New fun on wheels | Bangkok Post: travel

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When I was little, my mother bought me a tricycle. It didn't look as cool as the bikes older boys were riding but I couldn't blame her because what she did seemed like a logical first step. After all, three wheels were evidently easier to handle and thus safer than two wheels.

But people learn as they grow up. And recently, at the age of 44, I've come to realise that a trike could be much, much more dangerous than my mom had thought. And more fun, too!

I was on a working trip in the northern province of Chiang Rai the other day when I saw a small scoop in a local magazine about a group of young men in their twenties and their burning passion for drift triking.