How is Medan, Indonesia for DNs?
Flights seem well priced from CNX, accommodation seems cheap and it looks like a cool place!
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| 🌍 Region | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Indonesia |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 10 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌧 32°C 89°F + 🥵 Sweaty (84%) = feels 46°C 115°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 65 US AQI 🍃 good |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app (in country) | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Telkomsel |
| 💸 100,000 IDR in USD | USD 6.89 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | IDR 1,000,000 = USD 69 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Regus |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Caffe Bene |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,100,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per Capita | $3,570 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 48% 👱♀️ 52% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Tokopedia |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Lion |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Garuda |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,091 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $691 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,610 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $460 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $448 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $138 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $1,002 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $47 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (7 listings) | $941 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $31 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $2 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
How is Medan, Indonesia for DNs?
Flights seem well priced from CNX, accommodation seems cheap and it looks like a cool place!
Heya,
I am a big fan of Sumatra, but I wouldn’t recommend Medan as a spot to stay for more than a couple of days. The Muslim areas of Indonesia tend to be the friendliest to foreigners- in my opinion- but Medan is an exception to that rule. Sumatra lost a LOT of tourism after the tsunami ten years ago and hasn’t quite recovered. There is an abundance of guesthouses and tour guides, but very few tourists meaning there is a lot of attention on you.
If you can handle not great internet speeds, I would spend most of my time in chill Lake Toba and make my way up to Pulau Weh (passing through Bukit Lawang for orangutan trekking- truly incredible, check out Thomas’ treks- and Banda Aceh for the tsunami museum). Spend the rest of your time chilling and diving on Pulau Weh.
Let me know if you have any other questions about Sumatra. I loved it, but Medan wasn’t what I was looking for. There are far friendlier cities for that big, not too developed, bustling city feel if that is what you are craving!
The first time I went to Medan it was a shock, and not a positive one - although in fairness I must say, that I was not very well prepared, it was my first time in indo 
In any case this is more a hub for people travelling to Lake Toba and who are not getting out of there within the day…
I spent a lot of time in Indonesia until I recently decided not go anymore as it is just too sad to see what has been done to the nature there. Sumatra, most parts of Borneo and Java anyway have been destroyed by plantations, settlements and now large fires (although they always had them, just not so much). Most of the “nature experience”, the “tours to wilderness” etc. are just sad - its usually not much more then a corridor with non-primary forests between plantations and settlements.
There is a reason why Indonesian cities (outside Jakarta and Bali) aren’t nomad hotspots - Indonesian cities are traffic-clogged town-planning disasters.
Medan is the gateway city for Lake Toba, which is a cool place to hang out. I spent a month by the lake to write and get away from city distractions. Lakeside guesthouses can be found for $10 a night. The internet is not the best so it’s not a place to be if you need speedy internet.
Having said that I still recommend travelling around to these provincial cities to see Southeast Asia outside the capitals. I’ve taken several flights on AirAsia to random places whenever there is a sale on.
If you are looking at flights now I would avoid Sumatra as half of the island is on fire, creating the worst haze on record in Southeast Asia.
We're looking for a country in South East Asia that can function as our base, mainly for tax purposes. Meaning it will have to be a place where we can stay for the 183 days required without too much hassle.
We've been looking at Thailand, but have heard that it's very hard to do visa runs etc., so what other can you recommend? Indonesia looked like a good option, but the income rate is a flat 20% and very high for the region.
Hi ,
I will be staying in Canggu for approx. 3 weeks but still I havent found the place to stay yet.
I will be arriving on 5/19 and thinking of doing house search for first few days in Canggu.
If you know any good place around Canggu for short housing I would appreciate your advice!
Its my first time being nomad worker and any suggestion would appreciate.
Thank you!
Tetsushi
Best to book an Airbnb for first 2/3 nights, then drive around and find a place yourself. Many apartments have a VACANT sign. Although renting 3 weeks is quite short.
Thank you very much for your advice!
I wanted to stay longer but I have no clue of how this turns out and it may possible that i need to go back ;_;
What are the vaccinations I should get traveling from US to Indonesia? I read the CDC suggstions, but I’m curious on more anecdotal knowledge from experienced travelers to Indonesia.
I’d say Hep A & B and tetanus were essential anywhere in Asia. There is now a vaccine for Dengue fever, available in Indonesia & worth considering.
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Dengue_fever#Vaccine
I lived in Ubud for over a year and got no vaccines except Hep A and tetanus.
I got bitten by a dog there, very severe bite. It was my friend’s dog, so I knew it wasn’t rabid, however, no hospital would admit me for treatment until I got a rabies vaccine.
They run out of rabies vaccines on the island at times, but luckily they had it. I needed 3-4 in a row for possible post-exposure. I didn’t want to get it, but i had to.
Really depends on when and where you’re planning to go in Indonesia.
IMHO, the CDC and Travel Health clinic suggestions tend to be over cautious for most travelers. I think they’re written as if everyone is going to do aid work in some far off jungle village.
Routine + Hepatitis A & B + Typhoid and you’re good almost everywhere globally…
Note: the reason to get Hep B, is because if you end up in a local hospital (this is a a risk globally), plus it’s cheap and free of major side effects.
Japanese Encephalitis - Not unless you’re going somewhere rural where to JE is actively prevalent (ie. somewhere very rural…) .
Regardless of JE, take precautions against mosquitos… because there is also Dengue & Malaria…
However personally… forums are the last source I would trust on this topic… go talk to an actual doctor 
Oh… and I wouldn’t do Rabies vaccine personally, but in Bali, there is a reasonable risk of Rabies from dogs and MONKEYS…
Just be aware that the rabies vaccine isn’t preventative, it just makes treatment for a possible infection easier/less severe. That’s why it’s great if you’re somewhere rural and can’t quickly get to treatment… but if you’re in Bali where you can get to a major hospital and start treatment in an hour it’s not really needed.
Oh… and I heard something about a newer JE vaccine, but as of a year or two ago, I think it was only available in Indonesia and only being given to children… but that’s why you should talk to an actual travel medicine doctor… these things do change over time.
If you’re thinking about heading to Bali, definitely get the rabies vaccine. The island has a rabies problem, there are a lot of aggressive stray dogs, and the island isn’t well equipped to deal with it.
Hello, is there anybody around with experience with “Adobe Connect” meetings?
We are thinking to move to Bali - Canggu or Ubud, however our business demands working with this Adobe platform. Our concern is if latency is good enough and connection stable to do the teaching job from Bali to European located Adobe Connect servers.
Thanks so much fore any hint on this.
You can test the connection quality with Adobe Connect from your location to different servers worldwide from this page - for Europe there is a UK-based server listed to test:
Thanks again!
Gunter
No experience with adobe connect, but I ran the test from the UK server, these are the results
it says LAN speed and:
BW Test Results: up=2382.9 kbit/s, latency=28 msec, down=605.2 kbit/s
This is from Canggu btw.
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to make friends
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Democratic
❌ Not much to do
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 18° 64° 17° 62°AQI 30✈️11h$1,137 / mo🌇 Also went here6 peopleBerlin 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
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 59✈️12h$3,018 / mo🌇 Also went here6 peopleHousing is an issue (so cost of living is high) but the city is beautiful and summer in Amsterdam is hard to beat with all the cultural activiies and music festivals. Would not want to live in the actual city center (inside the "grachtengordel") but have been living in East for over 2 years now and aside from the price (and size) of apartment life is just good here. Biking everywhere is bliss. Winter can be cold though.
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 9° 48° 10° 50°AQI 56✈️13h$4,903 / mo🌇 Also went here8 peopleLived in Barcelona for a year and a half. I would agree that the weather is perfect and Barcelona does have a great tech scene as well as food and has everything landscape and lifestyle wise that you could think of. Bureaucracy isn't too bad if you nip it in the bu** early and have patience. Also, some clubs are free. (Jamboree!). The metro is also, very efficient with red and purple being the busiest lines. Very walkable city too. Plenty of opportunity to meet people as well. The beaches are ok
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 40✈️14h$3,162 / mo🌇 Also went here7 people
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