8 years ago
It's more fun to skate in Guinayangan
Posted by Anonymous in guest blogger on Friday, June 8, 2012
.. riding not on a train but on a rural railroad skates. That railroad was so busy with skates, we experienced a heavy traffic. It's a one way traffic, so we had to wait while the one ahead of us was loading or unloading.
But a skate coming from opposite direction, given that its load was lighter than the other _ the driver had to give way by lifting it off the tracks, waited at the side until the other had passed by, only then that it would be returned to tracks.
Either powered by a gasoline fueled engine or manually run by foot, the "skates" are actually makeshift wooden trolleys. They are intentionally made never heavy for the very purpose stated above.
It's a lot more than just a passenger vehicle. .
The ride was made more enjoyable by the scenic rural scenes we saw in
every little barangay we passed by. .left to right and v.v.
elevated and open nipa hut
salon/spa anyone?
clothes+grains sunbathing
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| I was particularly mesmerized by this sight.. |
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| ..as we go nearer, the shape got more vivid.. |
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| . .but I got lost when we were actually passing thru it. |
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| My favorite thu' was the vintage railroad bridge which is deserving of a separate post ( I shall..) |
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We got off at the end of the bridge (
we were the last to get off) with a plan to take the bridge back by foot
and would just ride the next skate available at the other end of the
bridge.
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....but we all got shaky by the height of
the bridge off the water beneath and was worried about the delay we
caused the incoming skates.
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| So we rode the same skates that brought us in here to get back to our departure site. |
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| The fare. For that joy ride, it was P50 for five of us (including return). |
repost from the blog: Ascertain Bliss
(with permission by the author)
(with permission by the author)
