Long-time New Mandala contributor Michael H. Nelson has sent me this picture from Sukhumvit Road. Hoping to bolster his climate change credentials, Bangkok Governor Apirak Kosayothin has recently introduced bicycle lanes in this area of the city.
This is a picture of the section that runs from Soi Nana and passes the Nana skytrain station. Call me old-fashioned…but this looks [...]
Riding away from common sense in Bangkok
October 18th, 2007 by Nicholas Farrelly · 5 Comments
Tags: Thailand
Laughing with Ladda
October 18th, 2007 by Andrew Walker · 1 Comment
New Mandala’s favourite junta bureaucrat, Ladda Tangsupachai (scourge of coyotes) has made it big time! ((One of our previous posts on Ladda, concerning Thai national dress, continues to attract an inordinate number of hits. I am sure it is the photo of Ladda that is attracting the attention!)) She features in an article in Time Magazine about Thailand’s [...]
Tags: Surayud regime · Thailand