Quote Originally Posted by alanmf1 View Post
It is a great experience... as you as say! and obviously a perfect way to see the countryside.

I find it amazing how so many people now seem to have access to huge expensive SUV's and pick ups and jeeps!

There is obviously "good" money around ...

I also noticed that many new large family "brick" houses being completed beside traditional dwellings...
As more and more Filipino's are working in the west and earning western wages, they are going to have more disposable cash to flash on cars, houses and electronics. For many people driving around in a big tank is a status symbol. Although they might have the nice SUV's I wouldn't imagine any of them are serviced and maintained to anything like the same standards we are used to in the west.