Posts Tagged ‘digital nomad couple’
Brazilian Culture Clashes Under the Hood ๐ง๐ท
This post offers a glimpse into my forthcoming travel memoir after three years of cultural yin and yang across Brazil and the rest of South America. Any suggestions for publishers? Contact me! We stopped at a red light, where a man with two kids hesitated at the curb. He tilted his head and mouthed…
Read MoreDisappointed in Medellin: Housing Horrors & Car Chaos ๐จ๐ด
What do you think is the favorite country of travelers in South America? 90% of all travelers Iโve met had their favorite country in common: Colombia.ย Over three years weโve been driving all over the continent in search of the best place to live. I asked every traveler where they had liked it…
Read MoreWrong Tires in Ecuador? A Merry Christmas Tale with Police ๐ช๐จ
It was two days before Christmas. Paul and I were driving along a calm road somewhere between Guayaquil and Quito, in the coastal region of Ecuador. We read in one of the Whatsapp groups that there was going to be an Overlander Christmas Party. A Christmas dinner organized by a German campground owner at his…
Read MoreHow Tulum helped me become a water rat (and a PADI open water diver) โ๏ธ๐คฟ๐ฆ
How I became a PADI open water diver in Tulum: โGoing to the beachโ for me so far meant chilling on the beach and looking at the water. Not necessarily going inside, and I always had many good reasons for it:ย โMy eyes burn from the salt water.โย โI donโt want my hair to…
Read MoreDonโt fall for these tourist scams in Playa del Carmenโ๏ธ๐ฒ๐ฝ
Playa del Carmen is one of the most popular and touristy towns on Mexicoโs Caribbean shoreline. If you enjoy a lively town, you will love it there. But donโt fall for these common tourist scams! I can sum up our stay in Playa del Carmen in three major points: Aggravating taxi drivers (they…
Read MoreThe island of Cozumel during the hurricane ๐ฒ๐ฝ
Oh boy – what a week! We spent the last couple of nights on Cozumel, an island off the coast of Playa del Carmen. And since weโre now digging the island life, visiting another island seemed like a good idea.๐ Cozumel is bigger than the last island we stayed on (Isla Mujeres), so…
Read MoreOur first month in Mexico (Digital Nomads in Puerto Vallarta) ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐โ๏ธ
After one month of residing in the Mexican state of Jalisco, we decided to move on. What weโve experienced in the last four weeks was both exciting, insightful and heartbreaking (but maybe thatโs just me). ย Welcome to Puerto Vallarta! Our friends Kim and Ole left us and went back to Europe. One of them…
Read MoreMexican beach life โ๏ธ๐
Hola from the beach, amigos! ๐ฒ๐ฝย 2 weeks inโฆย and so far weโve stayed in 5 different towns. After Mexico City we moved to Puerto Vallarta, then Sayulita, San Pancho, Corral del Risco and nowโฆย back to Puerto Vallarta (PV)! โ๏ธ Why are we back here? Iโll tell you in a second. Before…
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