TRAVEL WATCH: AUGUST 2, 1999 VOL. 154 NO. 4

M A N I L A   C I T Y   G U I D E Getting Around Colorful jeepneys ply the streets. © Richard I'Anson. Lonely Planet Images Manila is served by a comprehensive bus system, but marred by choking traffic, especially at peak hours. The Metrorail, or MRT, runs north-south and lets you sail above the nightmare traffic. The trains get very crowded as people are going home from work, however the system is still much quicker than crawling along in a bus, taxi or jeepney. Car hire is available, but with public transport so good and the traffic so bad, there's really no need to bother. < BACK | NEXT > © 1999 Lonely Planet Publications Pty. Ltd. All rights reserved

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