Roger Woodburn, the Associate General Secretary has given me a fascinating side line on the Streets Called aileybury series. In Bangkok the main road is called Sukhumvit. It was the first tarmacadam road in the city and was named after the fifth chief of the Department of Highways, Phra Bisal Sukhum (Hi 1915). Sukhum was only briefly at Haileybury, arriving for the Lent Term 1915 and leaving in the same term a year later. The story is that he broke his leg, left to have it set, and never returned.
His name became Sukhumvit on his assumption of a Thai Title in 1965. The road named after him is also calle Thailand Route 3, and is over 400km long. There is a full description on Wikipedia here.
In lieu of the usual map here is a short video.
Here are some pictures.
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