{"id":3518,"date":"2022-04-03T21:52:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T02:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/?p=3518"},"modified":"2022-04-04T04:47:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T09:47:09","slug":"tada-electric-tuk-tuk-made-in-cambodia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/2022\/tada-electric-tuk-tuk-made-in-cambodia\/","title":{"rendered":"TADA! Electric Tuk Tuk made in Cambodia!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When I lived here from 2006 to 2009, it was easy to get a moto taxi or tuk-tuk…but you’d have to hope they knew where you wanted to go and negotiate a price beforehand to avoid paying a hefty foreigner increase. It was quite normal back then to get someone who answered “oh yes, I know where that is” and then have them drive somewhere totally different and, after being redirected, then renegotiate a dramatically inflated price because it was further than they had expected. Some savvy drivers would intentionally take a longer route in order to debate a higher fare. This was all quite difficult when your Khmer was still limited, you were in a hurry, it was the middle of a rainstorm, and\/or you were going somewhere unfamiliar. We ended up getting quite good at giving directions in Khmer and learning how to get around. I never enjoyed haggling, personally, but some members of the team got quite skilled at it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That’s still how it is across much of the countryside but ride sharing apps have revolutionized transportation in Phnom Penh. The two prominent ride sharing apps in Cambodia are EzPass and Grab. Both feature maps and GPS, but Grab comes with set-prices for each trip. No more haggling though we sometimes still have to give directions and often give a tip for good service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s still how it across much of the countryside but ride sharing apps have revolutionized transportation in Phnom Penh. The two prominent ride sharing apps in Cambodia are EzPass and Grab. Both feature maps and GPS, but Grab comes with set-prices for each trip. No more haggling though we sometimes still have to give directions and often give a tip for good service.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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What’s a Tuk Tuk?<\/strong> These are small three wheeled vehicles with the driver in the front and riders in the back. They are sometimes called auto-rickshaws. Tuk Tuk is the Thai name. In Khmer, these are called \u1780\u1784\u17cb\u1794\u17b8 or three wheelers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshots from the TADA! app. This makes getting around Phnom Penh extremely accessible.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Motos are the fastest way to navigate Cambodia’s busy streets but tuk tuks are the next best alternative. They’re still small and nimble enough to flow with traffic instead of getting stuck in place like larger automobiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s a newer South Korean ride sharing app gaining ground in Cambodia called TADA! Hence the title. I’ve recently started to use them more because they’ve produced the ONION. <\/p>\n\n\n\n