Today was our last day in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Tomorrow we will be flying back to Singapore before continuing our adventures around the world. Because of this, I spent some time taking pictures and video footage of the landscape and nature around our hotel.

That picture above is a nice view of the beautiful scenery, and below you can see the little pond in front of the pool. Naturally, with so much water everywhere there were mosquitoes!

And since it was a Sunday, Grace did a video blog about the currency markets. You can watch it here.

Thailand has a unique culture and most of the people we encountered are friendly. Income though, seems to be very low for most people here, and we saw many villages that look like they haven’t changed much in the past few thousand years. One sharp contrast we saw however, was that even in villages where people live in bamboo houses with thatched roofs, they have satellite dishes, tv antennas and solar panels (no internet or computers though), all part of the (previous) government’s effort to bring technology to rural areas.

Tourism also seems to have dropped a lot since the coup, and that has brought hardship to some people who depend on it for a living, so we hope it picks up again soon.

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