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10 Sep '19

1mo

15 Oct '19

15 Oct '19
10 Sep '19

Mexico City

21°C

Mexico

23 Jul '19

2mo

10 Sep '19

10 Sep '19
23 Jul '19

Seoul

27°C

South Korea

9 May '19

3mo

23 Jul '19

23 Jul '19
9 May '19

Tokyo

23°C

Japan

2018

19 Jun '18

11mo

9 May '19

9 May '19
19 Jun '18

Hangzhou

28°C

China

12 May '18

1mo

18 Jun '18

18 Jun '18
12 May '18

San José

26°C

Costa Rica

12 Apr '18

1mo

12 May '18

12 May '18
12 Apr '18

Cancun

29°C

Mexico

15 Jan '18

3mo

12 Apr '18

12 Apr '18
15 Jan '18

San José

26°C

Costa Rica

2017

31 Dec '17

15d

15 Jan '18

15 Jan '18
31 Dec '17

Panama City

30°C

Panama

9 Oct '17

3mo

31 Dec '17

31 Dec '17
9 Oct '17

San José

24°C

Costa Rica

16 Jul '17

3mo

9 Oct '17

9 Oct '17
16 Jul '17

Mexico City

21°C

Mexico

18 Jun '17

28d

16 Jul '17

16 Jul '17
18 Jun '17

Boston, MA

22°C

United States

18 Jan '17

5mo

18 Jun '17

18 Jun '17
18 Jan '17

San José

26°C

Costa Rica

2016

28 Dec '16

21d

18 Jan '17

18 Jan '17
28 Dec '16

Barcelona

16°C

Spain

28 Nov '16

1mo

28 Dec '16

28 Dec '16
28 Nov '16

Tarragona

Spain

28 Oct '16

1mo

27 Nov '16

27 Nov '16
28 Oct '16

Sitges

Spain

29 Jul '16

3mo

28 Oct '16

28 Oct '16
29 Jul '16

Tokyo

26°C

Japan

21 Jun '16

1mo

28 Jul '16

28 Jul '16
21 Jun '16

Taipei

31°C

Taiwan

28 Apr '16

2mo

21 Jun '16

21 Jun '16
28 Apr '16

London

13°C

United Kingdom

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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 @robmoya'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 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 9

$2,040 / mo

25Mbps

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 57

$1,093 / 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 3° 37° 4° 39°AQI 41

$3,031 / mo

35Mbps

Bangkok

Thailand

Don't believe the prices on here for an apartment. 686 usd/month refers to an apartment in a high class condo, right in the city centre and seconds away from the BTS(train station). Just remember this, people working at supermarkets make 2 usd/per hour. If you want to live like a local, then you can save a lot of money. If you don't mind a 5-10 minute walk from the BTS, then you can easily get a one bedroom apartment for 300 USD per month, in a high class condo, plus with free golf cart ser

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🌥 Feels 37° 99° 32° 89°🥵AQI 71

$1,541 / 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 32° 90° 28° 83°AQI 47

$2,761 / mo

87Mbps

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 2° 36° 2° 36°AQI 69

$2,183 / mo

30Mbps

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 3° 37° 3° 38°AQI 57

$1,519 / mo

44Mbps

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

First time I was in KL was in 2015 as a backpacking student. I stayed for 2 weeks at an airbnb in Bangsar South and I loved it. Met up with Uni friends, made new friends and I really like the relaxed atmosphere, despite being in a huge city. Fast forward, 3 years later, I went by myself to KL for a 3 days stay on a visa run from Chiang Mai. I stayed in a hotel near Bukit Bintang. I actually really didn't like it - I think because I was by myself, in a fairly wild part of the city and got so us

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🌧 Feels 39° 102° 30° 86°🥵AQI 57

$1,294 / mo

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Costa Rica

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🌧 Feels 32° 90° 28° 82°🥵AQI 17

12mo

$2,590 / mo

7Mbps

China

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

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🌤 Feels 7° 44° 8° 45°AQI 88😷

11mo

$1,446 / mo

2Mbps

Japan

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🌥 Feels 11° 52° 12° 54°AQI 23

6mo

$2,883 / mo

26Mbps

Mexico

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☀️ Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 42

5mo

$1,364 / mo

12Mbps

Spain

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🌧 Feels 17° 63° 17° 62°AQI 26

3mo

$2,675 / mo

31Mbps

United Kingdom

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🌧 Feels 7° 45° 8° 47°AQI 82😷

2mo

$3,821 / mo

24Mbps

South Korea

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☀️ Feels 4° 39° 5° 41°AQI 53

2mo

$2,203 / mo

21Mbps

Taiwan

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☀️ Feels 28° 82° 26° 78°AQI 69

1mo

$1,921 / mo

20Mbps

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