Returning from Pattaya today on the 331 I witnessed the most bizzare of traffic incidents. I have often seen Motorcycles, pick-ups, maybe the odd bus or two deciding they had missed the turning and using the grass ditch central reservation to do a U turn. Most of the time with disasterous consequences, but this one takes the bisquit. A full length,articulated, container carrier, loaded, might I add, had tried to accomplish this feat. Even with the back end of the offending trailer bogged down in the bottom of the ditch, the remaining 4/5ths of this huge Juggernaut almost completely blocked both carriageways. There was barely enough room for a car to squeeze through using what remained of the hard shoulder.

As mental as it sounds nothing surprises me about what some thai drivers do in thailand.

Obviously you squeezed through!!!

Easy with the criticism.

It was my first day behind the wheel.

Easy with the name criticism.

It was my first day behind the wheel.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

And last

Easy with the criticism.

It was my first day behind the wheel.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

And I thought he was talking about me with a truck-load of buffalo.

Lampy, I hope you didn't burn the #2 breakfast on the way back.

Last time we drove down to Pattaya, there was a truck (not artic) parked in the central reservation ditch, parallel with the road. No tracks to show how he got there and the driver was wandering around looking a bit bemused and wondering how the he11 to get it back out of there...

It was gone by the time we came back the next day so he obviously worked it out. Maybe that central reservation is actually a truck-stop?!

Those flood channels in the middle of the roads are always full of various vehicles!

Those flood channels in the middle of the roads are always full of various vehicles!

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I think "Various Visitors" may be more accurate - it gives a wider scope