--- title: "Comment by Georgina Grey on \"What I learned from 4 months of Digital Nomading in India\" | Hashnode" description: "Nice story, although I find the title a bit misleading. This is story about traveling, since you stated you aren't making an income online yet, which is bas" url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-learned-from-4-months-of-digital-nomading-in-india/58b42278cb521d78cf38c86f/comment/58b599181456151614f4f470" --- [Discussion](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-learned-from-4-months-of-digital-nomading-in-india/58b42278cb521d78cf38c86f) Comment [What I learned from 4 months of Digital Nomading in India](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-learned-from-4-months-of-digital-nomading-in-india/58b42278cb521d78cf38c86f) [Georgina Grey](https://hashnode.com/@georginagrey) Software Developer [Feb 28, 2017](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-learned-from-4-months-of-digital-nomading-in-india/58b42278cb521d78cf38c86f/comment/58b599181456151614f4f470) Nice story, although I find the title a bit misleading. This is story about traveling, since you stated you aren't making an income online yet, which is basically the minimum requirement to be a digital nomad. I try not get to caught up in what a DN is or isn't anyway, the concept has been too romanticized to a point where people have this tendency to look at it even as a career, it is not. I like the word 'location independence' better. A cornerstone in the digital nomad scene is infrastructure, all of those problems you mentioned, we research before making a move to a new location. So it DOES matter where you go, not just because of the infrastructure, but because there are also visa restrictions that can be harder to tackle depending on the passport you hold, even if you don't require one to visit a country, you will still have a limited set of days to stay there legally. Then there's time-zones, if you're working for a company where its majority of people are working from a fixed place, if you're not careful about choosing time zone friendly countries you might face a lot of slow communication issues or you'll find yourself working at strange hours. My unsolicited advise always goes along the lines of, secure a healthy online income before pursing the digital nomad crusade, being location independent comes with its own struggles, you don't want to be worried too about your financial status and overall well being on a foreign country miles away from home. [Emil Moe](https://hashnode.com/@emilmoe) Senior Data Engineer [Mar 2, 2017](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-learned-from-4-months-of-digital-nomading-in-india/58b42278cb521d78cf38c86f/comment/58b599181456151614f4f470#reply-58b7fc73b22f7a532d82786c) Are living as location independent? [Georgina Grey](https://hashnode.com/@georginagrey) Software Developer [Mar 2, 2017](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-learned-from-4-months-of-digital-nomading-in-india/58b42278cb521d78cf38c86f/comment/58b599181456151614f4f470#reply-58b83cf4be993da9e4852f3b) Yes, in January I started my first fully remote job, so in about 16 days I'll be traveling to México for a few months :) [Emil Moe](https://hashnode.com/@emilmoe) Senior Data Engineer [Mar 5, 2017](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-learned-from-4-months-of-digital-nomading-in-india/58b42278cb521d78cf38c86f/comment/58b599181456151614f4f470#reply-58bc63c9f3f6b78a317af87a) That sounds amazing :-) Although I don't know if I'm a bit frightened about Mexico :p I want to do it again, hard part is to just do it and get out there alone I think.. and without other purpose than to travel. [Georgina Grey](https://hashnode.com/@georginagrey) Software Developer [Mar 6, 2017](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-learned-from-4-months-of-digital-nomading-in-india/58b42278cb521d78cf38c86f/comment/58b599181456151614f4f470#reply-58bd704b3391587d67f0c90d) [Emil Moe](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-learned-from-4-months-of-digital-nomading-in-india/58b42278cb521d78cf38c86f/comment/Emil%20Moe) ([https://hashnode.com/@emilmoe](https://hashnode.com/@emilmoe) "Emil Moe's Profile - Hashnode") there's many nomads in México, a lot of them are in cities close to the beach like Playa del Carmen. Mexico is a pretty big country, so as long as you avoid dangerous areas or regions you will be fine. I've been there like 4 times and I've never felt particularly unsafe. [Emil Moe](https://hashnode.com/@emilmoe) Senior Data Engineer [Mar 6, 2017](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-learned-from-4-months-of-digital-nomading-in-india/58b42278cb521d78cf38c86f/comment/58b599181456151614f4f470#reply-58bdedf66acadfe36e82528e) Yea I see, it's just so infamous, but so are many places :-) How did you hook up with other people like this? I had hard time finding many in Cambodia, but maybe there ain't many there. [Georgina Grey](https://hashnode.com/@georginagrey) Software Developer [Mar 6, 2017](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-learned-from-4-months-of-digital-nomading-in-india/58b42278cb521d78cf38c86f/comment/58b599181456151614f4f470#reply-58bdf06c71b5c3d17ea67f06) There's several groups on Facebook, for example [Digital Nomads Around The World](https://www.facebook.com/groups/DigitalNomadsAroundTheWorld/?fref=nf). There are groups by city/country too. Then there's also Nomadlist but it's paid. Also Reddit's sub [/r/digitalnomad](https://www.reddit.com/r/digitalnomad). Not sure if this is what you were asking. [Chetan Kantharia](https://hashnode.com/@chetankantharia) A Regular Guy [Jul 12, 2017](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-learned-from-4-months-of-digital-nomading-in-india/58b42278cb521d78cf38c86f/comment/58b599181456151614f4f470#reply-59669f01b0fed86769deb83b) Hi [Chaim Lando](https://hashnode.com/@chiptus "Chaim Lando's Profile - Hashnode") ! How was your experience at Dharamshala and is internet connectivity an issue over there ? [Chaim Lev-Ari](https://hashnode.com/@chiptus) JS [Jul 13, 2017](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-i-learned-from-4-months-of-digital-nomading-in-india/58b42278cb521d78cf38c86f/comment/58b599181456151614f4f470#reply-596764ae5b9ead140ded0001) [Chetan Kantharia](https://hashnode.com/@kanthar "Chetan Kantharia's Profile - Hashnode") I had a very slow connection there, as much as I remember. But I stayed in the villages around (Dharamkot), maybe in the city is better