The Best Taxis from Around the World
| November 12, 2018
Philippines
Okay Philippines, we get it. You do taxis better than anyone else on the planet.
The Filipino take on the popular auto-rickshaw taxi alternative is as adorable as the name suggests. Locally, they call them tricycles and they look like a motorcycle with an elaborate side-car set-up. Affordable, versatile and incredibly unique, passing up a ride on one of these babies should be illegal. Seriously. You can drive around in a Toyota anywhere, but you may only get one chance to hitch a ride on an adult-sized, gas-powered tricycle.
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