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Old 02-22-08 | 12:49 PM
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Bikes: Zeus (Razesa) tarck, Giant TCR road, Eddy Merckx road, Fuji Touring Series IV for everything else

I'm sure it is.

I rode tonight with 5 kids from BKK Fixed.
The traffic wasn't that crazy actually. A lot like any major american city except more chaos and fewer people following the rules. And the evil busses. They can smell your fear.

We started off the night by having one of our members get struck by a taxi. During the ensuing discussion with the police, it was decided to move the whole thing to the local police station. The cop locked our friend's bike in his little booth and drove him to the station on his motorcycle. We found out aftergetting there that for some reason the officer had given our friend's ID to the taxi driver assuming that he was following us to the station. After 20 minutes of waiting, it was decided that the taxi driver took off with the ID in tow. Our friend was sent home.

If you're wondering about things like "Why would a police officer give one person's ID to another and drive off?" and "Why aren't the police interested in finding the person who took the ID or at least filing a report on it?", the only answer is "This Is Thailand".

Our friend resigned himself to getting a new ID and we continued riding. We saw lots of sights and rode in lots of traffic. Pictures forthcoming, probably when I get back to Chiang Mai and to a computer that I know won't put viruses on my flash drive.
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