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Handmade Souvenir
If you're visiting Thailand and need a fun and unique souvenir or gift for someone back home, I suggest buying a hand-crafted toy tuk tuk made out of beer and soda cans. My favorite ones sport Thai...
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Thai Dingleballs
For Bangkok tuk tuk drivers trying to give their vehicles an 80s lowrider look, dingleballs are an essential accessory. They fit right in with the customized paint jobs made up of colorful stripes and...
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Night Rider
There's nothing quite like riding in a tuk tuk at night. Unlike the experience of traveling in an enclosed car, driving along in an open vehicle is not so removed from the blinking city lights, urban...
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Khao San Tuk Tuk
In Bangkok, most tuk tuk drivers have a routine area for parking their vehicles while waiting for customers. The operator of this auto rickshaw is a regular on Khao San Road, the street that British...
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This has to be the only music video in the world that includes the combination of a Rastafarian on rollerblades, random guys breakdancing and kickboxing, jazz musicians dressed in black and white, an...
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Father Figure
Today is the 85th birthday of HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand. As the King is considered to be the patriarch of the country, father's day is celebrated today and December 5th has also become a...
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Tuk Tuk Holidays
Happy Holidays from Art of the Tuk Tuk.May all your auto rickshaw rides be merry and bright!
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Taking Wing
When I spotted the image of this colorful butterfly on the back of a tuk tuk today, I assumed that the driver has an appreciation for this creature. After all, Thailand has over one thousand species...
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Children's Day
Today, kids all over Thailand are celebrating their youth. It's National Children's Day known in Thai as Wan Dek. It's a chance for Thai kids to do everything they love: eating ice cream, playing with...
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Bad Boy
There are many reputable tuk tuk drivers in Bangkok, but occasionally you come across one that you can't trust. Some offer rides for an unbelievably low price to drive you around the city, but then...
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The Path
“You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself.” - The Buddha
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Chinatown
Happy Chinese New Year 2013If you happen to be in Bangkok this weekend, hop in a tuk tuk and tell the driver to go to Yaowarat Road to celebrate Chinese New Year. Never mind the hoards of people, the...
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Ferocious Tiger
In Thailand, tigers are a symbol of strength, power, and fearlessness. In this culture, you can find Thai-style images of them in the form of tattoos and on lucky yantra cloths, like this one hanging...
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Five-Star Tuk Tuk
In Bangkok, where there are many wealthy tourists and expats, and where certain Thais are obsessed with their social status, many five-star restaurants, hotels, spas, and other services prevail. Even...
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I Ain't Afraid of No Tuk Tuk!
If there's something weird and it don't look good. Who you gonna call? This three-wheeler? No. Ghostbusters! If they don't answer, perhaps you could give Bob Marley, the Rolling Stones, Ferrari, Che...
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Wrapped in Swaddling Cloth
In Thailand, it's common to see colorful cloth wrapped around various objects, including the bows of long-tail boats, the steering wheels of cars and tuk tuks, and trees. In the case of trees, it's...
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Thai Tarzan
According to my tuk tuk driver the other day, the real Tarzan lives somewhere in Thailand. I guess he resides on one of the islands or somewhere upcountry. Then again, maybe he's from the concrete...
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Have a Nice Day
My tuk tuk driver the other day was born in Kathmandu which explains why he has this particular sticker on his vehicle. This emblem is prevalent in Nepal and it has come to represent the country...
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Tuk Tuk Appreciation
I just returned from a trip abroad and one of the first things I did when I arrived in Bangkok was hop in a tuk tuk. I missed riding in them when I was gone and now that I'm back, I feel like taking...
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Chatty Drivers
According to a recent study in the US, twenty-five percent of all automobile accidents there are caused by inattentive driving while talking or texting on cell phones. I wonder what percent of car...
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So...it's been a really long time since I've posted anything on 'Art of the Tuk Tuk'. But one of my New Year's resolutions for 2016 is to regularly update this blog. Hopefully, this is one resolution I...
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Here Comes the Spiderman
If Spiderman drove a tuk tuk, it would look like this. Lately, I've noticed more and more of these handmade spiderwebs made out of rope appearing on the sides of many three-wheelers in Bangkok. In...
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Paradise in a Tuk Tuk
Photo courtesy of Coconuts BangkokMany foreigners who come to Thailand refer to this place as paradise. Apparently, the Spanish pop band, Dvicio, who were in Bangkok to give a concert yesterday,...
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Tuk Tuk on the Fly
Last night when I hopped in a tuk tuk, this fine feathered friend turned and greeted me. The driver told me he always takes his pet parrot with him on his excursions around town. This little guy seems...
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Merry Christmas& Happy New Yearfrom Bangkok!May all your tuk tuk rides be merry and bright!
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