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Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok June 8th 2011

On arriving in India on our first stretch of the travels, we were in for quite a shock. Thrown in at the deep end would be an underestimation. The first advice we were given was that "to survive driving in Delhi you need 3 things - Good Brakes, Good Horn and Good Luck". He wasn't wrong. What we would call near misses in England seems to be the average standard of driving. 2 lanes with 4 cars across them, no seatbelts, no wingmirrors, no indicating...just beep and put your foot down. The first impression of India is pretty much - "a complete shithole" as Sarah so nicely puts it. "They need to tear it down and start again". Dusty, hot, rubbish literally everywhere. If you've ever been to a music festival...its a lot worse. Arriving at ... read more




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