Samlor's

Post by **PeteC** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:31 pm

Does anyone remember what a Samlor is (some spell it "lar")

I don't know if you can translate that into English from Thai, BG, perhaps Chinese origin?

I'm not sure they even exist anymore except in some small villages.

I remember way back in 1970 in the town of Takhli watching two of those guys go at it Muay Thai style and they liked to kill each other with their legs...like concrete pillars, from driving those things.

I tried it a few times with friends in the back at the old age of 20 and it liked to tear my guts out even getting the thing to move. Pete

Post by **Jaime** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:39 pm

Pete, if you mean those man-powered 3 wheeled rick-shaw type progenitors of the tuk-tuk then they actually still have them in Hua Hin! You can pick one up outside the train station or down near the beach. Another reason to move to quaint ol' Hua Hin!

Post by **PeteC** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 9:27 pm

Then please, for all that is good and holy,...don't get one of those drivers angry at you. Take a look at the legs on those guys.....LOL.

Pete

Post by **Bamboo Grove** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:35 pm

saam = three
lor (r is not pronounced) = wheel
saamlor = three wheeler

Post by **Guess** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 2:04 pm

All this is correct and Samlors also known as Rickshaws actually originated in Japan. Here is a cutting from Encarta.

The rickshaw was first used in Japan in the late 1800s and was called a jinrikisha, which means â€œhuman-powered vehicle.â€