Bangkok Taxi

I just returned from my first rip to Bangkok and I was impressed by the multi-colored taxis.

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Half of the vehicles on the road were these brightly colored taxies so it felt like watching NASCAR. I'm only showing 16 variations in color but I'm guessing there were about 25 different colors. Many were a variation on the solid colors for example combining pink on top with orange on bottom (bottom left) or purple and with orange stripe (bottom).

Taxis were cheap so we took them everywhere. Finding a taxi couldn't be easier. They were all air-conditioned and metered unlike in Malaysia where the goverment says all taxis must be metered but the taxi drivers ignore it and charge whatever they want.

We took a taxi to the airport which was about a one hour trip and it cost us about $20. The trip in the US would cost about $100.

The drivers didn't speak English very well so the trick was to find a friend or family who would do the talking for us and tell them where to go. We carried the address in Thai with us so we could show them where to go when it was time to go home.