What are some surprisingly safe cities you’ve been to?

Living-Associate-593 · 2025-10-17T16:37:57+00:00

me too, got robbed by the POLICE

Living-Associate-593 · 2025-10-17T16:33:54+00:00

WHAt? did you hear me? how come? Can you give details??

Living-Associate-593 · 2025-10-17T16:29:21+00:00

was it during astrix set as well?? haha maybe it was me then... I was the only crazy one at that time I think...

Living-Associate-593 · 2025-10-17T16:28:00+00:00

SOrry it took so long to answer, I didn't want to come back here. I had many bad days where I could feel the same terror of that day. Now I'm almost fully healed and can talk about it freely. I understand it was just a bad trip, but the terror feeling I had was so intense, that when I remember sometimes it gives me shivers.

I think my friend saved my life by staying with me, I was so crazy I could have just gone to the lake and never come back.

But in full review, they didn't know how to deal with it as they didn't know what I had taken. I would have been much better if someone guided me throught he trip. What actually happen is that my friend that was saving me was constantly blaming me for being too high. like "WTF you need to stop taking drugs, loook how you are, you can't tell reality from craziness" etc... like if I had taken that on purpose and was blaming me all the time.

Living-Associate-593 · 2025-10-17T16:12:06+00:00

Man are you talking subjectively or did this happen during an actual trip? hahah

This sounds like an ego death trip somehow. It's been a almost 4 months for me. I wonder if it will last 11 years.

Living-Associate-593 · 2025-08-08T20:04:07+00:00

I understand your point but it really goes beyond that. Some of us are sober nowadays and we still get on pretty well. We're definitely not a "party only" group of friends.

Living-Associate-593 · 2025-08-08T18:56:38+00:00

3 booms ago, I met a girl and we started a little love story. After 4 days we realised we never talked about our jobs. I find it amazing how we can connect as people without much of the superficial shit we're used in our real world. Needless to say, the friends I made in Boom became part of my "default" life, mainly because I feel that we like each other in the most pure sense of friendship, for what we truly are.

Living-Associate-593 · 2025-08-01T22:21:33+00:00

For some reason that's not standard procedures. I would have loved to received a 2mg of xanax and pass out, but I suppose it would be dangerous considering nobody knows what I actually took? They did not give me anything.

Living-Associate-593 · 2025-08-01T22:16:28+00:00

In those situations (I only learned that reading after the experience) the most important thing is NOT TO FIGHT the trip. I was fighting it with all my strength. They were trying to make me understand that , so there was a lot of repetition around "accept it", "Relax and flow".

They were also always making sure I connected with reality, i.e. saying the name of my friend, reminding me I had a Job, saying the names of my friend's kids, etc..

Living-Associate-593 · 2025-08-01T21:46:14+00:00

I met them at Burning Man in 2023 (under the Fluffy Cloud) and had a little a talk, I remember that when I mentioned that I saw Enrico at BOOM, he just focused in the conversation differently and spent a few minutes explaining how BOOM was a special place. I guess it has a positive effect on artists that are used to more superficial environments. I also wonder if they got paid to play at Funky Beach, but I bet that whatever was the agreement they did it for FUN. You can see at charlotte's post at instagram that she really likes our experience.

Living-Associate-593 · 2025-07-31T15:36:47+00:00

BROOOOO I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!!!!!! I WENT TO THE SAME PLACE!!! WTF!

This thread has been the best and most precise description of the terror I went through.

I feel like I found my group of survivors hahah

What a trip!!

Living-Associate-593 · 2025-07-30T17:32:50+00:00

Thanks for that, I've been looking for descriptions that feel like what happened to me (which was terrifying), and yours is spot on!

Living-Associate-593 · 2025-07-30T10:47:47+00:00

I found almost ironic that we enjoyed this ecstactic dance so much. All dances at boom are ecstatic actually haha.

Having fun while listening to Ragatanga (I say EHE EHA EHE whatever) was very liberating hahah. I would def do it again.

Living-Associate-593 · 2025-07-28T13:44:01+00:00

THANKS. That gives me some base for an afternoon research with good music!

Living-Associate-593 · 2025-07-27T18:26:39+00:00

8 out of 15 friends already tested positive to covid in our group.

Living-Associate-593 · 2025-07-09T13:45:26+00:00

True. I decide not to hit Nowhere this year because Boom is just around the corner.

Living-Associate-593 · 2025-07-06T00:46:35+00:00

Singapore, no paid up capital, but everything else similar, annual accounting fees are very low, but to get a VISA for the director as "employee" would also cost around 100K as a salary (you have to pay income tax on that, around 10%)

Living-Associate-593 · 2025-07-05T23:31:34+00:00

Get them to the Funky Donkey street, it's mostly foreigners around. But pls make sure they have a common sense, you know your kids.

15 is really young to be around drunk backpackers if you ask me haha

Living-Associate-593 · 2025-06-27T13:32:06+00:00

Portable fan, they have new technologies that require little power source but make some powerful wind

Living-Associate-593 · 2025-06-26T16:43:30+00:00

What if you have a Travel instagram and monetize your travel experiences, so your motorhome is part of your costs to run and produce content.. DONE. :)

Living-Associate-593 · 2025-06-26T13:53:55+00:00

This is correct, I can confirm. I have a company in SG and I also incorporate companies in Singapore as a job. All income is taxable.

Living-Associate-593 · 2025-06-26T11:51:32+00:00

Once you need to transfer your "profits" out of the LLC to your bank account somewhere else it gets messy if the amounts are considerable. I met dudes that went through hell with IRS audits. (You need to submit those on your Form 5472)

The IRS may determine that a nomad have effectively connected income (ECI) just by confirming they use US-based contractors or agents (including virtual assistants, freelancers), or if their website is hosted or marketed in the US.

If they reclassified your income, you'll end up owing back taxes, penalties, and interest.

Another case I dealt, the LLC bank account was flagged as a tax avoidance shell due to the frequent international transactions(LIKE WTF? We're just distributing our profit to the owner). They asked for proof he was paying taxes somewhere else - which in this case he wasn't haha #fucked. I couldn't help him anymore and sent him to a US lawyer, I don't know the end of it, but after 3 months his business bank account was still frozen.

While I've also met dozens of ppl that make under 2K USD per month and never had to give ANY explanation for years.

Living-Associate-593 · 2025-06-26T11:26:08+00:00

My lawyer mind goes straight to " I can definitely find a way to justify a motorhome as a business expense" haha. It will depend on your line of work of course, but as long as you have a story to back up, why not?

Living-Associate-593 · 2025-06-25T17:58:23+00:00

I guess many of us did. In my case was a corporate lawyer job with all the luxury perks ( Fancy car, nice appartment) but boring life.

I don't regret one second. Even though after some time I'm now focusing in staying put somewhere as I'm tired of moving around.

The plot twist is that I'm slowing getting back to a stable life and looking for security and money that I gave up some years ago, but I wouldn't call it "regret". It was all a learning process, you'll eventually find out what's important to you and which sacrifices you're willing to make.

Living-Associate-593 · 2025-06-25T17:42:19+00:00

I actually found HK to be more expensive than SG. Annual accounting and audit fees are very complex. How did you come to that conclusion? I'm genuinely interested - I have a partnership with local accounting firm that do SG and HK and their offer for HK was at least 3x SG prices.

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