by Ricky Ward | Jan 1, 2015 | General / ทั่วไป, Sustainable Travel / การท่องเที่ยวอย่างยั่งยืน
As it so happens I Went Out in the Woods Today : Didn’t mean to, well not in the afternoon that is, just one of those things that happens when something one expects or plans does not. My plan was to cycle a somewhat circuitous route to take a swim at the...
by Ricky Ward | Dec 28, 2014 | General / ทั่วไป, Sustainable Travel / การท่องเที่ยวอย่างยั่งยืน
Of late it seems everyone in town is complaining about traffic jams. Only yesterday my neighbor complained that it took her three hours to go and buy shoes at the Worowat Market and return home to Nimmanhaemin Soi 1. The red taxis are trying to keep out of the traffic...
by Ricky Ward | Dec 23, 2014 | General / ทั่วไป, Sustainable Travel / การท่องเที่ยวอย่างยั่งยืน
Chiang Mai’s best bike lane – Here it is : No red trucks No big busses No 10 wheel trucks No Parking of cars allowed, No overtaking allowed 50 km speed limit No pot holes but .. no bicycles allowed in RTAF Wing 41 and the PM is promoting bicycle riding?...
by Ricky Ward | Dec 8, 2014 | General / ทั่วไป, Sustainable Travel / การท่องเที่ยวอย่างยั่งยืน
As part of a recent government initiative to improve cycling facilities in Chiang Mai a 17 million baht bike path from Huai Keow to the International Convention and Exhibition Center to the north along Irrigation Canal Rd is proposed. Here we suggest something less...
by Ricky Ward | Nov 30, 2014 | General / ทั่วไป, Sustainable Travel / การท่องเที่ยวอย่างยั่งยืน
On Wednesday 26th November 2014, ChiangMaiCityNews.com reported on the issue of bicycle lanes for Chiang Mai. That very same morning I took a half hour walk from the Sathorn area of Bangkok, near the now gone Lumphini Boxing Stadium to Sukhumvit Rd emerging there at...
by Ricky Ward | Oct 27, 2014 | General / ทั่วไป, Sustainable Travel / การท่องเที่ยวอย่างยั่งยืน
2013 saw 13 derailments on the northern railway line to Chiang Mai and in response the transport minister of the day ordered the line closed, all the track from Uttaradit to Chiang Mai relaid, and had the line reopened by December in the same year. Yet the new...
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