emilymat Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 There is no longer a roundabout at Dolphin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyf Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I don't think a lot of Foreigners know the Thai word for Roundabout, which is Wong Wian so the driver just used a distinctive feature which is the dolpin. Btw: if you type the Thai words for roundabout into Google translate it comes back to English as Circus Circus is another name for a circular road junction in English. Hence Piccadilly Circus. You didn't think we had elephants and clowns in the middle of London, did you? Yes, but isn't a British Circus a rounded open space where several streets converge? IMO nearly all intersections here in Pattaya are circuses. with loads of clowns. The same logic can also be applied to the UK. While travelling in the North recently I was lost and had to ask directions. It took me a while to figure out that they called "roundabouts" "islands" up there.Trying to follow the directions was like travelling through some Northern archipelago. You must have led a sheltered life, that is very common throughout the UK. The alternative wording can only be used one way, not all traffic islands are round, so it is in fact becoming the norm. Hemel Hempstead introduced the 'Magic Roundabout' in 1973, a traffic island with satellites, imagine how that would go down in Thailand. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Roundabout_(Hemel_Hempstead) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoiBiker Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I've lived in the UK much of my life and never heard them referred to as islands. Admittedly, I've avoided the North that whole time, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 (edited) Edited December 31, 2015 by NanLaew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonewolf99 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 there is no HANUMAN statue in Jomtien. it was always incorrectly called this. Hanuman is the Hindu monkey god of war. The statue in Jomtien is Machanu. They have recently put a wooden sign next to it with those words. Machanu has a fish tail see images machanu images Note the striking difference of Hanuman hanuman images How this came about that the statue was wrongly named I will never know. I was about to type about the religion here and then thought better of it...Thais put garlands round Ganesh the Hindu Elephant god and also this Machanu.....to me its like a Glasgow Rangers supporter carrying rosary beads. But, hey whatever floats yer boat There is still a bar in Jomtien called "Flying Dolphins". but there is No Dolphin roundabout any where now.......except in old Taxi drivers minds.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LannaGuy Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 (edited) there is no HANUMAN statue in Jomtien. it was always incorrectly called this. Hanuman is the Hindu monkey god of war. The statue in Jomtien is Machanu. They have recently put a wooden sign next to it with those words. Machanu has a fish tail see images machanu images Note the striking difference of Hanuman hanuman images How this came about that the statue was wrongly named I will never know. I was about to type about the religion here and then thought better of it...Thais put garlands round Ganesh the Hindu Elephant god and also this Machanu.....to me its like a Glasgow Rangers supporter carrying rosary beads. But, hey whatever floats yer boat There is still a bar in Jomtien called "Flying Dolphins". but there is No Dolphin roundabout any where now.......except in old Taxi drivers minds.... Machanu is the SON of Hanuman (and trained by demons) so if Thais are putting garlands around Machanu they are worshiping and saluting evil (probably accidently) lol Edited December 31, 2015 by LannaGuy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tropo Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 There is no longer a roundabout at Dolphin LOL. That's because it has moved to Jomtien. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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