With Nico having just arrived back from Thailand, rejoining Chris in Europe, your favorite hobos cover the good points and bad points of working in SEA for the last 5 months. We all know one can live and work in SEA on a pittance, but what else? What kind of other entrepreneurs are around to hang out with? What's it like working in a cafe in Ho Chi Minh City? Is being ripped off by locals a real hassle? What if you get ill? Is it all sunshine and coconuts?A few of the ProsCost of living (taxi, renting stuff, …)

meeting other hobo entrepreneurs

weather, lots of sunlight

not distracted by local politics/issues

cheap local staffing options

great food

cheap health care

cheap getting to other tropical destinations

amazing beaches

easy to have unusual/cultural experiences

And some Cons (some can be reframed as ‘challenges’)visa runs and troubles

no amazon deliveries

language barrier

taxi drivers etc. overcharging the foreigners

having to bargain/haggle (if you wanna shop at markets)

roads dangerous, traffic, motorbikes

cockroaches

high humidity, air pollution

hygiene issues

the occasional food poisoning

Potential Timezone issues

Mentions:

Ian Borders and Mergepay

Christian Dietrich

world Time zones

Thanks to BozKay for the iTunes review :)

Jesse Lawler Smart Drugs Smarts Podcast

Hobo Suitcase: Matthew NewtonSee also Four Wheels to Get Moving.Get the hoboCEO ring tone:Apple itunes Ringtone

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Everybody talks about their achievements most of the time. The truth is, much more of the time we are struggling. The celebrated successes are rare and short while the road towards them can be tedious, boring and frustrating.How does a hoboCEO deal with the bad times? Chris and Nico talk about overcoming negative moods, dealing with the doubters, removing unnecessary pressure and a bunch of other ways they deal with the tough times.Mentioned in this episode

Hobo Suitcase: Chris Dame of traveltrue.net

who mentions the Jaw Bone Jam Box Speaker.Book mention: Status Anxiety by Alain De Botton.And Robert Laing of Gengo.comRelated: The Anxiety Buffer and Learning From Failure.

Chris and Nico digest last weeks DC conference in Berlin and ruminate on what it means to follow your passion and build a values based business, systemising and the ultimate (anti) motivational tool - The Chair Meditation.Also hear flash interviews with 20 other fellow international hobos, surveying them all with the same three questions. An interesting survey of what people are doing and from where.Mentioned In This Episode

Inside the suitcase: Alexej FriesenHobos Surveyed: Rob Mod, Ian Schoen, Noah Everton, Rasmus Lindgren, Maarten Hensbroek, Anders Ronnau, John Reineck, Jesse Lawler, Mehdi Hadim, Travis Jamison, Aubrey Grossman, Kimberly Rich, Pete Hall, Rob, Gabriel Strauss, Esteban Lara, Gregor Leopold, Barbara Fernandez, Gary Joynes, Andrew Youderian, Cam CollinsPro Travel Shirts (that Chris emphatically doesn't have) by Jimmy Hayes

In which…Nico arrives back in Chiang Mai, right on schedule for the Songkran holiday new year's celebration and gets attacked with buckets of water.

As a side note, my third New Year's in the last 4 months ("regular" at 31.12.2012, Tet in Vietnam and Songkran in Thailand).

Wow, experiencing time zones AND season zones!Chris has a look into Elisa Doucette's (@elisadoucette) hoboCEO suitcase and discovers an Asian remedy for all sorts of ailments as well as way less shoes than expected.Main feature guest interviewTynan (@tynan) gets interviewed by Chris at the vegan Nagi café in Shibuya where they talk about the origin and pursuit of Tynan's unconventional life, how he bought a school bus at age 18 to go on a road trip, became a book autor with "Life Nomadic", his views on the role of discipline, the "single-task life" and the fallacy of being balanced. Also, how to learn to play limit poker (and possibly make a living with it).Plus: A taste of Chris' former career as a rock starWhat else gets mentioned?Tynan's book tips to learn limit poker:"Winning Low Limit Hold'em" by Lee Jones

"Small Stakes Hold 'em: Winning Big with Expert Play" by Edward Miller, David Sklansky, Mason Malmuth

"Hold 'em Poker for advanced players" by David Sklansky

For most people travel means holiday, but for the working hobo who wants to "get shit done" it's a different story. The hobo CEO's priority is reducing disruption from travel and quickly finding an environment to foster high quality work, then once that's set up "holiday" can be introduced in controlled bursts.In this episode we look at how to oil the 4 basic wheels for productivity.Accommodation

Connectivity

Orientation

Making yourself at home

Some clever hacks include - have people you know "beta test" places before you visit, go to places where you know people already who can help organise everything before you arrive, have a little flexibility with routines, and hiring a local assistant for a week or two.Mentioned in this episode

The circle of nomadic life - Jurgen Dhaese

Screw the nine to five

Only Body Weight - Rob HanlyOur map of Ho Chi Minh CityInside the hobo suitcase this week - Jesse Lawler of Smart Drugs Smarts.

This week I (Chris) discus happiness and balance with hobo ecommerce entrepreneur James Ferrer of tokyowheel.jp.I caught up with James in between Jiujitsu training and surfing in Phuket where he's been living for a few months. James is a super positive guy with a great business mind and he's always a joy to be with. Spending a few days with him in Phuket totally reset my brain into making happiness more of a priority in my life, so I sat him down placed a mic on the table and coaxed the wisdom out of his smiling mouth.Cultivating "turning point" ideas

Health and Happiness as a key to being smarter and more productive

Putting happiness on your todo list

How working the minimum amount is good for business - creating a buffer for more high level business thinking

Having fun/relaxing but not becoming complacent

Being fully engaged and "fixing" oneself as a formula for happiness

Avoiding stress habit reactions by using the anxiety buffer

Mentioned in this episode

Nico's cafe in Penang, Malaysia http://sitigun.com/

James Ferrer @jamesferrer tokyowheel.jpPrevious post: The Anxiety BufferAnd honorable mention to Tynan's post "how to always be happy".

The sun is just setting and it's 31 minutes before the soup run starts, that's right it's time to join international hobo's Chris Kirkland and Nico Appel for their first broadcast direct from their roof terrace, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.In this episode they are joined by the venerable Dan Andrews of Tropical MBA and lifestyle business podcast fame. Sit down, crack open a coconut and listen in as we ruminate on the five essential ingredients for a location independent lifestyle. We dig into the mindset you need, attitudes you have to nurture and the strategies that will set you on the path of worldwide hobodom.Featuring

@mrkirkland

@nicoappel

@TropicalMBALinks

lifestylebusinesspodcast.com

tropicalmba.comNotes

We mention the DC, which is short for Dynamite Circle a community for location independent entrepreneurs.

Thanks to Jodi for the delicious fruit picture :).