Speedkidney

Cokebottleag has some good points. International trade is a much smaller proportion of our economy than the rest of the developed world. And yet we are paying the lion's share to maintain safe world trade.

I can recommend "The Accidental Superpower" by Peter Zeihan. He makes the same arguments Cokebottleag does and explains the new world economy. It's a great read and very well written.

Le Mejor 90.7 It's Tijuana. Or San Diego.

The Dutch are smart, hard-working people. They'll have it cleaned up by tomorrow.

He's funny. Thanks for posting.

I'm trying to put together a list of the largest trade commodity, by value, per century. My guesses are below. And yes, I know they have a western bias.

1st century - olive oil, wine, slaves, salt, grain, lumber
2nd century - olive oil, wine, slaves, salt, grain, lumber
3rd century - olive oil, wine, slaves, salt, grain, lumber
4th century - olive oil, wine, slaves, salt, grain, lumber
5th century - olive oil, wine, slaves, salt, grain, lumber
6th century - olive oil, wine, slaves, salt, grain, lumber
7th century - olive oil, wine, slaves, salt, lumber
8th century - olive oil, wine, slaves, salt, lumber
9th century - olive oil, wine, slaves, salt, lumber
10th century - spices from the orient, silk, salt,
11th century - spices from the orient, silk, salt,
12th century - spices from the orient, silk, salt,
13th century - spices from the orient, silk, salt,
14th century - spices from the orient, silk, salt,
15th century - spices from the orient, silk, salt,
16th century - spices from the orient, slaves, silk
17th century - spices from the orient, slaves, sugar, tulips, tobacco,
18th century - slaves, sugar, tobacco, tea, opium
19th century - tea, sugar, tobacco, cotton, metals, opium
20th century - oil, metals, cocaine, coffee
21st century - oil,
22nd century - bots,

Any input is appreciated.

I'll update this list as people reply.

We had a great three day stay in Chiang Mai.

We did the elephant rides, but if you are a PETA member, you'll probably want to skip it.

The tuk-tuk rides were fun.

Bangkok has Uber, but as of 2016, Chiang Mai didn't.

We stayed at a nice hotel with large grounds outside of the city, which we really liked.

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 How old are your kids? My goal is to travel like that with my own so your story is interesting to me

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We have two boys, ages 9 and 11. They travel well. It's usually me that gets grumpy in transit. We love traveling with our kids. We do a lot of reading and pertinent movie watching before each trip.

They both got emotional at Schindler's factory in Krakow. I'm not sure how the killing fields will go down with them.

Sounds like a great trip.

Traveling to Indochina with kids this summer for 2-3 weeks.

I definitely want to see Angor Wat and Halung bay.

Any recommendations? Either general travel recs or more specific itinerary recs?

Thanks in advance.

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He is no Devin White to me.

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There can be only one Devin White.