by Ricky Ward | Jul 10, 2013 | General / ทั่วไป
Should you like to participate in the Sustainable Transport for Chiang Mai forum, you might like to consider these ideas presented in the past and reflect on the lack of progress in this area in over 10 years eg: Biking @ Pradoo Suan Dok and earlier a bike lane was...
by Ricky Ward | Jul 4, 2013 | General / ทั่วไป, Sustainable Travel / การท่องเที่ยวอย่างยั่งยืน
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. ...
by Ricky Ward | Jul 2, 2013 | Climate Change / การเปลี่ยนแปลงสภาพภูมิอากาศ, General / ทั่วไป
OurChiangMai.com is administered from London at a safe distance from the claws of Section 112 of the Thai criminal code, the dreaded Lese Mageste law, but our webmaster in true English style is keen to know about the weather in the Chiang Mai he loves. Now the statics...
by Ricky Ward | Jun 19, 2013 | Climate Change / การเปลี่ยนแปลงสภาพภูมิอากาศ, General / ทั่วไป
How dry is it this year I wondered? So I went to the Met office by the airport and was given their website link, with daily rainfall, temperature etc readings for years back. From these I computed the following table: Rainfall Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct...
by Ricky Ward | Jun 18, 2013 | Education / การศึกษา, General / ทั่วไป, Vegetation / พืซ
June 4th 2013 was World Environment Day and the Chiang Mai Mail reported that the Mayor had led students to plant the yellow Cassia fistula in the city’s parks. So we went to Railway Park to see the result. But first WARNING KILLER TREES. Running and playing in...
by Ricky Ward | Jun 13, 2013 | General / ทั่วไป, Town Planning / การวางผังเมือง
Folks in Chiang Mai may feel attracted to the idea of having some where to walk in style, to promenade, considering that apart from the weekend walking streets walking is mostly nigh impossible considering the lack of pavements and authority sanctioned (thanks for the...
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