The Digital Nomad Way

Where to Stay in Kyoto: Comfort Hotel ERA Kyoto Toji

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0900

Second entry in the hotel series, and this time we’re in Kyoto. Comfort Hotel ERA Kyoto Toji is a Choice Hotels property that opened in 2021 and was relaunched under the ERA brand in September 2023 — 182 rooms across 8 floors, sitting in the quiet streets south of Kyoto Station, right by the famous Toji Temple and its five-story pagoda.

It’s now my default recommendation for Kyoto, for one headline reason that anyone who has traveled in Japan will immediately understand: the rooms are big.

Guest-Friendly Hotel in Saigon: La Paix Boutique Hotel, District 1

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 20:00:00 +0700

This is the first post in what I expect will be a running series: places I actually recommend staying, from the point of view of someone who cares about three things — location, honest value, and a room you can work in. First up: a small boutique hotel in Saigon’s District 1.

The location is the whole point

District 1 is where most people want to be in Ho Chi Minh City, and La Paix sits about as centrally as it gets: roughly 500 meters from Union Square, a short walk to the Saigon Opera House and City Hall, and close enough to Ben Thanh’s street food scene that dinner is a stroll, not a mission. The location score on Booking sits at 9.4 — and in a city where traffic can eat an hour of your day, “walkable” is worth real money.

This Blog Costs $0 to Run — Here's the Exact Setup

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:00:00 +0800

In the previous post I promised practical notes on nomadic infrastructure. Let’s start with the most immediate piece of infrastructure a writer needs: a home on the internet that costs nothing, can’t be defaced by hackers, and survives the death of any single company.

That’s this website. It runs on three free services and a GitHub repository, and publishing a post is as easy as writing an email. Here’s the whole thing.

Hello World: The Road Begins

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0800

Every journey starts somewhere, and this is mine: a blog with a single post, written from a desk I intend to leave behind.

Why this blog exists. I’ve decided to build a digital nomad life — not the Instagram version with infinity pools, but the real one: sustainable remote income, a lean set of tools, and the freedom to choose where I wake up. This site is where I’ll document that process, the way I wish someone else had documented it for me.

About

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Hi, I’m Laowang.

The Digital Nomad Way is my personal journal about building a location-independent life — working remotely, traveling slowly, and figuring out what actually works versus what only looks good on social media.

I started this blog to keep myself honest: writing down the decisions, the mistakes, and the small wins as I move from a fixed desk to a life where my office can be anywhere. Expect practical notes on tools and infrastructure, honest numbers when I can share them, and the occasional rant about visas and wifi.