Jeepney

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Jeepney

***** Location: Philippines
***** Season: Non-seasonal Topic
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

It represents Filipino ingenuity. And unity.

Jeepney is the cheapest mode of public transportation in the Philippines.
And it is found only in the Philippines.
Here the fare is passed from one passenger to the next until it reaches the driver. Unless it is a long distance jeepney, there is no conductor (or assistant) that gathers the fare.

Philippine jeepney is like a minivan.
Both the rich and the poor sectors of the Philippine society like to ride in this vehicle.
Foreign tourists also like to ride in this vehicle. It's really a memorable experience.

This type of public transportation was originally modeled from the jeeps left by the U.S. military men after World War II.
Now, riding in this transportation is not only cheap but it is also very convenient. The fare for the first four kilometers cost only seven Philippine pesos (US $1:PhP48.00) or less than US 10 cents. It can bring you to many remote places in the Philippines where taxi drivers dare not go.

Most of the jeepneys in the Philippines can accommodate 12 to 14 passengers.

Melchor Cichon


Click HERE to look at a great jeepney collection !

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Jeepneys
are a popular means of public transportation in the Philippines. They were originally made from US military jeeps left over from World War II and are well known for their flamboyant decoration and crowded seating.
They have also become a symbol of Philippine culture.

The word jeepney is commonly believed to be a conflation of "jeep" and "jitney", or "jeep" and "knee", the latter referring to the jeepney's crowded face-to-face seating.



© PHOTO and TEXT : WIKIPEDIA

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The nice thing about jeepneys is that they are almost always decorated in bright colours, with fantasy illustrations, depicting anything that came to the mind of the artist to whom the jeepney was given in trust. This can be trucks, suns, strip figures, the sea, planes, trees, or anything else that can be thought of. Even if you have to wait some time at a jeepney station to wait for your next jeepney to leave, you can spend your time walking around and watching other jeepneys arrive and leave.

Look at more colorful photos here:
© www.traveladventures.org

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Things found on the way


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HAIKU

Many of our provincial roads here in the Philippines are not cemented or asphalted; hence on dry season, just like we have now, each time a jeepney passes by, the road dust is all over the street.


mid-afternoon walk...
a jeepney shares
the road dust to us

long jeepney ride --
the softness
of the distance between us

Melchor Cichon

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jeepney strike--
women in miniskirts
wave at the passing government trucks

Melchor Cichon. Aklanon Literature

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jeepney ride
roadside dust laced
with village gossip

santiago m. pacquing jr.philippines

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jeepney ride--
the rooster is quiet
all the way

roh mih


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evening rush hour...
the beep beeps of jeepneys
and the smog


More City Scenes, Januaray 2011 :

Wilfredo R. Bongcaron, Manila



noontime shed
not so many jeepneys*
plying the route

Wilfredo R. Bongcaron, / Willie Bongky
Manila, 2013


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