PHOTOBLOG: All about vehicles (not what you think)

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I was browsing through my gallery looking for inspiration on what to write here and I noticed I have photos of cars saved throughout the years. It may be taken on my walks or while traveling.

Be warned. This is a photoblog so expect lots of photos.

During my jog in our town, I usually take the state university campus route just like every other joggers/walkers do every morning. The campus is open for joggers/walkers at 5:00 a.m.

I always pass by this old jeep in front of the museum.

This is mode of transportation was brought by the Americans during World War II. After the war, these were left behind.

As a true Filipino, we make the most of everything. These were then recycled. The body was made longer so as to carry more passengers. Read more about the history of jeepneys here.

This is how jeepneys look these days. They are colorful, bigger and better. These were jeepneys taken at PNR Compound. I like this because of the colorful jeepneys match the mural by Venazir Martinez, a local artist.

This is how the inside of a jeepney looks like. It's like a long bus. This was taken pre-pandemic. When pandemic hit, partitions of plastic cover were required. Before they would cram passengers but now they lessen the number of passengers for safety.

This is one of the major public utility vehicles that you see all throughout the country.

When our relatives visited the country for the first time, they all wanted to ride a jeepney. Of course we let them and they enjoyed it!

A group of Volkswagen owners here in the city sometimes display their cars whenever they have the chance. The photos above were taken at Session Road when it was closed to vehicles. The owners parked their cars there for the public to admire, take photos of and with it.

Pendong!

When we see a Beetle, we would say Pendong! or for us here Boks! (from Volkswagen) at the same time hitting the one beside you. This is how we entertain ourselves back when we were kids. We had jeepney shuttles that would take us from school to home and vice versa. We can still opt to ride the public jeepneys but most of the time we ride the shuttle. Along the way, kids would hunt for Pagong (or turtle because the shape of a Volkswagen is like a turtle). One must be quick and have a sharp eye. The first one to spot a Pagong will hit the others. Some gently but you know with kids, we get rowdy.

Pre-pandemic, float parade is a common sight whenever there are festivals here in town and in the city. These were the float parade during the Adivay in La Trinidad. Each municipality had their floats and these floats represent what every town has to offer. I can't remember now who won but this was the last Adivay I attended before pandemic.

These were books that we picked up in one of the schools here in the city. These books will find their way to the mountains of Kibungan to schools that lack books. I just helped carry and load them. My brother and his team delivered these. It was part of their outreach program to provide whatever they can that will help the communities there.

During our night escapades with family, we came across this ice cream truck in Camp John Hay. Unfortunately, they were already closing for the night so we were unable to try their ice cream.

Saw these "heads" on top of a shop while on my walk hunting for a cafe. This is just one of the shops here that is like that.

Would you trust the dentist if this is his/her clinic? This is parked along the road in strawberry farm. It's like a sore thumb sticking out. What's more, there are lots of rubbish around and under it. This is like a prop for an apocalyptic movie.

This was parked along BAPTC still at strawberry farm one morning when I went for a jog there. Animal skull is a common decoration at home but sometimes it is used as an accessory in cars just like this one. Even the way it was secured is stylish.

This one has a spare tire but will it fit? I did not notice this right away and when I did, I whipped out my phone and took a photo.

Here is a bonus for you.

I see this a lot. I guess some guys decide to display it for the world to see instead of wearing them and using it.

Maybe could a reason why some of these happened:

Wherever you are, be drive safe out there.

Your lives matter. Our lives matter. We all matter.

These photos were taken over the years maybe within a three-year period of time and it had been in my phone for a long time. I remember back in one of the blogging site I joined, there is a theme for vehicle photography. This is one of the reasons why I have photos of vehicles in my phone and sort of developed the habit.

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At first I thought any photos you might share would JUST be of cars, or let's just say vehicles. Because a lot of the pictures weren't cars at all, but trucks and utility vehicles, buses and commercial vans.

Either way, I was glad you did it the way you did. Either some of the vehicles in the picture added a sense of 'art,' or were simply interesting to look at.

Thanks for sharing.

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3 years ago

Ah, you're right. Might as well edit the title.

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3 years ago

Oh, lots of cars. I remember Boks from the movie, I don't remember the title, basta may number 69 yun Boks dun. Yes, we do pending, paunahan sabay takbo

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3 years ago

Haha! Pag nasa sasakyan wala chance tumakbo kaya kelangan makabawi :D

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3 years ago

LOL. I see a couple of Avocados behind that truck!

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3 years ago

Lol! More like avocado seeds :D That made my day when I saw it.

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3 years ago

Check this link and the one in it. You'll get a kick out of that. I talked about Avocados and a few extra details about them. LOL. https://noise.cash/post/18vp5x2k

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3 years ago

Mind blown! :D :D

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3 years ago

Kaloka ung nasa ford! hahah! kulit!

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3 years ago

Haha! Tawang tawa din ako nung nakita ko yan :D

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3 years ago

Madami rin akong nakikita po dito sa amin mabago man o luma pero bakit di ko naisip na picturan. Haha! You really are so creative when it comes to writing. Who would have thought na makagagawa ng article out of vehicles. Hehe

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3 years ago

Ganyan talaga pag walang maisip kung ano na lang nagagawa haha! Salamat!

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3 years ago

Maganda nga eh. Kesa naman sa iba dyan walang maisip kaya wala ring ginagawa πŸ˜‚

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3 years ago

Haha! Ganyan din ako minsan :D

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3 years ago

Very good all, I was surprised to see that we have several things in common, I am also from Venezuela, where I live Jeeps are still used as transportation for the mountainous areas. When we were kids we played with the color of the Volskwagen, we would also hit each other when we saw one, here is a jeep with those testicles. I have an '81 volskwagen, it is deteriorated but the engine still runs.

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3 years ago

Well, what do you know? That's interesting. Maybe there are more things we have in common. I think I saw on the news that the company stopped manufacturing Volkswagen.

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3 years ago

Volskwagen have not been manufactured in Venezuela for many years and the main company was Toyota, last year it closed definitively

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3 years ago

Even here in our country, Toyota is the biggest car company.

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3 years ago

My great friend, how are you?

What beautiful photographs, I love the variety of vehicles in your country, but above all that use Jeep as taxis or buses, for a long time in Venezuela (my country) they were used in rural areas to transport people because it was difficult to access to those populations with normal buses. However, it is interesting that they are still in your country and in very good condition, I was surprised by the truck with those hanging testicles, without a doubt those are the first to crash Hahaha God people make up some things, thanks for all these photographs and for always show us a bit of your country, greetings

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3 years ago

Lol! Those balls may crash but they'll be fine :D There was a proposal to phase out these jeepneys because they want to introduce buses. However, a lot of drivers and owners will be affected by that. Here in the city we now have small buses though.

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3 years ago

Medyo natawa po ako don sa dalawang bilog na nasa Ford Ranger. Ano po ba yon? Para kasing...

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3 years ago

Haha! Yun na nga yun :D

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3 years ago

I love the ice cream truck. I have never seen an ice cream truck ever. Akala ko sa USA lang yan eh, hahaha...

Then the volkswagen, we also do that, babatukan yun katabi sabay sabi ng pendongπŸ˜‚

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3 years ago

Meron pa ata ibang ganyan noon tas nawala tas binalik ulit kaso yan mukhang permanent na yan jan.

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3 years ago

Sa Baguio yan sis noh? Dream destination ko talaga yan, hehehe

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3 years ago

Ang gaganda talaga ng mga Old car 😊 thw best parin talaga ang mga jeepney haha

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3 years ago

Hehe kaya nga e. Gusto nila palitan ng bus kaso wala na yung tatak Pinoy pag ganun.

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3 years ago

Iba-ibang mga cars talaga sir. Naalala ko may mga jeep dyan na may button para pumara. Hehe

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3 years ago

Parang wala na ako nakikitang ganun hehe. Di na ako nakakapag jip maxado.

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3 years ago

Yun nga nagustuhan ko dyan sa La Trinidad. Tapos pag tatawid ka sa pedestrian lane kahit mag-isa ka lang hihinto sila.

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3 years ago

Ang lupit mo talaga at di ako masyado maalam sa mga cars pero ang galing talaga

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3 years ago

Hindi ko rin alam masyado mga cars. Mga pix lang to na na collect ko over the years hehe,.

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3 years ago

Hello, interesting your photos. Many years ago I knew a businessman who collected antique cars. On one occasion when he was on his way back from buying one that would increase his collection, he got off at a bend in a road to take pictures of the car and without realizing it, he exposed himself too much and a vehicle passed by at high speed and ran him over. His death was very well known at the time because he was a person of great heart. Thank you for sharing your photos.

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3 years ago

That's terrible! We really shouldn't be careless like that. Googling him now.

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3 years ago

Libangan rin namin dati magbilang ng volkswagen πŸ˜‚ tapos pag nareach daw 100 pwede mag wish. Di ko alam kung kanino galing yung ganung paniniwala pero wala rin namang masama itry πŸ˜†

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3 years ago

Ang dami naman ng 100 haha! Hindi abot sa 100 ang nakikita namin nun in a day :)

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3 years ago

Ang cute netong article.. mahina ako sa mga name NG sasakyan πŸ˜‚. Volks wagen Alam ko Lang kotseng kuba πŸ˜‚

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3 years ago

Yan nga lang yata ang memorize ko ang name haha! Pati names ng car companies di ko alam.

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3 years ago

Idnt know about jeepneys until now, thanks for the exposure. The inside of jeepneys reminds me of the vehicles used to convey people to prison in action movies...hahahaha 😁🀣

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3 years ago

Lol! It looks better in person :D

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3 years ago

I love this car article . ..the car with horns reminded me of the movie mad max πŸ€”πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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3 years ago

I see what you mean :)

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3 years ago

I love your old car blog. In my country they also recycle old cars and make new units to carry passengers or for tourism. What I have never seen is that pair of ornament on the back of a vehicle here. lol.

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3 years ago

Lol! That ornament surely is an attention grabber :)

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3 years ago

The truck with a skull in front reminds me of movie "Mad Max Fury Road" πŸ‘ŒπŸ˜‚

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3 years ago

Me too :) I'm not sure if that is allowed though but I still see it around so I think it's okay.

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3 years ago

This is nice one ARTicLEE.. You bring me back some of the old cars. Some of them I've seen in the social medias and movies. The float parade I remember my school days. Our school got win of the said contest.

More blessings to you article.πŸ™πŸ˜‡

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3 years ago

Winning a float just means you have done a great job on that. I have had no chance participating in such :)

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3 years ago

Thank you so much ARTicLEE....πŸ₯°Have a nice day..❀️❀️

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3 years ago

an entertaining collection of cars! i love the mural painting... we also love spotting voks so we could hit our friends' heads intentionally without them getting angry at us. :)

Oh i love the icecream truck!

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3 years ago

We loved it too that we took turns having photos with it :D

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3 years ago

Nakakainspire talaga mga story nyo po :) Yung volkwagen, nagbabatukan din kami nung mga kabataan namin pag nakakakita kami ng ganyan. San kaya yan nagsimula? Lol. Sadly di na ata makakarelate ang mga Gen Z ngayon..

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3 years ago

Oo nga ano? Kung sino man nagstart nyan, salamat na lang sa kanya haha! Palaro din natin yan sa mga kids ngayon :D

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3 years ago

Yeah kaya lang bawal lumabas. At tsaka yung nagpasimuno nyan marami na syang utang saten..ansakit kaya minsan ng mga batok heheh

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3 years ago

Nakikita ko lang yung old jeepney sa mga pelikula sa television.

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3 years ago

Mas maliliit pero mas makulay mga jeepneys noon hehe.

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3 years ago

Traveler ka na, photographer ka pa, at blogger pa. Wow, amazing ka talaga kuya. πŸ˜„

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3 years ago

Haha! Maraming salamat :)

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3 years ago

In Caracas, in the slums, jeeps are used as public transportation. And people call them jeepseros or jeeseros. But they aren't as "classy" as your jeepneys.

I love beetles. One of my friends at college had one. And I always used to ask him to let me drive it, hehe.

The dental clinic sign on the ramshackle vehicle is great as a set from a zombie movie. Or a post-apocalyptic as you say. Or one of a dentist serial killers who takes his victims to that place to torture them. LOL

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3 years ago

These jeepneys were small then but it had been reinvented over the years that some are bigger and longer.

I can't remember how many times have I been in a beetle but it was few times I'm sure.

Lol! If that is located in a deserted place, it will make it even creepier.

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3 years ago

I remember there's also a typenof vehicle in province called Rusco, it like a small transport vehicle which has open space at the back in which passengers or goods is putted. I remember that the owner of Rusco is kind to let us ride with him.

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3 years ago

There are different types of vehicles here in our country that I have yet to try :)

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3 years ago

Isu sa met jay napanak nga dental clinic, awan agluklukat hahahaha nagbayagak pay nag urayπŸ˜…

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3 years ago

Haha! Nangkuna gamin nga dita.

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3 years ago

Kukot kunami dyta volks hihihi.

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3 years ago

Apay met ta kukot? hehe

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3 years ago

Han ko ammo basta ksjay met ti kunada :D

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3 years ago

Basta mapendong ka nu ada ta pag ong hahhha

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3 years ago

Lol! Napadas ko naglugan maysa ket, kasla nakasayad jy kalsada hehe

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3 years ago

Ay hahhha han kon ngarud ipadas payπŸ˜…πŸ˜‚

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3 years ago

It's so nice seeing these images of old cars, especially the Volkswagen beetle. Hehehe. The part about the vehicle with a dental clinic address actually cracked me up.

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3 years ago

I'm really puzzled why they don't do something about that bus.

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3 years ago

Uy dayta Volks kasta ammuk dayta. Adda pic mi dita ni Billy asideg Quezon Hill di ba??

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3 years ago

Nagadu nga volks hehe.

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3 years ago

Jeepneys look so cute wow. I want one lol

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3 years ago

I want it too! :D Buy one and I'll just tag along :D

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3 years ago

Natawa ako sobra sa Dental Clinic at Ford Ranger with eggs. Hahaha sorry po kuya Lee.

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3 years ago

Haha! Yun talaga ang purpose ko dun hehe.

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3 years ago