Bangkok taxi driver returns 170,000 baht to Laotian tourist

A Bangkok taxi driver is being praised for his kindness after going the extra mile to return 170,000 baht to a Laotian tourist travelling in Thailand.

Bangkok taxi drivers may have received a record amount of complaints last year over bad manners, rejection of passengers, doctored meters, dangerous driving and overcharging. But one tourist from Laos will assure you that they’re not all bad eggs.

On Tuesday at 8pm, Rangsan Tonwongkaew picked up a Laotian passenger from Central World in Bangkok in his pink and green taxi and drove him to a restaurant on Soi Lad Phrao 87, reports CH3.

After dropping off the tourist, the driver realised the passenger had left an envelope on the back seat from SuperRich Currency Exchange. The envlope contained Hong Kong dollars equivalent to 167,659 baht.

The taxi driver said…

“At first when I saw the stuff in the back of…