Posts made in February 1st, 2025

14. The car is King

Posted by on 1, Feb 2025 in 2024 - SE Asia, Asia, Thailand, Tilly the Tandem | 1 comment

14. The car is King

We left our hotel about 50km south of Bangkok to salutes from all the staff and managed to weave our way through the paddy fields and countryside to the outskirts of the capital where the tranquility of the rest of the country ends and is replaced by the New God of Thailand.. The Car. Everything revolves around it here despite only 28% of people owning one.  There are new roads going in everywhere and Bangkok ns everything surrounding it, is a temple to the car. The city is cross crossed by 4 and 6 lane highways which are difficult to cross if you are a pedestrian as the central barrier...

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