I am scehduled to arrive in Thailand next week and we were going to take a cross-country tour in a rented car.
I am concerned that there's too much flooding in areas we intended to visit. I've been reading the papers on the internet and they keep saying this flooding could last until November.
Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions if we should forget this rented car tour in light of all the floods everywhere ?
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Is there too much flooding for touring ?
Started by Morgan, Oct 23 2006 03:53 PM
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Posted 23 October 2006 - 07:31 PM
There certainly is no problem between Bangkok and Pattaya. We get street flooding when it rains hard, but it passes quickly.
I would certainly avoid Ayutthaya, where serious flooding is being reported around the historic sites. My impression is that the most serious flooding is through the central areas north of Bangkok, heading toward Chiang Mai.
Issan seems wet but no serious flooding. Of course the big problem might be whether you want to go driving around rural areas if its still raining lots when you get here. Even if there's no flooding, car touring in wet weather is not fun in my book and you can always hit a flooded low area on any road during storms.
I would certainly avoid Ayutthaya, where serious flooding is being reported around the historic sites. My impression is that the most serious flooding is through the central areas north of Bangkok, heading toward Chiang Mai.
Issan seems wet but no serious flooding. Of course the big problem might be whether you want to go driving around rural areas if its still raining lots when you get here. Even if there's no flooding, car touring in wet weather is not fun in my book and you can always hit a flooded low area on any road during storms.
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Posted 24 October 2006 - 09:41 AM
Take a look at the enclosed article in the papers today. It lists the areas where flooding is the worst.
There was a map in the hard copy edition which is not in the internet version, which essentially shows the areas around Bangkok and the Chao Praya river tributaries extending north/northwest from the city as the areas of flooding to be avoided.
http://www.bangkokpost.net/News/24Oct2006_news09.php
There was a map in the hard copy edition which is not in the internet version, which essentially shows the areas around Bangkok and the Chao Praya river tributaries extending north/northwest from the city as the areas of flooding to be avoided.
http://www.bangkokpost.net/News/24Oct2006_news09.php
