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Travels

Everywhere I have based

A running timeline of where I have lived and worked since I left a hospital in London. Rough dates, real places, newest first. Updated as I move.

A beach at sunset on Ko Samet, Thailand.
Ko Samet, Thailand. One of the stops.
  1. Jun 2026 to now

    Ao Nang, Thailand

    Back in Thailand for low season. Quiet, rainy, and ideal for getting work done.

    What it costs to live here →

  2. Jan 2026 to Apr 2026

    Bali, Indonesia

    The nomad capital. Cheaper than Thailand, better for working, and quietly more beautiful.

    What it costs to live in Bali →

  3. Dec 2025 to Jan 2026

    Across Thailand, Thailand

    The first run: Bangkok, Ko Samet, Pattaya, Khao Sok, Khao Lak, Phi Phi, Patong, Ao Nang.

    How to move to Thailand →

  4. Dec 2025

    Milan, Italy

    A few days before flying east, and the quiet end of a couple of stories I had been carrying across a few countries. One morning she left early while I was out getting coffee. I came back to an empty room and sent the most Italian message of my life: "bb where are you? i took cappuccino and saccottino for you." By the time I left Milan it had all come apart cleanly, and for the first time I flew to Asia with no weight and no thoughts. Free.

    Milan at Christmas →

  5. Nov 2025 to Dec 2025

    Barletta, Italy

    Two or three weeks home in the south.

  6. Oct 2025 to Nov 2025

    Luxembourg, Luxembourg

    Five quick days.

  7. Oct 2025

    Malta, Malta

    A 20-euro Ryanair flight from Bari to start moving again. St Julian's party hostels, then a month settling in Sliema with a young international crowd. Not cheap, but a launchpad.

    Living in Malta: is it cheap? →

  8. Sep 2025 to Oct 2025

    Southern Italy, Italy

    Three weeks back south.

  9. Sep 2025

    Alicante, Spain

    A few days on the coast.

  10. May 2025 to Sep 2025

    Tenerife, Spain

    Back to the island for the whole summer. Tenerife keeps pulling me back.

  11. Mar 2025 to May 2025

    Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Central Europe

    A run through Central Europe.

  12. Mar 2025

    Barletta, Italy

    Home, briefly.

  13. Feb 2025

    Northern Italy, Italy

  14. Jan 2025 to Feb 2025

    Marrakesh, Morocco

    A month in Marrakesh, one of two trips I have made to the city.

  15. Feb 2024 to Jan 2025

    Tenerife, Spain

    The long Tenerife stretch. This is where I truly became a digital nomad. Treehouse hostel, coworking, a pool, and a family of strangers. By January the high-season prices pushed me out to Morocco.

    What it costs to live in Tenerife →

  16. Feb 2024

    Italy, Italy

    Three weeks back home.

  17. Sep 2023 to Feb 2024

    Tenerife, Spain

    After three dark years, I flew to Tenerife. It felt like paradise. The nomad life started here.

    What it costs to live in Tenerife →

  18. 2020 to Sep 2023

    Barletta, Italy

    The Covid years. No job, all in on trading, mostly losing while I learned. The hardest stretch.

  19. Sep 2020

    Tenerife, Spain

    My first time on the island. A week with friends, mid Covid, when there were no tourists anywhere. Pure peace. I fell in love with the place and knew I would come back.

  20. Sep 2018 to Jun 2020

    London, England

    A year and a half nursing in London. Travelling on days off is what made me want out.

  21. 2019

    Antalya, Turkey

    Five days in Antalya, on a break from the hospital. This is where I decided what I actually wanted: to work online and travel. The whole plan started here.

  22. 2018

    Rotterdam, Netherlands

    A trip to Rotterdam. I loved the city.

  23. Nov 2017 to Sep 2018

    Oxford, England

    First job out of nursing school, and my first time living abroad.

  24. 1994 to 2017

    Barletta, Italy

    Where it started. A small city in the south of Italy.

The story behind the move is on the about page, and the diary is in the journal.