Bombs in Bangkok

[blackgrendel]

Yeah I have always thought that when your crossin the road in BKK you are gambling on being a permenant dent on someones bumper.

[BAM]

(sped98 @ Jan. 03 2007,02:55) ......as i crawled off the road on my hands and knees....a valuable lesson learned
the other side of the road is 2 lanes one way and 1 the other .  

Sukhumvit which has 3 lanes on each side gives the impression that the traffic carried on the 3 lanes on one side would be moving in the opposite direction to the traffic on the other sides 3 lanes ... this is only logical isn't it? Well not so in Thailand! I would tend to believe that the road was originally designed with 3 lanes going in each direction however at some point later in time they decided that they had too much traffic moving in the one direction so what did they do.. They took 2 lanes from the other side! So now you have 5 lanes moving in one direction and only the one moving traffic the other way... crazy way of doing it and confusing ...

[BAM]

especially interesting is the intersections when you have the traffic divided up like this. These are some of the things that boggles the mind on the first trip to Bangkok.

[daveduke007]

I heard a rumour that the last explosion to be heard in BKK was when Stogie arrived home and got to grips with Cindy

[moe666]

In 1970 Sukhumvit was 4 lanes undivided as traffic came in in the morning they would take 3 lanes coming in and leave one lane out.
The reverse would happen in the afternoon on ocassion if traffic became to heavy cars and motorbikes would take the sidewalk as well. All this observed from the Miami Hotel. As they like to say, in the good old days.

[geezer]

Don't know about eveyone else but the photo's of traffic on Sukhumvit reminds me more about Bangkok than any of the photo's of the girls does. Looking at the pictures instantly reminds me of the heat, the smell, the dodgy tailors, the food stalls, the knowledge that there are going to be large amounts of ladyboys round that you can have and you can live the rockstar lifestyle, well at least for your holiday.

Cheers, for the pictures Bam, really bought back some great memories.

[Snick]

Bam what you showed is 5 lanes westbound, 1 lanes eastbound and that is how it runs WEST of Soi Nana (3). But on the Eastern side of that intersection it is 4 lanes Westbound and 2 lanes Eastbound. Until you Reach Asoke, when it becomes 3 and 3.

Not that any of the above is confusing in any way.

[PigDogg]

(geezer @ Jan. 02 2007,20:27) Looking at the pictures instantly reminds me of the heat, the smell, the dodgy tailors, the food stalls, the knowledge that there are going to be large amounts of ladyboys round that you can have and you can live the rockstar lifestyle, well at least for your holiday.

Cheers, for the pictures Bam, really bought back some great memories.

Hey Bam, is the red and white in the first pic the KFC near Guess Bar?

[Snick]

(PigDogg @ Jan. 03 2007,12:11) Hey Bam, is the red and white in the first pic the KFC near Guess Bar?

Indeed it is !

And they deliver to the bar

[Guest]

(geezer @ Jan. 03 2007,13:27) Don't know about eveyone else but the photo's of traffic on Sukhumvit reminds me more about Bangkok than any of the photo's of the girls does. Looking at the pictures instantly reminds me of the heat, the smell, the dodgy tailors, the food stalls, the knowledge that there are going to be large amounts of ladyboys round that you can have and you can live the rockstar lifestyle, well at least for your holiday.

Cheers, for the pictures Bam, really bought back some great memories.

Yeah I love those pictures makes me all nostalgic

[Guest]

(ozzie @ Jan. 03 2007,13:57)

(geezer @ Jan. 03 2007,13:27) Don't know about eveyone else but the photo's of traffic on Sukhumvit reminds me more about Bangkok than any of the photo's of the girls does. Looking at the pictures instantly reminds me of the heat, the smell, the dodgy tailors, the food stalls, the knowledge that there are going to be large amounts of ladyboys round that you can have and you can live the rockstar lifestyle, well at least for your holiday.

Cheers, for the pictures Bam, really bought back some great memories.

Yeah I love those pictures makes me all nostalgic    

Get back to work Ozzie.........

nostalgic........hehehe yea right........

you are dreaming buddy.........

you know you wont be back there till July........

stop dreaming and get your ass back to Gladstone street where you belong.........

hehehe......

if i have the balls i might book a flight today......

rex.....

[Guest]

(doy trong @ Jan. 03 2007,16:44) Get back to work Ozzie.........

nostalgic........hehehe yea right........

you are dreaming buddy.........

you know you wont be back there till July........

stop dreaming and get your ass back to Gladstone street where you belong.........

hehehe......

if i have the balls i might book a flight today......

rex.....

You've got no balls Rex not after Kat and May took them in bed supper club

[BAM]

While we're on the topic of bombs and Sukhumvit here's a classic photo I took in 2002 that seems to say it all...

Here a Sukhumvit street vendor, a nice little Thai Lady, was sells children's clothing along side Bin Laden attack on America T-shirts.

[Stewart]

Get back to work Ozzie.........

you know you wont be back there till July........

Ozzie not back there until July!? Well, that's Guess Bar fucked then

....and Obsessions and Cascades now that I think about it

[Guest]

(sped98 @ Jan. 03 2007,03:55) Yeah i can vouch for the stats , 14,500 killed a year.As for me , a valuable lesson learned on my first day in Bangkok at 2 in the afternoon.
Went to cross over Sukhumvit road near the Landmark hotel , looked right...3 lanes clear
ran across the road , over the central reservation , looked left , 3 lanes clear , stepped down onto the road and BANG....nearly came home in a box.Luckiest guy in Thailand that day , bounced up the side of the car and landed in a heap.Driver didnt stop , motorbikes driving round me as i crawled off the road on my hands and knees....a valuable lesson learned
the other side of the road is 2 lanes one way and 1 the other .  

All you guys, especially newbies, take heed. You should not come to Thailand. It is very dangerous here. Stay home or go somewhere like Brazil.