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Pink Bangkok taxi
Author: Erin Silversmith (GNU General Public License)
Bangkok Taxis are some of the most colorful cars on the roads of the metropolis. Among the colors I have seen them includes sky blue, dark blue, pink, purple, red, orange, brown, yellow-and-green, and of course white. Regardless the color, they offer the same, usually professional level of service. Having said that, whenever I have to take a taxi in Bangkok, I have a penchant for choosing the new, shiny ones!
Sky blue Bangkok taxi
Author: Ilya Plekhanov (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported)
All of these taxis are metered, with a fixed flag drop rate, with subsequent additions for distances covered, for waiting, and for being stuck in a jam. I have been stuck in a jam in Bangkok for more times than I can remember. There was once where I was in the taxi for 20 minutes, and it barely moved 100 meters - I ended up paying the fare, getting out, walking back to where I first started, and took a BTS Skytrain.
If you wish to take a taxi, be sure that you don't travel during rush hour. Otherwise you will be stuck in a jam like I had. In such an instance, taking the mass transit trains is faster.
Another pink Bangkok taxi
Author: Ilya Plekhanov (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported)
Yellow Bangkok taxi
Author: Ilya Plekhanov (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported)
White Bangkok taxi
Author: Ilya Plekhanov (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported)
Yellow-and-Green Bangkok taxi
Author: Ilya Plekhanov (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported)