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Home » Reader question » Reader question: How is the situation in South Thailand with the smog from Indonesia?
Reader question: How is the situation in South Thailand with the smog from Indonesia?
Dear readers,
We (4 adults) are going to have a 2-week cycling holiday in Thailand at the beginning of January, starting in Bangkok. There are quite a few reports on the internet about the smoke nuisance in the south as a result of the many forest fires from Indonesia. Because we prefer to cycle to the south (to Phuket), we are very curious about the current situation with regard to the smoke nuisance.
If it is still bad, we may have mapped out an alternative trip to the north. Does anyone know what the situation is like right now?
Yours faithfully,
Nico
Cycling 900 km in 2 weeks at a temperature of more than 30 degrees. Everything is possible!
It is now rainy season in Kalimantan so the forest fires will soon be extinguished if they are still burning at all.
Dear Nico,
Heavy forest fires in Sumatra in October 2015 once again caused choking smoke in Sumatra and also in the neighboring countries Malaysia, Singapore and southern Thailand. In Singapore and neighboring Malaysia, schools have been closed for days, much improvement is not yet expected. Causes: burning down jungles and ultimately using the land for future plantations, no supervision and corruption make it very easy to go about your business with impunity at the expense of the population and nature. After a lot of rain in the region, things seem to be going a little better. A good site to know how much pollution there is per hour per day is: pollution realtime Malaysia air quality index visual map. Langkawi, Kedah Malaysia 110 EPA which would be unhealthy for sensitive people, this measurement was made on 24-10-2015. About 3 days ago there was talk of 170 EPA, which is very unhealthy for everyone. Well, in southern Thailand, air quality is only measured in Haad Yai and Phuket, so it is a guess how bad the pollution is in Ranong province, although the measurement on Phuket is significant. The distance between Phuket and Ranong town is approximately 301 kilometers by road, so pollution will always be slightly less bad in Ranong as the problem comes from the south west and Ranong is north of Phuket.
Is there a solution to the annual problem of forest fires, perhaps in the future because the problem in June-October 2015 is much worse than ever before. Singapore and other countries are in talks with neighboring Indonesia.
At this time in November there is a lot of rain coming from the east so that the polluted air has no chance to get to southern Thailand, but it is expected that this rain will stop in January and the polluted air will come back to southern Thailand. By checking Pollution realtime regularly, it is reasonable to keep track of the situation on a daily basis.
Have fun cycling, m.vr.gr.
Nico Holtmans
Holtmans.eu
Can be brief about it. I've just spent more than a week on Phuket (been around the entire island). Had no problems, didn't even know that Phuket would experience this. Had the idea that it would rather be the southern provinces on the mainland. As far as Phuket is concerned, the weather is currently great!
Those wildfires were there until the end of October
We were on Koh lipe, Krabi and Phuket last week and have not had any delays at all
Thank you all for the quick responses…………
it's a countdown for us