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  • That next week in Bangkok, while riding in the back of a Tuk-Tuk during Songkran a huge New Year's celebration where they throw water everywhere, including hitting passing cars, and Tuk-Tuks, with brigade fired water hoses.

    Todd Greene: Procrastinating Is Great -- When Speaking of Death Todd Greene 2011

  • That next week in Bangkok, while riding in the back of a Tuk-Tuk during Songkran a huge New Year's celebration where they throw water everywhere, including hitting passing cars, and Tuk-Tuks, with brigade fired water hoses.

    Todd Greene: Procrastinating Is Great -- When Speaking of Death Todd Greene 2011

  • Then I chuckled nervously and looked around, especially eying the flood gate of water rushing over the exposed car battery of the Tuk-Tuk, and had a second thought, "Famous last words."

    Todd Greene: Procrastinating Is Great -- When Speaking of Death Todd Greene 2011

  • Some Thais wondered why foreign film crews shoot films in the dingiest, most crowded parts of Bangkok where elephants jostle for space with three-wheeler Tuk-Tuk taxis and swarms of street vendors.

    One Night in Bangkok Can Lead to Quite a 'Hangover' for Thailand James Hookway 2011

  • Some Thais wondered why foreign film crews shoot films in the dingiest, most crowded parts of Bangkok where elephants jostle for space with three-wheeler Tuk-Tuk taxis and swarms of street vendors.

    One Night in Bangkok Can Lead to Quite a 'Hangover' for Thailand James Hookway 2011

  • Then I chuckled nervously and looked around, especially eying the flood gate of water rushing over the exposed car battery of the Tuk-Tuk, and had a second thought, "Famous last words."

    Todd Greene: Procrastinating Is Great -- When Speaking of Death Todd Greene 2011

  • Other interesting gadgets include Blofeld's Bath-o-Sub from "Diamonds Are Forever," which was crafted by legendary car builder George Barris; the Indian Tuk-Tuk auto rickshaw from "Octopussy" (1983); and, from "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977), the Wetbike Water Cycle, one of the world's first-ever jet skis.

    His Bond With 007 Is His Car Collection 2010

  • Tuk-Tuk drivers are almost universally friendly, courteous, knowledgable Many, though illiterate, speak several languages fluently.

    Mass Transit, Sri Lankan Style mike247worldwide 2006

  • Tuk-Tuk drivers are almost universally friendly, courteous, knowledgable Many, though illiterate, speak several languages fluently.

    Archive 2006-05-01 mike247worldwide 2006

  • I'm pretty sure, however, there is NO WAY a Tuk-Tuk could ever be legally licensed.

    Archive 2006-05-01 mike247worldwide 2006

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