Destinations

The destinations we have been traveling to

The Ultimate Destination Guide to Lake Como, Italy

We started a 6 week trip to Italy by making a 5 day stop in Lake Como. We decided to stop by Lake Como as we wanted a stop over to make our drive from Geneva, Switzerland to Florence, Italy easier. Lake Como turned out to be such an unexpected and gorgeous place that we wanted to share all of it with you.

In this post, we share our itinerary as well as how much we spent. If you plan to go to Northern Italy, you should REALLY consider making a stop in this beautiful region which is also where George Cloney has one of his secondary residences for the summer! We are definitely planning on coming back for a much longer stay next time, it has definitely won us over.

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Destination Report: Costa Brava Spain: What to do, see, eat and avoid

After a break from international travel due to the pandemic, we resumed our travel in May 2022 and got to explore some amazing locations again.

We started the year 2022 in Taiwan and decided to pick Costa Brava in Spain as our first travel destination. We wanted to go back after having an amazing experience during a short week stay in this region when visiting the town of Begur with friends in 2019. So without further ado, let’s go explore the Costa Brava and unveil in this two-part article what we did, ate, saw, and what we recommend people to avoid.

By Mr. Nomad Numbers, ago

Year 3 Nomad Travel Spend Report – Unplanned Pandemic Year (Part I – The highlights)

Year 3 was an interesting year since 2020 was an unprecedented year for everyone. For the first time, we stayed in the same country for pretty much an entire year due to an unforeseen global pandemic. We have learned a lot from these past 3 years from both a travel and budget standpoint. In this first part, we are diving into the fun/travel part of our journey by looking at our top highlights.

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Destination Report: Penang/George Town – Part One: What to do, see, eat and avoid

It’s hard to believe it’s already been a year since the pandemic and hence a year since we’ve been able to travel internationally. Right before the travel shutdown, we were fortunate enough to enjoy a month in the foodie paradise of Penang, Malaysia after a month enjoying the wonderful beach of Koh Lanta (read: Koh Lanta destination report) and Koh Lipe in Thailand. We traded the ocean for the table and tasted some of the best food in Southeast Asia!

By Mr. Nomad Numbers, ago

10 Surprising Things You May Not know About Taiwan

Taiwan is so much more than the Taipei 101 building and the label “Made in Taiwan”. More recently, Taiwan is deservingly getting more attention for its 220+ days without a local transmission of Covid-19.

Now that we’ve been in Taiwan for more than 250 days, we’ve learned a few interesting tidbits that we felt were worth sharing.

In this article we share 10 surprising things you may not know about Taiwan.

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Destination Report: Taiwan – Life ‘Stuck’ in Taiwan during the pandemic (July edition)

What does life looks like ‘stuck’ in Taiwan during the pandemic? Strange but wonderful and we are very grateful for being currently in Taiwan during these unprecedented times.

In this post we are doing a recap of what we’ve done in July 2020 while most of the world is still battling with the coronavirus.

As you will see Taipei have been keeping us busy, offering us many sights and activities to practice. Are you ready to discover what Taipei has to offer during the pandemic?

By Mr. Nomad Numbers, ago

Year 2 Nomad Travel Spend Report – Still half the cost plus unexpected pandemic change of plans

It’s been 2 years since we got married, got rid of all of our stuff and left San Francisco to become nomads and slow travel the world! Year 1 was amazing, we were living out our dream lifestyle to see the world and staying in some really cool cities. Plus, we were able to do all of that for half the cost of living at home in San Francisco. Coming into year 2, we were becoming seasoned nomads and getting into a rhythm of enjoying new places, eating delicious meals, exploring nature, settling into monthly apartments and even making new nomad friends. We learned a lot from year 1 and applied similar money saving techniques such as booking long-term Airbnbs and using airline reward points. We had exciting plans for 2020 but like the rest of the world, we had to quickly adjust when the pandemic hit in March. As a result, we became grounded nomads and had to decide where we wanted to wait things out for the last 4 months of year 2. This also involved canceling a lot of flights and Airbnb bookings.

By Mr. Nomad Numbers, ago