Elephant with backlights – a bit tuned traditional Thai vehicle

Elephant with backlights – a bit tuned traditional Thai vehicle

Elephant is the most popular animal in Thailand. It’s a symbol, friend and vehicle for Thais. During Thai holidays village people come to cities with elephants and drive them by streets blessing houses and earn some money. 2 days ago I noticed a funny thing: two elephant owners decided to follow official regulations for vehicles [...]

40 Various Tuk-Tuks from All Thailand: the Unofficial Emblem of Country

40 Various Tuk-Tuks from All Thailand: the Unofficial Emblem of Country

Thais have King and Buddhism, and officially they are symbols of Thailand. But, anybody, who been in Thailand, agrees the real symbol is small, noisy vehicle riding in smelling clouds of exhaust pollutions. That vehicles produced locally by small producers. That’s why vehicles look so home-made. In most of modifications producers use parts of factory [...]

7 Symbols on Thai Vehicles: What They Mean?

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 Asian way also, because of well developed production. Sometimes, it’s authentic old style paintings and [...]