Considering where your next destination should be to travel or temporarily live as a digital nomad? This 2-part series is for you! In this episode, my friend Steph joins me to break down a few popular digital nomad locations we have traveled to. Today we go over Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Mexico City, and Buenos Aires, Argentina!
- (0:43) Overview of how we are coming up with these ratings and why
- (2:30): Introducing Ally’s friend Steph, a fellow digital nomad!
- (3:23): How we differ as digital nomads (Ally is a biz owner and Steph works a remote 9-5)
- (4:13): The locations we will cover in Part 1 and 2
- (4:43): Explaining our 1-5 rating scale and what elements we are covering
- (6:12): Puerto Vallarta, Mexico: Overview and Neighborhoods
- (8:51): Puerto Vallarta, Mexico: Where we stayed and the nomad community and types of travelers in PVR, how we met other nomads
- (15:35): Puerto Vallarta, Mexico: Internet/WiFi
- (16:49): Puerto Vallarta, Mexico: Weather, Rainy/Dry Seasons
- (18:54): Puerto Vallarta, Mexico: Things to do, Nightlife, Surfing, Beaches
- (22:18): Puerto Vallarta, Mexico: Our Ratings
- (22:59): Mexico City Overview
- (24:21): Mexico City: Speaking Spanish
- (27:51): Mexico City: Geographic location and nearby areas and things to do
- (28:35): Mexico City: Neighborhoods
- (30:11): Mexico City: Safety
- (33:29): Mexico City: Nomad community
- (34:46): Mexico City: Internet/WiFi
- (38:35): Mexico City: Weather
- (40:30): Mexico City: Things to do, Museums, Biking, Day trip to Teotihuacan, Nightlife
- (44:00): Mexico City: Our Ratings
- (44:52): Buenos Aires, Argentina: Overview
- (46:27): Buenos Aires, Argentina: Steph’s story on going to BA for 10 days and unexpectedly deciding to stay for almost three months
- (49:40): Buenos Aires, Argentina: Neighborhoods
- (53:35): Buenos Aires, Argentina: Money - the “Blue Dollar” rate and our experiences getting cash from the black market and Western Union
- (56:35): Buenos Aires, Argentina: Nomad community
- (57:44): Buenos Aires, Argentina: Internet/WiFi
- (58:51): Buenos Aires, Argentina: Weather, Seasons (opposite from the Northern Hemisphere)
- (1:00:58): Buenos Aires, Argentina: Traveling to other parts of the country and getting there
- (1:02:20): Buenos Aires, Argentina: Things to do, food and wine, cafe culture, Recoleta, La Boca neighborhood, tango dancing
- (1:07:03): Buenos Aires, Argentina: Our Ratings
Be sure to come back next week for Part 2, where Steph and I break down Bali, as well as parts of Europe, including Spain and Greece!
Meet Steph
Stephanie Diamant is a full-time traveler, digital nomad, and mixed media artist from Ohio. After living in New York City and working in the art and fashion industries for eight years, she put her stuff in storage to take a quick trip to Argentina before moving elsewhere in the US. That 10-day trip turned into almost three months in Argentina, and Steph continued her travels through South America, Mexico, and Europe for an entire year while working remotely. Steph shares her perspective as a digital nomad who works a remote 9-5 job.
Steph’s Instagram: instagram.com/mixedmediabysteph
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