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                    [Summary] => It took us an hour and 20 minutes to travel 8.4 kilometers. On  one spot we were immobile for 22 minutes, as Sathorn Road became a virtual parking lot–four lanes of cars, buses and trucks bumper to bumper, all with engines idling and drivers helplessly stuck. 


That’s Bangkok at mid-afternoon on a Monday. Unlike in Manila, there were no roadworks or accidents or stalled cars to cause the snarl. That’s just the way it is on Bangkok streets, said our taxi driver, who showed his frustration by constantly fiddling with the channel select button on his radio.
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That’s Bangkok at mid-afternoon on a Monday. Unlike in Manila, there were no roadworks or accidents or stalled cars to cause the snarl. That’s just the way it is on Bangkok streets, said our taxi driver, who showed his frustration by constantly fiddling with the channel select button on his radio.
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