Comments on: The Sunday Six: The Joys of Asian Roads https://www.escapeartistes.com/2011/07/10/the-sunday-six-the-joys-of-asian-roads/ Postcards from the Edge Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:41:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Theodora https://www.escapeartistes.com/2011/07/10/the-sunday-six-the-joys-of-asian-roads/#comment-14370 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:06:18 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=4651#comment-14370 In reply to The Travel Fool.

Yep, agreed! Though there is the rush of anxiety that kicks in when one has to actually get oneself across it. Or over it. Or down it. Or up it…

]]> By: Theodora https://www.escapeartistes.com/2011/07/10/the-sunday-six-the-joys-of-asian-roads/#comment-14369 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:05:41 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=4651#comment-14369 In reply to James Shannon.

We had some interesting moments biking the Khammuan Loop in Laos during the rainy season just now, actually… We were on Koh Chang in the dry, so I don’t remember the road as being that bad — but I can imagine the wet being pretty bad…

]]> By: The Travel Fool https://www.escapeartistes.com/2011/07/10/the-sunday-six-the-joys-of-asian-roads/#comment-14368 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 23:53:24 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=4651#comment-14368 There was a time that coming upon any one of those would give a rise to the blood pressure and get me ticked off. Now the only time that happens is when I am not traveling. When I am on the road I take it all in stride and count it as part of the trip.

]]> By: James Shannon https://www.escapeartistes.com/2011/07/10/the-sunday-six-the-joys-of-asian-roads/#comment-14367 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:52:06 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=4651#comment-14367 The “road” to Long Beach on Koh Chang, Thailand … many rainy season washouts, impossible, chasis-breaking potholes and ridges, yet the Treehouse Bungalows transport truck *still* braved them.

Don’t know how I got out of there without giving my rental motobike a flat tire! 😮

]]> By: wandering educators https://www.escapeartistes.com/2011/07/10/the-sunday-six-the-joys-of-asian-roads/#comment-14366 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 01:41:29 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=4651#comment-14366 In reply to Theodora.

oh those roads in county kerry, where you hit the wall when the bus comes by and takes up the WHOLE road, that was a trip. also, that there were cliffs on the side! YIKES! 🙂

]]> By: Theodora https://www.escapeartistes.com/2011/07/10/the-sunday-six-the-joys-of-asian-roads/#comment-14365 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:44:41 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=4651#comment-14365 In reply to Sam Lovell.

The same bus, I take it, Sam?

]]> By: Theodora https://www.escapeartistes.com/2011/07/10/the-sunday-six-the-joys-of-asian-roads/#comment-14364 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:10:25 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=4651#comment-14364 In reply to jim.

I’d love to visit Mongolia, Jim. Z is, unfortunately, currently not keen. Something about “civilisation” and “infrastructure”?

]]> By: Theodora https://www.escapeartistes.com/2011/07/10/the-sunday-six-the-joys-of-asian-roads/#comment-14363 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:09:51 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=4651#comment-14363 In reply to Mark Wiens.

We had bits in the remoter islands where we would have been faster walking. But I was too focused on crawling through at 10kph, or whatever, to actually get shots of them…

]]> By: Theodora https://www.escapeartistes.com/2011/07/10/the-sunday-six-the-joys-of-asian-roads/#comment-14362 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:08:36 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=4651#comment-14362 In reply to latinAbroad.

I remember Middle Eastern traffic as being crazy. There’s probably more scooters now, though.

]]> By: Theodora https://www.escapeartistes.com/2011/07/10/the-sunday-six-the-joys-of-asian-roads/#comment-14361 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:07:55 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=4651#comment-14361 In reply to Marina K. Villatoro.

Ah, yes. Indonesia and Timor Leste have a fine line in corruption. Which is probably why they only cover their roads with quarter of an inch of tarmac. I guess it’s the same problem you have there….

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