ChiangMaiThai

Okay, went to Mae Jo University. They do indeed have four courts, which are in decent shape. (Much better than Imperial).

But it says that you can play from 16.30 to 20.30. I don't know if that means students only. We started playing earlier and no one said anything. Students did come at 16.30 so I don't know how long we would be permitted to play if someone was waiting for our court. It was free, which is great. But the aircon didn't work at all and it was extremely hot on the courts. At least 30 degrees. Again, I would rather pay and have a properly airconditioned court. I'm surprised no one has managed to get all the right ingredients together in Chiang Mai - regulation court, proper wood, and air con. So better than nothing, but still not ideal since I'm sure students have the first right of use and in hot season you are going to collapse after 4 or 5 games.

Went to the Imperial Sports place on the way to Mae Rim yesterday. It is extremely dated, but that didn't bother me so much as the fact that it appears that they used a wood and varnish that is extremely slippery. If you try to run down a ball, you fall over. A complete waste of time unless you just want to entertain your kids or something. Why would you go to the trouble of building a court only to put down wood that doesn't allow you to run? It is also dark wood, which I have never seen on a squash court before. The black ball is hard to see at times. The air cons look circa 1975 and were barely better than a fan.

It was only 100 Baht an hour, but I would rather have paid 500 an hour and enjoyed a regulation court. Does such a proper court exist in Chiang Mai? I've heard rumors about Maejo University. Does anyone have a number for them?

I'm surprised that no one has built a Chiang Mai Racquet Club with badminton, squash, tennis, ping pong etc. all regulation and all in air con. There must be a market for it?

Thanks!

TheWalkingMan, on 2012-04-23 09:10:08, said:

Thanks, any idea where I can get a device in Bangkok that does that? (I don't want to use a software solution as surely it can be reversed).

Thanks. Will give it a try!

I wonder how those 50 American DEA agents and Thai forces who busted the Africans with 5kg of pot or something a week or two ago in Lad Prao now feel.

Serious balls to try to fly with this much drugs. The fact that the flow of meth and Ice will continue as usual after this bust shows just how bad the problem really is.