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Kids turning green in the tuk on the Ella hairpins — stop every few bends or switch to a car?

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Mia Tuk Queasy•229 rep

Two children, ages six and nine. The tuk felt like the 'real' way up from Wellawaya until the third hairpin. Windows help a bit; the middle seat does not. Partner wants to push on with ginger sweets. I want a car with a flatter sit and fewer jolts. Not asking for a standard fare chart — just whether families usually abandon the tuk for this stretch, or if frequent pauses actually settle kids enough to finish.

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If a child has already gone pale, you stop, get them out, let the horizon sit still, then decide. Ginger and open sides help some kids; others keep getting worse because a tuk leans and rattles on those bends. A car or van with a forward-facing seat and a slower driver is the kinder tool for that climb, not a failure of 'local travel.' I will not invent a fair tuk-to-car upgrade price — agree a new number before you switch, or call a known driver from town. Do not lock a nauseous child in the middle for 'just twenty more minutes.'

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Dilani Family Tuk•1690 rep

We swapped to a car after kid two went pale. Lost the tuk romance, kept the afternoon. No one missed the rattle.

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Ava Ginger Tuk•174 rep

Stopped every few bends, sweets, windows. It helped for an hour. Still booking a car for the next hill day.

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Chris Kid Pause•165 rep

Calling a car from town. Kids are sitting under a shop awning with water. Tuk romance can wait.

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Mia Tuk Queasy•229 rep

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