Retroactive blogging

I found the journal I brought with me to the Philippines. Here's an entry:

11/10/06 - Calamba

The pollution is overwhelmingly bad. The river is full of garbage, and Sonny tells me it is actually better than it was before the typhoon. The street where Lola lives, Bantayan, is full of exhaust from the jeepnies and tricycles that are constantly filling the roads. These are poor people but they pay for these rides? I wonder if a system where people use bicycles a lot (like in China?) would work here? Nobody has said anything directly about this pollution, although Sonny's comments hinted at it. I wasn't sure if he was proud of the river or shared my sadness about its condition. Kira says the pollution upsets her mom, and Kira remembers playing by the river when she was little, which couldn't happen now. Today we're touring a volcano, which should be fun and exhausting.

Here are pictures we took of a tricycle and a jeepny, in a less polluted area.





They're like cabs and buses, respectively.

Here's a picture we took from the bridge over the polluted river I mentioned. People live right there.