Tuk Tuk (Moto Chalo) in Sibu Sarawak!!!!

Published: January 10, 2008, 10:25 pm

Have you ever heard about tuk tuk or rice barge boat tour in Thailand? For frequent traveler, I am sure they have heard about this famous local water transport in Thailand. For foreign tourist, they definitely will try to experience river ride using this boat. The traditional commercial water transport have been modify and become as one of the tourism product in Thailand. TUK TUK and RICE BARGE in ThailandIn Sibu Sarawak also have similar Tuk Tuk or Rice Barge boat. In local dialect we called it moto chalo . There is no clear indication how local people get the name moto chalo for this type of boat. Early research shows that if local Chinese said someone have left, they will said, Chow lor (have left) . Whereby moto in Iban mean transport with engine. According to my friends, the name might be created from a story about an Iban guy with Chinese boat operator in Sibu wharf. One day an Iban guy asking one boat operator at the wharf, Ni moto tadi towkey (Sir,

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