Thursday, January 05, 2006

TUK TUK

What is a tuk tuk? Its a transportation special in countries like Thailand and Laos. Imagine half motorcycle and two wheels in the back with a seat. Heck, just like a big ass tricycle that can fit people in the back. Anyways these marvels of transport can easily wisp you in and out of traffic, and also as quickly wisp your nerves and ur money, here are the good and the bad ...

GOOD
- EXCITMENT it provides as you whizz in and out of traffic, as you tightly grasp the handles and pray, things get tight as you can pretty much touch the car or bus next to you
- FAST you get there really fast because they will sacrifice you by driving down the street in the opposite direction or even turning in front of big buses and cars
- NEED SOMETHING? one day i was walking by one by myself and usually they ask if u want a ride, but he said something different ... "hey, you want some happy? you know marijuana? or you want some "don" "don"? I thought to myself what is "don"? Then he started gesturing with his fingers going into a hole and said girls ... ewww .. no thank you i said .. so i guess you can get more than just a ride down the street

BAD
- EXPENSIVE they know you are a tourist, and heck even the locals, they love to rip you off, charge you up to 4x the price of a taxi
- WHERE AM I? ah yeah they can take you to the wrong place, waste your time, and even just ditch you
- ASSHOLE sometimes they are just jerks

RECOMMENDATION
Just take a taxi and tell em to turn on the meter, but then again thats not totally safe either, but then again thats another story from bangkok

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