Dear Thailand Mini-bus Driver,

Dear Thailand Mini-bus Driver,


Did you have a rough sleep last night? I only ask because it looks like you're on your third Thai redbull and your hands are starting to shake. I know what it's like to not get much sleep and then have to drive a far distance the next day, tough stuff. Perhaps thats why you seem to be driving our mini-bus at speeds in excess of 130 km/h average. Maybe you don't realize that when you pass on a solid yellow line there's most likely going to be cars coming at you from the other side, maybe you're too tired to notice. I just wanted to remind you that one: you're not Dale Ernhardt, nor are you Ayrton Senna, nor are you Greg Moore, regardless of how fast you drive us 11 passengers in your van you're still not a racecar driver! Although if you continue to go at this pace maybe we'll all end up like those three tragic speed men. It also seemed like you were in a big hurry to get us to our Ferry on the dock of Suratthani, maybe we were running late!! Wouldn't want to be late. But it seems we sat for two and a half hours at the dock waiting for the ferry anyway. hmmm.... so I wonder now, why were you driving like a complete lunatic? In fact, why do most people here drive like absolute fools? I saw my first dead body earlier this trip, poor guy on a moped, and it suprised me that it was the first.
I think it was around the time you were trying to pass a semi-truck that I wished I had flew to Ko Samui instead. I'm not sure if you saw it but our lane was ending quickly with construction, but you just barelled on, ignoring the laws of physics, in your attempt to pass him. Almost colliding with his giant flank made me, for the first time in my life, wish I was in the air.

So perhaps in the future you should warn your passengers they might want to have different transportation. I know there's a really good chance that you believe that even if we crash you're going on to a better place than this anyway, maybe that explains the driving, but I am almost certain we wouldn't be going anywhere.

So in the future, do me a favor and drive like you're and Atheist instead of an asshole!

Sincerely,

Mitch

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