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nomadznu
15y ago
Lol. We did the roads with a small (expensive) rented car. Airco and everything. And then we did it with the beetle: noisy, difficult to steer, fun. It doesn't imply good. It implies 'unforgettable' ;)
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nomadznu
15y ago
In Belgium (and other countries in Europe) there is a gap-year remuneration. It's a bit like the mini-retirements Stefan Sagmeister is talking about. They are meant for this sort of stuff. Next to that there are several ways to do what you
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nomadznu
15y ago
We would advise not to do this while staying in hostels. Hostels are way too much fun, packed with people travelling and having fun. One needs a work environment to get work done. Our trick was: arrive in a city/location and stay in in host
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nomadznu
15y ago
Hi Joeri. From Belgium too I presume. It indeed helped we're from Belgium, regarding the insurances. On the other hand: for US citizens this way of living is even cheaper if they are paying health insurance in their home country. Because th
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nomadznu
15y ago
If that's the message you got from this, I guess you read it differently than what we meant. We're not saying this lifestyle is 'walhallah'. It comes with risks, costs, and you have to be 'strong' to do it. Hence the remarks we made in the
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nomadznu
15y ago
Yes we often sticked to the nine to five work template, doing the fun stuff in weekends and vacations. And off course, when you take the moped after work to go and see that sunset, that's also heaven for a few hours :) Again GTD is a good w
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15y ago
For us the solution was to rent an co-office space in Argentina (a great one btw: urbanstation.co.ar) In Thailand and South Africa this was less of a problem: in those places we had a small spot to work and we often went to internetcaffees
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15y ago
Hi there, Ine here from Nomadz.nu, one of the 2 girls of the presentation :) This post is really interesting, and about the same thing we'd say. We're European, so for us things are a bit different when it comes to insurance and retirement