Jeepneys

Day 15: Manila, Philippines

I tell you what's really annoying is that once you get the hang of how a city works it's time to leave. That's generally how I feel about Manila now it's time to move to the next leg of the journey, Palawan. One thing that I found very confusing to start with was how to get to your destination by the preferred mode of transport in the city, the Jeepney. The Jeepney is a perculiar mode of transport that is very common in the Philippines, basically a bus made by extending old jeeps that the American Army left behind after WW2 in the Philippines. The owners of the Jeepney really pimp them out, give them names and spray murals on the sides, much akin top the Holden Sandman panelvans of 1970's Australia but a lot less subtle. The Jeepneys travel along the one way streets of Manila, so to get where you want to go you get yourself top a street parallel to your destination and jump into one of these amazing vehicles, holding on until you arrive where you want to go.

Quite a good method of transport, once you get the hang of it.