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30 Digital Nomad Destinations: The Best Cities to Live and Work Remotely in 2018
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This article is the culmination of two years of globetrotting combined with research from others who live and work from locations around the world.
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Playa Del Carmen Wrap-Up: One Month as Digital Nomads in Mexican Paradise
Mexico always fascinated me as a country for living the remote work lifestyle. The food was a big factor but also, the inexpensive cost of living and warm climate indicated to me that Mexico had a lot of potential. However, when I began my research on where to go in...
Medellin Wrap-Up: 10 days in the City of Eternal Spring
Click the video below to watch our experience in Medellin on camera. In the digital nomad community, there seems just one destination that receives more buzz than any other in South America. That is Medellin, Colombia. Despite the hype and praise, I was almost about...
Las Palmas Wrap-Up: One Month as Digital Nomads on the Island of Gran Canaria
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria was always on my radar as one of the world's top digital nomad destinations but truth be told, I don't think I'd ever met anyone who'd actually been there. From my extensive online research, Las Palmas looked to have all the trimmings of an...
Warsaw Wrap-Up: 2 Weeks as Digital Nomads in the Polish Capital
Despite the low cost of living, fast internet and position in EU, Warsaw seems to have failed to make it into any lists of major digital nomad destinations (currently sitting at position 115 on Nomad List) and honestly, I can see why. One thing I've noticed over the...
Sofia Wrap-Up: 2 Weeks of Summer in the Bulgarian Capital
Sofia has become a well-known city in the Nomad community (currently #36 on NomadList) due to it's low cost of living, modern infrastructure and position outside the schengen zone. Therefore, it became an obvious third destination of my Eastern European journey from...
Belgrade Wrap-Up: One Month as a Digital Nomad in Europe’s Most Under-Rated Capital
Note: Photo taken in Niš in Serbia, not Belgrade. I forgot to get a good photo! I'll be honest. Belgrade looked a little boring from a distance. It's list of top attractions includes various churches and temples and an old fortress, a list that you could realistically...
Budapest Wrap-Up: 2 Weeks in the Popular European Capital
Check any list on top the digital nomad destinations in Europe right now and you'll find the city of Budapest. The Hungarian capital is so highly regarded that it consistently appears in the number one position of Nomad List during each European summer. In fact, I'd...
Phuket Wrap-Up: 6 Days as a Digital Nomad on the Popular Thai Island
You may think that 6 days might be a short time to check out a new destination but honestly, we were ready to leave after only a few days. Phuket is one of those notorious destinations that seems like it would have a lot to offer digital nomads but after a...
Kuala Lumpur Wrap-Up: 10 Days in the Popular Asian Stopover City
I came to Kuala Lumpur for the second time this year with very low expectations. To me, there's nothing too exciting about the city in terms of being a digital nomad, no coworking spaces and little opportunities to meet nomads outside the odd the chance meeting at...
Ho Chi Minh City Wrap-Up: One Month as a Digital Nomad in Busy & Bustling Saigon
People say you either love or hate Vietnam and after one month in the nation's financial capital, I can't say that I 'hate' Vietnam but it definitely wasn't the most comfortable place to live and work. After the relaxed quietness of Koh Phangan, being in Ho Chi Minh...
Koh Phangan Wrap-Up: 2 Weeks as a Digital Nomad on the Island of Parties and Free Love
After staying in Chiang Mai for close to 3 months, we decided that we needed a break, an island break, something to break up the experience of city living. We decided to head to Koh Phangan. Better known for parties and free love (the Full moon, Half moon, Black moon...
Siem Reap Wrap-Up: 1 Week in Cambodia as a Digital Nomad
We arrived in Siem Reap filled with hopes and dreams of discovering another up-and-coming digital nomad destination. About 5 days in however, we were searching online for another destination we could somehow fit into our calendar before flying back to Chiang Mai only...
Koh Lanta Wrap-Up: 3 Weeks Coworking on a Tropical Island
We arrived in Koh Lanta late on a Wednesday night to this (pictured left). Coming from Chiang Mai, we had been used to being walking distance from numerous cafes, 711's and restaurants but at KoHub apartments and indeed Koh Lanta as a whole, we were not going to...
Chiang Mai Wrap-Up: One Month as a Digital Nomad at the Centre of the Movement
Having planned our digital nomad journey almost a year in advance, we had done plenty of research and heard many things about this magical city called Chiang Mai. This small city in Northern Thailand, at least from our understanding was largely considered the mecca...
Bali Wrap-Up: One month as a Digital Nomad on the ‘Island of the Gods’
We spent our first month as Digital Nomads on the beautiful Indonesian Island of Bali, here's what we found. It was never the plan for us to go to Bali this early. The initial plan was to fly straight from Brisbane to Thailand and make Chiang Mai our home but one day...
Other Travel Articles
Chris’ Guide to Mykonos Beaches
In the Summer of 2017, my partner Denise and I met up with my Mother for a 10 day tour of Athens, Mykonos and Santorini and Mykonos was by far, my favourite part of the trip. Watch this video below to see footage of each beaches The Beaches are 'The Thing to Do' in...
A Trip to Doi Inthanon with TakeMeTour
TakeMeTour is a travel website that I like to describe as the AirBnB of booking tours in Thailand. It's a marketplace of fully vetted local guides, crowd-sourced from around Thailand and it's a great place to seek out experiences from guides with very local...
Chiang Mai Accommodation – My quick guide for Digital Nomads
What's the [best] way to get apartments in Chiang Mai these days? (asked by msavin on #nomads) This question keeps coming on the #chiang-mai channel of #nomads and the response is generally the same. Here is my experience and what I have heard from other nomads: How...
4 Flights in Asia for under $200 USD
In December last year, my lovely girlfriend Denise discovered an offer by Air Asia aptly named "The ASEAN Pass". This is how it works: You buy an ASEAN pass (for around 500 MYR) which gives you 10 credits Book as many flights as you want within a 30 day period of...
Are Co-Working Holidays now ‘a thing’?
So I came up with an awesome idea today – a Coworking Space on a boat! (FEB 2016 UPDATE: That now exists) Ok… so that’s probably not the best idea but it did get me searching Google and found this article by Flight Centre, the major travel company in Australia. What...
Why I Won’t Pay to Stay in a 5-Star Hotel
Travel is now cheaper than ever. Instead of a full-service flight, you can forego all the luxuries and travel for half the price on a super low cost airline like Scoot. Instead of taking expensive cabs, you can save around 20% using ride-sharing services like UBER....