How To Park Your Longtail Boat

Longtail boats are the most popular form of water transport in Thailand. You take a wooden boat, slap a car or truck engine on the back, fix a long shaft with a propeller on the end, and you have something that can transport a dozen people, a load of cargo, or both. But they are inherently difficult to handle, and maneuvering them takes skill, as you will see in this video. Not only do you have to swing the engine from side to side while changing gears, but feet come in useful too.