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28 September 2009
New graphic from the Economist. The cost for Hong Kong is interesting, given that its MTR was completely privatised in 2000. Compare with New York’s MTA, which is a (government owned) public-benefit corporation. To be fair, the way trips are priced is different for the two cities: in Hong Kong your fare varies by distance (paid [...] 5 May 2009
some photos of 125th street station on line 1. #gallery-1 { view of broadway 4 September 2008
yo. in oslo on holiday before heading to hanoi. the city is quite walkable (small, with a population of about half a million), pretty, and yes, cold (ok, maybe I’m just complaining, but it’s about 15 degrees here). the tram can you imagine actually having civilized public transportation? get this: stops for both trams and buses [...] 23 August 2007
in contemplating where to go for an extra long weekend, I thought about chiang mai, khanchanaburi, sukhothai, etc., but then realized I really just wanted to get away from as many farang as possible. so a place I had actually heard about just wouldn’t cut it. so I settled upon nakhon si thammarat. I of course [...] |
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