Corner Zamora St.

As you can see, vehicles seem to be almost bumping into one another. There is no traffic lights, most of the time the police are just standing around, even when the traffic becomes confusing. Imagine this full of vehicles which it often is during workdays. But to my knowledge, there has been no accidents here. Drivers drive by feel.

Busy downtown

Yellow cab

Here's what our taxis here look like. I was at the airport today (seems I'm at airports often these days), and I saw this much talked about taxis here, called.. Spiders. Even our police cars look like these hybrid cars, except they're white.

Street Scene Series: Pedicab 2

I had to run out of Gloria Jean's Coffeeshop to take this photo. Young teens collecting scrap metal and holding up traffic. Not that there was any :-)

Street Scene Series: Pedicab

Another public transport, for very short rides, like 2 blocks.. the Pedicab.

(Photo by Arlene)

Street Scene Series: Jeepney

(Photo by Arlene)

Following this annoying jeepney that would suddenly stop and then move, then snake around trying to pick up passengers.. trying to race me, as if I would pick up its passengers. A perpetual complaint of drivers here.

For those not in the know: a jeepney is a public transport in the Philippines.

Street Scene Series: Bus for Pasay

(Photo by Arlene)

Tacloban is 24 hours away from Manila by bus. This is one of the passenger bus lines that ply the Tacloban-Pasay route.