The past few days have been a little lazy so I havent had much to write about, but today I went out more and discovered some more. This country has some beautiful architecture. In America we tend to like basic, modern, non flashy buildings, I think we are more of old money. The Kurdish government gets money from the Iraqi government, because its still technically connected, and the Kurdish government also sells the petrol that the country naturally has. It has invested billions of dollars into infrastructure in all the major cities in Kurdistan. More and more European companies are investing their money in Kurdistan, and the Arab countries do the same. Tourism in Kurdistan has grown over 500% in the past 5 years, and it shows. There are tall, flashy hotels on every street, and they always seem to be filled to capacity. Most of the tourists are Arabs.

Kurdistan is new money, and they love showing it off in the flashiest ways possible. Half the cards on the roads here are between $30,000-$80,000, and the average home price in the city is $250,000. While driving around, I took so pictures of buildings and homes, more on this to come later on:

These homes range from 350k to 600k.