''Tuk tuk Thailand!!! " loudly shouted from Nat Anipond , miss Thailand  Universe who won the best national costume in The latest Miss Universe Pageant in Lasvagus, U.S.A.The dress represented  as Tuk tuk --Thai taxi tricycle which foreign travelers love to try when they come to Thailand. Tuk tuk  can be called Samlor  which directly means tricycle. For the word Tuk tuk ,  it's  the  name that  derived from the sound of its engine.However, I can say Samlor is the model of present Tuk tuk. In old ageThai people had used Sam lor  to travel before the first Japan motor tricycle was introduced.Since then, various kinds of three wheeled vehicle have been developed and adapted in many styles for several different purpurses of the owners as follows: 

1.Saleng : tricycle with a sidecar. This is previously used by trash merchants in rural area to load their stuff and empty plastics to sell out at a recycle factory. But now Sa leng has been developed and formed a movable small food shop that can be found in both urban  and rural area.

The first is an original  version of Saleng ;the other is a modified one.

2.Tuk tuk song taew : the motor tricycle of which sidecar is modified into a  2-raw seat coach and moved to the back of the driver.

the pictures below are original Sam lor, present Sam lor, and Sam lor song taew

However when the world has change and people have to  live against time, the first original version has been given up and gradually dying from the Thais' society.

Let's come to the present and wildly found version. such vehicle looks  pretty interesting for some foreigners but I'll never think to recommend it to any one!   most Samlor drivers drive so fast and like to call for  dear fee especially with those who are foreigners.

It's time I slept now  bye bye and thank you a lot for reading. Im a new blogger and love to let foreigners know the fact of my country with out any bias or prejudice ;)