3 YEARS BACK, the City Tower Information Centre was unable to provide a STREET MAP of the city,and not one of the 6 people at various desks

understood what I wanted.No English user in the place.

Yesterday I visited the Tower again and went to the INFORMATION counter,requesting a MUK Street Map.Info directed me to a counter who offered me a visitors ticket which I did not need and sent me back to information.

I had taken the precaution of taking with me a very good street map of UBON, obtained from TAT office.After trying to explain to 5 different member of the staff. one guy dived under the counter and came up with THE GOODS.

A great step foreward, a glossy fold out with some 88 coloured pictures,with phone numbers,but description in THAI only.Great for locals,but as the area is rapidly moving to TOURISM Phase,a version with English would be far more useful over all.

The street map is very vague and only has 9 named streets(in both ENG & THAI,but the unnamed ones is the big drawback.In my opinion the main BUS STATION seems to be in the wrong place,unless it has recently been relocated since the map was produced.The reverse side has a district map,not to bad with dual language for each area,though somewhat sparce in number.

The final straw was a list of phone numbers(for tourists) there are 22 numbers listed(that are probably service numbers) but in Thai

next come 11 numbers which aperar to be accomodation houses, and finally a distance chart for 6 other locations.

So things are looking up,but something with English would be a plus,maybe both versions would be an idea.GO MUKDAHAN

Sounds like a ready-made project for you?!

Maps are very easy to design and print. Do one up, add all the places you think may interest an English Speaking tourist and then sell advertising to businesses that would like an increase in business from said tourists. Hand them around to places like you mentioned and not only have you done a great dead for Mukdahan but made a little cash on the side as well.