What if your best life starts at 69?
In this inspiring episode of Expat on a Budget, I talk with Siobhan Farr, founder of Digital Nomads Beyond 50, lifelong traveler, and full-time nomad who has now visited 68 countries. Siobhan shares how she sold off 30 years of belongings in Dallas, launched into full-time travel in 2020, unexpectedly spent 13 months in Ecuador during lockdown, and built a life of freedom, purpose, and reinvention on the road.
We talk about what it really looks like to travel the world later in life, how far a budget can stretch depending on where you go, and why Siobhan believes it’s never too late to flip the page and start over. She opens up about the dark chapter that followed divorce and bankruptcy, the healing power of travel, and how that journey led her to create a community for older aspiring digital nomads.
We also get into:
how she managed nomad life on roughly $2,000 a month for years
why Medellín has become one of her favorite cities in the world
what solo female travelers should know about safety in places like Morocco, Tanzania, and Colombia
the emotional side of leaving home and starting over
her upcoming Nomad Life Map community for people ready to design a location-independent life after 50
If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re too old, too settled, or too late to create a different future, this conversation will challenge that belief in the best possible way.
Siobhan’s motto: Flip the page. The future is still unwritten.
Talked About in this Episode and How to Find Siobhan Farr
FB: Digital Nomad Beyond 50 Network
IG: Bronze Abroad Nomad
Nomad LifeMap Collab: an expansion of Digital Nomads Beyond 50 Network, a global community of almost 10,000 Digital Nomads + NeoNomads age 45+. Get the Ultimate Nomad TravelList now.
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