Sunday 4 January 2026 Walking by the Chiang Mai Railway Station approach yards I left the Chiang Mai Railway Station and east a short distance on Charoen Muang Road to the next intersection. This road is called “Road Along the Railway” on Google Maps, and is indeed a road along the railway. I highly suspect there is a more official name documented somewhere. While I am walking along this road, I can look in through […]
Sunday 4 January 2026 Revisiting the Chiang Mai Railway Station I continued walking along Charoen Muang Road focusing on the uneven and sometimes non-existant sidewalk and suddenly – not really suddenly, but sooner than I expected, I was at the Chiang Mai Railway Station. The original station opened in 1922. In 1943, while the Japanese occupied Thailand, Allied bombings destroyed it. After the war, the current station was built and finished in 1948, so it […]
Tuesday 16 December 2024 Walking east to see flood damage Chiang Mai Railway Station I have arrived! The Chiang Mai Railway Station. The station was first opened in 1922. In 1943, while the Japanese occupied Thailand, Allied bombings destroyed it. The current station was finished after the war in 1948. The station: Inside a picture of Chulalongkorn, King Rama V (fifth king of the Chakri Dynasty), is seen: Chulalongkorn was a significant king, reigning from […]
James the Intrepid Pilgrim 