If you aren’t just traveling abroad but living abroad as a nomad, flexpat, or stable expat, a US address to receive mail and access it in a timely fashion is essential. Whether you’re receiving a replacement bank card, tax documents, or an apostilled background check, having a central, continuous, and stable address and mail scanning … Read more
That dentist appointment you’ve been avoiding because it costs $3,200 in Seattle? It’s $450 in Mexico City, with the same materials, better service, and a bilingual specialist trained in California. Medical tourism isn’t some sketchy underground movement anymore. It’s a legitimate, rapidly growing industry where millions of people cross borders each year to get everything … Read more
When I initially left home to travel the world, every place felt perfect. Every place felt interesting and satisfying. Likely because every place was new, and at the beginning of my journey, novelty and scintillation were the only payoffs I needed from travel. These days, nine years later, whether as a nomad working on the … Read more
This article on the best VPNs has been sitting in my drafts folder for nearly a year. So, what finally triggered refreshing and publishing? (A Note: There are no affiliate links in this article, and I make nothing off writing it. This article is meant to solely to serve your personal data and digital security … Read more
Why it exists, what to accept, what to plan for, and how to tackle it A group of travelers, taking a break from each other to check their phones I’m a millennial. One of the defining traits of our generation is that we were lucky enough to be “digital pioneers.” We grew up in a … Read more
with lower cost living and higher quality lives… Picture Andre. A young American man from California. At 35 years old, he knew himself well. He knew his love for wine and a delicious steak. He knew that time outside, whether walking between tall pines on hiking trails, or between ancient buildings and centuries old architecture, … Read more
Many of the cheapest cities to live in the world not only deliver low prices, but high quality of life and value as well, if you know where to look. In this report, we’ll share the best cities around the world to live on a budget of $1,000, $1,500, or $2,000 monthly while maintaining a … Read more
Looking out over the silted green lake, reflecting the lush mountains on either side, I sipped my coffee and stared miles out as my laptop sat untouched. The hills towering out of the water could easily be mistaken for fjords in Bergen, Norway, or Kotor, Montenegro, if not for the white Peace Pagoda barely visible … Read more
As I sat on the short flight from Chiang Mai, the plane landed in Kuala Lumpur while I skimmed my handwritten notes from the last two weeks. Ten days in silence in the hill country of northern Thailand, followed by a few days of grilled meats, savory curries, and satisfying Thai beer, put life in … Read more
A list of highly recommended books for digital nomads, to accompany you into and through a fulfilling and sustainable life abroad. In nine years living a nomadic life across 65 countries, interviewing and mingling with nomads on six continents, and writing a book about the culture being built, I’ve become intimately familiar with the insights, … Read more