Yeah, the prices are just really weird and don't make sense. We pass 10 cashew trees on the way to the store where they sell imported Chinese cashews, but yet Suriname has no cashew industry.

I think Suriname's biggest problem is that everybody wants to leave and go to Aruba, Amsterdam, Curacao or Miami. The prospect of staying here to farm just isn't interesting.

I think the strawberries are an American import here, and in Cambodian they came from the mountains of Thailand. Our biggest problem is our local spending power is 1/6th of what it was in Cambodia, and it's so hard adjusting to such a huge loss in the standard of living while being surrounded by 6 times more wealth than in Cambodia.

Right now Cambodia isn't issuing any visas on arrival, and I now need a corporate sponsor to get me in, which is no longer an option. We though we could make it to Nepal, but they decided to not let in tourists when they opened their borders yesterday.

The main thing is to get to a cheaper cost of living country with more opportunities in the local community. Suriname is a bit like the USA, and my lack of formal education prevents me from doing a lot of things I could do in Cambodia.

Thanks for your kind words @dswigle. I am glad to be a part of #MarketFriday.

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