Chiang Mai on Three Wheels

21/05/2025

The Three Wheels of Chiang Mai out in force this morning! Support them and make a ride.

25/04/2025

Support the samlor drivers!

09/02/2025

Great to see the Three Wheels of Chiang Mai in action during this wonderful parade!

11/02/2024

08/04/2023

Tha Chalom is a historic community on the Tha Chin River, about 55km southwest of Bangkok. Tourists who travel by train from Bangkok to Maeklong to visit the famous train market pass through this community. You have to take the ferry from Mahachai to Tha Chalom to catch the train from Ban Laem Railway Station to the Maeklong Railway Market.
I recommend everyone to spend some time in Tha Chalom. The village has a very interesting visitor center with excellent information about the history of this Chinese settlement.
The community also has preserved the tradition of the samlor. It is a perfect example of how tourism can help keep the samlors on the road.
The Maeklong railway market was inundated by tourists and rather disappointing. I will certainly go back to Tha Chalom and spend more time there.

31/12/2022

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07/10/2022

https://www.chiangmai-alacarte.com/chiang-mai-tours/chiang-mai-evening-tour-by-samlor/

Price per person in THB 2 pax 3 pax 4 pax 5 pax 6 pax 7 pax 8 pax 1,500 1,300 1,200 1,150 1,100 1,050 1,000 The Chiang Mai Evening Temple and Food Tour by samlor tour is a lovely way to explore the quiet backstreets of Chiang Mai in the early evening. The traffic is light and the temperature is very...

07/10/2022

We have revised the itinerary of our Samlor evening tour. We will now start at Wat Phra Singh at 1800 and end the tour at the Night Bazar at around 2100. We will visit Wat Phra Singh, Wat Chedi Luang, the Chiang Mai Gate, and Warorot Markets. Enjoy the quiet back streets of Chiang Mai in the early evening.
Please note that we don’t operate this tour on a Sunday due to the Walking Street in the Old City.

23/09/2022

As far as I know, the samlor was introduced to Chiang Mai in the 1930s. In the picture, we see on the right the type of samlor that is still in use, with the passenger sitting behind the driver. We also a see a samlor with a sidecar. This type is called the samlor "theep phuang khang" (สามล้อถีปพวงข้าง). I have never seen it in Chiang Mai. I found an old one recently on display at the Jinnaluck Sa Paper place in Mae Sai district.

I suppose they took the samlors to Sankamphaeng on that day. Pendleton took a picture of the prince and a man called Chakrtong traveling in samlors on the old tree-lined Sankamphaeng road. The old pictures are from the photo collection of Robert Larimore Pendleton.