One of the great things about travelling in Crete is the chance to get up close and personal with the locals, especially the four-legged kind. That’s one of the reasons I prefer travelling by car over any other form of transport, for the opportunities it affords you to get off the beaten track. And the … Read more about Close encounter of the goat kind
Like Thailand – with its stray ox sauntering along the road, its dreadful drivers, its food vendors, and moveable feasts – Crete has its fair share of traffic hazards too. We have revised our list of world’s worst drivers, adding the Cretans (and Cypriots) to the top of the list, however, after human beings, the … Read more about Traffic hazards in Crete
This family driving along a highway in the south of Thailand was one of the more troublesome of the traffic hazards that we confronted. While Dad was obviously driving at a responsible speed, it was the other vehicles on the road that concerned us. We’ve driven all over the world and we’ve come to the … Read more about Traffic Hazards in Thailand #2
As we drive around Thailand we’re struck by the number of traffic hazards we confront on the roads every minute of every day. They range from the downright scary to the surprisingly cute. But no matter how horrified we are when we suddenly come face to face with a herd of animals sauntering across the … Read more about Traffic Hazards in Thailand #1