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Thursday is a paticularly busy day for me with an early 2.00pm start.
So bleary eyed, I set off on my 15 minute commute at 1.30 pm.
I live in Amphur Sansai, some 12 kilometres from the City centre.
This is my home and my bike.
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This is the view I have every time I drive off in the wee small hours of the mid afternoon.
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Just around the corner near the security gates live the rich people.
they don't mix with us one story scum.
How much do you think they are worth?
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I must say that they have done a nice job on this lake.
Apart from me and my noisy bike, the village is quite peaceful.
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Now out into the lanes for around 2 or 3 kilometers.
It's basically all paddy field and reclaimed paddy up here.
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There's a fishing lake thing here that I have never managed to catch a single fish in.
Beer chang is 40 baht for a large bottle.
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This restaurant is excellent and is at the end of the lane before I hit the big ring road.
It has very fond memories for me because this is where I watched Portugal beating England in the last World cup.
:rofl:
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Now out onto the ring road for about a kilometre before making a right turn towards the city.
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Take a right at these lights.
They are nearly always red when I get to them so i usually enjoy a cigarette.
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Great idea. I hope more will follow.
(If only I had a job....)
Great!
Take a left and go behind the back of Carrefour.
Here you will find the German micro brewery which has a large range of tasty beers.
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A good friend of mine opened a mini golf course here.
Sadly the business was not a success to say the least and they closed around a year ago.
The course is still there.
18 crazy golf holes with a world them from 18 countries.
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yabooooo.
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there is also one of those cultural centres there, the ones where you eat on the floor and watch girls dancing traditionally.
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Now for the worst part.
Only a short little u turn on the godawful superhighway.
The place is a fucking mess and dangerous as hell.
the outside of the super highway for around a kilometre on the Lamphun road and then a u-turn back towards chiang Mai around another kilometre.
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Look at the fuking state on these roadworks.
the work on the super highway has been going on for as long as I've been here and is showing no sign of ending.
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I then turn off the superhighway and drive past the arcade bus station.
this is the main station serving the city, around 5 kilometres from the city centre and about 2 kilometres from my work place.
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What sort of German snacks do they serve with the beer buffet?Quote:
Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon
I have no idea what's going on with this building.
It must have been closed for years.
It was certainly closed when I arrived 5 years ago.
anyone else know?
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A left turn onto one of the main drags into the city centre, heading towards the Ping River and just another 2 kilometres to go.
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Past Bud's ice cream.
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I often buy my lunch from these outdoor vendors.
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And finally into the car park....
Usually takes around 12 minutes if I'm not stopping to take pictures.
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The view from my office.
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And signing in for a busy afternoon's work.
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i did mine a while ago
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ofcourse my place is not that place anymore. its another place
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Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon
:lame: Troll!
^
you going to show us your commute to work willy or are you just going to be a wanker?
:rolleyes:
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Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon
gimmi a chance to go out an take the piccies bro!
How come some pics are 'normal' size, while others blow the screen?
Do you know how to se the TD gallery, CMN?
Fek, CMN, you thread stealing whore, I had this idea ages ago.....
I will do my "commute" over the weekend if I remember.
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Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon
I made the ones I wanted to be bigger...bigger by clicking on the normal size pic and making it grow.Quote:
Originally Posted by stroller
I actually didn't know i could do this.
They hardly blow the screen at 800x600.
Righto.Quote:
Originally Posted by NickA
:rofl:
They would on that shitty little monitor you got at workQuote:
Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon
Jolly good old chap:rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon
Here's mine (highlighted in yellow left->right). As I mentioned to Herr Stroller in CM two weeks ago I must go through about 10 traffic lights (the red dots) just to go about 4 miles. So much regulation here it's ridiculous.
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^
You should probably jog.
Anyway a green for you for actually showing your commute.
Maybe tomorrow I can show you what it really looks like.
Now that the rainy season has stopped I'll get my bike out and use that during the day.
what about a green for me for actually pre-empting your thread and showing my commute about 6 months ago?Quote:
Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon
Piss off.
:rofl:
^ dont worry fatboy - i just gave u a green and him a red for that response!
^
touche..
:rofl:
oh u bastard - i was only jokin - ya coulda at least checked first b4 redding me!Quote:
Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon
Soay Mak Mak Chingmai noon..We will visit you agian when my husband come back from holiday..
^are you CMn's mother?
Well, I'm retired, so I no longer commute to work. But I do commute to the new house twice a day to water the garden. Here's how it looks:
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This is the house where I live now. Go out the driveway and turn right.
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At the end of the soi, turn right again.
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This moo baan is about 15 or 20 years old and quite low end. Down this soi a few houses is...
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This little restaurant where we often order take-out food for dinner.
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Keep on going and the road suddenly become unofficial. Get to the end and turn left and you see...
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This mini-mart where I often buy a beer or four.
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Turn right instead and you get to this road. Turn left and keep on going.
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After about 500 meters you get to this intersection. Turn right over the railroad tracks and you can get on Mittraphap Highway (Thai 2 to Bangkok and Khon Kaen).
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Turn left instead. The new moo baan is on the far right side of this road.
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People used to fish on this nice pond but the owner put up a "no fishing" sign.
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The pond has beautiful water lilies, but at this time in the afternoon they are closed up.
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This farmer's pond only has water during the wet season. Note the grazing cow in the background.
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A couple hundred meters past the pond and you encounter the entrance to our new moo baan.
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If you continue down the road two hundred meters instead of turning in you get to this mini-mart; the closest one to the new house. They always keep some Singha on ice for me and throw a few ice cubes into the bag when I buy some.
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If you turn into the moo baan make an immediate left until you get to this house. (Lots of plants, no plan.) Turn right.
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Our new house is the last one on the left. It's about one kilometer from where we live now.
I work from home, I can take pictures from my bedroom to my office if you want, sometimes I stop for a piss on the way.
^Wot he said.
Wot they said ^ ^^
^&^^&^^^ yep.
Didn't go out for smokes today am not likely to see the out side of the house until about 3:00 or 4:00 AM. Tomorrow, the death defying jaunt for smokes in the morn.
Mine would be a bit boring to document pictorially. There's only so many shot's you can take walking downstairs from the bedroom to the study. :)
^^^ and ^^ etc
Wot those other bastards said.
i knew this thread was doomed.
I could hardly think of another poster that actually worked for a living.