OTWS China Road Part 1

21st May 2010 Charlie on the China Roads:Charlie's comments:It’s psychological mind games on these roads.  Nothing makes sense.  Dual carriage-ways turn into single oncoming traffic lanes, tunnels are fog traps, roadworks are non marked deep crevasses and ‘drivers’ well where do I begin.  These State Roads are littered with crashes. Thought lots about having a gameshow based on driving in the world’s worst countries, a competition of sorts to see how long the contestant can last before cracking under pressure.

I was very nearly wiped out by this truck and his swinging wheel, I had to swerve so violently that one side of the Hilux was of the ground... I am driving 400-500 kms a day to catch up on my schedule, hopefully by tomorrow I’ll be able to ease back a bit, and cut back on the Red Bull (wow does that stuff work).

Me knocking back Red Bull (gold can) - WOW this stuff works and keeps your senses buzzing!

Just another burnt out bit of wreckage.

The State Road - fighting with massive trucks and roadworks - great thing about the Hilux is that we take the rough stuff and overtake all the other banged up traffic.

The tyre truck that nearly wiped me out.