Rice Grains

Today on the way home from Bangkok I rode a bus with a maniac driver. I thought he was going to get us all killed. There is a certain stretch of Theparak Road on which many bus drivers like to fly, but I feel safe with most of them.

This guy, going at what felt like breakneck speed, was weaving back and forth between 3 lanes. One time in particular I thought he was going to roll the bus, because we were beginning to rock side to side. And then he had to slam on the brakes to keep from crashing into stopped traffic ahead of us.

I remember another time when a bus driver actually hit a motorcycle as we were going around a corner at a three way intersection. Fortunately, the girl driving the motorcycle wasn't hurt even though she and the motorcycle were under the bus, which explains why the driver didn't want to move forward or backward. That time, after the girl crawled out from under the bus, the busdriver pulled over to the side, went to talk to (pay??) the police officer, and returned in about 5 minutes to continue on his way.

Anyway, I am home now, and arrived here in one piece.:)