Anyone know any good places to work remotely, in SE Asia?
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I'm a Canadian who will be working remotely for the next year, and think I'd like to do some traveling in SE Asia, but I'm not sure of the best places to do so. I've read a few articles on this, and they don't really mention some of the things I think are important for remote work like..<br><br>- Coffee Shops: How good are they? I work best when I can get in early, go for a hike, and then sit down and code. But I don't like the feeling of having to sit in front of a laptop at 6AM in my room, sometimes I just work from my bed, and then at night go out to dinner or something and read a book or watch a movie. Coffee Shops are a good way to balance out sometimes working at a desk, and sometimes working in a bed.<br><br>- Gyms: Kind of in the same vein as above, I like being able to wake up, grab a coffee and go for a hike, sometimes I take a front facing mat at 6am and go to the gym and lift, I'm not really worried about this as most cities have gyms, I just want to know if they are good or not<br><br>- Food: I'm a big fan of plant-based, what kind of food is available in each city? I've heard Vietnam is quite good for this, but is it overly expensive or hard to find sometimes?<br><br>- Environment: In some of the articles I've read, it sounds like the locations with "the best wifi" are some kind of office building around other like-minded people, which I don't think is what I'm looking for. I like to either be in a coffee shop or a quiet room, working as I would be in my home front a desk. Do the cities you recommend have good access to parks, hiking trails, swimming pools, tennis courts, etc?<br><br>- Electrical: In the Philippines they have a lot of random black-outs, how do they handle them? Do they have generators? Is this something I should worry about?<br><br>I'd love any tips someone else has learned of things I should think about that I've missed. I'll be solo traveling for this, and as I'm not sure of where to go, I'd like to not plan too much and just kinda move around and see what I like, what I don't, and plan from there.<br><br>The "easiest to communicate with locals" is also something I'm interested in, I was in Japan for a month last year and while I learned quite a lot of Japanese, I'd still get lost a lot because I couldn't communicate with most of the older generation, so if there's places where there is a lot of English speakers it would be much easier for me. If anyone has any recommendations, I'd greatly appreciate it.
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