, but very expensive, even by international standards ($90usd/week).

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey
    📡 Internet 😡 Slow
    😀 Fun good
    👮 Safety bad
    Tap to open
    🌥 Feels 41° 106° 31° 87°🥵AQI 99😷
    1mo
    $3,229 / mo
    5Mbps
    ×
  • Cairo

    I stayed in Cairo for a week as a solo female (21 years old). I was followed a lot and cat-called / asked for a 'view' or a kiss every 5 minutes even though I was completely covered up, so this is definitely not a place for the faint hearted. It was never with malicious intent though (no one forced themselves on me or even tried to mug me), the culture is just very different than western culture. Whilst they're pushy, they won't do anything unless you let them. It took a couple of days for me to

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😝 Cheap
    📡 Internet 😡 Slow
    😀 Fun mediocre
    👮 Safety mediocre
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    ☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 46
    29d
    $838 / mo
    5Mbps
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  • Nairobi

    Nairobi is one of he best place to be a Nomad in Africa. Very low cost of living especially if you know where to look.

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😙 Affordable
    📡 Internet 🙂 Good
    😀 Fun mediocre
    👮 Safety bad
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    🌥 Feels 28° 82° 26° 78°AQI 121😷
    29d
    $1,326 / mo
    9Mbps
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  • Dakar

    Financial services are shockingly backward and inefficient. Zero ease of doing business. This review is about Dakar specifically. Very difficult to find high quality consumer products in one centre of commerce, you have to go to random little shops all over the city. Most places don't have websites or have non-functional websites with bugs in online enquiry forms making it difficult to obtain information. E-commerce sites are poorly designed and barely function, and they don't accept credit card

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 🙂 Okay
    📡 Internet 😡 Slow
    😀 Fun great
    👮 Safety mediocre
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    🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 97😷
    28d
    $2,711 / mo
    5Mbps
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  • Dahab

    Dahab is amazing! Thanks to being one of the few warm and open places during covid, there's a great professional expat crowd here right now. I love it and plan to extend my stay by a couple months.

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 😙 Affordable
    📡 Internet 🙂 Good
    😀 Fun very bad
    👮 Safety bad
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    ☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 74°AQI 59
    21d
    $1,004 / mo
    8Mbps
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  • Montreal

    Having lived in the Montreal region almost all my life, here are a few things to note: - Smoking is prohibited in all public buildings (restaurants, bars, stores, underground shopping malls, business and residential building (excluding your own living spaces), public transportation, etc. - English is harder to come by outside Montreal and certain parts of south shore but very common in the west end of Montreal - Montreal has 2 English universities: McGill and Concordia both of which are centrall

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 🙂 Okay
    📡 Internet 🏎 Fast
    😀 Fun good
    👮 Safety mediocre
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    🌤 Feels -16°  -10° 15°AQI 21
    20d
    $2,660 / mo
    28Mbps
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  • Seattle

    Seattle is a great city, especially if you like nature, there are plenty of outdoor activities to do all year round. People are generally open-minded and friendly. The cost of living is high but it allows you to be able to afford other places on earth easily if you can find a job here. You can also find plenty of good restaurants and arts around in the city. I recommend to stay at least 3-6 months to get the feel of living a PNW life.

    ⭐️ Overall Score 
    💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive
    📡 Internet 🚀 Super fast
    😀 Fun mediocre
    👮 Safety very bad
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    🌧 Feels  46°  48°AQI 39
    19d
    $4,024 / mo
    84Mbps
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