Me in my Sorrento kitchen
My name is Marcus Andersson. I have been working as a web developer in Stockholm, Sweden for the last five years.
Recently, I realized that there was no need for me to stay in Stockholm do be able to do my work. I quit my job, sold my apartment and started my own company. Now I travel the world doing work that a love – on my own web sites and as a freelancer.
Why am I doing this?
Why not? I used to travel a lot, but have been living in Stockholm the last ten years. Ordinary vacations stress me out – they seem to be over before they start. It probably helps that I have a job I can do from anywhere and no wife or kids. Finally, the brutal and never ending Swedish winter of 2010 pushed me over the edge.
Where am I going?
Anywhere the weather is nice, long term living is affordable and internet access is good. I am starting of with four months in Italy before traveling on to Asia for the winter. Take look at my travel map for the full schedule.
How am I traveling?
I am not really that fond of the actual traveling – the waiting, unpacking, packing, motion sickness and airplane food. What I do like is getting to know new places. Making a city “my own” by creating some form “everyday life” in places a visit.
A aim to spend 1-3 months in most places. That way I don’t have to see everything right away – I can leave the guide book at home and discover new places in my own pace. It also lets me work for longer uninterrupted periods. Between my longer stays I fit in smaller trips to places close by as “mini breaks”.
Since I spend a lot of time in my room working, I usually stay at pretty nice hotels or rent apartments. It’s a bit impractical to stay in dorm rooms at hostels or hotels where the only place to work is the bed. You are more likely to find me at the wifi coffee shop than climbing mountains, navigating jungles or paddling remote rivers.
How long will I be traveling?
I don’t really know. As long as it’s fun and satisfying. I imagine something like two or three years.
Get in touch!
Find me on mail (marcus[at]mediascreen.se), phone (+46 707 461989), Skype (marcus-76), Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Last.fm or LibraryThing.
Hah that’s funny, there are more of us ;o)
Hej. Jag skulle installera ditt plugin till min wordpress-sida. Men när jag lägger in koderna `[travelmap-map height=400]` så syns det ändå inget på sidan. Vad gör jag för fel?
Tobias: Har du lagt till någon plats på inställningssidan? Om det inte finns något att visa syns ingen karta alls.
This is phenomenal. I am doing the exact same thing. The exact same way. So cool. I’ll definitely be checking out your site.
Johan and Dylan: It’s nice to know there are more of us out there. Looking forward to reading more on your blogs!
Hi Marcus,
I installed your plugin but I’m having problem deleting locations. The delete button is simply text, it isn’t a button, so now i have extra locations that I don’t want. Any help?
THx,
Jacob
Hi Jacob,
The delete “button” is actually supposed to be a text link. Does anything happen when you click it? Have you tried reloading the page? If you are editing another row all other edit/delete clicks are blocked.
If you are still having problems I would appreciate it if you could tell me what browser version you are using and I will take a look at it.
Amazing… For 7 months already I live exactly the same life style and will probably keep for at least a year or most probably two…
. I am sure you’ve read Tim Ferriss, btw? 
Hi Lina,
Yes it was Ferriss book that finally made me realize that what I had been joking about for years actually was possible and even pretty simple to do.
Do you have a blog or anywhere to follow your travels? It’s always interesting to read about other peoples long term travels.
I just registered yesterday at travbuddy, my profile there is http://www.travbuddy.com/onesnowflake
And in the process of making a website… – Yours is a great inspiration!!!
I’ve noticed our dates and destinations intersect at Koh Samui and Hanoi…
. Check my message to you on travbuddy and if would like get in touch.
Line, seems we missed each other Kuala Lumpur, but I would love to meet up in Samui or Hanoi. I’ll send you a message on Travbuddy.
Hi,
I just came across your blog from another site and think what you are doing is fantastic. I left Vietnam after 3 years to work in Stockholm and I fully understand your comment about the harsh Swedish winters. My partner and I are both looking to start travelling in September so hopefully we’ll avoid the next one!
Lycka till med dina resor! (I hope that’s right, my Swedish is still not brilliant…)
Hi Elaine,
I can imagine that the winters must be extra hard on expats. It’s nice with a bit of snow around Christmas – but the winters just never seems to end.
Good look with your travels in the fall! (And your Swedish is excellent!)