finished FINALLY!!!!

About 4 years ago, the highway circling the city of Chiang Mai was torn up in order to change all the intersections into underpasses. That way, traffic would flow much better. At first I thought this is gonna be great!! As soon as the intersections were torn up, the workers proceeded to work really hard for about a month. Cranes, bulldozers, tractors, you name it. But after the hole in the ground was big enough ensuring that no one could cross at any intersection, the workers took a break. Not for Christmas or any other holiday, the workers took a break that lasted for 2 whole years.

I still scratch my head and think why? Rumor has it that the companies were given 4 years to complete the construction. Since the underpasses would only take 2 years to complete, they could take a 2 year vacation. It makes no sense to me. Why tear up the road and force everyone to make u-turns to get where they want to go if you aren't going to complete the intersections as quickly as possible? But that is a questions you just don't ask. When you live in a foreign country, you learn not to ask why sometimes because the answers usually never satisfies.

Now that the underpasses are finished, I'm satisfied. Now we can actually get somewhere in a half decent amount of time. Just wish it would have happened 2 years earlier.

Next problem.... what to do with all the motorbikes/scooters???