Tuk Tuks are these three wheeled vehicles that are so popular in Thailand and seeing it reminded me of the many wild rides we had weaving in and out of traffic in Bangkok. After every ride we vowed "never again" but we always ended up with them since we could bargain the drivers way down below the taxis. They were a pretty wild ride too but at least you weren't quite as exposed.
Traffic in Bangkok was pretty crazy all the time...eight lanes going one way suddenly turned into twelve or more. There did seem to be a system the locals understood which was based on a lot of honking of horns and giving way. The drivers always pretended they understood English but invariably stopped beside a young fellow on a motorcycle and got us to repeat to him where we were going and had him translate. Almost everyone of these motorcyclists did speak English. Perhaps that's why we got such good deals because the fellows didn't really know where we were going and we kept putting up fingers bargaining down the price.
This was over 20 years ago so perhaps things have changed.
This is a photo of a tuk tuk I picked up on the internet.
