Street-wise! That seems to be this month's theme, the long and winding roads of My Chiangmai.

Here in the city, most road users continue to be punished weekly by the beaurocrats' blind adherence to 'Walking Street', increasingly deserted by it's small band of enthusiasts as this photo taken on a recent sunny Sunday shows.

Grid-locked drivers east and west, tax paying Thapae Road traders - and those on 3 other affected main streets - have had quite enough and it's high time that this failed experiment was binned, prior to far deeper research and thought.

What can you do with buses that you can't do with trams, trolleys and trains? Divert them, that's what! We don't like 'Walking Street', but if ever and wherever it settles down, buses can avoid it! Another powerful reason for our Powers That Be to react positively to the Lord Mayor's push for school buses and look at the bigger picture. Smooth, quiet, clean, safe, efficient, resident and tourist friendly, buses WILL come to Chiangmai - so why not sooner rather than later? The only second city in the world with no buses and no taxis! What an accolade!!

Can anyone tell me why the odd new scaffolding towers have been inflicted upon us? U-turns are dangerous enough without a drivers' view obscured, as you try to turn right into Chaiyapoom. And who ordered all this Kochasarn sidewalk blocked (lower right)? Neither use nor ornament! Lastly, main roads north carried more military convoys than you could shake a stick at last month. By the time you read this I hope that they have all returned to barracks, safe and sound. But, as per all topics above, I'm not holding my breath.

Double Deckers - Perfect for Chiangmai!

King Mengrai designed a city which is perfect for bus routes!

David Hardy

Facing up to amputation
- Part 2

A brave man admits that earlier medical attention might have avoided his double amputations.

'Thai Brides on the Internet'

Local beauties and the rocket festival were not enough to prevent our man in Nongkhai from having the blues.

Riverbank Stone

Chiangmai and the North

My Chiangmai

David Hardy

The Drinks Page

TV TIMES FOR
FOOTBALL FANS

Night Fowl

Reasons to Relax

OF SNACKS,
SCREENS
AND SPIES…!

Ric Klein

Letters

DON'T GO
GAMBLING!

The Fillipino card sharps were back in town last month after some 4 years absence (...).

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