Downtown Bangkok

Three unsuspecting Kiwi’s get a wheel-stand back in full speed to drive to the hotel. Check out the entrance to the hotel parking lot at the end …

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Tuk-tuks are set to hit Cambridge as a possible rival to the city’s taxi firms.

Plans to introduce the diminutive threewheel carriages to the city’s streets will be considered by Cambridge City Council’s licensing committee next week.

The auto rickshaws are most closely associated with the bustling streets of Asian cities, such as Bangkok and Delhi, but they could help to ease congestion in the centre of Cambridge.

If approved, the tuk-tuks will be primarily used to convey tourists across the city during guided tours, but they could be used as private hire cabs.

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Tuk-Tuk to the Road: Two Girls, Three Wheels, 12,500 miles

Summer, 2006  Jo Huxster and Ants Bolingbroke-Kent decided to drive a tuk tuk from Bangkok – to Brighton, a mere 12,561 miles away.

Their mission: to raise GBP50 000 for the mental health charity Mind. Tuk Tuk to the Road is the inspirational story of the ultimate road trip — the countries they traverse, the people that help them, the nail-biting border crossings, Every detail of their record-breaking tukathon is chronicled in colourful and often hilarious detail.

Twelve countries, two continents, one earthquake and the odd snapped accelerator cable later, this is the entertaining, honest, and above all, remarkable story of two girls who proved that with a little bit of determination, anything is possible.

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