{"id":1279,"date":"2012-07-17T02:52:56","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T10:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/?p=1279"},"modified":"2012-07-17T06:02:04","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T14:02:04","slug":"code-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/?p=1279","title":{"rendered":"Code violations&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I have become a bit obsessed with what i like to call &#8220;code violations of SE Asia&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>I decided to make it my mission today to take pictures of as many code violations as I could find on our initial walk a bout of Vang Vieng.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with this bridge&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>An engineering marvel I am sure!! This is a foot bridge that crosses from the mainland to an island that has after hour bars and guesthouses for the young backpackers that come here to party.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120717-173134.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120717-173134.jpg\" alt=\"20120717-173134.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a &#8220;power pole&#8221; on that same bridge&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120717-173711.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120717-173711.jpg\" alt=\"20120717-173711.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An up close look at the design would indicate that this structure is likely to outlast us all&#8230;.and\/or hopefully through the next rain storm.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120717-173812.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120717-173812.jpg\" alt=\"20120717-173812.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Code violation number two would be a health and safety violation&#8230;.the sheer volume of garbage that is littered everywhere is a constant source of amazement to me&#8230;and not a good amazement&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120717-173929.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120717-173929.jpg\" alt=\"20120717-173929.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I records multiple violations of the street pedestrian safety code&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120717-174004.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120717-174004.jpg\" alt=\"20120717-174004.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120717-174020.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120717-174020.jpg\" alt=\"20120717-174020.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120717-174037.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120717-174037.jpg\" alt=\"20120717-174037.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120717-174053.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120717-174053.jpg\" alt=\"20120717-174053.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a town that is almost 98% full of either completely inebriated or hung over tourists&#8230;this kind of neglect of the sidewalks seem very dangerous&#8230;critical to always keep your eyes on where you are putting your feet!<\/p>\n<p>Not sure how many rules this remodel violates&#8230;.but I know there have got be several&#8230;.it just looks like a mess!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120717-174231.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120717-174231.jpg\" alt=\"20120717-174231.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I feel like this lady has lost her right to free and reasonable access to her property. I would think Vang Vieng Public Works should be cited for being violators!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120717-174343.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120717-174343.jpg\" alt=\"20120717-174343.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How about this electrical code violation?? This is the most common set of violations we see here&#8230;could not possibly record them all&#8230;but when do you ever feel safe plugging your lamp into a tree??<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120717-174905.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120717-174905.jpg\" alt=\"20120717-174905.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or having your street light be kept dry with a Lao Lao whiskey bucket (or a sawed off pop bottle)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120717-175013.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20120717-175013.jpg\" alt=\"20120717-175013.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anyway&#8230;.the list could go on and on let me tell you. I shall keep my eyes peeled and let you know what else I find<\/p>\n<p>; ))<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I have become a bit obsessed with what i like to call &#8220;code violations of SE Asia&#8221;. I decided to make it my mission today to take pictures of as many code violations as I could find on our initial walk a bout of Vang Vieng. Let&#8217;s start with this bridge&#8230; An engineering marvel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thailand-2012"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1279"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1291,"href":"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279\/revisions\/1291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}