Work Online, Live Anywhere

This is a group that I recently found out about. They do activities together and you get discounts on local lodging, work spaces, restaurants, etc. Registration was free and I joined them for a local soccer game. It was a lot of fun!

I wanted to share this useful gadget. It's a power cube with 3 ac slots + 2 USBA + 1USBC with surge protection, etc. It's much more compact than what I was using before and since the cable is flexible, it effectively uses less space in the bag. I overbought and went with the 10' cable, but the 6' should be fine. You may be able to find it for less on amazon.

Google maps doesn't always have good data for transit.

Another option is the app Moovit. It's served me well in Latin America. I'm also trying out Organic Maps and OsmAnd, which are Open Maps apps, but I can't really comment on them yet.

The only catch with transit directions in apps is they'll often have bus numbers, but the buses here have signs for the neighborhoods they go through or the final stop, which makes things tricky, especially since you're trying to read the sign while the bus is moving.

If you don’t have someone to forward your mail to, you can get a “virtual mailbox”. This gives you a physical address and is pretty cheap. Many of them will send you a photo of the outside and you can have them scan it, forward, shred it, etc.

There are fees for each operation, but it’s a good way to see what your mail is while away. I use iPostal1 and it’s been pretty good so far.

In my situation, my company is cool with me traveling, but for a technical reason, I was blocked from accessing the VPN for one specific thing. This thing let’s me VPN onto a VPN (you can’t do this on your computer directly). With this, I connect the router to a VPN in my home country, then I show up to my company as in my country and can VPN into a VPN.

I found out about the Gl-Inet travel routers and these things are amazing. I bought this one: https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt3000.

What it does is it’s a travel router you can power with an outlet or USB-C from your laptop, and it has VPN client/server software built in.

You have a few options on what to do:

Get a VPN service

Test a logon with a free account before you pay, b/c VPN server IPs are easily identifiable as a VPN and your company can blanket block the data center.

For big services, you can sign in to your VPN in the router UI and it’ll pull in the configuration and log in. Once you log in on a VPN with the router, everything connected to it is automatically on that VPN connection. When you sign in to your work thing, you show up as in the US.

It has other features that are amazing, so take a look!

Buy two and set one up at home as a server

It’s super easy and built in to the UI. If you buy two of these, you set up the one at home as a server, download the configuration and put it into the one you’re bringing with you. You’ll now have a VPN to your home and you look like you’re at home.

I’ve been DN’ing for about 9 months now and have been wanting to share some tips about what I’ve learned, but I’m a terrible writer, so here we go!

If you have dual sim / e-sim

You’re golden. Prices for e-sims tend to be higher than getting a physical one, often by a good amount, but most people I’ve talked to are fine paying for the convenience.

If not

• be sure your phone is unlocked so you can get local sims and data plans
• Ideally before you leave, get a google voice phone number
• Get WhatsApp
• bring a sim card removal thing or a needle (you should bring needle and thread for broken buttons anyway - yes, I’ve needed it more than I anticipated)
• When you get the sim card, ask about the need to register and have the attendant point out the link if you don’t speak the language.

Before you leave, change/add this number to your financial institutions and test them with 2FA to be sure that they actually send it to the new number. Google Voice is great for getting texts. I’ve had issues where I thought I updated the phone number, but it went to the old one. So double check. It’s also more difficult to do it after you leave. Doable, but more difficult.

WhatsApp is ubiquitous outside the US. I’ve almost lost reservations because I didn’t see their confirmation in WhatsApp. People use it for business, airlines use it. Just get it.

As for where to get local sims, travel blogs are good. In Latin America, Claro seems to be the universal best.

As for that registration thing, many companies try to do stuff about spam or something, so after about a month, if you’re not registered they’ll block your number. You have to do this on their website and there’s often another website where you can check if you’ve been blocked. This happened to me twice in Colombia with Movil Exito. They were overall fine, but their infrastructure doesn’t seem to be the best. I got it resolved over WhatsApp since most providers give you WhatsApp data for free. The registration is usually on their website and they should text you a link.

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I think this is helpful not only for deciding where to go, but also for adjusting your lifestyle beforehand. If you know you're about to pay double for food, those bean recipes you've bookmarked start to come in handy.

I'm not a digital nomad myself, just curious about the lifestyle. I've spent significant periods of time abroad, even working abroad, but I always had a place to come back to, usually the tiniest shoebox apartment somewhere.