Friday, July 18, 2008

Another way you get around Davao

I rode in one of these today with Naomi to a coffee shop. This is the other "taxi" in Davao. It's called a trisikad. It's a bicycle with a little cart on the side passengers sit in and you pay the driver to take you wherever. It's very in expensive to use these...like 5 pesos. Which is cheaper than 1 penny in US money (I think).

I know, you're thinking it doesn't look very safe. Well, driving is a completely different story here in Davao, and oddly enough, I heard there are less accidents here than the US. People evidently drive by "instinct" and are always driving defensively. In the US we have rules and laws to drive by so unfortunately, even though we should drive defensively we depend on the laws and rules and for everyone to obey them. If they don't, then there's a wreck. Evidently, I learn that here everyone is so defensive in their driving that wrecks are more rare.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

What an exciting experience you are having! We're praying for you, Pete and the girls. Looking forward to seeing them tomorrow.

God Bless!
Frank