I'd rather walk than take a bus, if it weren't for the travel distance and the need to get somewhere fast. Those noisy, smoke-belching, dilapidated buses seem to be driven by homicidal maniacs at times. Buses are among my least favorite things about the Philippines (especially considering all those terrible bus accidents), but I realize that you enjoy riding them. Is it nostalgia, perhaps?
Even though I've hardly ever taken them, I'd prefer a pedicab over a bus. Here's a shot of a pedicab driver taking an afternoon siesta in Quiapo -- a marked contrast from those crazed bus drivers competing with each other over passengers and swerving in and out of traffic.
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my favorite photo :) Okay, there are others, but at this moment... this is my favorite photo.
ReplyDeleteHehehe... I wonder how he can sleep like that !
ReplyDeleteAmazing image !
Thanks, Zoe and Sidney! :)
ReplyDeleteJo -- I am Tania's sister (NY). She sent me a link to your blog and I have not been able to peel away from it. Your pictures are truly original and some even mesmerizing! May I ask what camera you are using? I dabble in photog myself and am really intrigued by you and your husband's work. This b&w seems like it was taken with a standard non-digital SLR it is so crisp. Is this a digital pic? Anyhow, continue this wonderful dialogue and thanks for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteHi Johanne! Thanks for checking out our blog -- we appreciate your comment! We use a Canon Powershot G11 (and sometimes our old Canon Powershot A620), both compacts with manual function. :) This is a digital pic, originally taken in color and converted to b&w. Do you have a site where you post your pics? Glad to catch up with you after all these years. :)
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