So to be on it's banks was kinda nice. The occasional truck stuck in the mud, a few swollen rivers with steep banks, and the odd rock slide and fallen trees. We all piled out, shortly thereafter the driver got behind the wheel and we all scrambled back in. Hung a couple of rights, a couple of lefts, stopping to deliver a few letters on the way. Oh well, at least we were moving.
Most pickup trucks have four sets of shock absorbers, one for each wheel.
The original shocks had passed their use-by date a few decades ago so the truck bottomed out on every hole in the road. Which the driver was incredibly good at finding. Lots of practice. Oh yeah, back to the law abiding Lao driver. Needless to say we picked up extra passengers on the way.