These Are The Ways Thailand Has Tried To Kill Us [Season 1, Episode 25] - a podcast by Sheila Dee & Evo Terra - Third World Survivors
from 2015-06-30T18:00
Full Show Script
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EVO: I'm just going to come out and say it: There are a myriad ways that Thailand has already tried to kill us. And we've only been here for a month.
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SHE: We're here on an extended house-sit for an ex-pat French couple, Camille and Franck, while they're away on holiday. They've somehow managed NOT to die in the four years they've lived here, so Evo might be exaggerating the death-risk just a tad.
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EVO: Every time we go out on their scooter, we're flirting with death. Traffic lanes are mere suggestions, one-way streets become two-way at certain parts of the day. And they drive on the "other" side of the road in Thailand. Notice how I've learned not to call it the "wrong" side. You're welcome, England!
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SHE: OK, the scooter is a little nerve wracking, I'll give you that. There seems to be special rules for scooter drivers, like driving against the flow of traffic, turning out of any lane they damn well please, and flowing around stopped cars to bunch up at the crosswalk on red lights.
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EVO: We needed to understand the scooter etiquette, mostly so we don't look like idiots. And so we don't get thrown in jail. Or become stains on the asphalt. Franck and Camille probably had the answers.
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SHE: As we thought might be the case, the rules weren't all that hard or fast. "Do what's most efficient without getting ran over" seems to be the only scooter etiquette in play.
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EVO: They also have a truck, which also almost killed us. You've probably read the post and seen the video. That's a lot more entertaining than listening to audio of us bouncing round in a truck on a jungle trail, so go watch the video and read the story to learn more.
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SHE: But that adventure did give us the idea of starting up our own Jeep tour company based out of Thailand. Here's us discussing the idea over beers with Camille just after we made it safely back to civilization.
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EVO: And what a fortuitous conversation. Almost prescient. Because both of those creatures -- monkeys and cobras -- tried to kills us last week.
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SHE: I think you're embellishing again.
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EVO: Quiet, woman! Let me tell the damned story! First, murderous monkeys. Or at least microphone stealing monkeys. It started out innocently enough, with a trip to the Ngao Mangrove Research Center.
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