Three wheel vehicles

Yes Busman, saw Lambretta backed into a drrain, locals had one oxen loaded and trying
to get the second one in. Lovely bend in the axle housing. Sure loaded them up!
550 cc. power. Happy motoring. Paul.

I had a day in Beijing, and wandered through a hutong area for lunch at a hotel which I have used on two earlier holidays. This sort of housing area is like inner Melbourne, but more compressed: narrow lanes, with side alleys. Motor cars can fit in the lanes, but most vehicles are three wheel: taxis, rubbish trucks, delivery trucks. Such zones are being razed in favour of high-rise residential. Bikes still survive in hutongs, but not the 20 abreast on main roads which I saw in 1983.
Facebook, twitter and flickr are blocked in China; yahoo is nobbled to intray only. HCVC is available.

Here is a smaller style: two-wheel motorcycles set up for parcel delivery.

Roderick

180407Sa Beijing hutong. R Smith.



180407Sa parcel motorcyles. R Smith.

I could have used up my whole sd card on three-wheel vehicles. I was concentrating on ones which sell food, as they go to multiple groups.

Roderick.

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For 40 years, I spent most Christmas Days overseas, mainly in northern-hemisphere snow, and often on a train (including Christmas dinner in dining cars). For this one, I was heading to Pakistan for a month.
881225Su Bangkok (Thailand): Tuktuks outside Hua Lamphong station. (Roderick Smith)

Roderick.

190126Sa Melbourne Age - India, motorised trishaw (tuk tuk, becjak).

Roderick.

190131Th Melbourne Herald Sun - post-delivery electric trike.

Roderick.

This is from a newspaper ad for Crown Riverwalk $25 Thai-cuisine lunches, Wed.-Fri.
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Roderick

From a general travel article about observing local laws. Thailand requires that your passport be carried at all times.
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Roderick

Fondue tour by tuk tuk.

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Roderick

A snowmobile is a tricycle, but not wheeled. Two rear half tracks, and a steerable ski at the front.
USA and Canada have trails for them; Australia doesn't have the snow quantity.
They are used for patrol and rescue at all resorts. They can tow a 'banana boat' [a rescue stretcher], or a trailer with luggage or food supplies or rubbish.
AFAIK they do provide a taxi service around Falls Creek village (Vic.).
We do have commercial oversnow, with larger vehicles: Perisher to Charlotte Pass (NSW).
There are also half track snow groomers and half track fire trucks.

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190113Su-Melbourne'HeraldSun'-WhistlerBlackcomb-snowmobile-ss.jpg (Canada)
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191215Su-Melbourne'HeraldSun'-snowmobiles-ss.jpg [ Svalbard, Norway (not NZ, USA, Canada)

Roderick