Temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand
I know, I know! First off, I need to apologize to all of you. Back in January of this year, I wrote a 2 year anniversary post that explained what I had been up to since I left the corporate gig in 2014 and began this digital nomad way of life. At the end of that post, I said that one of my goals for this year was going to be to write more often so all of you would have a better idea of what I was up to throughout the year.
I haven’t been doing such a great job of reaching that goal. As a matter of fact, I have only written one blog post this year so far, so for leaving you hanging since April, I apologize.
Now at the time I wrote that anniversary post, I really had no plans for what I was going to do in 2016 yet. But, when you get to pick and choose what you want to do and when and where you want to do it, things can change pretty quickly, and that’s what happened this year.
As I sat here writing this in Chiang Mai, Thailand in October, I looked over at my notes about where I’ve been and what I’ve done this year. It didn’t seem like all that much when I first scanned through it in my head, but when I wrote it all down, here’s what it looked like:
- Visited 3 continents:
- South America
- Europe
- Asia (I’m old school and still call Europe and Asia separate continents)
- Visited 8 countries:
- Colombia
- St. Maarten (the Dutch part)
- Portugal
- Sri Lanka
- Thailand (twice)
- Vietnam
- England (November)
- Ireland (November)
- Visited 4 islands:
- St. Maarten
- Sri Lanka
- Koh Samui
- Ireland
- Crossed the Atlantic Ocean by ship
- Visited 17 different cities:
- Cartagena, Philipsburg, Lisbon
- Colombo, Dambulla, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Kataragama, Galle
- Chiang Mai, Koh Samui, Bangkok
- Ho Chi Minh City, Danang, Hanoi
- London
- Dublin
Again, as I think about writing posts about each location, I clearly should have been doing a better job of writing about those experiences as they were happening! Piecing them back together from memory is going to be a chore. I was journaling along the way, but even that got off track, so the brain cells are going to have to rally together in order to fill in the gaps.
Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi, Vietnam
What I Did Get Done
However, even though I didn’t write on the blog much, I did get a few social media channels set up to be companions to the blog:
- A Wherever You Find Me Facebook page. Sometimes posting to Facebook is just easier than writing up a full-on blog post, especially from a phone, so check out and “Like” the Facebook page to see more of the things that happened to me on the fly.
- A Wherever You Find Me YouTube channel. I brought a GoPro camera with me so I could experiment with creating video content, and I think I got some pretty interesting footage. Check out the channel to see things that I’ve posted. Also, please subscribe to the channel so you’ll know when I post new videos there. Feel free to post comments and ask questions about what you see there as well.
- A Wherever You Find Me Instagram Account, because some things are better told with just pictures.
- Finally, a Wherever You Find Me Twitter Account. You can’t deny the power of the Twitta, and I want to try to leverage all the different social channels to get the word out there.
Originally I was going to include short summaries of what I did in each location within this post and then write longer posts later. However, that post turned out to be gigantic! So, I’m going to stop this post here, but I’ll be creating more detailed posts on each location to share some of the cool things that happened in each one. Stay tuned for the individual articles. Connect with me on your favorite social networks and we’ll keep in touch!
