sabaijai Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 Interesting proposal to create a riverboat shuttle along the Mae Ping: http://www.chiangmai-mail.com/current/features.shtml#hd1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajarn Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 (edited) http://www.chiangmai-mail.com/113/features.shtml#hd2 works better My guess i that it will be a more convenient way sometimes for the market sellers (the only stops..) to expand their distribution... Otherwise, I don't know... All of those market dock areas are saturated with cars and people all day, with cars going through and pedestrians staying local, or catching rides to areas likely not close or convenient to any river stop... And this little item... "The first budget of 1.5 million baht was spent with 300,000 baht for building the boats and constructing a new pier behind Wat Ka Jao, on a 19 rai plot of public land." So they've built the boats and piers and are using public land.... Sounds like all the major expenses for such a project.... I wonder where that other 1.2 million baht spent went off to. And that's only the 'first' budget, mind you... Edited December 25, 2004 by Ajarn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovenman Posted December 25, 2004 Share Posted December 25, 2004 This quote from the article seems to say it all: "At this moment, Chiang Mai appears to be the hub of hubs, with PM Thaksin Shinawatra, a Chiang Mai local as he proudly boasts, leading the charge." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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