Recently the government had a public relations event to promote “Slow Tourism” in Chiang Mai & Lamphun, and even went so far as to mention bicycles, but not bike lanes or other improvements which would make cycling easier, safer and more attractive.  Just take a look at the picture below to see how a pleasant ride under trees around the moat becomes an obstacle course which could be fixed with a few ramps and lines painted on the road:

Will we keep riding on ?

Why won’t the city listen to concerns of cyclists?

.. we might as well walk.

Riding is just too difficult here …

Impossibly narrow footpath

Obstacle course heading North at Suan Dok Gate

Uh uh ! Just look what’s ahead !