Do you remember the game Frogger? For those who don't, Google it. The object is to get a frog across a busy road to the other side. Picture a busy road with thousands of vehicles on it. 70% scooters and the rest other vehicles .... Cars, trucks, tuk-tuks, and song taus. What are tuk-tuks and song taus? See below.
This is a tuk-tuk ....
And this is a song tau. It's basically a truck with a cover and two benches inside for seating. Pat had warned me about them as they are all about riders .... If they see someone that needs a ride they'll move fast to get to the left side of the road.
Song tau beats scooter.
Insert frogger game here and Joy on a scooter in the middle of chaos. Pat is ahead of me and I'm behind a song tau, beside a car, with another car behind me. I panic because I know what Pat has said about ST's and I want to get around it. You know what happens don't you? Yep, as I'm trying to make sure I don't hit a car on my left, I look left .... I shouldn't have done that . I run right into the song tau. Oh, I didn't tell you I have Abbey in her backpack carrier with me too. It's about 85 degrees and I want to cry.
This is us waiting at the bank ... Before the crash and we're not hot and sweaty, in traffic, attached to a stupid song tau. The driver gets out and has a, you hit me look on his face. I give him the saddest look I can. He speaks Thai to me and looks T his vehicle ... No damage at all to his but my scooter is smashed in the front and side. He leaves and I try to find a place to pull over. I manage to make it to a Starbucks. :) Pat messages me and comes to meet me. The first thing I said to him was "Song tau beats scooter". The rental place was great about it and only charged us $106 ... At home this would be a lot more I'm sure.
Both Abbey and I were fine ... We got back on another horse right away. I was nervous but it's how I'll get around here.
Stay safe and watch out for scooters!
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