I’ve been to Da Nang seven times now. That’s quite a few visits to a city I never really planned to settle down in and hardly knew anything about, except as a name that kept popping up in old Vietnam War movies. Yet somehow, I keep coming back. It’s not because Da Nang is the
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Yesterday I spent seven hours at Thai immigration doing my first TM47 90-day report. The paperwork itself took about three minutes. The office had been closed for two days after the flooding, so there were probably more people than usual. Still, seven hours is seven hours. What surprised me was the place itself. The government
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Da Nang, Vietnam, is probably one of the easiest places I have lived as a digital nomad. I have been back seven times over the last couple of years, so this is not really a first-impression thing anymore. Not because everything is perfect. It isn’t. But everyday life is very easy there. The beach is
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Most travelers pass through Surat Thani on their way to the islands. Staying a little longer made me notice something else: a city carrying on perfectly well without trying to impress anyone.
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If you search online, you’ll probably come away with the impression that Bali is all about coworking spaces, beach clubs, surf breaks, and cafés filled with laptop workers. Add in yoga classes, wellness retreats, spa afternoons, and the occasional coconut water between Zoom calls, and it’s easy to believe that’s what digital nomad life in
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At 53, most people expect life to become more settled. Mine looks almost the opposite. As I write this, I’m living in Southeast Asia. At the moment, that means Bangkok. My suitcase sits in the corner of the room, slightly messy and probably right on the airline’s weight limit for my next flight. A camera
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Every traveler seems to be searching for the same thing. A place that still feels authentic. A place that hasn’t been discovered yet. A place that hasn’t changed. The irony, of course, is that places often change because people discover them. The café becomes popular. The neighborhood becomes fashionable. The quiet beach appears on social
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Most digital nomads spend a lot of time searching for the perfect place. Faster internet. Better cafés. More coworking spaces. More restaurants. More activities. More options. The assumption is usually the same. More is better. After spending a month on Nusa Lembongan, I started wondering if the opposite might sometimes be true. What if a
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Most travel begins the same way. We arrive somewhere new. We look around. We take photographs. We film videos. We visit the places we came to see. We eat the local food, if we dare. And then we move on. There is nothing wrong with that. Observing is part of travel. In many ways, it
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Some places energize you. Others slow you down. Nusa Lembongan did something different. It lowered the volume. Not just around me. Inside me. When I first arrived, I noticed the obvious things. The beaches. The clear water. The small roads crossing the island. The slower pace compared to many parts of Bali. But looking back,
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