Digital Nomad Blog Carnival #7



I’m this month’s host of DNBC, a traveling (from blog to blog) online carnival– a digest of the most recent month’s best posts for anyone who interested in the live-anywhere work-anywhere lifestyle (we call them digital nomads).
Money
I’ll start out this month’s edition with a piece I found on yahoo.com’s homepage this morning.  US News’ 21 [...]

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Belize Wrap Up: Thoughts on Traveling for Free



I was in Belize, a paid trip by the Belize board of Tourism and I’m slurping down ceviche and broiled lobster and wondering about ethics. You see the point that became clear for me, in a way that only $200/night hotel rooms and free samples of Aveda shampoo can crystallize—is that there are no [...]

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Digital Nomads, Now Available in Print



I’m writing a new column.  It’s about being a Digital Nomad, and I couldn’t be more excited.
Since I gave up corporate life for the live-anywhere, work-from-the-beach, sunblock-as-work-uniform lifestyle, I’ve been bitten by the bug.  When you find something you love, you just want to tell everyone about it.  Now, a new magazine has given me [...]

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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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Travel Ban to Cuba Likely to be Lifted– Then What?



I don’t normally talk politics on here, but this subject fascinates me, so bear with me.
A bi-partisan bill was introduced into the House and Senate earlier this year, that would lift the 50 year ban on travel to Cuba.  Today the sponsoring senators reported that Congress is ready.  In political-speak this means they’ve talked to [...]

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