When I was 25 I did my longest solo trip. For 6 months I was traveling from Japan, across South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. That was the experience that allowed me to learn about myself. Which is the most important knowledge. If you're in your 20s or 30s and feeling lost, I highly recommend long-term solo travel.
After countless failed attempts at 7-Elevens and sketchy payment gateways that reject my foreign card, I finally cracked the code for keeping my Malaysian eSIM alive. Grab app's prepaid top-up is the solution. No PIN codes. No SMS verification loops. No walking to convenience stores. Just open Grab,
What will happen once you visit all the countries? For many visiting them all is a goal, but I don't like such a demeaning perspective. That's why I prefer to come back to the same destinations to deepen my relationships with locals and understand their culture
Do you remember the people or the places more?
Remote work, exciting destinations, fast internet, etc. — these are all easy to find. The one thing that's a true challenge for nomads is friendship. The good news is that the more you work on it, the better your staying-in-touch skills will become.
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