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India is cheap and accessible, with reportedly excellent connectivity. The best times for travel are October to March, but I’m heading there from mid March to late April, starting off in Arambol in Goa and then making my way to Rishikesh in the foothills of the Himalayas.
I’ll admit that I nearly made the common mistake of listing this as Bali, but Bali is just one of several large Indonesian islands. Bali itself is a popular nomad destination but I must research it and the other islands further. Also a home to monkey temples!
Monkey temples! Do I really need to say more than that? Cambodia also offers great value for money along with close access to other similarly cheap SE Asian countries. Much more information to follow, but let me repeat, monkey temples!Â
Vietnam is another SE Asian country with potential and promise. I had at one point looked at it fairly seriously as a place to go and teach English after completing a TEFL course in the wake of Covid, but I’d rather keep doing what I already do while there.
Thailand is a very regular feature on lists of affordable digital nomad destinations. The country offers diversity, stunning beaches and landscapes along with affordable costs and competitive flights from South Africa. Much more information to follow soon…Â
I wasn’t really looking as far north as Nepal, but it’s got a magical alure to it and the 90 days without a visa is rather friendly. Without having researched, I’ll hazard a guess that it’s much colder than I’m looking at packing clothes for, but let me see….Â
Spanning Asia and Europe, Turkey is rich in history and a modern melting pot. Although I’ve never been, I once wrote for a Turkish news agency and also gazed at the Turkish shoreline while working on Cypriot cruise ship (they don’t get along, so we we never docked).Â
I don’t know too much about Malaysia, but it caught my eye for the 90-day stay without a visa for South Africans. Living costs may be high in Kuala Lumpur, but livingcost.org says they’re much cheaper than I expected. But this is all still very much under the TBC blanket.
