A Malaysian tourist went viral for his unexpected motorcycle taxi adventure in Thailand after he had to become an impromptu rider because his elderly Thai Grab driver repeatedly missed turns, which turned a five-minute journey into a 20-minute city tour.
The Malaysian man, Clifford, shared a video of himself riding a motorcycle in Thailand with the elderly Thai rider as his passenger on his Instagram account, @cliff_kwj, last week. He explained the incident in the caption, which read…
“You know those uncles who just never trust Google Maps? Well, my Grab rider uncle is one of them. What was supposed to be a five-minute ride turned into a 20-minute free adventure tour.
I kept telling him he missed the turn again and again until I finally asked him to pull over and said, ‘It’s okay, uncle, let me do it, you just hold my bags.’ Even then, he kept saying from the back, ‘slow slow ah…’
Not complaining, just one of the funniest rides I’ve ever had.”
Photo via Instagram/ @cliff_kwj
In the video, the Thai Grab rider can be seen holding Clifford’s shoulder tightly due to the speed. He also looked at the camera nervously, seemingly worried that his passenger might get into an accident while filming.
Clifford later told Malaysian media outlet WeirdKaya that he was spending his holiday in the Hat Yai district of Songkhla province, southern Thailand. On the day of the incident, he had booked a Grab motorbike ride to a train station to return to Malaysia.
The app showed that he would arrive at the station within five minutes, but the journey did not go as planned. The Grab rider appeared to ignore the map on his phone and repeatedly missed turns. Clifford therefore decided to take control of the ride, making the older rider the passenger, as seen in the video.
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He added at the end of the interview that he managed to catch his train on time. Clifford also said he was surprised that his video went viral, with the clip now earning over 55,000 likes on Instagram.
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