Hi! I'm Piotrek Bodera and this is Nerd on Tour Podcast for digital nomads. Since 2005 I've been working in tourism and web development around the globe. Here I combine the best bits of the Internet, long-term traveling, and decentralization. Each episode unlocks wisdom through the power of thoughtful conversation. My guests are fascinating personalities – vagabonds, developers, artists, entrepreneurs, free spirits, technologists. Together, we explore unique ways of life that will expand your…
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John Ho grew up in Hong Kong, got culture shocked in California, married a Thai woman, and now runs two colivings in Chiang Mai. He also thinks he spent five years building digital nomad bubbles. In this episode we talk about what culture actually does to a person. Why he still calls himself a Hongkonger, what Jackie Chan really represents, and how a Cantonese obsession with using every square…
Three nomads told me to go. So we booked two months in Chiang Mai, mid-June to mid-August, dodging the burning season. We enjoyed khao soi, a five-story gym, and cute cafés in this nomad haven.
Ryan Li has spent twenty years in Asia and calls himself an egg. White on the outside, yellow on the inside. In this episode, we talk about how a nineteen-year-old from Texas sold his car and talked his way into a job in Japan. Why he taught himself Japanese, Mandarin, and Khmer without ever studying properly, and what two decades of chasing greener grass actually taught him. We also go deep on…
To pay by QR in Thailand, I used a Malaysian app. That took a local SIM, a KYC check, and two conversions. Absurd, and still the best option I found. Here's the setup and what actually worked.
A waterfall you climb up, not swim in. Barefoot on limestone that grips like spider web. No slipping, no shivering, no water shoes needed. Ninety minutes from Chiang Mai, Buatong turned my morning into the strangest climb of my Thailand stay.
Accommodation doesn't have to be nomad's biggest expense. After years on the road, I cut my lodging costs in half without downgrading. Rooms, colivings, apartments, direct rentals. Here's my unconventional approach to a place to stay.
Clear communication is everything to me as a nomad. WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram, Slack, Signal, Discord, etc. Dozen apps, one me. Beeper bridges them all into one inbox, so I meet people where they already are. Here's why it earned a spot on my phone.
Loneliness is the quiet tax of nomad life. We meet our best friends in colivings, then scatter across the globe. But I built a simple 3-hour weekly habit that keeps those bonds alive, no matter the distance. Why it works? Check the details at nerdontour.net
Films shaped where I travel. But AI is changing how films are made. Is this the end of authentic storytelling? Or just the next step in filmmaking?
Digital nomad. The label is everywhere, yet nobody agrees on what it means. And that's the beauty of it. Anyone can step into this life. No permission needed. You control the pace, the place, the shape. Here's how I carve my own path.
