Announcing the Digital Nomad Job Board



If you ever tried to find a 100% online job, you know that while employers have caught up to the digital nomad trend, the job search sites haven’t been as quick to adapt.  Sites like Monster.com, Hotjobs.com, Craigslist all want you to search by location.  If you’re location independent, where do you search?  Craigslist even [...]

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Even Pico Iyer Hears it: Why You Living Abroad Annoys Some People



When I read Pico Iyer’s The Joy of Less on the NY Times, I loved it and quickly passed it on to anyone I could. The general theme of the piece is this:
Though I knew that poverty certainly didn’t buy happiness, I wasn’t convinced that money did either.
He talks about the process as he [...]

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Traveling the World, One Bag of Popcorn at a Time



Today’s guest post is by Alan Perlman from the 9 to 5 alternative. Right now Alan’s in Albania, but sometimes, even he has to go back home.
“Once the travel bug bites, there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life.”
~Michael Palin (English comedian [...]

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Granada to Now: Writing, Traveling and Back Home



Granada, Nicaragua is so cute, you could put it in your pocket. If the cobblestone streets, Spanish colonial style-housing and creeping blossoms peaking from behind courtyard walls weren’t enough, take their cab drivers. There was the kindly older man who followed us in his cab to make sure we followed his directions to [...]

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Twittering Dissent Around the World



Last month, I returned to Guatemala for a few more weeks of Spanish language school. On the way we had a stop over in Guatemala City, and waited in a tiny independent bus terminal for our next bus to arrive. It was a beautifully sunny day and I sipped my generic orange soda [...]

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