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...hobble off in search of a taxi, the kind with four doors, four wheels and a meter, I'm wondering what's more amazing: that I still have two moderately functioning legs, or that it was possible to attain enough speed to have an accident during rush hour in Bangkok...
...killed over the years. "But I don't believe tuk tuks are more dangerous than other vehicles, as long as you are trained to drive them," he says. Ask Pratheep what the future holds for the tuk tuk, and he gets misty eyed. "Will there be tuk tuks in Bangkok in five years? I think so. In 20? I doubt it. One thing I know?Bangkok won't be the same without them." How so? "I think they give the city ? character. A soul. Ask anyone?tuk tuk drivers are always first with all the gossip...
...Sangjan Homhourn, a 24-year-old who has been driving a tuk tuk in Bangkok for five years, is less than sanguine about the future. "Sometimes I think about changing to a taxi instead or going back to the family farm," he says. "I have two boys, and they want to drive tuk tuks when they grow up. But I tell them, no, there's no future in it. I think pollution, and better public transport, will be the death...
BOOGIE NIGHTS O.K., so the police don't smile upon those who want to party after Bangkok's bars close at 2 a.m. And yes, shadowy mafia types have been known to order the demolition of football field-size swaths of bars while the city slumbers. But the City of Angels remains a cool place to get down, provided you know where to look and start early. Here are our quick picks...
...TRAVEL Bangkok: The End of Tuk Tuks...