waerth Posted December 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 From playing comedy there and traveling in a mini van I know first hand that many of the main roads in the south are in a bad state with many potholes etc. This while every minor road in Isaan seems to have a nice asphalt covering. This while the many is made in the South and that is where the taxes are being paid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 I will be driving up to Khon Kaen over the holidays and will see how the roads are in Isaan. In the past, there have been some great roads and then terrible roads, really iffy. If I can move along at 120 KPH, then that is great. At times, one cannot go over 80 or you risk flying off the road and destroying your vehicle with the many pot holes! The truck traffic kills the roads, along with the poor quality of materials and the poor workmanship. The minor roads in Isaan...depending on how minor you mean as there are still a lot of dirt and gravel roads in Isaan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limbo Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 A lot of the roads in the South also get 'washed up' each year due to water damage. Nobody seems to bother to fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 Haven't driven much in the south but with all the rain they get and the way the asphalt dissolves here in Thailand, the roads will suffer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waerth Posted December 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 After you pass Hua Hin the roads get very poor in the south. In Isaan the roads are always in great condition (apart from Mitrapap because of the heavy traffic there!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo_bill Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 Could anybody enlighten me about the mysterious " political reforms " that Khun Suthep and his combatantes wish to see established ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waerth Posted December 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 Follow his speeches on twitter. Basically in short he wants to tighten up the rules on corruption. Stronger punishments. Stricter checks on candidates, stricter measures on family members running, vote buying etc. He admits that he himself would not be able to run under the rules and is at peace with that. After this he is all in favour of a one man one vote election. No one should be afraid of that. He has just seen the light after being corrupt himself for such a long time. It is refreshing actually. It is Pheua Thai and ms Yingluck that do not want this .... guess why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 They want to end the corruption and stealing of all the money that is suppose to be part of the Yingluck gov... Once they are in power, they will greatly improve the corruption and quickly start to fill their pockets! It's politics!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waerth Posted December 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 Well Cav, that is one thing you and I differ on. After this is over NO government here can be as blatantly corrupt as the current one. People are very clearly tired of it. So even if Yingluck does come back into power they will have to tone things down heavily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted December 23, 2013 Report Share Posted December 23, 2013 SE Asia has progressed a bunch, in the fight against corruption. China still lags, Malaysia has greatly improved, Indonesia? not sure. We always say, in the USA, the new people get into office and fill their pockets, thus my sarcastic comment. I would love to see corruption reduced in Thailand, but...while the police are still underpaid, while the gov officials that control the tenders are looking to fill their pockets...etc. I have seen the "tea money" under the table in order to get gov and private biz projects...not 100 Baht...I'm talking in the millions of Baht!!! Remember, they had a lady in the gov to investigate the corruption and she did too good of a job! they sacked her real quick!! Let's hope it is better this time around, no matter how this plays out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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