The Lunch Tuk Tuk
Friday, February 24th, 2006So, they have tuk tuks here, only they aren’t called tuk tuks. They’re called MOTOTAXIS. For those of you who aren’t tuk tuk savvy,”The tuk-tuk (ตุ๊กตุ๊ก or ตุ๊กๆ in Thai) is the Thai version of a vehicle known elsewhere as an auto rickshaw or cabin cycle, (or, in Peru, a mototaxi) and is a widely used form of urban transport in Bangkok and other Thai cities, where traffic congestion is a major problem. The tuk-tuk has a tin or iron body resting on three small wheels (one in front, two on the rear), a small cabin for the driver in the front and seating for three in the rear.
Tuk-tuks are generally fitted with a motorcycle version of a two-stroke engine with a handlebar for control instead of a steering wheel, effectively making them a three-wheeler motorcycle carrying passengers on the rear seat. The tuk-tuk is named after the sound its two-stroke engine makes. It may have been derived from a similar Japanese non-motorised automobile in the 1950s. Tuk-tuks are quite powerful, and can go faster than taxis, particularly in heavy traffic.”
Anyhow, I think I should definitely make a Today’s Lunch Tuk Tuk out of my scooter. It’s no 2 stroke engine but it would do the job!!
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