A tuk tuk is one of the most iconic symbols of thailand
and is something you should experience at least once today we meet a special driver
and quickly find ourselves behind the wheel of his tuk-tuk this is actually happening right now
driving around the busy streets of chiang mai we venture to the old town
and trade in our two wheels for three
i was really shaky
we're officially back in chiang mai and as you can see from all the decorations they are preparing
for the loi kratong festival so everywhere in chiang mai is getting prepared there's lanterns
it's super beautiful and we have come to tapay gate in the center of chiang mai
where we are hoping to find a tuk-tuk driver or someone who can take us around the city
and we can experience what it's like to travel in one of them
this looks like a good one
our brand new friend and this is
so he you're gonna take us around today yeah okay maybe we can eat
yes you know we love khao
so he has a guitar
that
okay let's go
oh
so this is a very special because it's actually electric so it's really quiet and it's one of
the reasons why we chose this one because then it's not too noisy when we're filming
and it's so weird to be in a tuk-tuk because normally they're so loud but this one yeah this
one's pretty silent it's completely silent i mean the tuktuk gets its name from the sound that it
makes but this one's not making any noise the thai name for the is samlor is that correct is that
correct ah okay that direct translation to three wheels three-wheel like machines yeah so this
is really cool we get to see the whole town in open air which is really cool electric limousine
look at this so really quiet not mandatory but in the moment we have leica tom festival
we have many many leather in chiang mai um
yeah i hope so how many customers do you have
every day every day maybe three two or three or something
nice to meet you
yes new
lyrics you welcome thank you
we've just arrived at the khao soi restaurant which is a local place let's go check it out
we just arrived at this local khao soi restaurant
which is super super busy so i thought i would ask our good friend so
so how long have you been a tuk-tuk driver for about 10 years
your english is really good your english is so great yeah i learned a little bit at school after
wow look at that this garlic garnish onion cabbage lime and chili cheering
very good look at that really spicy wow i can't take only one
so we've just finished having our khao soi and we're actually on a really really busy
road right now but we've had the most delicious khao soi with our friend alain he's so lovely and
he's given us so much information and it's really nice to see chiang mai from a local's perspective
also this khao soi restaurant has a michelin star and it was a michelin choice in 2020
so it was really really delicious i enjoyed it we're gonna do a little bit more touring
around the city and he's actually said that i might have the opportunity to drive
which i'm a little bit nervous about so let's go and try that
now's the time this one is okay
so this is the first time i am driving a truck oh my god this is actually happening right now
so very simple kind of like riding a bike like one of the scooters you just have a foot brake
and you have the little accelerator
oh i should try really okay i'm nervous i'm now going to be the teacher oh my god so these are
your controls i mean this is your accelerator okay and then you will pull it like towards you
very very softly and then you accelerate and then break the right pedal is all right and this one
nothing so chef has not driven a scooter at all since we've been in thailand
keep going there she goes
wow that was really nerve-wracking actually because this is a busy road so i was really
shaky you did so well well done i feel like if i take my foot off the brake yeah it's
thank okay
what an experience we're having and because it's open air you kind of feel like you're
just on the street like part of everything this is this is so cool
we had such a fun day with our good friend alan today he took us around
made us eat some really good khao soi and also made us
drive his tuk-tuk which was amazing thank you for letting us do that thank you sir welcome
that was such a fun day and we had such a good time i'd love to cry
subscribe to shiv and dev cheer and live really really good welcome to chiang mai
come on please wow what an what a day we've had what an unexpected crazy adventure we ended up
yes it was so much fun and alain was such a lovely guy and he didn't want to take any of
our money which was crazy but we gave him some money we gave him 500 baht and we thought that
he really really deserved it because he took us around and he ate khao soi with us and took
us to a nice place and still didn't expect any money so sweet we were really really amazed by
how kind he was to us and for going on this weird crazy adventure and even letting us drive his tuk
tuk anything we threw at him he just said yes and he wanted to do and he sang for us
we just we are so appreciative and it just shows it is amazing people are always kind always
peaceful lovely it's also a reminder when you come to thailand and you take the public transport
to actually just have a conversation with your tuk-tuk or taxi driver because they are so kind
and they will always give you some good information or recommendations in the
city so we are just so grateful that was insane i'm like absolutely buzzing right now
i'm ready vibrating i just want to go again i really enjoyed driving you loved driving it i
was so nervous my hands were like thank you so much for watching this video we're going to end
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