A rugged drive through Laos and Thailand in a Range Rover Sport

What is a Tak-Tak - and would you want to drive one?

Edmunds.com has a feature story by Alistair Weaver about driving a Range Rover from Laos to Thailand. On the way, the author encounters a form of transportation unique to Laos. Here's how he describes it:


The Tak-Tak features a simple internal combustion engine and can serve as transportation, a plough, a water pump or even as a generator. It's a one-stop shop for all your automotive needs, and it's brilliant.

Oh, he doesn't stop there, he includes a "restaurant" review:

We stop for refreshment in the market town of Ban Tha. With little or no meaningful refrigeration available, the local traders sell most of their food live. I'm offered an iguana with its legs tied together, and a bowl of frogs with wooden spikes piercing their limbs. Southeast Asia is not for the queasy.


A rugged drive through Laos and Thailand in a Range Rover Sport