Seeing Robby pull up on that little tuk tuk made my day!
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I had to barter for a tuk-tuk ride to my hostel.
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"The money I earn from driving tuk-tuk is not enough", Pheak says.
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The upcoming tuk tuk/Uber race is already heating up here in #Delhi.
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In the Philippines, the rickshaw is called the "tuk-tuk," an extremely accurate onomatopoetic name.
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In October the video of a tuk-tuk driver fuming over the economy went viral.
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Sometimes it's quicker and more convenient, however, to take a tuk-tuk, or auto rickshaw.
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As she painted, Diab glanced behind her at the sound of every sputtering tuk-tuk motor.
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My tuk tuk driver took a turn into a narrow lane, saying its a faster route!
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One says he gave up driving a tuk-tuk when the price of petrol jumped last year.
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Now, filled to the brim with crab and charlie, my date excitedly hailed us a tuk tuk.
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Gamage told me I could easily find someone in a tuk-tuk to show me around town.
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A tuk tuk driver called Diamond explains it to me one night as we're driving along Sukhumvit Road.
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Aisha hailed a tuk-tuk and they got in, sitting tightly next to one another to feel safe.
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I had arranged for a tuk-tuk to take me to Angkor from my hotel in Siem Reap.
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Within minutes, she spotted a group of girls in a tuk-tuk and headed over to interrogate them.
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And the markets can only be reached by tuk tuk, which costs about $1 — more than they can afford.
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She was 100 meters (328 foot) away on a tuk tuk when she saw smoke rising from the church.
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In one, a tuk-tuk driver, identified as Moustafa Abdou in the Egyptian news media, ranted against Mr. Sisi.
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While the sprawling suburb can be overwhelming to navigate, an easy way to explore it is by tuk-tuk.
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That could include anything from a tour bus operator to a taxi fleet, tuk-tuk driver or river boat guide.
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She also said she'd noticed fewer tuk tuk drivers and a small grocery store in her neighborhood was shut down.
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The interior of the tuk-tuk matched the outside, which featured vibrant designs of the scenes and animals of Pakistan.
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TUK-TUK Last year, Urban Light worked with more than 1,000 boys in Chiang Mai, which Russell said was a record.
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Katy Peri was the first street food stall in Cambodia to have a wood-fired pizza oven on a tuk-tuk.
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As they rode towards the embassy in a tuk tuk, Lee stared giddily at the urban landscape unfolding before her eyes.
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The ubiquitous tuk-tuk is conspicuously absent in much of Mumbai ("The traffic here is bad enough," Mr. Gandhi told me).
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The argument over the tuk tuk descended into violence and dozens of rioters rampaged through the streets that evening, the source said.
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One tuk-tuk driver said he had made 400 trips Monday, starting from just after dawn — all of them at no charge.
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Ibrahim, the tuk-tuk driver who'd earlier tried to warn the police, watched from a distance as a crowd gathered around them.
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READ: How tuk-tuk drivers became the unlikely heroes of Iraq's protests Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi took office in Oct.
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The environmental benefit of such a shift could be considerable according to Michel Hublet, sales and marketing director at Tuk Tuk Factory.
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Its first project was "We Will Rise," a CNN documentary about educating girls in Morocco and Liberia (cue the tuk-tuk sounds).
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Drop your bags at your bamboo bungalow, pack a swimsuit and snacks, and hail a tuk-tuk to the Kunag Si Waterfall.
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Half the 150 guest rooms and suites come with private terraces overlooking Brooklyn and Manhattan, while a chauffeured tuk-tuk will shuttle guests.
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Great location just 200m to the beach, and if that's too far they provide a 'tuk-tuk' to 'their' beach, free of charge!
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Plus, it's easy to grab a tuk-tuk from most places on the island for a set fee of 50 baht (about $1.50).
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Even before the medics had finished helping one victim, another tuk-tuk would skid to a halt at the blankets, depositing another injured protester.
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Indulge in a Thai massage on the beach, or hop a quick 10-minute taxi or tuk-tuk to the vibrant town of Patong.
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"We calculate that about four tons per year of CO2 (carbon dioxide) is produced by a petrol tuk-tuk," he told CNBC's Sustainable Energy.
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The driver of a three-wheeled tuk-tuk slowed down and a teenager on a horse-drawn cart sped up to match the women's pace.
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"From there I called the soldiers, I tell them those Boko Haram are already in the town," the 31-year-old tuk-tuk driver said.
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In Thailand, Tuk Tuk Factory has been producing its e-tuks since 2011, with cargo, limousine and vending versions of the vehicle available to consumers.
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There are echoes of 1960s Pop Art in a painting of the Turkish Restaurant building with a red tuk tuk flying out of the roof.
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Dozens of tuk tuk drivers volunteered to help evacuate the injured, as well as to deliver water and food to protesters from people donating them.
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On Thursday morning, we left the hotel grounds for an outing to Gokarna village, a 15-minute ride via tuk-tuk, a three-wheeled motorized rickshaw.
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Today, he drives a tuk-tuk, his girlfriend sometimes accompanying him, with an Urban Light sticker that says 'Boys cannot be baht' displayed prominently on the vehicle.
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"She was running behind the truck in the street and a tuk-tuk [rickshaw] hit her," her father, Muhammad Ullah, said before rushing her inside the clinic.
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"I was standing there when they hung this young man by a rope and tied him to the pole," said Fadhil Muhammad, 25, a tuk-tuk driver.
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You can visit the bear sanctuary and swim in one of the three cascading pools fed by the waterfall before getting a tuk-tuk back to town.
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After a trip to Thailand in 2007, he realized his passion for Thai flavors and decided to open up his own place, Tuk Tuk Noodle Thai, in Korea.
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Then, about 20 minutes later, a third explosion from a bomb placed in a three-wheeled "tuk-tuk" vehicle near the hotel hit the busy street, witnesses said.
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Many economists applauded the move, but the punitive effects were being felt by everyone from tuk-tuk drivers to an administrator at an international high school in Cairo.
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But since the area became more accessible, she can take a tuk-tuk rickshaw or motorbike taxi for only 2100 shillings, and arrive in less than 413 minutes.
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It will also launch a new product in Tanzania called Poa, which means "cool" or "affordable" in Swahili, to tap the country's tuk tuk, three-wheel moto-taxi market.
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One evening, after practice, the three of them hailed a tuk-tuk, one of the yellow rickshaw taxis that crash through Mogadishu's streets, and told the driver their destination.
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After passing through "4/4" and "5/5," I was ferried through the tunnel in a tuk-tuk, a small motorized cart with room for two or four people.
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Uber entered the three-wheeled tuk tuk moto taxi market in Tanzania in March and Uber and Taxify launched motorcycle passenger services in East Africa, including Kenya and Uganda.
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A bright yellow three-wheeled tuk tuk careens out of the rioting crowd with gunfire crackling in the air and black smoke swirling up into the horizon.
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After a quick negotiation we were off, crammed into the back of a blue tuk-tuk, zooming down streets slick from the morning's rain and smelling of wet leaves.
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The startup will also expand to 10 cities in West Africa (starting in Ghana and Ivory Coast) and add new vehicle classes — including watercraft and three-wheeled tuk tuk taxis.
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With the Series A funding, MAX intends to invest in its tech infrastructure, expand to 10 cities and add new vehicle classes — including watercraft and three-wheeled tuk tuk taxis.
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The hotel offers a free tuk tuk ride to the beach, should you want it, and some of the area's most popular bars and restaurants are all within walking distance.
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I had rented a mountain bike the previous day and wrangled it onto the back of the tuk-tuk with me so I could explore Angkor after finishing my run.
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The startup sees opportunities to move into other mobility classes, such as Africa's ride-hail motorcycle taxi and three-wheel tuk-tuk market, CEO Tinashe Ruzane told TechCrunch in this feature.
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BAGHDAD, Oct 8 (Reuters) - A bright yellow three-wheeled tuk tuk careens out of the rioting crowd with gunfire crackling in the air and black smoke swirling up into the horizon.
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You'll need small bills when you're buying a cup of tea on the street, or taking a tuk-tuk ride — do not expect your driver to be able to make change.
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"We have very good history here," he said to me as the tuk-tuk labored uphill toward Sri Mahabodhi Maha Viharaya Buddhist temple, a little over a mile from the town center.
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READ: How tuk-tuk drivers became the unlikely heroes of Iraq's protests Protesters in Tahrir Square cheered the news of the resignation, but it is unclear if this alone will placate the demonstrators.
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A Phnom Penh tuk-tuk driver named Ngor said he still enjoyed recalling the raucous excitement of 2013, when he and his friends staked beers and cows on the outcome of the close vote.
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Ms. Sherer recommends taking a tuk-tuk or three-wheeled scooter ride through the area to get a sense of place before stopping at a cafe to people-watch and absorb the sights and sounds.
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The tuk tuk is the protesters' mascot, a diesel-fueled, three-wheeled vehicle that requires no license to drive and has become the unofficial front line ambulance, bearing the wounded to the first aid tents.
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Bars, clubs, lounges and even outdoor markets are open until late, and you can get around by foot, depending on where you're staying, or hop in a tuk tuk (motorized rickshaw) for a cheap ride home.
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A minor riot broke out Sunday in Porutota village near Negombo after a dispute between a Muslim tuk tuk driver and a group of Catholics, who wanted to inspect the vehicle, an army intelligence source told CNN.
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Whether we were passengers in a rickety tuk-tuk in Colombo, the bustling, leafy capital, or riding in an air-conditioned car across the countryside, armed men in olive-green uniforms would routinely order us to stop.
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Guide and service dogs; otters and flamingos; some tasty food like waffles and butter (my breakfast can now finally be represented accurately); and some items particularly relevant to Indian users — a sari, diya lamp and tuk-tuk.
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She works quickly and attentively, surrounded by a mess of paint pots and a chorus of bird song, church bells, the occasional belligerent rumble of a passing tuk tuk and the gentle knocking of wind-rustled bamboo.
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Mr. Bui Jones said he has an ad hoc distribution system that relies on friends who "mule" copies by plane, bus, tuk tuk and motorbike, and that he also moonlights as a deliveryman when he visits the region.
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Mr. Saad, the tuk tuk driver, said Saturday that a couple of days ago, some people had come to the building saying they were from the south of Iraq and had set up tents on the fourth floor.
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Uber Africa and Taxify have also joined startups such as Nigeria's Gokada and Uganda's Safeboda to offer motorcycle and tuk-tuk ride-hail services in Africa—adapting to common use of two and three wheel taxis on the continent.
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She decided to plant a cutting garden on the grounds of the estate and began selling her bounty at the local train station in Charlbury from a Thai-style tuk-tuk that had been lying idle in the barn.
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A 400-rupee tuk-tuk ride from Chitra's house on the western side of town took me to Sri Dalada Maligawa, or Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic (1,500 rupees admission) just in time for the 6:30 p.m.
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It was in the tone of voice my dad used to talk to tuk tuk drivers in Chiang Mai, or in how my mom asked for boiled potatoes at a Japanese inn, though they weren't even close to on the menu.
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Without having to go to Thailand and get beat up by tuk-tuk drivers, Holland was and is the best port for a kick fighter to go and swot up on the nuances and complexities of the eight-limbed art.
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Lodging: $7.50 a night assuming you share the bungalow with a friendActivities: $4 tuk-tuk fare, $2.50 waterfall park entrance fee, $83 massageFood: $4 dinner Sandwiched between the better-known (read: overtraveled) countries of Thailand and Vietnam, sits quiet, landlocked Laos.
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Lyft and Uber are much better than their Southeast Asian equivalent Grab, which, whenever I checked it during this latest trip, was invariably both slower and more expensive than a taxi (never mind a tuk-tuk) despite the infamous Thai taxi mafias.
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Final destinations within Portugal like Madeira and the Azores also qualify for the program, which includes discounts at more than 150 hotels, a free bottle of wine at select restaurants, free activities including tuk-tuk rides and free admission to several museums.
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Guards at the Sahafi hotel and the adjacent CID office opened fire after two suicide car bombs went off on Friday afternoon, A third explosion from a bomb placed in a three-wheeled "tuk-tuk" vehicle near the hotel also hit the busy street.
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And because many of these areas have narrow, tuk-tuk-wide streets sprawled across steep hills that often turn to mush in the monsoon, the bigger trucks can't get through, meaning residents have to buy in smaller sums from middlemen at grossly inflated prices.
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When he heard the rumble of the first explosion roll across the rooftops like thunder, he said, he jumped into a tuk-tuk (a kind of motorized rickshaw) and urged the driver to head for the rising column of smoke as fast as he could.
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The unpainted walls scarred with holes, the solitary electric fan, the single, low to the floor traditional Thai bed on the creaking floor, the high pitched burp of the tuk-tuk taxis two-stroke engines roaring up and down the dim, wet glow of the streets outside.
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Besides being an active investor in companies like Egyptian motorcycle and tuk-tuk ride-hailing startup Halan, he has launched other companies like Pager, which sends a doctor or nurse to youMore recently, he launched Ogon LLC, an advisory firm to companies like Rubicon Global Inc.
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My right calf was still smarting from a neighborhood stroll we tried to take in Delhi, where the rear wheel of a tuk-tuk caught the back of my leg, nearly sending me to the hospital as the next stop on our itinerary instead of the Taj Mahal.
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PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - In June last year, Khoeun Virath was elected as a commune councillor in the capital of Cambodia, but months later his political party was banned and most of its leadership fled into exile - so now he works as a tuk-tuk driver to make ends meet.
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The train was my preferred means of transport (when I wasn't in a tuk-tuk), winding from Colombo to Kandy, in the middle of the country, before taking another train down to Ella, on what was one of the most beautiful and scenic train rides I've ever experienced.
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Many of the 30 or so stands specialize in ethnic and street food: Standouts include Tuk Tuk, popular for its curries, and Banh Mi Bandits, for Vietnamese sandwiches, while Mormors Kokken ("Grandma's Kitchen") is the go-to for Danish comfort food like pastry tartlets filled with baked asparagus and chicken ragout.
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Ali's bug transported on a three-wheeled tuk-tuk and Po Po's VIP signs placed on benches at bus terminals in two neighboring South Asian countries become symbols of public intervention through which the viewer can experience the raw grittiness of the street and the momentum of rapid urbanization as powerful motifs of change.
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The Gates Hotel South Beach charges a daily $29 resort fee that includes internet access, hotel fitness center classes, beach chairs, beach towels, two-hour bicycle rentals, tuk-tuk transportation to and from the beach, two complimentary bottles of water in the room every day, oversized games, and both local and toll-free calls.
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Some crazy things have been happening behind the walled courtyard on the corner of Dean and Smith Streets in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn: The sounds of a Liberian tuk-tuk pass by, a children's swing creaks, Lizzie Borden insists she didn't kill her parents, and Meryl Streep has been coming and going for nine days.
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Every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday afternoon, in a ritual that mimics Maher's, he walks or takes a tuk-tuk from his home to the local police station and sits on a bench for two hours, a humiliating routine that "has made it impossible for me to have a normal life," he told me, lighting another cigarette.
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