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This is the Chiang Mai community sports page. Please feel free to send your sports news, results and any announcements you wish to make to james@chiangmaicitylife.com. There has been only one game of late for the Farangutans and they played each other. It seems there is a distinct lack of teams wanting to play the foreigners, if anyone reads this report and they know of a team who might play the F … Continued

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• ART & EXHIBITIONS Now – 19th January CHIANG SAEN POWER OF FAITH @ Taiyuan Art Gallery Chiang Rai 053 712 137, 089 631 9438 Contemporary art exhibition themed ‘Chiang Saen Power of Faith’ by Chanon Panchasri. Open daily 10 a.m. – 5.30 p.m. closed on Mondays. 9th-31st December SOMPONG 2010, DADDY’S HOME @ 9 Art Gallery / Architect Studio, Chiang Rai 053 719 110, 083 152 6021 artgallery9@yahoo. … Continued

Dok Kaew Gardens: Chiang Mai’s first retirement home for expats and Thais

Dok Kaew Gardens, located in the vast 350 rai of McKean hospital’s grounds, opened its doors just two months ago. What is unique about Dok Kaew is that it is a retirement home aimed at both expats and Thais. While many Thais are fortunate to be taken care of by their relatives in their twilight years, this age-old tradition is waning, and many elderly Thais are finding themselves alone and at a lo … Continued

Community Service

01 Informal Northern Thai Group Tuesday, January 12th: ‘Dharma as Man’: A Myth of Jesus in Buddhist Lands – A book talk and presentation by Professor Lindsay Falvey. For more information please call 053 117 319. 02 Chiang Mai Friends Group The next meeting will be a celebration of the group’s second anniversary on January 22. A ‘Pot Luck’ evening is planned, though suggestions and ideas for this v … Continued

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A Fishy Feast

No, this is not a guide to Chiang Mai’s greatest seafood restaurants; in fact, in a karmaesque manner the fish are the ones doing the feasting…on us. We have seen some fads here in Chiang Mai, from milk bars to spas. Well the latest fad is – let’s say it together, we all know what it is – fish spas! In October, Fish Actually opened shop at @Tawan Trendy Mall immediately becoming a recession-defyin … Continued

Out of The World: a trip to Solaris – and what happened on the way there

Once a week I get on my Honda and bomb down the Airport Road to Palm Springs Lodge. It’s a ten-minute drive and better than twenty kilometres from where I live at the foot of Doi Suthep. And on the way out, I’m telling you, once beyond the lights at the Airport Plaza crossing, it’s not so much ‘chocks away’ as ‘we have lift-off, Houston’. You just wind the accelerator back, watch out for slower mo … Continued

And How Would You Like Your Elephant Sir?

Happy New Year! I hope that you all have your resolutions in place ready to make you a better person during the course of the coming months? I am sure that the Daring household is just the same as many others with the usual resolutions being made and discussed. No more drinking during the week. Get up early each morning and do half an hour of exercise. No more fatty foods. No smokes. Get plenty of … Continued

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  Rustica offers a short but sweet menu with a selection of pizzas, wine and beers. They serve some unique toppings such as ‘The Rustica’ which is a combination of premium pepperoni, artichoke hearts and crushed garlic, and the local sausage (sai-ua) and mashed potato pizza as well as more traditional toppings such as the veggie pizza featuring olives, sun-dried tomatoes and artichoke hearts. … Continued

A Retiring Attitude

This is a paraphrase of a line from an email I recently received from a friend who has been retired here for about 2 years, “My emails back home end up being a one-way only communication. I seldom get more than a few quick lines back.” Well, welcome to the club. Anyone who has lived abroad, even for a short period, has lots of stories to tell. You will soon become familiar with a certain syndrome. … Continued

Creating a Better Chiang Mai

The special initiative from The Thai Health Promotion Foundation in Bangkok ‘Our Better Chiang Mai’, commencing January 1st, aims to improve Chiang Mai and make it an ideal province and an inspirational icon to other provinces. Through the participation of the community, the objective is to reduce garbage in the city by 30% and change residents’ habit of releasing waste into the canal, the moat an … Continued

City Vibes

Artist: Various Album: Five Years of Hyperdub Rating: What is it about Dubstep that makes it one of the most exciting and dynamic sub-genres to emerge out of the British dance underground? The dystopian grooves and mismatched beats are truly a product of tense urban dissatisfaction and fevered experimentalism that have been the hallmarks of the most successful dance organisms to emerge in the 21st … Continued

Your Say

[right]Your say is an open forum for you the reader to express your opinions. Write to: editor@chiangmaicitylife.com, subject: Your say. Letters can be on any subject and priority will be given to letters under 200 words. Letters may be edited for clarity or conciseness. Name and contact details must be supplied.[/right] [right][/right] • Street Fighting What I don’t understand is why the people o … Continued

This is Thailand

For those of you with any questions regarding Thailand, Thai culture, history, tourism, laws, rules, food, nightlife, sub-cultures, dating; generally anything as long as it is relevant, we have a panel of three experts who will respond to your enquiries. Email: james@chiangmaicitylife.com. 1. I have been here a while but I’m still not really sure about the things I can bargain for. I don’t want to … Continued

Editorial

This time a decade ago I was busily saving our magazine’s two computers’ data onto a pile of floppy disks, in fear of the impending Y2K which was predicted to send airplanes plummeting from the skies and bank account details lost and scrambled in cyber space (though, frankly, for me, this was less a concern than a fantasy, since I had nothing in my account at the time, I had visions of my bank acc … Continued

Chiang Mai’s Tourism Odyssey

It’s a New Year, and a new decade, so it is perhaps a good time to take a look both backwards and forwards at one of Chiang Mai’s biggest industries, tourism, which has received a battering in the last couple of years caused by a number of compounding factors. According to experts on the matter, we are going to have to seriously re-evaluate our approach, practice and marketing if we plan to become … Continued

Talking Stroll Down the Promenada: Chiang Mai to get classy mall in 2011

There’s no doubt that Thailand loves its malls, just look where all the traffic is heading on the weekends. In Pied Piper-esque fashion, cars line up one by one following the trail of the music issuing from our malls . . . who could blame us, it’s damn hot outside. Mallers (that’s a neologism) will be pleased to know Chiang Mai will soon be home to very different kind of mall, a “totally different … Continued

Inside the Creative Kingdom bringing Hollywood to Chiang Mai

Creative Kingdom, an international company whose diverse portfolio consists of architectural and master planning design, 2D/3D cartoon animation, CGI 3D architectural video animation, music production and more, has plans to change not just the geographical landscape, but the economic, of Chiang Mai. Their office in Chiang Mai, the biggest of seven – Dubai, L.A., Beijing, Manila, Johannesburg and B … Continued

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Many Buddhists complain about lazy monks who won’t walk to receive alms

Mon 8th Sep

In the early morning at Chiang Mai Gate Market, Buddhist monks can be seen standing and waiting for people to offer them food, instead of walking on alms rounds as is customary. Each monk remains in place until his alms bowl is full, then transfers the food into a bag and continues standing until late. Local residents reported that monks have been collecting alms at Chiang Mai Gate Market for many … Continued

Maejo University develops eco-friendly artificial stones for sustainable landscaping

Mon 8th Sep

Maejo University has developed an innovative and eco-friendly artificial stone made from recycled materials to replace natural stone in landscaping. The Faculty of Architecture at Maejo University, in collaboration with architecture students and interested parties, has developed lightweight and environmentally friendly artificial stones made from recycled materials, including fabric scraps, foam, … Continued

Three victims get money back following cyber scam 

Sun 7th Sep

Pol Lt. Gen. Trairong Phiwphan, Commissioner of the Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD), presented refund checks totaling 424,168 baht to three victims of call centre scams. In the first case, a victim was lured through a Facebook page offering free tea and invited to a Line group promising rewards for money transfers. Police arrested a suspect in Chiang Mai and froze 194,480 baht of the … Continued

Concert in Bangkok raises money for northern forest project

Sun 7th Sep

Thailand Cultural Centre hosted “Concerto of Giving: Virtuoso, Voices and Vision” raising over 400,000 baht for northern projects. This charity concert was organised by the Piano Academy of Bangkok in collaboration with the 159 Chamber Orchestra, the RoLD Fellows network, the Design for Society Centre at Chulalongkorn University (CUD4S), and sponsoring partners. The performance featured 20 interna … Continued

All hands on deck to rebuild Ban Pang Ung village

Fri 5th Sep

The cleanup of residents’ homes and the entire waterway at Ban Pang Ung in Mae Chaem, after the recent flood and landslide, has made progress. Forty households in disaster-prone areas have requested relocation. The Forest Resource Management Office No. 1, Provincial Office of Natural Resources and Environment Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai Irrigation Office, Chiang Mai Department of Public Works and Town … Continued

Tourism declines in Chiang Mai, authorities prepare new campaign

Fri 5th Sep

The number of tourists in Chiang Mai has declined. From April to June 2025, the number of Chinese tourists dropped by over 30 percent, raising serious concerns within the local tourism sector. Phatthanong Na Chiang Mai, Deputy Governor for Asia and South Pacific Marketing at the Tourism Authority of Thailand, stated that approximately 6.7 million tourists visited Chiang Mai in the first six months … Continued

Artistry in bloom at Anantara Chiang Mai Resort

Fri 5th Sep

As one of the Lanna capital’s most beautiful hotels – with tranquil lawns that front the Mae Ping River, Zen courtyards, and a magnificent teak mansion that once served as the British consulate – Anantara Chiang Mai Resort is the perfect stage for artistry. On 6 and 13 September, music scholars and students from Prem International School will serenade guests at The Verandah at 1921 House. Highligh … Continued

Mandarin ducks, coy fish and Pygmy goats now added to the flock

Wed 3rd Sep

Following the success of the geese at the moat and the swans at PAO’s park, the PAO has now added ten pairs of mandarin ducks to the park. The ducks were donated by Pa Miang Sub-district in Doi Saket. Not only that the Zoo Aquarium has now donated 100 coy fish to the same lake as the mandarin ducks, in hopes of pleasing the public even further.  As to the Pygmy goats also added to the park by the … Continued

Pioneering soy bean research by Chiang Mai University picked up by anti-ageing industry  

Wed 3rd Sep

Regional Science Park North, Chiang Mai University held a press conference to announce the licensing of its soy extract tablet and skin cream to Winona International Co., Ltd. The university also signed an MOU with the company to enhance research and development of health innovations for practical use in industry and society. Assoc. Prof. Supanimit Teekachunhatean, M.D., Ph.D., Head of the Clinica … Continued

90% of 13,698 votes say yes to the geese staying in the moat 

Mon 1st Sep

After a poll which ran for 48 hours saw 13,698 people from all over Chiang Mai and beyond vote on whether or not to keep the ten geese on the moat, following a week long experiment to house the geese moatside while they spent their days eating the overgrown duckweed, 90% said yes. As the city waited for the results of the poll, the geese have been taken away for a health check, vaccination and mic … Continued

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