eepney rides like this one seem to be a common practice on Palawan. It has even developed a bit of notoriety, including postcards, (click the picture to see a larger version). We actually saw this jeepney in action! Oh, and don't think our 5 hour ride was a fluke. Later, we rode 10 hours just to cover a mere 120 miles.
t took us that ten-hour jeepney ride and a few plane flights to arrive at our last destination. We had extended our visas to take in one of the Philippines' biggest festivals, Sinulog, on Cebu Island. We came for the highlight of this festival, a weekend of parades and processions to honor the Santo Nino. Transliterated as "Christ Child", the festival commemorates the history of Filipino Christianity symbolized by an old sacred icon of the Santo Nino.
s the story goes, Magellan brought Christianity to these islands in the 1400's. He arrived on a different island looking for spices when tribesmen directed him to Cebu. He arrived in what is now Cebu City and preached Christianity to the people. Juana, the queen of the tribe, converted to Catholicism and was baptized. As a sign of good faith, Magellan presented her with a statue of the Santo Nino and lifted her above his head for the tribe to see. The Spanish in turn collectively colonized them as one country. For this reason, Sinulog celebrates the country's religious heritage as well as its development as a nation.
eepney rides like this one seem to be a common practice on Palawan. It has even developed a bit of notoriety, including postcards, (click the picture to see a larger version). 
t took us that ten-hour jeepney ride and a few plane flights to arrive at our last destination. We had extended our visas to take in one of the Philippines' biggest festivals, Sinulog, on Cebu Island. We came for the highlight of this festival, a weekend of parades and processions to honor the Santo Nino. Transliterated as "Christ Child", the festival commemorates the history of Filipino Christianity symbolized by an old sacred icon of the Santo Nino.
s the story goes, Magellan brought Christianity to these islands in the 1400's. He arrived on a different island looking for spices when tribesmen directed him to Cebu. He arrived in what is now Cebu City and preached Christianity to the people. Juana, the queen of the tribe, converted to Catholicism and was baptized. As a sign of good faith, Magellan presented her with a statue of the Santo Nino and lifted her above his head for the tribe to see. The Spanish in turn collectively colonized them as one country. For this reason, Sinulog celebrates the country's religious heritage as well as its development as a nation.
