We put the word out with the tuk tuk drivers that we wanted to buy a tuk tuk. Most seemed willing to sell us their tuk tuk unless they had really spiffy customisation. We had found out you could get a new one from Udon Thani in Thailand for US$2000 but importing it was a further complication and expense.After a while a bit of a bidding war started with people bringing us tuk tuks for as little as $600, but they seemed a bit crappy. Also most of them only had 600cc engines and the only really good one we had seen was 500cc. Eventually we found this one with an 800cc engine we negotiated building in the back, replacing the dash display, the spare wheel and jack, and the deal was struck.
This picture was taken at Nam Phou, the fountain in the middle of Vientiane.
Hay rowan and willy,
ReplyDeleteMe (rowan) and my boyfriend are currently in vientiane and are willing to buy a tuk tuk. While we think this is a fantastic plan, we did think of some difficulties. So we began to wander the internet for information and came upon your blog. We are wondering if you'd be willing to answer some of our questions?
Thanks in advance,
Hamid and Rowan
Were you able to help Rowan out? I'm curious about this as well. What the current costs and hurdles are.
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