Back in the early days of New Mandala I made a post about the “Indochina Intersection” on the highway outside Pitsanulok. In response to a recent effort to revive interest in that post, John Roberts from the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation has sent through some wonderful pictures of the ASEAN road distance figures given at the “Five Chiangs Intersection” in Lampang.
The details on the huge milestone are:
First face
Chiang Mai 92
Chiang Rai 225
Chiang Tung 458
Chiang Tong (Luang Prabang) 554
Chiang Rung (Sipsongpanna) 684
Second face
Indochina Intersection 252
Bangkok 597
Yangon 706
Narathiwat 1748
Singapore 2548
Third face
Km. 597
Five Chiangs Intersection
The gateway to Lanna
Thanks to John for sending through these great pictures. If New Mandala readers come across similar road signs anywhere else in the region please feel encouraged to send me the pictures.
1 response so far ↓
1 Bystander // May 25, 2009 at 4:06 am
Well, one could drive from Prudhoe bay in Alaska to the southern end of Chile, from Gibraltar to Murmansk, from Brest to Diyabakir. It’s only fair to imagine the same connectivity in this part of the world.
If one can drive from Singapore to Kunming, I presume one could also drive as far north as Beijing and maybe up to the Amur river. Going west, however, is probably quite iffy beyond India/Pakistan or Gansu.
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