A Digital Nomad's day [VLOG]: Saigon Week 5 – New Airbnb, Epic Pool Bars and a Few Too Many Beers
This was my day on Friday October 8th 2015 in Saigon aka Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam. Enjoy!
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In which we move from our hotel in District 7 to an Airbnb in District 1, go meet up with Evan (who we met in Chiang Mai last year, another ecommerce seller) at a café for some work, get some Japanese Udon Bukkake, find a new Billiards Club (Bao Binh), then hit Blue Gecko Bar and T&R Tavern where we proceed to drink too many beers!
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In case you're wondering, why the f*ck are we in Asia??
Read our story,
In short, we went to a digital nomad conference in Chiang Mai last October to figure out an online business that could pay for our travels, learned from what others were doing, and now we're getting by with the Amazon Method, popular among digital nomads: buying hot products in bulk from Alibaba.com, private labeling them (they print your brand on it), and shipping them directly to Amazon.com in the US, where you sell them for double. Pretty simple but costs money to start.
Southeast Asia is the digital nomad capital of the world because of its cheap cost of living, strong expat community of online business owners and freelancers, great wifi, great food, nice people and overall exotic lifestyle.
We just want to let people know what's possible because a year ago we had regular shitty jobs and just wanted to travel, but no idea how to fund it.
If that sounds like you, please hit me up fb.com/rileygbennett and i will personally help you get started with an online gig so we can all travel and go do dope sh!t! We learned from other travelers last year and just want to pass it on the love! Peace!
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Report on ESP / Cops and Robbers / The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes
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Calling All Cars: Muerta en Buenaventura / The Greasy Trail / Turtle-Necked Murder
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