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Pattaya construction and transport report

Pattaya construction and transport report

Trip report from January 2025: Walkability and bad street layouts, Pattaya construction notes, the ghost tower, future high-speed railway and monorail, Jomtien Beach as a future apartment hotspot, and air quality

James Clark
James Clark
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Merging provinces in Southeast Asia

Merging provinces in Southeast Asia

Vietnam is planning to merge 63 provinces and municipalities down to a total of 34. Should other countries in Southeast Asia consider provincial mergers?

James Clark
James Clark
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Sri Racha Trip Report

Sri Racha Trip Report

The Little Osaka of Thailand, bad design of Sukhumvit Road (like Bangkok), seaview apartments (shame about the beach), and the future high-speed railway to 3 airports.

James Clark
James Clark
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Bangkok construction update (2025 edition)

Bangkok construction update (2025 edition)

Another mall at Siam, the future “Shinjuku of Bangkok”, more classic hotels that have been lost, the South Sukhumvit Innovation District, and a mega project in Chinatown.

James Clark
James Clark
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One Bangkok review: the mega mixed-use development in central Bangkok

One Bangkok review: the mega mixed-use development in central Bangkok

A review of the mini Central Business District next to Lumphini Park, including parks and public spaces, shopping, Tokyo-style underground plaza, hotels, and public transport.

James Clark
James Clark
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Phitsanulok trip report
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Phitsanulok trip report

The provincial city with a preposterous plan for a 5-line mass transit system, and how the proposed high-speed rail to Chiang Mai could transform its fortunes.

James Clark
James Clark
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The case for a train to Koh Samui

The case for a train to Koh Samui

A combined road/rail bridge could put an end to Samui Airport's stranglehold on the island.

James Clark
James Clark
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Pattaya trip report
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Pattaya trip report

The proposed high-speed railway station, an urban railway from station to sea, demolishing the notorious Walking Street, and visiting the retirement beaches.

James Clark
James Clark
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Thoughts on Thai trains while waiting for the Chiang Mai-Bangkok airlift

Thoughts on Thai trains while waiting for the Chiang Mai-Bangkok airlift

The Bangkok-Chiang Mai air route flourishes while there is no plan for the slow Northern Line train.

James Clark
James Clark
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Bangkok trip report (extra construction update notes)
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Bangkok trip report (extra construction update notes)

Dispatch from Bangkok: Notes and observations on a fast-changing city.

James Clark
James Clark
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How to fix Bangkok's urban rail transit system

How to fix Bangkok's urban rail transit system

An open letter to Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt with a summary of the best ways to improve Bangkok's urban rail transit system.

James Clark
James Clark
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How the Bangkok 3-airport high-speed railway will change travel in Thailand
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How the Bangkok 3-airport high-speed railway will change travel in Thailand

Blue skies in Jakarta and Manila, and a new opera house for Ho Chi Minh City.

James Clark
James Clark