Yes, there are only but a few 5 to 7 story apartment buildings in the area, and then some houses. It's not as hectic as Bangkok was for sure.

I'm using eSteem.app, but I had to change the RPC server from the settings from rpc.steemit.com to anyx.io so I that I can use Hive.

I heard there's a new version of eSteem.app in the works, if not already out. I wonder if it fixes the bugs I've been having on it when using Hive. Not everything works as well as it did on Steem.

Peakd.com on the other hand already works very well if you want to take full advantage of Hive.