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21 Feb

1mo

27 Mar

27 Mar
21 Feb

Porto

15°C

Portugal

31 Jan

6 Feb

6 Feb
31 Jan

Marrakesh

17°C

Morocco

28 Jan

31 Jan

31 Jan
28 Jan

Casablanca

17°C

Morocco

2019

6 May '19

10 May '19

10 May '19
6 May '19

Geneva

16°C

Switzerland

29 Jan '19

2mo

26 Mar '19

26 Mar '19
29 Jan '19

Madrid

11°C

Spain

2018

10 Dec '18

2mo

29 Jan '19

29 Jan '19
10 Dec '18

Ho Chi Minh City

31°C

Vietnam

13 Oct '18

2mo

10 Dec '18

10 Dec '18
13 Oct '18

Osaka

23°C

Japan

14 Aug '18

2mo

13 Oct '18

13 Oct '18
14 Aug '18

Barcelona

29°C

Spain

13 Jul '18

1mo

13 Aug '18

13 Aug '18
13 Jul '18

Lisbon

23°C

Portugal

31 May '18

1mo

13 Jul '18

13 Jul '18
31 May '18

Osaka

24°C

Japan

2016

10 Feb '16

17 Feb '16

17 Feb '16
10 Feb '16

Hong Kong

22°C

Hong Kong

2015

15 Dec '15

2mo

10 Feb '16

10 Feb '16
15 Dec '15

Bangkok

32°C

Thailand

11 Dec '15

15 Dec '15

15 Dec '15
11 Dec '15

Singapore

30°C

Singapore

16 Oct '15

2mo

11 Dec '15

11 Dec '15
16 Oct '15

Bangkok

33°C

Thailand

17 Jun '15

4mo

16 Oct '15

16 Oct '15
17 Jun '15

Barcelona

24°C

Spain

17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15
17 Jun '15

Andorra

31 May '15

17d

17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15
31 May '15

Barcelona

20°C

Spain

28 May '15

31 May '15

31 May '15
28 May '15

Paris

17°C

France

26 May '15

28 May '15

28 May '15
26 May '15

Zurich

14°C

Switzerland

23 May '15

26 May '15

26 May '15
23 May '15

Vienna

16°C

Austria

22 May '15

23 May '15

23 May '15
22 May '15

Hamburg

14°C

Germany

20 May '15

22 May '15

22 May '15
20 May '15

Copenhagen

13°C

Denmark

18 May '15

20 May '15

20 May '15
18 May '15

Gothenburg

12°C

Sweden

14 May '15

18 May '15

18 May '15
14 May '15

Oslo

12°C

Norway

12 May '15

14 May '15

14 May '15
12 May '15

Bergen

13°C

Norway

10 May '15

12 May '15

12 May '15
10 May '15

Oslo

12°C

Norway

9 May '15

10 May '15

10 May '15
9 May '15

Bangkok

35°C

Thailand

10 Feb '15

3mo

9 May '15

9 May '15
10 Feb '15

Phuket

31°C

Thailand

1 Feb '15

10 Feb '15

10 Feb '15
1 Feb '15

Ho Chi Minh City

32°C

Vietnam

2014

9 Dec '14

2mo

1 Feb '15

1 Feb '15
9 Dec '14

Phuket

30°C

Thailand

30 Nov '14

9 Dec '14

9 Dec '14
30 Nov '14

Siem Reap

30°C

Cambodia

1 Sep '14

3mo

30 Nov '14

30 Nov '14
1 Sep '14

Phuket

31°C

Thailand

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What are the best places to go if you want great hiking on your doorstep?

by @ani_goes_tweet | 5yr 4 years ago | 29 comments

Where have other nomads gone where they’ve had loads of great trails on their doorstep?

France is absolutely brilliant for this (great way-marking, maps, and incredible terrain), and Britain is quite good too (but that’s home), I know Spain for all of its tributaries to the grand El Camino (but what about other trails? how well are they marked?) and I’m hoping there will be lots of trails that are easy to get to from Las Palmas this winter…

I don’t know much about hiking in other countries in Europe, and beyond Europe I am completely ignorant.

I’d love to find out about other people’s hiking heavens…

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Any nomads here with chronic medical conditions?

by @danielgenser | 5yr 5 years ago | 5 comments

I’ll start – I have had type 1 diabetes since I was 19 (I’m now 32). I wear a Medtronic insulin pump that stays attached to me pretty much 24/7. One of the unique packing considerations I will have to make is how to fit as many consumable insulin pump supplies as I can into my backpack/roller bag.

The more I can fit, the longer I can do without refilling in an unknown area (there is a Medtronic rep in Bangkok that I’ve gotten in touch with, but when your life depends on something, you don’t take it lightly).

One of these little sandwich bags contain a single ‘set change’ which lasts 3 days.

At the same time, we’re trying to consider our health insurance needs. I don’t want to take my ~$1,000/month USA insurance policy expense with me in areas that it will not be accepted, but at the same time, Cigna Global and other such traveler medical insurance’s uniformly don’t cover pre-existing conditions.

I’ve gone without insurance before, and in an area like Thailand, I’m thinking I can get by with just paying retail cost for medicine and any needed doctor visits.

I’d love to hear from other type 1 diabetics, or really anyone who has had to consider such medical needs while nomading.

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✨ Recommended destinations

This is an algorithmic recommendation based on @rus's trips history to find places they haven't been to yet that other people with similar travels as them also went and liked.

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 34° 93° 29° 84°AQI 33

$1,369 / mo

19Mbps

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 71

$1,093 / mo

23Mbps

Taipei

Taiwan

Definitely check out The Key (on near Zhong Xiao Dun Hua station) if living here for more than a month. Cafe + Gym + Bar all in one, monthly membership about $50 USD. English-friendly, no contracts. Made my 3 month stay here immensely better with fast wifi in the cafe and it's a great feeling to be able to work out immediately after working.

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🌧 Feels 20° 68° 19° 67°AQI 25

$1,921 / mo

20Mbps

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 2° 36° 4° 39°AQI 40

$3,032 / mo

35Mbps

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° 34° 2° 36°AQI 40

$2,184 / mo

30Mbps

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 19

$1,794 / mo

12Mbps

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° 4° 38°AQI 62

$1,520 / 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° 85°🥵AQI 58

$1,294 / mo

17Mbps

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Thailand

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🌧 Feels 31° 88° 28° 83°AQI 47

12mo

$1,380 / mo

23Mbps

Spain

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💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

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🌧 Feels 17° 63° 17° 62°AQI 29

8mo

$2,676 / mo

31Mbps

Japan

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🌥 Feels 13° 55° 13° 55°AQI 27

3mo

$2,884 / mo

26Mbps

Portugal

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🌧 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 17

2mo

$2,082 / mo

26Mbps

Vietnam

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🌧 Feels 24° 74° 24° 74°AQI 49

2mo

$934 / mo

11Mbps

Morocco

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🌧 Feels 17° 63° 17° 63°AQI 26

$1,822 / mo

7Mbps

Cambodia

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🌦 Feels 32° 90° 29° 84°AQI 36

$1,238 / mo

8Mbps

Norway

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💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive

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😀 Fun good

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🌧 Feels 2° 35° 4° 38°AQI 20

$4,069 / mo

44Mbps

🛬 Most visits

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 34° 93° 29° 84°AQI 25

$1,614 / mo

27Mbps

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 18° 64° 17° 62°AQI 33

$2,879 / mo

39Mbps

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 33° 91° 30° 86°🥵AQI 54

$1,542 / mo

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Oslo

Norway

I've been there in summer. I don't understand why the rate of walkability is bad, that is ridiculous. People are friendly and polite, if you want to find a job is easy, although opening a bank account to get your salary can take two months. There are plenty of coffees, restaurants and bars, often you need to book in advance (more if the weather is good), and they will rip you off. I knew this, and I went there with the plan of no-eating out, no coffee-out and no-party, but even the supermarket i

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☀️ Feels -1° 30° -1° 30°AQI 25

$4,121 / mo

38Mbps

Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnam

It used to have a lot of character and charm but all the construction is making the city lose its culture. Apartments and accommodation are ridiculously expensive. 300 to 500 a month for tiny rooms in a shared house. For single guys go elsewhere. Women here are rude, ultra conservative and have flat personalities with nothing going for them. Food is okay but plenty of MSG and food safety is atrocious. In addition motorists are aggressive and plenty of accidents take place. Don't live here i

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🌧 Feels 30° 86° 26° 79°🥵AQI 74

$940 / mo

17Mbps

Osaka

Japan

its very possible to be a digital nomad in japan - 3 months tourist visa on arrival. free wifi at starbucks. who's stopping you? lovely people, amazing food, and the worlds richest culture. just say you're a tourist. its not as if you are an immigrant.

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☀️ Feels 13° 55° 13° 56°AQI 28

$2,426 / mo

27Mbps

Siem Reap

Cambodia

Siem Riep has a nice suburb feeling. At first sight it seems there's not much to do besides Angkor Wat and Pub Street, but you can go swimming, do bicycle tours, floating village day trip... I don't have best social skill, but in Siem Reap it was so easy to make new friends. Locals and tourists! I've worked at Garage Society Coworking Space. Pretty nice place. I don't understand the cons of slow internet. I've bought an LTE 4G Sim card for 10 USD with 10 GB. There's also free and mostly fast

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🌦 Feels 33° 91° 29° 84°AQI 36

$1,062 / mo

8Mbps

Casablanca

Morocco

Completely agree with the other review, the Hassan II mosque is incredible and there are some nice places to eat but other than that I would never come back.

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🌧 Feels 17° 63° 17° 62°AQI 23

$1,853 / mo

6Mbps

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Phuket

Thailand

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🌧 Feels 34° 93° 29° 84°AQI 25

8mo

$1,614 / mo

27Mbps

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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😀 Fun great

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☀️ Feels 18° 64° 17° 62°AQI 33

7mo

$2,879 / mo

39Mbps

Bangkok

Thailand

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

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🌤 Feels 33° 91° 30° 86°🥵AQI 54

4mo

$1,542 / mo

25Mbps

Osaka

Japan

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☀️ Feels 13° 55° 13° 56°AQI 28

3mo

$2,426 / mo

27Mbps

Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnam

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🌧 Feels 30° 86° 26° 79°🥵AQI 74

2mo

$940 / mo

17Mbps

Madrid

Spain

I really enjoyed staying in Madrid. Reasonable coast of life, plenty of things to see/do and deliiiiicious food.

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🌤 Feels 13° 55° 12° 53°AQI 62

2mo

$2,833 / mo

31Mbps

Porto

Portugal

Better than Lisbon, much more cozy and welcoming. You can find cheaper places in the “other side of the bridge”, in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia. Public transports works and is pretty convenient, most part of the city is covered by tram stations. Beaches are freezing cold but nice for a running. Don’t miss the daily sunsets in the garden nearby the bridge, eating pastel de nata and drinking a bottle of Porto Wine. But please, don’t clap your hands to the sun — only Brazilian t

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🌦 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 63

1mo

$1,887 / mo

27Mbps

Lisbon

Portugal

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° 13° 56°AQI 1

1mo

$2,041 / mo

25Mbps