About 20 years ago I had a taxi driver insist i took over the driving on that route because he was scared. Luckily i was very, very drunk at the time. Cheeky cunt asked for a tip at the end.Cooker wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:03 pmI travelled the Koh Kong to Sre Ambel road many times while it was still being built 2004 - 06. in Toyota Camrys then minibuses. It was obvious back then that the road would not last as it was built with layers of clay which had no metal base and everything was just mud, mud mud, with a coating of bitumen on top. Lost count of the times we had to take our shoes off and push our transport through mud. . And yes I still have pic's to prove it. The 4 ferry crossings were a great relief to stretch your legs and buy drinks or fruit.
The only other way was the Malaysian river boats [ torpedoes ] from KK to Snooky, but if the weather was bad it was like riding in a submarine and if the waves were hitting you from the side and with the top heavy deck cargo on the top we always wondered why the boat never tipped over. Sometimes I wished it would have tipped over to help wash out the toilets at the back so you could not smell the shit and seasick spew.
Many travellers preferred to rid on the top but you always ended up with wind burn and if the weather was bad you had no choice but to ride down below.
If they don't finish the current works before the rain starts it won't be any more passable than then.