Digital nomad
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Being Digital Nomad in Medellin (Colombia)
That’s it, after 4 months of emptying our bank account in Canada and the United States, we finally arrived in Colombia, a less hostile land for our wallet. As we arrive very late and we are tired by 2 weeks of road trip in Florida, we decide to spend 2 quiet days in a great hotel in the South of Medellín (pronunciation: MIDDLE JUNE) before taking place in our Airbnb (we call it the “vacations after the vacations”). Finally, we missed the computer too much and we had a lot to tell you. Instead of resting, we are chaining article after article for the blog, vlog after vlog for YouTube…
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Internet and Telephone while travelling: What solutions during a Round the World Tour?
During a long short trip or when you are a digital nomad, you don’t want to or can’t completely cut yourself off from the means of communication. Internet is very convenient to make a Google Map itinerary, call a VTC, check the restaurant reviews, … The telephone is very convenient for booking an excursion, calling relatives or clients. Here is a small synthesis of the solutions at your disposal. How to have internet? WiFi The most obvious way, WiFi is available all over the world: in hotels, youth hostels, restaurants and cafes and sometimes even in a whole city. This is the most economical solution because it won’t cost you…
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Becoming Digital Nomad: The Ultimate 2020 Travel Guide
After our world tour, we decided to continue traveling while working. We became digital nomads in May 2017. Digital nomadism is still a very marginal way of life but it intrigues and sometimes makes you dream. Here’s what we can say about it to demystify it a little and help you if you want to get started. Note: this article contains links to the other articles of our blog, to make it easier for you to navigate & read. Our activity If during 11 months of world tour, we were on vacation and living off our savings, this is no longer the case! Back to reality. Like everyone else, we…
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How to detect a hidden surveillance camera in an Airbnb home?
Living nomadically, we change our accommodation very regularly and live year-round in Airbnb apartments (at least ten per year) One of our psychoses is to come across an ill-intentioned landlord who has hidden cameras inside the house to keep an eye on us. The risk is very low but not zero, some travelers had this bad surprise. So I got into the habit of doing a little test when you arrive in a new home. This test is very far from guaranteeing the absence of cameras at 100% but it only takes a few seconds The principle: scan the wifi network to identify the devices connected to it. Here is…
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Test & Review of Rebtel: call in France from abroad at local rate (+ promo code)
If you want to test Rebtel, you can use this referral link as a promo code. In addition to the free trial week, you’ll get a €5 discount on your first payment: https: //rebtel.app.link/wKXXCzB7tZ As part of our work, we regularly have to call France from abroad, whether on landline or cell phone numbers. Depending on the country we are in, we have two options: Use our Free Mobile phone subscription: ideal for countries included in the Free offer. Use OVH VOIP: in this case, the call is made via the Internet and therefore requires a correctupload connection. When we were in Morocco or Turkey, our Wifi connection was a…
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Vertoe Test & Review: A worldwide luggage deposit service (+ promo code)
If you would like to test Vertoe’s services, use this referral link to receive a 20% discount After a month in Miami, it’s time to leave for a 15-day road trip by car throughout Florida We had a moderate desire to leave all our expensive computer equipment unattended in the car for days on end, so we started looking for a solution to store our luggage in Miami for two weeks That’s how I discovered Vertoe’s luggage deposit services. Vertoe is an online service that offers many storage locations in Miami and around the world (Canada, USA, France, Thailand, Japan, … and many other countries). Many spaces are available in…
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Passing immigration to the United States when you are a digital nomad
I have promised you an article on the famous immigration to the United States. It went very well for us in Washington DC even though 2 of the 5 people in line in front of us were brought to “interrogation” rooms by an immigration officer. On a FB group reserved for digital nomads, some (especially one person) had problems coming to the United States with a passport filled with stamps, showing that they are traveling permanently (1h30 of questions and answers). And speaking with the French people living in Canada, who during their trip were kept for an hour of interrogation at the border, we thought it was absolutely necessary…
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Test & Review of the Digidom direct debit service
After discovering this article, Digidom kindly proposes to the readers of this article a 20% discount code on their services. You must contact them by e-mail (support AT digidom POINT pro) indicating that you come from the blog “around the world 5 continents”. For several years, I used the services of ABC Liv for the domiciliation of my company. In addition to the simple direct debit service, ABC Liv received and forwarded my mail. I was satisfied with the service but I was a little annoyed by their policy of automatically increasing the rate every year. The rate that was very competitive when the contract was signed was becoming less…
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Drimsim: the best international SIM card (review + promo code)
If you want to test DrimSim, go through this referral link, you will get a 10 € bonus on your first upload: https: //drimsim.app.link/n2cdwwRP6V When we arrive in a country, one of our priorities is to have access to the internet with our phone. This will allow us to book a Uber, find a public transportation route, communicate via WhatsApp, … A lot of very practical things 🙂 There are generally two scenarios: The country where we arrive is covered by our Free Mobile subscription. In this case there isn’thing to do, we use the internet thanks to our French SIM card. The country isn’t covered by Free Mobile, so…
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Nintendo Switch: the ideal travel system
Find the Nintendo Switch on Amazon at the best price. When I was a kid, I liked to play videos, whether it was on a console, I had several, or on a computer. I (almost) completely stopped as soon as I started my professional life. I had no time, no television, a computer on Linux then Mac (where games aren’t legion, …). Recently, I missed it and I took advantage of our trip to France to buy a used Xbox, play it the month we were in France before selling it because an Xbox is obviously not compatible with our nomadic lifestyle I’m so unfamiliar with video games that I…
