After 10 years of travel and living abroad in 60+ countries, I now share the essential advice nomads and digital expats need on the destinations and places to live, visas & residencies, taxes, income ideas, and news about living abroad - to make the most of your experience as a global nomad or digital expat.
Come with me around (half) the world in 180 days...
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Hey Reader! Sometimes, I try to write the amazing stories of travel that will hopefully inspire you to take that leap, book that ticket, and find a way to start traveling the world! Other times I write to share tactical advice through guides and straightforward information, to help you find your happy place in the world as a nomad or lifestyle expat, as easily as possible, sharing the tidbits that I wish 25 year me would have known. However, today, I want to take you on a journey with me, as a nomad in search of a new home in 2024, finding my way in an oddly chaotic post-pandemic world. In my January to June 2024 journey of traveling around half the world across Asia, North America, and South America, I was able to compare the experience of travel post-pandemic, assess nomad hot spots now that the world has "reopened", and live life around the world now to figure out which is better, travel abroad or living abroad? From Bali to Japan, to Texas, to Argentina, and beyond, come with me to discover why the lifestyle expat may be the new nomad, and why simply moving to the destination of your dreams (instead of travel) may be the escape plan you’ve been needing. In “Part 1 | Escaping Bali: Paradise Lost” I reflect on:
Take care! - Carlos P.S. Special thanks to Vanessa, Gianluca, Donna, Dan, and "Mystery" for helping me decide the books to write this year. I will be writing and publishing The Lifestyle Expat Guide, How to Finance the Escape, Personal Finance Essentials: A Practical Guide, and the Samsara Diaries before years' end, and the first copies will be sent to you all! Thank you for the chance to help you guys wander a little better! |
Hi, I’m Carlos, also known as "A Brother Abroad"
After 10 years of travel and living abroad in 60+ countries, I now share the essential advice nomads and digital expats need on the destinations and places to live, visas & residencies, taxes, income ideas, and news about living abroad - to make the most of your experience as a global nomad or digital expat.
Reader, I need your help to figure out how best to help you live that life abroad that you're dreaming of... With every email I send, I chase the sole goal of inspiring you to escape to that beautiful life abroad that you know is possible then give you the information and tools to make escaping to your new life possible. Writing about living abroad, wandering the world, and how you can craft a “global lifestyle” from the life in front of you is a deep passion of mine. I only write for two...
Hey Reader! Carlos here, writing you from Medellin, Colombia, with some fun travel updates and thoughts for your chill Saturday. Being here in the green and beautiful El Pobaldo neighborhood (which I call the Beverly Hills of Medellin)and Medellin in general, also known as the “city of eternal spring,” have me in an amazing mood! If there is one place you need to visit that’s insanely underrated (even with the great reputation it already has) it’s Colombia. Plus, if you are considering moving...
Hey Reader! Good morning from Santiago, Chile! Today, as I sit in the old European architecture-lined streets of the Bellas Artes and Lastarria neighborhoods of Chile's capital, I want to share with you how Mendoza, Argentina has the best travel & wine experience** you’ve never heard of, and how I realized that, potentially, the wine and nature in Mendoza make the best nomad escape you’ve never heard of**, for focused work and a low cost of living in Argentina. But first, back to Chile… It’s...