Nomadic Sanel

Contrasts

Get ready to laugh and cry as I take you down a road of contrasts. The thing I take away from Tokyo is that Japan and it’s people are embodied by contrasts. In a few steps one can go from standing inside some of the most sophisticated LED light shows to a temple that’s hundreds of years old. So let’s take a…

Welcome to Melbourne

When we first dropped our bags on apartment floors, took our broken hearts put them in a drawer. Everybody here was someone else before, searching for a sound we hadn’t heard before. And it said…

Welcome to New York — Taylor Swift

Apple Pay: The Worldwide Experience

I have been traveling the world since the beginning of November and I have now had an opportunity to use Apple Pay across many countries and cultures.

What is Apple Pay?

It is a contactless payment solution. An NFC…

Welcome to Japan

I arrived into the land of the Rising Sun ironically enough just as the sun was setting. I found the entire airport experience to be quite pleasant despite all the warnings I have read about the Japanese folk not being very friendly to foreigners and not speaking any English. In contrast my…

Dealing with Anxiety

Something I didn’t foresee when I made my somewhat abrupt decision to pack up and go was all the anxiety I would be dealing with. It’s a big step and in some ways I don’t want to do it but I also realize it’s inevitability. I don’t feel like I ever had much of a choice in this. It was almost…

My Big Fat Greek… Belly

Maybe it’s because Istanbul was such a shitshow but I love Greece and I love Athens. I like to believe it’s not that…

Cairns and the Salt Taffy Crocodiles

The place that time forgot, and much of the planet really. Among my dream destinations on this journey was to see The Great Barrier Reef. It is one of the most spectacular wonders of this world and sadly because of the rising ocean levels it’s not going to be…

Old Clothes (Ropa vieja) 🇨🇺

A long overdue post on my trip to Cuba… I visited Havana on the week that Fidel Castro died on November…

Starting a Business

After I returned to the US last year I outlined a 5-year plan for myself. This plan consisted of holding a steady job for 5 years, investing heavily in the stock market, saving lots of money and finally leaving the US.