I’m in Siem Reap (Cambodia) for a week and I’m wanting to connect with people in the tech (devs), creative (marketing, advertising, design etc.) and business communities here. If you have any contacts, please put me in touch.
Thanks a lot!
⭐️ Overall Score | 3.7/5 (Rank #64) |
👍 Quality of life score | Okay |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😙 Affordable: $1,075 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 7Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🌞 Perfect: 29°C84°F (feels 32°C90°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 68% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 44 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Good: 63 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Good |
🎓 Education level | Low |
💰 Income level | Very low |
❤️ Liked by members | 👍4 likes vs. 👎0 dislikes |
🙊 English speaking | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety | Bad |
🏥 Healthcare | Bad |
😄 Happiness | Bad |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Great |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Bad |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Good |
🗯 Freedom of speech | Okay |
👩 Female friendly | Bad |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Okay |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Region | Asia |
🚩 Country | Cambodia |
⏱ Average trip duration | 5 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 7 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 29°C 84°F + 😊 Comfy (68%) = feels 32°C 90°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 44 US AQI 🍃 good |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😐 63 US AQI 🍃 good |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app (in country) | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Metfone |
💸 10,000 KHR in USD | USD 2.47 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | KHR 1,000,000 = USD 247 |
💳 Cashless society | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
💻 Best coworking space | Angkor HUB |
💻 Best alt. coworking space | The 1961 |
🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
♻️ Return rate | 8% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 2,337,600 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 44,800 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 190,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per Capita | $1,270 / year |
⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Air Asia |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Vietnam |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,075 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $813 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $1,681 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $480 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $370 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $148 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $378 / month |
🏨 Hotel | $18 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $4 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
I’m in Siem Reap (Cambodia) for a week and I’m wanting to connect with people in the tech (devs), creative (marketing, advertising, design etc.) and business communities here. If you have any contacts, please put me in touch.
Thanks a lot!
Hey everyone,
Has anyone visited Sihanoukville recently? I would like to visit and give it a try for working but I am a little unsure about the following:
In anyone can offer any info, suggestions on specific areas or recommended accommodation that would be great. I visited around 8 years ago so I am assuming the place has changed quite a bit since then.
Thanks!
Hi Kierenb123!! I was wondering if you finally went to Sihanoukville? We are looking for places to go in the next days but I’m worried about the internet connection… If you could share your experience it would be great Thanks!!
I worked from Sihanoukville this year and if you like to get in shape and eat well, I strongly recommend this place: http://fitness-sihanoukville.com/digital-nomad-live-work-package.html
Reliable internet, personal trainer, breakfast and dinners every day, super clean place owned by a family.
Thanks for that @al.digit.al , I will check that out if I do visit, I tend to work around 40 hours per week so I was a little unsure if it would be worth going for a full package, I will probably head over in Janurary time so I will take a look
I was there over a year ago. 3G pretty bad from memory. Normal wifi bad. Otres beach was much better for normal wifi.
Thanks @robcubbon I heard they now have 4G in Sihanoukville so I will probably give it a try in the new year, I will more than likely be heading to the Otres area.
+1
I’m also very interested in answers to original post. Especially around 3G/4G and wifi connectivity. Is internet reliable and good enough for video calls? I don’t mind getting SIM cards as long as I can work / do business calls without interruptions.
Thanks!
I couldn’t find any threads on Phnom Penh so thought I’d start one.
Has anyone lived there as a DM? What were your experiences like? The good, the bad?
Yep, I ended up spending a month there
I started in a guest house through Airbnb which wasn’t super cheap and could’ve gotten a hotel room for around the same price, with access to a swimming pool etc. But definitely a cheap place to hang out especially if you avoid places aimed at Westerners esp the wealthier expat crowd.
I’m not sure of the name of the district where I stayed, it was near the Aeon Mall. I only went to the riverside/backpacker area once and that was pretty seedy but around my area was pretty nice. You still have to take common sense precautions of course. People say everyone gets robbed there eventually but I wasn’t there long enough for that to happen, thankfully. I thought my hosts were being really paranoid about house break-ins but apparently it is a huge issue too.
Even in Feb when I was there, the heat was too much for me. Long termers thought it was on the cold side though You pretty much can’t walk anywhere. Even without the heat, the footpaths are pretty much non-existent.
I didn’t do much touristing when I was there because I was working to a deadline and didn’t get out much but there are some nice cafes and bars. Booze is really cheap. People are generally friendly and easy going although the tuk tuk drivers seem to have no idea where to go! I did head out of town to the bear sanctuary which was a cool day trip. From my experience, it’s much more of an expat crowd than a DM scene (or maybe I just didn’t find it) and it’s easy to meet people.
Hi kathrynoh - did you go to Phnom Penh in the end? If so, what did you think? Our plans are suddenly in disarray and we are now considering basing ourselves there for a couple of months.
I lived in Phnom Penh for several years so here are my thoughts on the city.
Pros:
Cons:
I was genuinely considering moving to Phnom Penh for a bit myself after I visit Thailand in January next year. I was there this time last year for about 4 weeks, however I was travelling not working. Phnom Penh seemed to be the exception but there seemed to be a lot of power cuts throughout the whole country, including Siem Reap. The internet speed seemed decent enough when I was there, I was only browsing using my phone though. There was an American university lecturer staying in my dorms who was doing work while he was there. Although, I suppose it depends on what kind of work he was doing on the female friendly part, I met a bunch of girls travelling alone throughout the country and I didn’t hear anything bad from them or any horror stories (that’s not to say it isn’t an issue - just something I didn’t hear of). And yes, it’s cheap
I have a friend who’s lived there for about 2 years now and he pays 420 USD plus bills of around 30 USD a month for a 3 bedroom flat and I’m fairly certain that includes a cleaner as well. The best place to try and find accommodation is probably facebook, there’s a bunch of groups for Phnom Penh housing / expats etc and there’s always someone advertising rooms to rent on there.
Thanks for the information. That’s really helpful.
I’m a writer so don’t need constant high speed internet to work. I’m probably going to stick mainly to Phnon Penh since I’ve been to Siam Reap and other parts before.
I visited PP for a number of weeks as a tourist, 8 years ago, back then the internet was slow and by the sounds of things, not much has changed. It’s cheap but not female friendly.
Thanks. I’ve been there but over 10 years ago now so have no idea what it’s like now.
Tbh, I really don’t know what ‘not female friendly’ means.
I’m in Siem Reap (Cambodia) for a week and I’m wanting to connect with people in the tech (devs), creative (marketing, advertising, design etc.) and business communities here. If you have any contacts, please put me in touch.
Thanks a lot!
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomad List members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Too hot all year round
❌ Not many members right now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are not that great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 10038° hot | 10440° hot | 10943° scorching | 11848° scorching | 11747° scorching | 11144° scorching | 10943° scorching | 10842° scorching | 10239° hot | 10641° scorching | 9736° hot | 9736° hot |
Real | 9032° hot | 9133° hot | 9334° hot | 9535° hot | 9334° hot | 9133° hot | 9032° hot | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8831° hot |
Humidity | nice 59% | nice 62% | nice 63% | nice 67% | sweaty 74% | sweaty 76% | sweaty 78% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 81% | sweaty 74% | nice 65% |
Rain | dry 4mm | dry 10mm | dry 39mm | rainy 80mm | rainy 89mm | rainy 159mm | rainy 165mm | rainy 201mm | rainy 180mm | rainy 126mm | dry 33mm | dry 2mm |
Cloud | pockets 44% | pockets 19% | pockets 28% | cloudy 65% | cloudy 86% | cloudy 84% | overcast 92% | overcast 92% | cloudy 86% | cloudy 69% | cloudy 65% | pockets 36% |
Air quality | bad 127 US AQI | okay 90 US AQI | okay 80 US AQI | okay 62 US AQI | okay 56 US AQI | okay 57 US AQI | okay 59 US AQI | okay 62 US AQI | okay 63 US AQI | okay 91 US AQI | okay 79 US AQI | bad 114 US AQI |
Sun | sunburn 8 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI | sunburn 7 UVI |
Nomad List members | 5 people | 4 people | 4 people | 3 people | 3 people | 2 people | 2 people | 2 people | 2 people | 2 people | 5 people | 5 people |
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Spent 2 months in 2011 and 3 month in 2012, amazing chill place. Waterfalls, wildlife, white sand beaches, local authentic fishermen villages (on both sides of island). One of my favorite places in Thailand, miss it so much (been in Samui, Chiang Mai, Pai, BKK, Pattaya, Ranong, total 2 years). Pai and Koh Chang, and Pattaya, are my top favorite places in Thailand.
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun okay👮 Safety okayTap to open☀️ Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°AQI 87😷✈️18min$1,231 / mo17Mbps×Phnom Penh has plenty of air conditioned cafes and some co-working spaces, so it's quite possible to get work done. The river front area feels nice and spacious but other than that I didn't find it a particular pleasant city, and wouldn't stay for more a few days. Kampot, however, 4 hours away by bus, has been one of the best places I've stayed. The atmosphere is great, it's a small town with nice architecture, hip cafes, yoga classes, and a riverfront to stroll along. It's much calmer than any
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun okay👮 Safety okayTap to open☀️ Feels 32° 90° 29° 85°AQI 108😷✈️18min$1,284 / mo6Mbps×People - People are generally friendly - Not too many scams like BKK - Scams are low here because the city doesn't have the same attractions like BKK - Never ran in to a Digital Nomad here like Chiang Mai Language - English level is very low - If they can speak a little bit of English the people are shy to use it - Languages that you can use to get by are Thai, Cambodian and Lao Health - Hospitals have long line ups throughout the day. - Locals go in the morning to take a number, when their t
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun okay👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 32° 90° 30° 86°🥵AQI 105😷✈️21min$1,067 / mo79Mbps×Chinese companies are building casinos everywhere, using Chinese labour and attracting Chinese clients who are presumably laundering money as there are much closer casinos to China than Sihanoukville. This place is getting worse, not better. However, it's the gateway to some nice islands.
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun very bad👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 29° 84° 27° 81°AQI 85😷✈️25min$1,269 / mo8Mbps×Unbelievably a great place to live! Forget Pattaya downtown and go for Jomtiem instead, with a more family-oriented enviroment, delicious street food and russian/scandinavian communities. You can live in great places with seaview paying less than you would pay for a regular place in Bangkok, with all the traffic and pollution. Also, Koh Larn island, an island 20 minutes far by boat is a gift, with pristine and clean beaches like the most famous islands in Thailand.
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety okayTap to open☀️ Feels 31° 88° 28° 82°AQI 107😷✈️26min$1,406 / mo211Mbps×Very nice place to stay a few days. I would not recommend to stay very long, since there is not much to do. On the other hand its a beautiful place to relax. There will be a lot of tourists in the next years, so go there before that will happen.
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety okayTap to open🌥 Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°AQI 117😷✈️28min$1,011 / mo5Mbps×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
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 34° 93° 30° 86°🥵AQI 148😷✈️29min$1,455 / mo21Mbps×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
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😝 Cheap📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety okayTap to open☀️ Feels 35° 95° 30° 85°🥵AQI 143😷✈️34min$982 / mo20Mbps×I was skeptical but have really enjoyed it. It's considered a growing 'hipster capital' of Thailand, after Chiang Mai, with its easy access to Bangkok for wealthy weekenders on breaks, and the opening of Seenspace, a massive hotel + food and drink emporium. Train to Bangkok is older and slower, but avoids traffic. There are plenty of mini-buses and taxis plying the route as well. Figure 4 hours door to door. It's blissfully free of digital nomads (even though there is a coworking space and pl
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun very bad👮 Safety okayTap to open☀️ Feels 31° 88° 28° 82°AQI 104😷✈️35min$1,401 / mo22Mbps×Da Lat is not a great place. I came here for fresh air (after 1 year in Chiang Mai) but unfortunately that is an illusion. They are burning in the mountains and you can see the smoke going up to the sky. And in the city it is not much better, the air is very much polluted there as well. I tried many restaurants but mostly the food is not very good and the service is depressingly bad. Combine that with the rubbish you see everywhere (especially around the center) and Da Lat makes not a happy pl
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😝 Cheap📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun okay👮 Safety okayTap to open🌥 Feels 21° 70° 21° 70°AQI 112😷✈️42min$873 / mo10Mbps×Phnom Penh has plenty of air conditioned cafes and some co-working spaces, so it's quite possible to get work done. The river front area feels nice and spacious but other than that I didn't find it a particular pleasant city, and wouldn't stay for more a few days. Kampot, however, 4 hours away by bus, has been one of the best places I've stayed. The atmosphere is great, it's a small town with nice architecture, hip cafes, yoga classes, and a riverfront to stroll along. It's much calmer than any
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun okay👮 Safety okayTap to open☀️ Feels 32° 90° 29° 85°AQI 108😷✈️18min$1,284 / mo6Mbps×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
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 34° 93° 30° 86°🥵AQI 148😷✈️29min$1,455 / mo21Mbps×Chiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really cheap apartments (300-400$) 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.
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 27° 81° 26° 80°AQI 85😷✈️1h$1,106 / mo22Mbps×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
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😝 Cheap📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety okayTap to open☀️ Feels 35° 95° 30° 85°🥵AQI 143😷✈️34min$982 / mo20Mbps×Chinese companies are building casinos everywhere, using Chinese labour and attracting Chinese clients who are presumably laundering money as there are much closer casinos to China than Sihanoukville. This place is getting worse, not better. However, it's the gateway to some nice islands.
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun very bad👮 Safety badTap to open☀️ Feels 29° 84° 27° 81°AQI 85😷✈️25min$1,269 / mo8Mbps×I lived in Hanoi for 3 full months and I really loved it. Hanoi has a big foreigner district called 'Tay Ho'. If what you are looking for is somewhat foreigner(English) friendly, the spot is yours. However I preferred to stay in the Japanese area that was full of good sushi. The charm of the city comes from the people. Vietnamese are aggressively kind and way too friendly. I even rented a piano from a local shop, placed it at home and played it. Took private Muythai lesson from a local gym
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun okay👮 Safety okayTap to open🌤 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 177😷✈️1h$1,052 / mo13Mbps×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
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun okay👮 Safety okayTap to open🌥 Feels 36° 97° 30° 87°🥵AQI 48✈️2h$1,306 / mo18Mbps×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’
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 33° 91° 29° 84°AQI 65✈️1h$1,624 / mo18Mbps×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
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety okayTap to open🌥 Feels 34° 93° 29° 85°AQI 48✈️2h$2,867 / mo95Mbps×Hong Kong is a fabulous city - from big city living, to isolated beaches, outlying islands and hikes through mountainous terrain. The big downside is it's EXPENSIVE. You need to have a decent salary to live here - otherwise, it would be tough. Hong Kong island is the most expensive, but more affordable places are possible, the further you are willing to travel. It's quite a transient city, so probably pretty easy to make connections!
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety very badTap to open🌥 Feels 19° 66° 19° 67°AQI 79😷✈️2h$2,563 / mo70Mbps×Phnom Penh has plenty of air conditioned cafes and some co-working spaces, so it's quite possible to get work done. The river front area feels nice and spacious but other than that I didn't find it a particular pleasant city, and wouldn't stay for more a few days. Kampot, however, 4 hours away by bus, has been one of the best places I've stayed. The atmosphere is great, it's a small town with nice architecture, hip cafes, yoga classes, and a riverfront to stroll along. It's much calmer than any
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun okay👮 Safety okayTap to open☀️ Feels 32° 90° 29° 85°AQI 108😷✈️18min$1,284 / mo🌇 Also went here130 people×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
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 34° 93° 30° 86°🥵AQI 148😷✈️29min$1,455 / mo🌇 Also went here240 people×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
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😝 Cheap📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety okayTap to open☀️ Feels 35° 95° 30° 85°🥵AQI 143😷✈️34min$982 / mo🌇 Also went here170 people×Chiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really cheap apartments (300-400$) 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.
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 27° 81° 26° 80°AQI 85😷✈️1h$1,106 / mo🌇 Also went here198 people×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’
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 33° 91° 29° 84°AQI 65✈️1h$1,624 / mo🌇 Also went here102 people×I lived in Hanoi for 3 full months and I really loved it. Hanoi has a big foreigner district called 'Tay Ho'. If what you are looking for is somewhat foreigner(English) friendly, the spot is yours. However I preferred to stay in the Japanese area that was full of good sushi. The charm of the city comes from the people. Vietnamese are aggressively kind and way too friendly. I even rented a piano from a local shop, placed it at home and played it. Took private Muythai lesson from a local gym
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun okay👮 Safety okayTap to open🌤 Feels 21° 70° 21° 69°AQI 177😷✈️1h$1,052 / mo🌇 Also went here132 people×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
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun okay👮 Safety okayTap to open🌥 Feels 36° 97° 30° 87°🥵AQI 48✈️2h$1,306 / mo🌇 Also went here162 people×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
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety okayTap to open🌥 Feels 34° 93° 29° 85°AQI 48✈️2h$2,867 / mo🌇 Also went here160 people×Hong Kong is a fabulous city - from big city living, to isolated beaches, outlying islands and hikes through mountainous terrain. The big downside is it's EXPENSIVE. You need to have a decent salary to live here - otherwise, it would be tough. Hong Kong island is the most expensive, but more affordable places are possible, the further you are willing to travel. It's quite a transient city, so probably pretty easy to make connections!
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety very badTap to open🌥 Feels 19° 66° 19° 67°AQI 79😷✈️2h$2,563 / mo🌇 Also went here106 people×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
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun okay👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 32° 90° 27° 81°🥵AQI 45✈️4h$1,076 / mo🌇 Also went here110 people×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
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety okayTap to open🌥 Feels -5° 23° -2° 29°AQI 12✈️12h$3,042 / mo🌇 Also went here101 people×Super fun and beautiful city. I find Parisians are actually very patient and warm if you at least attempt to speak French; in my experience, most people who complain that they're rude are the ones making zero effort to speak the language. Expensive though and not very easy to meet other nomads.
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun good👮 Safety okayTap to open✈️13h$4,284 / mo🌇 Also went here112 people×London is a SO beautiful city. The historical center is cute, but also majestic and luxurious. You feel the culture at every step. British people are really kind and welcoming! Plus, more than just one, you can enjoy TWO skylines 😍 so many skyscrapers, nothing beats its collection in Europe.
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety okayTap to open🌧 Feels 4° 39° 6° 44°AQI 41✈️13h$4,102 / mo🌇 Also went here136 people×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.
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety okayTap to open☀️ Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 26✈️13h$2,914 / mo🌇 Also went here120 people×Having spent a total of two weeks in London on two separate occasions and having lived in NYC for two years, both are among my favorite cities in the world. Londoners are quite internationally and ethnically diverse, and seemingly better educated and more intellectual than New Yorkers in aggregate. The city very clean with a stunning mix of modern and historic architecture, and arguably has Europe's best public transit in terms of signage, availability, cleanliness and general efficiency. Meanw
⭐️ Overall Score 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 Internet 🙂 Good😀 Fun great👮 Safety very badTap to open🌧 Feels 4° 39° 6° 44°AQI 56✈️19h$4,636 / mo🌇 Also went here114 people×
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