Red Taxi

I realized that I had not posted a picture of the red taxi.  Here are three of them waiting on a major boulevard for clients.  

Waiting for Customers

Carol in the back of a Red Taxi

 And this is Carol in the back of one as we were going to the Saturday Walking Street which is very much like the Sunday Walking Street.  Both feature block after block of vendors selling all sorts of products: bags hand-woven from bulrush, pottery, t-shirts, shoes, trinkets, food, purses and most anything else.  But I digress, back to the red taxis.

These guys cruise around and you wave them down, tell the driver where you want to go and agree on a price – usually 20 baht per person.  If he isn’t going in your direction, he waves you off and you find another.  You might be sharing with others or not.  He may stop to pick up others – or not.  He may take the long way around – or not.  If you decide to get off early – just push the red buzzer and he will stop and let you off.  The whole system makes a lot of sense to me.  They are officially called sorng-taa-ou but red taxi is a lot easier to say.