The Road less travelled....

[harrybarracuda]

Well it will be for a while... From Mae Sariang to Mae Sot. You'd think it was an earthquake!

[Backspin]

Welcome to Chiang Mai

[BLD]

A similar situation in khamoune province Lao, heavy rain, floods , landslides

[malmomike77]

It's a shame they don't make the roads out of the yellow paint, seems to hold up better

[misskit]

Welcome to Chiang Mai

Get your map out. This would me Mae Hong Son or Tak, not Chiang Mai.

[harrybarracuda]

Oh skidmark...

[panama hat]

Luckily he's well travelled in Thailand.





Not an expert in road construction, but the thickness seems to be . . . not so thick?

[DrWilly]

Was it the foundation eroding away or an earthquake?

[panama hat]

Rain and flooding, I think.

[david44]

Tiz a lovely area did whole western border zone from tak to mae hong song many moons ago.
Mae Sariang a lovely sleepy little place with a few basics ghs back then, great rd trip on motor cycle then Pai, back rds to Fang some pretty rough tracks near Burma border all way to Ma Fa Luang Int Airport in C Rai

[harrybarracuda]

Was it the foundation eroding away or an earthquake?

Subsidence due to incessant, heavy rain.

Nana had several landslides that blocked roads, too.

[harrybarracuda]

Tiz a lovely area did whole western border zone from tak to mae hong song many moons ago.
Mae Sariang a lovely sleepy little place with a few basics ghs back then, great rd trip on motor cycle then Pai, back rds to Fang some pretty rough tracks near Burma border all way to Ma Fa Luang Int Airport in C Rai

I did it the other way, with a visit to the amazing Ban Rak Thai and a stop at that strange little "duty free shop" in Mae Sot.

[DrWilly]

Rain and flooding, I think.

In which case even double or triple thickness of the tarmac would not help much.

[Stumpy]

Today rain finally stopped. 11 days in a row ranging from. Big downpours to light but ground is saturated.

Few local washouts but nothing like the pics posted.

[Mendip]

Nana had several landslides that blocked roads, too.

I didn't see any evidence of that yesterday.

[Reg Dingle]

^ Don't they have news and weather on the tvs in that Cockatoo Bar?

[Mendip]

^ There are TVs?

[Shutree]

^ There are TVs?

Are transvestites particularly well known for weather forecasts?

[harrybarracuda]

I didn't see any evidence of that yesterday.

Must have been hard to spot.

[helge]

^
Paved dirt

That'll do

[cyrille]

So 'Nan'.

Not Nana.

[harrybarracuda]

So 'Nan'.

Not Nana.

Oops my bad.

I'm not sure I can even blame autocorrect.

In which case we know where Mendip was.