Thursday, 3 December 2015

Odds and ends



Roadside lottery ticket seller.  





New bus




Not so new busAA

Wandering around the neighborhkood waiting for the bus to Chiang Dao, I happened on these guys.

The top fish had beautiful markings on it's sides but every time I changed position to try to catch a shot from the side, it would move to keep an eye on me.









Here's that crazy tuk tuk contraption again that I saw at the bus station a while ago.  This time it showed up in my neighborhood and, once again, the owner / creator was putzing with it.



The squalid side.  Yes there's poverty here


These little on-demand electric water heaters are standard appliances in every bathroom I saw in Thailand.  Maybe I'm missing something but these seem so practical and efficient as opposed to keeping a big tank of water hot.




                                                       
Fries with that?





A few years ago there were attempts to make cycling more attractive in Chiag Mai by creating bike lanes and instituting a small bike sharing system.  


















The bike lanes have long ago faded.  Motordom reigns supreme.



















There are sharrows on many streets but I was told that they were installed to remind cyclists from China which side of the road to ride on.  



The bike system is still in place but I saw little evidence of use.  Rates aren't cheap and there aren't many stations. 

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