Motorela
The Tricycle is the Philippine rickshaw. A
motorbike or sometimes a bicycle with an attached sidecar. If it is a bicycle,
then it is called a pedicab! They are decorated like the +jeepneys and gadgets
are attached here and there. There are various styles of tricycles.
Each region has its own type. On +Panay Island
there are two types: the Aklano type with 2 facing benches in the rear and 1
bench in front. They offer officially 9 passenger places. The +Iloilo type has
two benches back to back and a small seat in front. They also transport up to 9
people. The smallest tricycles can be found in Naga City. It is impossible that
two normally built caucasians can ride together.
Somehow different is the Motorela of Mindanao,
Camiguin and parts of +Bohol. The passenger room is built around the motorbike
and has two facing benches and a seat on each side of the driver.
