Thread: North East Thailand road trip December 2014

^I thought you got lost trying to find the rental agency on returning the car Tez? so much for GSM...sober up mate.

Agree with you Terry. The Garmin will list restaurants, points of interest, police stations, post offices, fueling stations, etc. Personally, I do not see how anyone who travels through Thailand does without a satnav.

I would rather know where I am than be lost all the time. Burning fuel for no reason is one of my pet peeves.

Originally Posted by ltnt

^I thought you got lost trying to find the rental agency on returning the car Tez?

Its funny you mention that. Years ago I rented a GPS from Avis and on return of the car to the Airport the return point was embedded within and took me straight to it.

My bought one of course bought me into the Airport but the return point was not in it.

It is Now though.

Handbag is very happy about that.

Originally Posted by terry57

My bought one of course bought me into the Airport but the return point was not in it. It is Now though. Handbag is very happy about that

I can only imagine how that conversation went...

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Yes, it was quite Entertaining for me anyway.

She arrived home after the 4 day walk back from Sukumbumbum.

Originally Posted by terry57

She arrived home after the 4 day walk back from Sukumbumbum.

At least you didn't mount her on the front fender like a dead deer...

Map reading 101 should be on her to do list? Not your job, you're the driver, right?

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That's another funny point. No way on this Earth she could read a map to save her life.

She reckons Thai cannot read maps.

I've just ask her again if Thai people can read maps and she confirmed that indeed Thai people cannot read maps.

Gota love this stuff EH.

Originally Posted by terry57

I've just ask her again if Thai people can read maps and she confirmed that indeed Thai people cannot spend 199bht on maps.

Just corrected that one for you Tel

Originally Posted by terry57

I've just ask her again if Thai people can read maps and she confirmed that indeed Thai people cannot read maps.

I don't want to be the cause of unrest in the dorm Tez, but my wife not only can read maps, but in both English and Thai.

She learned O.J.T. after we got lost in Bangkok for what seemed an eternity one night trying to get to Siam Square on our way North to Chiang Saen. We couldn't navigate through the maze of freeways interchanges and ended up on the opposite side of town.

After paying a fine to a grafter cop, we ended up on Silom and from there it was a piece of cake for me and my memory.

After that experience we took several short trips and she practiced map reading with my stopping and showing her what the symbols meant, cross referenced pages and exploded view maps. she loved the section where you can find the location of the town you're in and find the distance to the town you're trying to get to.

We also discovered the way around entering Bangkok and going around it straight up to Nikon Sawan via Chi Nat.

Your ladies correct, 99% of Thais, both male and female cannot read a map.

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Well I make shit real easy,

That being, fly the fok out of Bangkok, grab a car up country, go on a very nice tour around the flat, drop the motor off at the Airport and Sky train it back to Silom.

Zero stress right there.

Women, as a rule, cannot read maps very well for much the same reason there are no chess grand mistresses and no female submarine commanders, and they cannot approach a roundabout without stopping even if there is no traffic. Their brains just don't work the same way as ours do. Thai folk are further hampered by the rather odd disability none of them can judge distances. Anything further than 400 yards automatically becomes a kilometre in their wee heads.

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Agree with you Tel, great way to get into Bangkok.

Did the same last week with a lady from Chiang Rai.

She was amazed that I could get around on the trains and river taxis.

Airport is a good place to leave the bags in short term storage as well, as we were heading to Pattaya by bus early evening.

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I have a choice of returning the hire car to their city depot which is just around the corner from my gaff on Silom or return to Sukumbumbum Airport.

Airport wins every time.

Thanks for this great thread Tel,

I just had a month in Chiang Rai touring a bit, but I don't use a camera that much.

pictures worth a thousand words mate, some of yours worth more,

Originally Posted by terry57

So the next day it was on the bus and into Khon kaen. That night was the full moon and we ended up at this incredible Temple in the city center. It sat in the middle of a nice park and the atmosphere there was brilliant that night.

Heart broken you never contacted me for a beer you pussy

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Erm,

Sorry about that, where do you live again.

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Will do. Cheers

Thanks for the thread Terry