Nerd on Tour Podcast

Check the full transcript and show notes at: https://nerdontour.net/dorota-krzysztof-who-resurrected-their-realpoland-travel-business/ Krzysztof and Dorota spent years building a tour company in Warsaw, then watched COVID close the borders of nearly every country their guests come from. Just as people started booking again, war broke out next door. After three years of running tours for free at ni...

I'm a nerd who grew up on Game Boys and LAN parties. Yet decades of gaming taught me that digital is an enabler, not a goal. Here's how I stay offline enough as a digital nomad, without quitting the screens that pay my bills. Read the full article at: https://nerdontour.net/offline-mode-for-humans/

Check the full transcript and show notes at: https://nerdontour.net/gigi-spiritual-pro-skater-pirate-from-new-caledonia/ Gigi got hired on a superyacht after telling the captain he knew nothing about sailing. In this episode we talk about how a skater from New Caledonia ended up delivering yachts across Asia with one safety course and one good reference. Why a stranger's question in a Phuket bar c...

Grab and Bolt work with any phone number. Lazada and SF Cinema wanted a Thai one. So I typed my expired Thai number from 2013 into the cinema form. It worked! Here is how I dodged SMS verification during two months in Chiang Mai. Read more at: https://nerdontour.net/sms-verification-silliness-in-thailand/

Check the full transcript and show notes at: https://nerdontour.net/dima-pashutskii-from-stationary-sysadmin-to-nomad-software-engineer/ Dima Pashutskii spent his twenties answering support calls, watching logs, and wearing a suit in a Moscow bank. Then he got fired, learned to code, and left. In this episode, recorded on Skype from Bali in July 2020, we talk about the months it took him to land a...

Wi-Fi is everywhere in Thailand. So I never bought a local eSIM. I roamed on a Malaysian plan for 11 USD and stayed online in cafes, the gym, our apartment. Here is what it cost me in speed, battery, and upload time. Check the full article and the comparison table at: https://nerdontour.net/esim-wi-fi-how-to-stay-online-in-thailand-as-a-digital-nomad/

John Ho grew up in Hong Kong, got culture shocked in California, married a Thai woman, and now runs two colivings in Chiang Mai. He also thinks he spent five years building digital nomad bubbles. In this episode we talk about what culture actually does to a person. Why he still calls himself a Hongkonger, what Jackie Chan really represents, and how a Cantonese obsession with using every square met...

Three nomads told me to go. So we booked two months in Chiang Mai, mid-June to mid-August, dodging the burning season. We enjoyed khao soi, a five-story gym, and cute cafés in this nomad haven.

Ryan Li has spent twenty years in Asia and calls himself an egg. White on the outside, yellow on the inside. In this episode, we talk about how a nineteen-year-old from Texas sold his car and talked his way into a job in Japan. Why he taught himself Japanese, Mandarin, and Khmer without ever studying properly, and what two decades of chasing greener grass actually taught him. We also go deep on vi...

To pay by QR in Thailand, I used a Malaysian app. That took a local SIM, a KYC check, and two conversions. Absurd, and still the best option I found. Here's the setup and what actually worked.

A waterfall you climb up, not swim in. Barefoot on limestone that grips like spider web. No slipping, no shivering, no water shoes needed. Ninety minutes from Chiang Mai, Buatong turned my morning into the strangest climb of my Thailand stay.

Accommodation doesn't have to be nomad's biggest expense. After years on the road, I cut my lodging costs in half without downgrading. Rooms, colivings, apartments, direct rentals. Here's my unconventional approach to a place to stay.

Clear communication is everything to me as a nomad. WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram, Slack, Signal, Discord, etc. Dozen apps, one me. Beeper bridges them all into one inbox, so I meet people where they already are. Here's why it earned a spot on my phone.

Loneliness is the quiet tax of nomad life. We meet our best friends in colivings, then scatter across the globe. But I built a simple 3-hour weekly habit that keeps those bonds alive, no matter the distance. Why it works? Check the details at nerdontour.net

Films shaped where I travel. But AI is changing how films are made. Is this the end of authentic storytelling? Or just the next step in filmmaking?

Digital nomad. The label is everywhere, yet nobody agrees on what it means. And that's the beauty of it. Anyone can step into this life. No permission needed. You control the pace, the place, the shape. Here's how I carve my own path.

Ana Baute runs Bencomo, a coliving in North Tenerife that feels like staying at a friend's house rather than a hostel. In this episode, we talk about how she turned a family home into a space for digital nomads, why loneliness is one of the biggest problems for long-term travelers, and what coliving actually means when done right. We also go deep on Tenerife's mass tourism issue, why the North is...

Staying consistent with workouts while moving from place to place is one of the trickiest parts of nomad life. You never know what gym — if any — will be waiting at the next destination. For two years, I've relied on Freeletics. It adapts to whatever equipment is available, my schedule, and my current fitness goal. After each session, it recalibrates based on my feedback. Too easy or too hard — it...

Just a few steps under the canopy and something shifts. The sharp heat softens. The air settles. And when a gentle breeze passes through, there's simply nothing better. No air conditioner in the world can replicate that feeling. It takes a little practice to truly attune to it. But once you do, the forest stops being just a backdrop — it becomes the destination. This is why I keep coming back. For...

Ben is a self-taught developer and restless thinker who chose the nomad path over a conventional Australian life of cars, houses, and boats. After a long-term relationship collapsed, he rebuilt himself from scratch — learning Bahasa Indonesia to escape Western cultural bubbles, ditching Tinder for a methodical courtship approach, and trading vague life goals for daily non-negotiable practices. Hea...

Walking through the Botanical Garden in Kuala Lumpur, my mind is already somewhere else — India. A culture I've been quietly connected to for years through yoga, food, and a deep curiosity about their startup scene. But this time, I'm also going for a real Indian wedding. Multiple days. Multiple outfits. Bollywood didn't prepare me enough. #WalkingWithPiotrek  For more digital nomad stories go to...

Lush paths, humid air, and another walk-and-talk detour into tea… and sugar. When I was a kid, tea meant lots of sugar (grandma-style). Somewhere along the way I realized good tea doesn’t need cubes, honey, or any sweeteners—just time, leaves, and a bit of curiosity. If you want a funny, smart watch that explains why sugar sneaks into everything, I genuinely recommend That Sugar Film.#WalkingWithP...

Sometimes the simplest act grounds us the most. Touching the grass. Feeling the earth beneath our feet. We're all part of nature. We come from it, and we'll return to it. That's the cycle of life. Walking in the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney reminded me that taking care of ourselves means reconnecting with what we've always been. Not just digital nomads or content creators. But living beings, walkin...

I value privacy and was delighted to discover Proton Mail. Their solution sounded like a wonderful counterpoint to the dominance of Gmail and other ad-driven services. Once I read books about surveillance capitalism, I knew that I wanted to protect my data and experience what it means to use the end-to-end encrypted, open-source email provider called Proton. Although, after over a year of using it...