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Philippines Jeepneys and Tricycles Make Philippine Local Travel Relatively Fast, Low-Cost, and Always Available Transportation in the Philippines Throughout the Philippines, each local area has tricycles [small taxicabs powered by a motorcycle] to quickly and inexpensively take both Filipino residents and visitors from one part of the local area to another whenever they need to travel locally. A typical fare per adult [very young children ride free] is 5 pesos for a very short trip. Remember that each US dollar is worth approximately 50 pesos. Below is a photograph of a tricycle in use in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental. For faster, low-cost, always available transportation from one area to another within 10 to 50 kilometers, use a jeepney [photo below] or a bus [faster than a jeepney]. Typical jeepney fares would be 20 to 50 pesos, depending on the distance being traveled. Bus travel is faster than jeepney travel, but jeepneys are still relatively quick transportation, especially since you don't have to wait long for the next jeepney departure for your desired destination. You can hail down a tricycle or jeepney or bus where ever you are, as the vehicles travel the streets or highways picking up and dropping off riders. |
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 Tricycle traveling in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental. |
 There are tens of thousands of custom-made Jeepneys serving the Philippines. |
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