He is, at the moment, a taxi driver, a job he says is much less physically demanding than his previous occupations.
“I sit behind the wheel all night driving for four months, so it is going to take my muscles some time to adjust when I go home to Ubon Ratchathani to harvest rice at my farm,” he said. “But that is what
Mr Lae switches back and forth between rice farming and taxi driving, each for four months at a time. He and his family own their farm and he says the opportunity to capitalise on the land would turn him,...
Bangkok taxi drivers are living testimony to the disparity between urban and rural Thailand. The majority — who drive an estimated 80,000-100,000 vehicles in the capital — are from a rural background
Most split their daily earnings between vehicle rent and savings. Working as a taxi driver offers relatively good earning potential, since it does not depend on the daily minimum wage, but the occupation...
It is no wonder a large number of Bangkok taxi drivers have played a significant part in red-shirt protests in recent years.
Their daily economic and social struggle was transformed into a political one following the 2006 coup that saw the fall of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, whose policies, including a populist scheme...
Mr Lae is not a red-shirt member, but he, like many other taxi drivers, is uninspired by the military government’s top-down way of doing things, which he says is bad for tourism and the economy
“Only free politics can bring back the city’s vitality, which means more customers for me,” Mr Lae said. “I drive the night shift and I know people do not party like they used to.
He is, at the moment, a taxi driver, a job he says is much less physically demanding than his previous occupations. “I sit behind the wheel all night driving for four months, so it is going to take my muscles some time to adjust when I go home to Ubon Ratchathani to harvest rice at my farm,” he said. “But that is whatMr Lae switches back and forth between rice farming and taxi driving, each for four months at a time. He and his family own their farm and he says the opportunity to capitalise on the land would turn him,... Bangkok taxi drivers are living testimony to the disparity between urban and rural Thailand. The majority — who drive an estimated 80,000-100,000 vehicles in the capital — are from a rural background Most split their daily earnings between vehicle rent and savings. Working as a taxi driver offers relatively good earning potential, since it does not depend on the daily minimum wage, but the occupation... It is no wonder a large number of Bangkok taxi drivers have played a significant part in red-shirt protests in recent years. Their daily economic and social struggle was transformed into a political one following the 2006 coup that saw the fall of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, whose policies, including a populist scheme... Mr Lae is not a red-shirt member, but he, like many other taxi drivers, is uninspired by the military government’s top-down way of doing things, which he says is bad for tourism and the economy “Only free politics can bring back the city’s vitality, which means more customers for me,” Mr Lae said. “I drive the night shift and I know people do not party like they used to.
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