I thought I might also spend some time on some of the signage that we have encountered along the journey. It’s a constant revelation reading the translations.
The road signs constantly remind us that the following activities are prohibited on the tollways:
- Driving tiredly is prohibited
- Driving drunkenly is prohibited
- Overexceeding the speedlimit is prohibited (I presume that there is a non-prohibition to underexceeding the speedlimit)
As we approached Wushan we were regularly reminded:
Bon voyage and hope you have a safe arrival
Tickets terms are also a revelation of what you can and can’t do as the following demonstrate:
You can clearly see where the Lao leaders have their focus in the New Year
The book sellers even get in on the act:
Signs in parks can be perplexing
With the option of investigating your legal liabilities, you would have thought that they owuld obey the rules, but they are generallly ignored, possibly because they are only considered 'warm prompts, not mandatory:
But the hotels make it very clear about what you can and can’t bring into the room:
And the Lao ferry price list is interesting reading:
