BURNING SEASON in Thailand 🔥 Our Life in the Smoke
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Today we deep dive into what is smokey season, when is it, why it happens, and how you can avoid or survive it (also known as burning season).
Chiang Mai Thailand is a beautiful place for travelers and long term residents, however for a few months of the year we all have to deal with a toxic air pollution problem. And today it's finally time to tell you exactly what it's like here.
Thanks to Glen Johnson for the smokey footage - / glensadventures
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Lyrics = Oh no - Oh Sh!t - Holy Moly - Smokey Season - Chiang Mai - Thailand
🤣😂🤣
🤣 Great
Nice lyrics good work
Can you tell me when the single comes out? 😅
Best. Song. Ever!
You ain't seen nothing bud - try kuala lumpur during haze season - you cant even see across to the other side of the street. - After 1 year of Covid, I have been watching channels like this and thinking... how on earth did I become so negative about S.E Asia. - oh yea - now I rememeber
I want this as ringtone!!!
You have the gift of gab of being entertaining and educational at the same time. It's also refreshing to see an expat giving a non sugacoated opinion of your Thailand experience.
cheers
Thanks Paddy. You're the first TH-camr to explain in detail about the burning season. Excellent video as usual, entertaining and informative 👍.
Thanks 👍
I agreed 👍 I have no fucking clue what a burning season mean and here I am come from Myanmar originally but live in US. Many European did this burning season TH-cam idk what the fuck they’re talking about other than you. They don’t explain when, why and how? Thank you!
This was really useful and much appreciated! Keep up the good work!
Paddy has a great voice. The smokey season jam is fire.
😂💜🙏🇹🇭
this comment and the song had me LMAO 🤣
Thanks for being truthful about the situation here. Not many Vloggers talk about the smoke in depth. A lot of it comes down to; it's much easier/cheaper to pull out a lighter and set fire than it is to remove crop stubble, leaves, trash ETC. EVERY year from the central to the local government, they start programs announcing how to prevent burning, how large the fines will be, alternatives, ETC and every year it's the same.
I'm really enjoying your input and travels , keep it up , thanks 😊
Loving all the regular content!
hoping to get two a week out until I leave in two weeks
Great video, thanks for being so informative. I have watched videos from other people about Chiang Mai but this is the first one I have seen about smoky season.
Thanks for this Paddy. We are moving to Chiang Mai to teach in July and your videos are really helpful. We both agree you are much more engaging than the other Chiang Mai you tubers we have found- must be the teacher in you!
thanks guys! Glad it was helpful!
I am hearing BAND AID 2021 with those lyrics..... truly raw and touching!
However yes, that smoke up north is dreadful! Was there 4 years back in Northern Thailand and we were just leaving early March and our last 2-3 days were just challenging. Even the people out on the streets at night were struggling.
It further escalates your joys in kick-starting you adventure!
Great vlog Paddy!
Cheers Shane
Great and informative video Paddy. Thanks for sharing. My daughter was born in Chiang Mai in January... we’ve not been out the house much since! 😢 Looking forward to venturing down South for a bit and of course those first rains of the monsoon season!! 🙏🏼♥️🌧 Take care!
yeah best to stay in doors eh!
Thanks! Your warning about the burning season In Chaing Mai in March immediately altered my travel plans.
No worries!
Best video on the smokey season I've seen. great job.
Thanks 👍
OMG Paddy! I love the song so much I start singing it with you. Awesome video btw.
Thanks for sharing this info
Loving all your videos Paddy!! I subscribe to a lot of Thai TH-camrs and must say you are the funniest! Can’t wait for your upcoming adventure! 🇹🇭
Awesome thank you!
I really enjoy videos like this too, that try to explain quite simply all the facets of a problem (causes, how to act when you are confronted to it, what it feels like). We do not live in Wonderland on this Earth, so while it's good to find the positive and fun aspects in everything, it 's also good to have videos that show those aspects too. And anyway, with your style, it's always enjoyable to watch and informative, good or bad stuff
glad u think so
Thanks paddy great video allways wonderd about the smoke season
My pleasure
Thank you for explaining what smokey season is. Was always wondering about it when you were speaking about it in your videos.
My pleasure
Thailand 🇹🇭 is really amazing and always on the top of my Travel list !
Thanks for sharing this wonderful video 😁
Cheers from a travel TH-camr from Switzerland 🇨🇭
Thanks
So grateful for your video. Saves me from traveling there during burning season.
555 buddy loved the intro, your talk voice and then the singing 😂
Bud the yearly smoke was very terrible this year as far as i have been told by others. So good you made a video about it 👊
The past 5 hours was Paddy Doyle cathing up time and i just fininshed another 13 video's buddy. Thanks, got to know Paddy a little more 👍
You are now my nr1 thailand vlogger buddy, mister CEO Chris Parker just got down to nr2. Sorry Chris but i will keep watching buddy, seen them all 😉
Anyhow mr new nr1 Paddy Doyle, see you in the next one 👊
Super impressed by your song!!
Smoke is so hard to deal with, thank you for sharing. Washington state has only had to deal with 3-4 months in the summer that last few years... but nothing like what California goes through.
I appreciate that
wow i didnt know about this! thanks for making this video!
Hi Paddy ! Thanks for your smoky season video, good to know because I wanted to visit Thailand and planning to do sightseeing but I have mild asthma. Take care! Loved watching your shows!!!!👌👌👌❤️❤️❤️from Down Under🦘🦘🦘
Thank you very much for the information. It is very useful for our next trip to Thailand after the pandemic. By the way very beautiful voice and very funny lyrics 😁
Glad it was helpful!
Same thing happen to Malaysia and Singapore from Indonesia farm burning and the monsoon wind, sometimes schools have to close down.
oh man that sucks
Awesome work Paddy.
Thanks
Hey Paddy thanks for the more informative reasons of the smoke in Thailand. I remember the difference in the season. We came in December and January and then came back in April and it was horrific. By the way love the vocals on the background music😜
cheers!
That Intro was pure greatness 😂 Seriously though, thanks for sharing this video. It’s an important thing to spread awareness on, not just for tourists but primarily the air quality for the locals. We visited Northern Thailand the last two years in February and March and it was rough. Sore throat and sinus issues after only 4 days. Definitely need a good n95 mask 😷 during the Smokey season 💨
Absolutely!!
Hey thanks for the shout out bro I’m sure Glen Johnson is a super nice guy 😂
My pleasure, thanks again for the footage
I am Thai and live in Chiang Mai. Love your video. Thanks 🙏💕
You're welcome
Hahahaha we were singing your song for hours after watching this! 😂 Too funny! Can't believe you leave so soon already, so exciting! Looking forward to the adventures! Cheers buddy!
haha cheers!
Very helpful Vlog, Thanks from Toronto Canada
Great video, very informative. I recall being there one year and it was a bit of a downer alright Mostly love CM. Avoid during this time is best
I agree
Lol Paddy got the 🎤X-Factor 👏
Btw very useful and informative Vlog x
Yay! Thank you!
Can’t wait to watch your adventures
me too
It really is an issue, it even creeps down here to Bangkok from time to time. I like your air filter, that is a great, simple design. I have three Dyson filters in my house just to keep the indoor air breathable. Looking forward to the start of your bike adventure.
yeah dude it's freaking awful without filters!
@@PaddyDoyle. a few years ago it got really bad in Bangkok and I got an industrial 3M mask with dual P100 filters.
Very informative video!!
Glad it was helpful!
Great video and an epic song :)
haha cheers
Thanks for the information.
Very cool paddy D and great Video. I might end up in rural Chang rai so very interesting to k ow
my pleasure
great video, thanks so much, I'm planning to move to Thailand for longer term and bringing my pets with me and this smoky season is starting to scare me a bit !
Very informative video. I have not seen this subject come up in any other Thai channel on TH-cam. I live in Colorado and we have forest fires often enough during spring and summer. But the air quality is nowhere near as bad as what you document in your clip....thanks..
Thanks for sharing!
Great job and info. Looking into that filter as the air in Tak is horrendous too.
Thanks
Very informative, TY! I had just started to think that I should look outside of Chang Mai for a starter home base, but it's doable.
Good to know
Great video. I challenge you to do something about this with me next year after your trip through Thailand. You are a teacher and you can convey a message very well to people. The fact that many people are responding to the music you have made means that you have potential gold in your hands. Make it a full lyrics in English and Thai. And make a video clip of the song. You can create awareness and earn money with it. I hope you want to think about it. I am also looking forward to your trip through Thailand because you have become one of my most favorite TH-camrs in a short time. Stay safe and stay healthy. Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱
Haha cheers mate. The music is simply a joke to lighten the mood haha
@@PaddyDoyle. yes I know, but it's really good. The past has often proven right when I predicted that something was going to be successful. 9 out of 10 I was right. Believe me, Paddy, you have potential gold in your hands. Do you know the story behind Kenny Rogers' song Lady? Just look it up, they had 1 line and a Melody, he ultimately made millions with it. The song was created within one evening in a hotel room toilet 😂
very informative, kind of put me off living in Chiang Mai unfortunately but thanks for sharing this. Check out the auto captions very funny.
great video man... I created a similar video when I lived up in chiang mai on my old english youtube channel. I flew with my paramotor through the burning rice fields and I couldn't find my way back to the runway because visibility was so bad so I had to fly down and find the main road to follow back to the runway. btw. I'm really looking forward for your road trip through thailand. I did a similar trip with my selfmade camper and drove through thailand. We should meet up for a beer or so somewhen :D
sounds rad dude!
I used to live in Delhi and it has really bad air pollution in winter months which was similarly unpleasant. Enjoy your grande tour.
Loved your theme song!
Haha thanks
Very talented there Paddy next we will see you on Thailand’s got talent lol 😜 I remember our first time to Bangkok we went during Songkran & OMG it was soooooo bad I vowed never to go back to Bangkok, until our next trip which was in the September that was perfect 😍
Yeah when it's clear it's paradise
brilliant content paddy , great music ,looking forward to our travels all the best
Cheers Micheal
Thanks for the video! Do you know if there are any efforts by government or environmental groups to change this situation?
they seem to do somethings...what exactly I am not sure
Great useful info as usual ~ big thanks! So, is there a place u suggest to retire in Thailand? i.e. June to October Chiang Mai, Nov. to end of May elsewhere?
Thailand Yearly Distaster? ;) Love your dark and gloomy theme song, lol.
Check out the air purifiers for sale on lazada, they cost 600baht, very good. Measured with PM2.5 meters. Don't get the fancy display, just the 6 buttons one. I have tested them and they are the best in my opinion. Get yourself a Xiaomi or other PM2.5 meter so you can see the room PM2.5 level, make sure it's under 20ppm.
ah ok thanks
Patty I think you should get a side gig as a background singer mate Lol u r gold
Lots of love from ur mate from Melbourne Australia
cheers Alex
I like Blueair myself as it moves a lot of air through filter. An efficient filter that doesn’t move the air is as good as not having one. Alternatively, you can use standard cheap square fan and tape hepa filter to the intake side. That’s going to be as good as any filter and they’re super cheap to make.
Sweet, good to know
Ive been in Nakon Sawan province for 15 yrs...we're due an influx of Thais from Issan from the North East of Thailand ( bit like fruit pickers back home in UK )...to cut and burn the sugar cane fields..but last couple of years i have noticed they are starting to be replaced by mechanical sugar cane cutters...because the sugar cane leaves are quite sharp..they set fire to the sugar cane fields..to get rid of the sharpness of the leaves and surplus overgrowth and snakes before they can cut the cane..and then they burn any surplus ready to cultivate the next crop..but with the mechanical cutters there is no need to burn before cutting...but by doing it this way its taking the livihood away from the many Issan that rely on this method to make ends meet...its the same as back home...no more corner shops..they been takin over by 7-11 and such....sad but true...😉
Hi paddy,I’ve been up north when the place has been in smoky season.we have some pretty nasty bush fires here in Victoria.melbourne has been under smoke for weeks at a time.are there any warnings to ppl with asthma etc.sometimes subsistence farming can have negative impact on the local environment.but local farmers been doing it a long time.look forward to seeing the country from the back of a bike 🏍
Oh wow!
The air in Bangkok has been horrible this year as well - 150-170 AQI many days since late December. Finally seems to be getting better. So horrible that they don’t tackle this issue. Good song as well. Took me a few seconds to realize it was you singing that. A bit of the Pogues vibe.
😋🙏🇹🇭
Throughout Asia, SE Asia ..
Chiang Mai has a great Songkran celebration every year....That makes it worth going there in April!
Absolutely
Might see you in the deep south of Thailand next month Paddy as I'm escaping Chiang Mai and doing a bike tour around there for a couple of weeks or maybe longer! Love the music. Great vid.
Cheers dude
EXCELLENT video, Paddy! Best video on the subject yet.
I plan to move south each year, built into the plan for return. Never again staying in that mess!
Me too 💜
@@PaddyDoyle. FYI, there is no need to burn in order to grow the mushrooms. They grow naturally. It is just easier to SEE them on the blackened ground when they grow. It's cheating, and works fine in areas like Northwestern America which is wet most of the time. But not good in a place like CM.
Ah OK... Good to know
Hi! Thanks for the video! I would love your advice. I will fly to Chiang Mai on 20 Feb and planning to rent a car and drive all around northern Thailand for 2 weeks. Do you think the haze will ruin this trip and I should cancel/reschedule? At that time of the year, is it too bad being in nature? breathing-wise but also overall enjoying our vacation-wise. Or does it get bad March onwards? It would be heart breaking getting there all the way from Greece and just trying to avoid the smoke throughout our trip.
did you go to Chiang Mai?
How was the trip in the end. Similar dates and itineraries here myself for Feb 2024
Smokey season, the reason I no longer live in Chiang Mai. So sad.
INDEED
Nice informal video was just wondering is it really bad in January for smoke or is it bearable thanks
its not the best but no where near as bad as march
Thanks for the reply
Exactly what week in February does this start? I have the travel bug to visit from U.S..All I need is 1 week in Chiangmai. Never been but I am an art lover.
I have known about the smokey season but good to know when it is the worst and how you cope with it. But more important Paddy, when will your 1st album be out and will you be touring the world promoting it? Can we get it on itunes? spotify? 🤞🏍🎵🎶 Oh also when the bike upgrade happen?
Haha thanks.. Bike video will be a week.or.two
What impact does the smoke have on pets and farm animals in the area?
Thank you so much Paddy. I really appreciate your channel. Not the most fun subject to do I’m sure, but super informative.
Thanks 😋
You need a t-shirt that says Paddy Doyle on it for your merch store.
You need a full on Bane-style mask to ride your Dream around town vlogging...Mad Max Chang Mai edition 🤣😎🤙
haha!
Please tell me you recorded the intro track yourself mate?
of course!
Great info video. Thanks Paddy!
Glad you enjoyed it
is it a bit fine in may? im planning to travel this may.
Does the burning season start mid Feb? Late Feb? Or early March? Would you recommend coming to Chiang Mai in the last week of February?
No, burning season has already started by then
I actually do very long runs, with an N95 mask, during Thailand's smoky season of Hell. If you treat it like running at altitude, it's doable.
Glen is right
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The song 🤣 love it
Paddy was that you signing in the opening part?
it was :)
Thats fucking hilarious mate your song. Very original in comparison to every TH-camr out there. BTW not a hilarious subject but great content.
cheers mate, tryin to lighten the mood
hi do you think the air purifier if on max would make any difference if placed on a part enclose balcony so can set out for an hour or 2
haha you're joking?
@@PaddyDoyle. erm no was there not a big outdoor filter at one of the gates last year ?
Smokey season song is class 👌 😂
🥰
@@PaddyDoyle. I looking forward to seeing the rest of Thailand through your adventures. Iv only been to phuket. Keep up the amazing work your videos are brilliant
I like the singing intro :-)
Haha thanks
Oh no.... I booked my tickets yesterday .. i arrive 12march and leave 11 april and was planning to only visit the north... I'm in such bad luck apparently 😭
SAME this year....did you do the trip? how was it?
True professionalism, adding a lyrics sheet. You are top self Mr Doyle.
my pleasure!
Wuauw this song... Holly Molly👌👌👌👌👌👌👌🌍😍
This song ah ah can't take it anymore :)
It was a month of June when I visited Chiang Mai and the sky was beautifully clear. I like your pink air blaster and your singing too.
Haha thanks
Nice song;-)
Well I was really considering getting apartment there but as asthmatic this is really a deal breaker if its 4-5 months. 1-2 month would sort of get by some how but this is just too much
Does burning season go as far as bangkok ?
I find it strange that everyone calls it a season and say its for 4 or 5 months then say it's starts around November and last till May. That's not a season, that's half the year or more.
I left Chiang Mai direction south after 5 years because the air quality.
For a 1,500 Baht air purifier a 7/11 or BigC salesman or restaurant staff has to work nearly 5 days. For you it´s cheap, for many many Thais it´s expensive.
That's very true
The whole situation is a completely mess. The last week was horrible 🤮
100%
excellent
Thank you! Cheers!
The music is🔥🔥🔥
Why thank you