Lampang, Phrae hit by heavy smog

[DeepInTheForest]

I was going to take a break from BKK and go to Mae Rim/Chiang Mai next week ... is that still advisable?

It does not seem so bad this year - at least so far. There is a web site that gives the data http://aqicn.org/map/thailand/ and City Hall in Chiang Mai is at 65 today, i.e.quite low.

The link you supplied is amazing. Try this: click the map and drag the screen so that you are viewing the east and north of China. Holy fright!! If you think things are bad in SE Asia (and they are), they are much, much worse in the Middle Kingdom.

Edited February 28, 2014 by DeepInTheForest

[TPI]

Really bad here in Phrae today can"t see the mountains just a few miles away.

I dunno? A little hazy, not like last year when it was really difficult to breathe!