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Please do blog about it. Freelancing while traveling is a concept that a lot of us are really drawn to, but most of the current blogs focus on the travel and only briefly mention the freelancing aspect. Maybe if you focused a bit more on the business side of things you could find a niche within the blogosphere.

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Having just traveled around the world over 7 months but NOT freelancing, I would have to say that:

  * net connections are very very spotty,
    prepare to work offline

  * supplies are rare (usb devices, upgrades, etc), 
    expect to pay more for less

  * desk conditions are poor, rarely did we 
    find a place where I could get into the flow. 
    Checking email and noodling on the net was 
    fine, but getting real quality work done 
    requires spending time to find the right location.

I think it could be possible, I have written some of the best code of my life in a corporate budget hotel holed up for a week with only a 1Mbps internet connection.

You can simulate work/travel by playing with IPFW settings on your mac and only working out of a macdonalds.

Pretty accurate. But you can mitigate this by 1) sticking to the kinds of locations where you know you'll find a decent connection, e.g. Thailand, and 2) pausing when you find a good setup and working for extended periods to make up for poor conditions later on.

Totally agree. The locations that are most conducive to "the flow" also have internet that is worse than non-existent. I have learned to just shut it off completely rather than sink time trying to get blood from the turnip. Local copies of documentation and projects that take little outside research also help.

When going on another extended adventure, we will definitely stay in one well scouted location for awhile (6 weeks to 6 months). Nothing ever gets dialed in if you're moving all the time.

1Mbps internet connection is what I'm used to mostly :/

Thanks for your encouragement, I put up an email form if you're interested in reading more about this: http://theoreticalblog.launchrock.com

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