Three Transport Vehicles You Can Find Only in the Philippines
Travelling in the Philiipines unlike other places in the world is pretty comfortable and easy. Owning a car is not a necessity because public transportation is available wherever you wish to go. The Jeepney The jeepney is a classic example of Filipino ingenuity. Its use started when jeeps left by the American military in the Philippines after the world war started replacing the classic calesa which used to carry Filipinos point to point. The advantage of the jeepney was that it could carry more people, faster and in longer distances. Unlike the calesa which can only carry a specific number of people not to mention the fact that the burden of carrying the weight was literally on the shoulders of sometimes malnourished donkeys or horses. In Manila, the capital of the Philippines, almost all major roads are crisscrossed by the colorful jeepneys traversing specific routes which oftentimes crosses other major roads where you can take connecting jeepneys to the area where you nee...