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Pakistani trucks: beautiful and deadly

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Stupid tunings #1: cut number plates to make their shapes attractive

By this article I start “Stupid Tunings” series about stupid, senseless and funny modifications of Thai vehicles by Thai people. Let’s speak about number plates again. Do you agree: ugly “ears” of wide number plate, overhanging by sides of a … Continue reading

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Bankok Taxis’ Ecosystem: Forests of Amulets and Fields of Silly Toys

Several days ago I discovered blog with a great conception. Dale Konstanz, the author of the blog, uses Bangkok taxis and takes pictures of inside decorations, fantastic in their craziness, every single day. Because a car is a house on … Continue reading

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7 Symbols on Thai Vehicles: What They Mean?

When one comes to Thailand, he quickly notices a system of symbols on Thai trucks, pickups and motorcycles. Usualy it’s stickers, because a sticker is a modern, cheap and quick way to put some information on a vehicle. It’s an … Continue reading

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Thai stickers

Stickers industry is very popular in Thailand. Stickers are cheap and of various kind. Let’s take a look. Religios and royal stickers: Imitation of bullet holes – good for very old cars: Ganja and peeing boy: Very popular theme – … Continue reading

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Flea market

Are you curious enough to take a look at a Thai flea market? Well, well… The market is kind of standart, nothing fance. In Chiang Mai it’s considered to be some sort of secret for people “who know”. They say, … Continue reading

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Restoring of One of Chalys: from a Bunch of Trash to a Cute Little Choppy

I’ve written about Honda Chaly before, but I posted photos of beautifully tuned bikes. Some members of СhalyThailand.com shared photos of restoration process itself. As you can see, guys started from a completely dead bike, a real pile of scrap … Continue reading

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Tough Thai Dude

Usually Thais highly respect a digit nine as a lucky number. They pick lottery tickets with as many nines in a ticket number as possible to increase a chance of winning. They buy car and motorcycle number plates with lucky … Continue reading

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5 Main Classes of Motorbikes in Thailand

As I said before, Thai laws regulating capacity of motorbike engines allow no more than 250 cc. As a result, Thai moto-market evolutions in a different way than European. In this post I’ll tell about the most popular bike groups. … Continue reading

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Loy Krathong

Loy Krathong or Yie Peng (Northern name) is coming! Prepare to float a krathong, let khom loys fly in the sky and decorate your house. It’s the most beautiful festival of the year! 2leep.com (function() { var tl = document.createElement(‘script’); … Continue reading

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