BECAK

Becak is unique traditional vehicle that you can find across Java, Bali, and Sumatra.

This type of transportation is constructed using three wheels with the driver pedals from the back. It's called becak, a traditional vehicle using human energy to make it work. It basically looks like bicycle but it has three wheels instead.

Becak is usually found in tourism site and market to carry people from one place to another. Before motorcycle, cars, buses, and other modern transportation invest in Indonesia, becak is the main public transportation since colonial era.

Becak came to Indonesia in late 20th century. Some version believe that it came to Indonesia via Chinese merchant from Singapore and China to Batavia (now it's Jakarta) in 1930s. They use becak to carry their goods. That's why in Indonesia this vehicle is called becak, because it's derivation from Chinese word, bee (a horse) and tja (a wagon). This vehicle used to be carried by a horse.