Hit my 50th country last week in Uzbekistan and it felt weirdly empty

I mean, I've been doing the digital nomad thing for about 6 years now, bouncing around with my laptop and a small backpack. Last Tuesday I landed in Tashkent and realized it was the 50th country I've worked from. I thought hitting that number would feel like a big accomplishment, but honestly it just felt kind of lonely. I grabbed dinner at a little place near my hostel and realized I didn't have anyone to celebrate with because all my friends are scattered across different time zones. The wifi was actually pretty solid there though, which surprised me. Has anyone else hit some random travel milestone and just felt...meh about it?

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wendyk6313d ago

Wow, that hit me right in the feels. Same energy as my 30th country.

carter.hugo11d ago

My 12th country felt like that for me. I was in a tiny village in Laos, eating noodles by the roadside, and it hit me that every place starts to blur together after a while. What helped was swapping out the usual tourist spots for something more hands on. I booked a cooking class with a local family and suddenly the trip felt real again, not just another pin on a map.