[kareemm]

Doing this now, and also living in Budapest.

One of the biggest benefits of bootstrapping abroad is that you don't have the social obligations that you do back home. No friends calling to grab dinner, go to a movie, go for drinks, etc (this is also a drawback, of course). You truly are able to control your own time. I spend 10-12h a day working, and when I get off my computer, I'm somewhere cool (like Budapest, or Buenos Aires!)

Having social contact is important when you're not working, but meeting people on sites like couchsurfing is pretty easy.