Thai Dye on the Highway: Photos 21 to 27

Business recently sent me across to Ban Chang, about 100 miles South East of Bangkok. It’s about the same distance from AUH to Bangkok as it is to London (300 miles less actually), but is a different world again. For a start they drive on the proper side of the road, so after 7 months of left hand drive I was back to flicking the wipers on every time I wanted to indicate. Not that anyone noticed, nobody else was bothering with indicators, traffic lights or the pavement/road divide, or even which side of the road to drive on, it was pretty much a free-for-all.

Our mate Martin, a top Norwegian ex-ninja, racing driver, and general all-round good bloke gave us the inside track on where to go. Incidentally his son is also a racing driver and is busy wiping the floor with the opposition (and his Dad) despite being years younger than the rest of the drivers in his class. Check out kartthai.com or stuvik.com for the latest updates on Sandy's route to Formula One.

Ban Chang has no tourists there at all, which was lovely, there is a small ex-pat community, but they are a tiny fraction

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Hmmm...Why do all of the 'chicks' you are cuddling up to have Adams Apples????

I dont know where the woman in the green dress has her hand but judging by the look on your face it may be because you have just noticed her 'goitre'...

Look, I have got no idea who the popular bloke in the photos is, Martin was looking after my camera while I nipped to the loo and he was obviously snapping away.

I know you were just joking but, unlike Vietnamese, some Chinese and Koreans, Thai people do not eat dog. You may be able to find dog meat only at very few seedy, and usually illegal, shops. The red meat hanging on the cart in one of your photos is seasoned pork. There are carts selling noodles with seasoned pork (Ba Mee Moo Daeng) everywhere in Thailand.

Dear KP - yes, I was joking, in fact there were dogs everywhere, most of which looked well fed and healthy, if not a bit grubby.

The women in the white dress looks like she's been around a bit. I remember seeing a photo of your dad taken with a Thai bird back in the sixties when he was in the merchant navy. I'm not sure but I think it's the same bird.

Hmmm...Why do all of the 'chicks' you are cuddling up to have Adams Apples????

I dont know where the woman in the green dress has her hand but judging by the look on your face it may be because you have just noticed her 'goitre'...

Look, I have got no idea who the popular bloke in the photos is, Martin was looking after my camera while I nipped to the loo and he was obviously snapping away.

I know you were just joking but, unlike Vietnamese, some Chinese and Koreans, Thai people do not eat dog. You may be able to find dog meat only at very few seedy, and usually illegal, shops. The red meat hanging on the cart in one of your photos is seasoned pork. There are carts selling noodles with seasoned pork (Ba Mee Moo Daeng) everywhere in Thailand.

Dear KP - yes, I was joking, in fact there were dogs everywhere, most of which looked well fed and healthy, if not a bit grubby.

The women in the white dress looks like she's been around a bit. I remember seeing a photo of your dad taken with a Thai bird back in the sixties when he was in the merchant navy. I'm not sure but I think it's the same bird.