Is it always this bad outside?

[FireMedic]

I've been in Nonthaburi since May. I don't remember seeing the amount of pollution on the drive into BKK over the last few months. The last week or so has been terrible and you can hardly see the buildings a few hundred meters away. My eyes have felt weird too, all dry and itchy feeling. Is there a smoggy season that comes and goes?

[Diplomatico]

The smoggy season starts in January and runs through the end of December.

[siam2007]

no pollution / smog at the very other end of BKK whatsoever since moving to this area 2 years ago.....

[Regyai]

High quality tourists insist on it

[SoiBiker]

Maybe you need glasses?

[lumply]

The long term expats have got so accustomed to it (especiallly in Chang Mai) that they hardly notice it. Worringly most of them don't know what damage such conditions have already done to their lungs. The problems will come later in life for sure. A couple of choking months in HGK sent me scurrying for fresher air. What a relief!

[NoshowJones]

The long term expats have got so accustomed to it (especiallly in Chang Mai) that they hardly notice it. Worringly most of them don't know what damage such conditions have already done to their lungs. The problems will come later in life for sure. A couple of choking months in HGK sent me scurrying for fresher air. What a relief!

What does HGK stand for? Why do you have to be so lazy as to only type the initials? If it stands for Hong Kong, why can't you type Hong Kong?

[TheMysteriousMrTesla]

Many of us who travel a lot refer to places by their airport codes, yes HGK is Hong Kong, BKK is of course Bangkok, CNX Chiang Mai.

Is it lazy? Perhaps. Is it acceptable? IMHO - Yes.

Do you write etcetera in full?

[IAMHERE]

The smoggy season starts in January and runs through the end of December.

Started early this year in Pattaya. Air is so smoggy you can practically cut it with a knife. I thought at first it was farmers burning their fields, guess not.

[FireMedic]

Even when I was down in KL it was horrible from the burning. It's gotta be from fires around us somewhere because it was so thick.

[Coota]

Oi am living in rural Surin and I am struggling to breath and have developed a nagging cough. The dry/cool season is just beginning and there is little wind so a lot of people are burning and lighting fires for warmth.

[gjoo888]

Many of us who travel a lot refer to places by their airport codes, yes HGK is Hong Kong, BKK is of course Bangkok, CNX Chiang Mai.

Is it lazy? Perhaps. Is it acceptable? IMHO - Yes.

Do you write etcetera in full?

I could care less if you use initials or airport codes to identify a city, but as someone who spends a lot of time in Hong Kong, the airport code is not HGK, it's HKG.

[Dap]

Even when I was down in KL it was horrible from the burning. It's gotta be from fires around us somewhere because it was so thick.

If you stick around you will see it get worse

[ggt]

Go to a local clinic...tell the Dr. if you are having breathing problems...

I use MEPTIN 50mg 1/2 tab morning and night...it is proactive treatment of breathing problems...which can lead to asthma, bronchitis, and pneumonia..

I have not had to go back to the clinic for congestion...since...

Goof Luck....

[stevehaigh]

this is why i live in Phuket, generally pretty good around where i live.

[FireMedic]

My breathing is fine so far....but my eyes are on fire. I bought some Refresh MD eye drops, but they aren't helping so much. I would imagine this is how people with environmental allergies feels....

[FireMedic]

this is why i live in Phuket, generally pretty good around where i live.

Yeah I did 18 months there and had to move here for my job.

[namdocmai]

I think the construction workers got cold at night so they make big fires. Happens every year.

[lumply]

The long term expats have got so accustomed to it (especiallly in Chang Mai) that they hardly notice it. Worringly most of them don't know what damage such conditions have already done to their lungs. The problems will come later in life for sure. A couple of choking months in HGK sent me scurrying for fresher air. What a relief!

What does HGK stand for? Why do you have to be so lazy as to only type the initials? If it stands for Hong Kong, why can't you type Hong Kong?

Hong Kong just for you. Now, do you have anything interesting to say about the subject itself or are you some kind of correction freak?

[ableguy]

The long term expats have got so accustomed to it (especiallly in Chang Mai) that they hardly notice it. Worringly most of them don't know what damage such conditions have already done to their lungs. The problems will come later in life for sure. A couple of choking months in HGK sent me scurrying for fresher air. What a relief!

What does HGK stand for? Why do you have to be so lazy as to only type the initials? If it stands for Hong Kong, why can't you type Hong Kong?

Possum your going senile, keep up on the medication.

[Maroon Watcher]

 

The smoggy season starts in January and runs through the end of December.

Started early this year in Pattaya. Air is so smoggy you can practically cut it with a knife. I thought at first it was farmers burning their fields, guess not.

 

Have you been to China in winter.....

[Maroon Watcher]

... well in the drive for modernisation - we all have to start somewhere...

Pea soupers to Holywood

[thai20144]

The Air in Nonthaburi is much cleaner and fresher that central Bangkok, I travel out there once a week and the Different in Air Quality is unbelievable,

Bangkok needs to start using Cleaner engines in the Buses and Canal Boats etc . Would be a start.

Edited October 16, 2014 by thai20144

[gmac]

Many of us who travel a lot refer to places by their airport codes, yes HGK is Hong Kong, BKK is of course Bangkok, CNX Chiang Mai.

Is it lazy? Perhaps. Is it acceptable? IMHO - Yes.

Do you write etcetera in full?

What an arrogant attitude. Sounds like showing off to me.

[godden]

You have it good, where i am Kamphaeng Phet , just waitingfor ready for the black snow season from the burning of the sugar cane

[NoshowJones]

The long term expats have got so accustomed to it (especiallly in Chang Mai) that they hardly notice it. Worringly most of them don't know what damage such conditions have already done to their lungs. The problems will come later in life for sure. A couple of choking months in HGK sent me scurrying for fresher air. What a relief!

What does HGK stand for? Why do you have to be so lazy as to only type the initials? If it stands for Hong Kong, why can't you type Hong Kong?

Possum your going senile, keep up on the medication.

and what medication would that be? Unfortunitly, there's no medication for lazyitis.

[SoiBiker]

Many of us who travel a lot refer to places by their airport codes, yes HGK is Hong Kong, BKK is of course Bangkok, CNX Chiang Mai.

Is it lazy? Perhaps. Is it acceptable? IMHO - Yes.

Do you write etcetera in full?

What do you call London?

[NoshowJones]

The long term expats have got so accustomed to it (especiallly in Chang Mai) that they hardly notice it. Worringly most of them don't know what damage such conditions have already done to their lungs. The problems will come later in life for sure. A couple of choking months in HGK sent me scurrying for fresher air. What a relief!

What does HGK stand for? Why do you have to be so lazy as to only type the initials? If it stands for Hong Kong, why can't you type Hong Kong?

Hong Kong just for you. Now, do you have anything interesting to say about the subject itself or are you some kind of correction freak?

Read post 26#.

[FireMedic]

Is it sugar cane burning season now? When you fly from BKK to Chaing Mai and you see all the fires burning, what are they burning off?

[Keesters]

The smoggy season starts in January and runs through the end of December.

Started early this year in Pattaya. Air is so smoggy you can practically cut it with a knife. I thought at first it was farmers burning their fields, guess not.

I see no air in Pattaya being smoggy as long as you stay clear of the street vendors barbequing their pork/chicken etc.

But then I've been here 30 years so maybe I'm used to it.