Hello everyone! My name is Joan and I am a fullstack developer working remotely for a company in the UK.  Currently I am living in a town really close from Barcelona, but I would love to start my journey as a digital nomad during next year. I would like to start my DN journey in Bali, but I am considering other places too.
Some of my hobbies/interests are skateboarding, crypto and entrepreneurship.
It would be awesome if any of you is willing to share with me some tips and/or advices that you learned when you started your journey as digital nomads. THX and see you!

Sounds good!

Heading to Croatia tomorrow, planning on spending about 1.5 months there then onto Hungary, Serbia, Italy, Spain or Portugal (still planning out that part)

Sounds good! Yeah I tired to send someone a link the other day and got blocked too. I suppose it's a decent system for weeding out spam 💁‍♂️

Haha, yup gotta follow the rules I guess. Let’s keep in touch and we can try the DMs again soon

Hi everyone....I am Alex. I recently started this remote travel/living lifestyle along with starting my own Social Impact Consulting business. Left a corporate career after MANY years.... I just spent 5 months in Colombia (My family background) traveling all over the country and heading in two weeks to Croatia....then to a bit more Eastern Europe...to Asia and much more. I am loving this lifestyle and adventure, the people you meet, the quality of conversations. I am from Miami, so this change has been very refreshing. I am also traveling with my 20 year old daughter who is finishing up college and helping me on my business. Excited and hoping this group can provide some nice insights and recommendations along the way! And I am also happy to do the same.

Bienvenida 🤗

Gracias! nrabaoe

Hello, my wife is Colombian. We are planning to move to Colombia after covid.

fiwxtjwceuopfnvfk what city are you planning to live in? I want to live there part time down the road perhaps... thinking Palomino in the coast. I really love it!

It will either be Cartagena or Barranquilla because we travel so much we want to make sure we are near an international airport.

Hey Nour and welcome! :fist:
What are you looking to experience with your first trip?

Hi lqqtadnkgwpicpd heading to Croatia later today for at least the next month (Dubrovnik, Hvar, Split). Happy to share what I learn along the way/maybe we'll cross paths

Hi egsfdtfxunhclnlbr I would love that...thanks! I arrive to Dubrovnik on the 20th and to Split on the 24th for a month. Looking to do day trips from Split...any cool ideas would be appreciated. 🙂

Hello everyone, I'm Supun from Sri Lanka, 20 years old, self-taught developer, and a founder of a bootstrapped SaaS company. I haven't travelled any other country yet, but willing to do it soon and become a full-time nomad. Nomadlist has been helpful so far to find information. Hope to find friends here too :relaxed:

technologist I work with these PHP, React, Linux, and UI/UX, and I also manage my team and keep them happy :)
books I'm currently learning Quantum Physics.
😎 I enjoy delicious food, sea, and beach
airplane Hoping to travel to calm and beautiful countries (I hate noice/busy life :smile:)
musical_note I also love music, and also do some music creation work in the weekends

Nomad is kind of a dream, I think I will love a lot :smiling_face_with_3_hearts:

Thank you!

Hi 👋 , I am Volhan I live in Paris for the last 3 years but I am from Macedonia :flag-mk:. I love motorcycles and long walks on the beach. 😄 I got laid off from my job with LVMH last week because of covid budget cuts, I don't really have an explanation for my procrastination right now so I guess it is time to build the app that I always wanted to, as well as start producing more content online and living a more nomad lifestyle since working as a developer for the last 4 years going to the office every day really drained my energy. I hope to meet many interesting people on my journey and share our passions.

Hey. I’m Ivan. Now based in Kyiv, Ukraine, 24 yo. Working remotely as a Software Developer, traveling a lot.
Going to Turkey on 19 July and perhaps Greece in August.

If anyone wants to hangout in Kyiv, feel free to drop me a message 🙂

Hi 👋 I am a new member here, although not a nomad at the moment and London is home for me, I am hoping I still can connect with like minded people :slightly_smiling_face:
I work for Karshare at the moment. A p2p car sharing startup operating in UK.

Hey evbcpapucfiswx I'm since April with my GF in Colombo, probably until end of September. Wish you a good start with your Nomad plans. 👍

Great to see you here, Larissa 🙂 Definitely, let's catch up soon :)

mmbzmhhijjso Thank you and glad to hear you are in Sri Lanka (I'm in Kurunegala). Hope things are going well under lockdown.

Gotcha, sounds good! You'll actually get to Split before me as I'm planning to be on Hvar after I go to Dubrovnik

Hi! How were you able to travel to New Zealand and Australia in these times or closed borders?

kamuoqcqeeyorokrl I actually had to just change flights..arrive on July 28th to Split...(tons of changes to my flights due to COVID) so then I will send you some info on what I find in Split...and you can send me tips on Hvar! 😉 that one is on my list....

Hi hi. I'm Dirk just joined. I'm a freelance Motion Graphics Designer & Animator. I live in London but currently working remotely from Cape Town :male-technologist:. I like being active and keep fit by doing activities like tennis, hiking and started Cross Fit recently . I'm always keen on a drink or a challenge...

Hi! I am Ilya. For the past year I have been splitting my time between Vancouver and Toronto, Canada. Working remotely as Full Stack Mobile Engineer. 

Other than obvious passion for travelling and meeting new people, I love entrepreneurship, investing, learning about businesses and blockchain technology.

I travelled a lot before COVID (mostly all over Asia). Finally ready to resume my favourite lifestyle of a digital nomad. Thinking about visiting some combination of NYC/Mexico/Serbia/Greece/Turkey/Ukraine during June/July. 

Please reach out if you think you might have something in common! 🙂

Hello, my name is Andy. I work remotely, but only in the US and US territories for now. I work in genomics and am interested in bioinformatics.

I spend a lot of time training for triathlon and am currently training for US olympic distance nationals and half ironman world champs. I have houses in Tucson, AZ and Milwaukee, WI, so I go back and forth between those.

I am also interested in crypto, investing, photography, attempting to monetize side projects, and any sort of outdoor adventure.

emfabicqqfdacu well, we are fine as we had first week to first stay at beach in quarantine and then about 3 weeks where was a bit out on weekends. Now it gets really annoying, but a) risk was known and b) we can be happy to be able to work from home. So I just hope that country gets through this soon. yeah, and of course restrictions to go from here are lifted soon from countries we would like to go end of September. Cheers

❤️ 🏊‍♀️ 🚴‍♀️ 🏃‍♀️

hey jkbwtefyuusn can’t answer you in the PM, there’s a restriction for new members and I must wait 7 days before I can send you a message:smile:
anyway, I would love to meet y’all in Kyiv. perhaps we can do another digital nomads event 🙂

Sounds good U0241KG3V9T!

Hi everyone! I'm Danny and just joined Nomad List. I used to be Web Developer at YouTube but currently managing a technical team remotely. It's still unclear whether I'll be required to go back part time but I'm exploring my options for now and traveling as much as possible in the meantime! I currently live in SF with my boyfriend and 1 year old chocolate lab. Depending on what happens this year with our work flexibility, I'm exploring potentially relocating somewhere else, maybe near Todos Santos, MX. I love backpacking (last summer I completed the John Muir trail), camping, biking, running, investing, eating, and drinking just to name a few! At some point I would love to return to Web Development and have true work flexibility which is my ultimate goal for joining this community.

Welcome Danny! Todos Santos would be a bit small for my tastes, especially as a [semi-]permanent relocation. My favourite Spanish flavoured spot is El Poblenou which is a little beach district on the outskirts of Barcelona - but close enough for a 15min ride/skate into central Barcelona. Doggo pics go into #_pets btw please XD

Thanks for the tip! Consider the doggo pics added 😝

Hey everyone! I’m Arvind and I’m super new here.

I am a startup founder (where I have a fully remote team) & a freelance software developer (currently in a fully remote long-term contract). I’ve been working remotely from various parts of India for a couple of years now and currently live in Chennai, India. But can’t wait to step out as soon as things settle down. My first trips will be a few destinations around India (Kerala, Bangalore & Goa) and then SEA. I love backpacking, beaches and meeting awesome new people.

So far loving the energy here 😄

Where in Chennai? xD I am planning the same.

welcome man, make sure you guys head to nomadgao in goa when things get better, amazing community of indian DNs and more there

Looks really cool. Will check it out. 👍

👋 Hey everyone!

I’m Justin and just joined Nomad List to get ideas and hopefully pull the trigger at some point to leave my current home base of San Francisco.

I’m an engineering manager at a big-ish tech company. I’m hoping to learn more about work visas, health insurance, and get inspired to actually do this.

I’m currently learning Korean and I’d love to go back to Korea at some point. I know it can be difficult to make friends there, but I actually had luck talking with people through the climbing gym the last time I visited.

Anyway, I’m looking forward to networking with all of you and doing something exciting again.

Hello 👋 to this lovely community!  next year me, my wife and our 2 children want to become nomads.  how can i find other families here?

Welcome! Probably best to find other families in the channel for the country you are in / will travel to.

Hello everyone, I'm Robin from Zurich, 28 years old and love delicious food, beaches 🏖 & sunshine :sunrise:.

I am an entrepreneur and have had to pause my business due to Covid & am now in the mobile app business 📱 since the end of 2019. Before this time, I did a apprenticeship and then studied business at the University of St. Gallen :male-student:. I got in touch with Digital Nomads in 2013/2014 (but didn't make anything out of it) and am now even more excited with the newfound freedom to be much more flexible in the future than I was with the old job.

In the future I would like to go on longer work/vacation trips alone as well as together with my wife and friends. Destinations include Thailand (Phuket?), Latin America (Costa Rica?) and Hawaii. If someone is in Zurich, I am always open to meet at Lake Zurich or elsewhere :swimmer:. Looking forward to this cool community :smiley:! Thanks a lot

Welcome pontiexcw how old are your kids?

Thank you uvqsoxr 🙋‍♂️ , we have 2 boys 👦 and they are 3,5 and 6,5 yo. If you have some tips for beginners fell free to share with me 🙏

Awesome! Phuket is pretty great, not sure what's going on now though they're supposed to open soon but I'm not to confident it will work out as planned. What kind of apps do you build? I've always wanted to try but had no idea where to start.

Awesome, I’m sure this will be a great experience for them. On Facebook there is a “We are Worldschoolers” group that might be worth checking out. Aside from discussion around good destinations for young kids there are also pop-up communes of families that are organized there (sharing of a accommodation facility with good WiFi, group organizing child care, etc.). We’ve never tried anything like that because our kid is a pre-teen but some of them look like they could be interesting.

Hello everybody :spock-hand:
I'm Chris from Brazil. Software Engineer for 15+ years, currently (remotely) working with identity management at Gluu inc.
I always loved to travel abroad and I want to start in July. So choose my next destination for me and my best Spike :dog2:, near beach and nature would be a great start. Maybe near South America, but's not a requirement hehehe :slightly_smiling_face:

Yes, I like peace, nature :beach_with_umbrella:, community, coffee and good food. :cut_of_meat:

Btw I also know nice spots in Brazil, if anyone planning something, be glad to help and share my thoughs.

Hi Nick; hehe yes I think the same but in the long run thats ok :slightly_smiling_face:.

So I dont want to promote the app here so I keep it short so you get the idea - if you want to no more - just dm me here or on twitter 🙂 I am involved in a startup that has been working on a productivity app for almost 1.5 years (full time). So this is not a "rocket science" app or vc backed - it's a minimalist but well thought out approach to a todo list (I have about 400 productivity apps on my phone - so I know the space pretty well :D). We want to upgrade the classic todolist as we know it from google keep, ms or apple reminder with great ui/ux. I mean those apps really suck ^^ Besides that, no one has ever dared to do it really big. We have an extremely experienced and well-coordinated team (tech leads, art director Satchi & Satchi, etc.). That to your question, what we do :)

I bring a lot of skills that are needed. I've had a few startups and know a lot about coordinating teams, especially devs. If you want to make it simpler and smaller (i.e. you can code it yourself) it's a lot easier. Read up on Reddit, youtube, Hacker News etc. There is a lot of info on how to get started but since everyone has different skills, there is no magic formula. What do you want to do? What I can say though I have massively underestimated how much work a really good app takes. My payment behaviour towards apps has changed a lot :D and I'm happy to pay $10 per month.

Hi all~ I am a Product Designer in the US working on travel connectivity product for Nomads. And that is how I got introduced to the DN lifestyle. After the pandemic I would want to work remotely from Southeast Asia where my dad is from :palm_tree:
I enjoy journaling, arts & crafts, water sports, and productivity tools! I just built a Travel Resource Directory with Notion that collects the best travel tools and blogs. If you are interested in taking a look, please DM me~ 🙌

Hi everyone. I'm software developer working a new job remotely out in California near Sacramento. Having grown up in a flight attendant family, this kind of opportunity naturally brought me to the option of nomad lifestyles. Looking for a nice place closer to the beach to work from where I can better get surfing/windsurfing again for a month or two at a time. For starters I was thinking of dipping my toes into Central/South America to avoid too much of a time difference from work, but I'd love to hear any suggestions if you had them! Cheers everyone!

What are your favorite spots in Brazil? 🇧🇷

Hello Everyone!!

Hello world !! Greetings from India :flag-in:

I’m Phani, Freelance Jamstack Developer :male-technologist:

Loves playing Dota and Skiing :skier:

Hoping to go to Indonesia, as soon as the restrictions come down :beach_with_umbrella:

Glad to join the wonderful community! ☺️

welcome mate! where ru based currently? any specific spots in indonesia?

```Hello Everyone, Greetings from the middle of nowhere Ohio!

I'm Kole, Digital Marketer / Media Buyer for DTC Brands.

Very outdoorsy and love food.

Looking to get insights into how the Nomadic life works for people as well as where you'd recommend as a first-time solo trip while also trying to work with people in the EST time zone.```

Hi UP6MM1DSQbr />
Currently, I’m in India..

Eyeing for Bali as the first spot..
Canggu is on the list too..

Where do you live?

Hello! I am Alan. Starting to explore the nomadic life. I am hoping to explore the world over the next couple of years and then settle down in my favorite country and city.

Hello Everyone, I'm Carm from Toronto, Canada. I'm planning to start my World travels journey.

Hey everyone, what's up ? Im Raphael, 22. Im a french young boy from Bordeaux (Southwest). I just quit my job in accounting in july and then starting my (new) digital nomad's life. I just want to discover the world, meet new people, experience new things and then settle in my favorite city. Thanks for welcoming me here 😃

Hi everyone! I'm Julia from California 🌞 I'm an Email Developer and have been traveling and working remotely for about a year. I'm currently in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica and am headed to CDMX in a couple weeks. I love surfing, practicing Spanish, and taking photos 🚣 Excited to be a part of the community!

Hola! I'm considering Costa Rica later this year, but also headed to CDMX in a couple weeks! You should join #mexico

Joined!

Very cool! Nice to meet you U025KGQJG9W!

same in india, yup lets see how things open up, also eyeing nomadgao in goa as lot of DNs there

Nice to meet you too! U024G2X5LHHbr />
<@UP6MM1DSQ> yeah, let’s see..

Hey, all! I’m Marcelo, from Brazil :flag-br:! I’m a software engineer working remotely for quite some time now and currently planning my nomadic lifestyle. My goal is to get it going as soon as I get vaccinated. I hope to learn and share a lot with you! Some hobbies I enjoy - besides coding mountain biking, learning new languages (currently learning Mandarin), looooooong walks, running, surfing, eating... oh yes. Eating. Any kind of food. I love food. Nice to meet you all!

Nice to meet you 🙂

usetixfr Depends on the mood I’m currently in. For nature and paradisiac beaches, I recommend Caraíva, Jericoacoara, Porto de Galinhas, Trancoso.
Going for more urbanized cities, there is Florianópolis, and Rio for sure.

Thanks so much! Look forward to exploring Brazil in the future. Appreciate your insight! 🙏

Hey everyone, i'm Jean-François from France. I'm a serial entrepreneur in Digital Marketing Agency & Mastermind Events (since 2007), Personal Development & Spirituality Online Academy (since 2013), Ecommerce (since 2017). I've been travelling a lot those past few years to participate in several business mastermind and personnal development workshops all over the word (more than 33 countries). I'm on a mission to diffuse the benefits of yoga to the maximum people i can during the lifetime. I'm now based in a Paradise Place in Bali where i'm building a community of conscious entrepreneurs that wants to have a global impact. Let's connect !

cheers

Greetings All. Teresa, currently living near Atlanta, GA, US and planning on throwing myself into a year long sabbatical at the end of the year. If all goes according to plan, I will be quitting my job in October and beginning my journey. I am researching where to go. I'm a little in analysis paralysis because of how things are changing country to country with the virus, civil uprisings and so forth. I'm also struggling how to plan everything around this shenghen 90 day visa stuff. I want to spend a good amount of time in south France (like 3 months) and the Balkans but I'm open to hitting other countries like Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Italy, South Africa and some points in South America. See what I mean? 😖 All over the place. It's a nice problem to have though. Anyway, thank you to those of you who share information and make a site like this possible. I hope I can return the favor one day.

Those damn humans and their shuffles deck need for human contact! LOL jk, but it's good to see things getting back to normal

Hello everyone, my name is Keenan and I am from Montana, USA. I have been working with Salesforce Industries and doing database integration. I have been with my current company for 2 years, but I am looking to get a permanent remote job. I am vaccinated and will be landing over in Ireland in November. I will be in that general area for a month and would like to network with a few people while I'm there.

Hey there 👋 long time NomadList groupie, glad to be in a position to finally jump in. Exploring business ideas, currently in the US (been in Utah, Colorado, Florida, New Hampshire, South & North Carolina, and Pennsylvania over the last 6 weeks) and figuring out where to go for July through September. I work at the intersection of environmental conservation and entrepreneurship, encouraging people to transition into using their tech skills on the climate & biodiversity crises. Looking forward to meeting some of you out there in the wild world.

Wide open to any suggestions of great nomad places +/- 3 hours from EST with good internet, coral reefs, and solid food for July through September!

Sounds like you want to go to Cancun area 😉

Probably would prefer something slightly rougher around the edges! Thinking about Belize, Curaçao or the ABCs, Roatan / Bay Islands, ... open to lots of suggestions. Tulum was nice a few years back (particularly cenote diving) but seems like it’s boomed in the last year. Could be a good or bad thing I suppose

I think the places you mention are great with coral reefs, but not sure about the food, that's why it sounded that Cancun was the best. I've heard that in most of the Caribbean food is basic, rice and beans 🙂

Ah, gotcha. That’s the loosest one on my list, reefs and wifi are the main priorities

Hiyyyaaaa! I’m from California and work remotely as a Chief of Staff for an awesome Tech company (been with them almost 5 years and working my way to FIRE)…. Possessions have been minimized and my condo closes next week :pray:. I begin my Nomad Journey on Wednesday with a road trip from San Diego to Tennessee and then off to Europe in July for a few months! Super excited to start this journey :)

Thinking about Isla Mujeres... July & August are whale shark season 🐋 🦈

Hi, everyone!
My name is Koh and I’m from Japan the land of sushi :sushi:
I’ve been living in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi and Japan base since 2019. (Actually, I’m mostly in Tbilisi.)
My work includes being a digital marketing planner for a client in Japan and running a co-working space in Georgia.

Japan has a passport holding rate of less than 25%, and nomads who travel and live around the world are very rare.
I love to experience more cultures and values in order to enjoy being born on earth.

I hope that the online community will be a great opportunity for me to interact with nomads in Georgia and around the world airplane

Yeah not a lot of Japanese nomads around

Hello from Tbilisi

And hello from Osaka

Congrats! East Bay?

Yes, Walnut Creek :)

Welcome! Your "What I do" bio runs out of characters at an amusing point. Just wanted to say thanks for the chuckle 😅

Dang it!!! I even updated it rolling_on_the_floor_laughingrolling_on_the_floor_laughingrolling_on_the_floor_laughing Fail

Hello! I’m Rob. I live in Denver but am moving to Minneapolis in two months. I’m starting a new job as a consultant for a financial services firm, which will allow me to work remotely almost all the time. As a result, I’m hoping to become more nomadic and spend lots of time in interesting places around the world. Travel is my passion, along with karaoke. (When I sing the Richard Cheese cover of “Ice, Ice, Baby”, people always clap politely.) I’d love to connect with fellow nomads in Minnesota and at meetups across the globe.

You will find your Richard Cheese stylings welcomed in MPLS; don’t let the ‘Minnesota Nice’ response fool you. It’s a hard city to crack, but I enjoyed my time there. Plus you have an awesome airport for wandering. Welcome.