Buses

Buses are the 2nd most utilized form of transportation in the Philippines, 2nd only to Jeepneys. They are often found on the Urban High ways and are often the only way of transportation to and from provinces. An enormous number of bus services cover the Philippines and generally do it quite cheaply and reliably. Island-hopping on a bus is even an option; in fact, you can travel all the way from the northernmost tip of Luzon to the southernmost corner of Mindanao without getting your feet wet.

Buses on a city route don’t often have a terminal, they just circle around their routes, like most Jeepney do. Provincial trip buses don’t really have a central terminal (except for some provinces like in Dau, Pampanga and Bagiuo City, Benguet). Each bus company has their own terminals, but the terminals are often clustered in one place, like in Cubao and in Pasay. In most cases, you don’t even have to go to the bus terminals, you just wait for them in the streets where they pass by and flag them, but of course, this depends if the bus still have seats and most of the times you are relegated to the worst seats.

In the city areas, especially in Manila, Buses are the worst choice of transportation. Aside from the fact that most of the city roads are already congested with heavy traffic, Buses oftentimes stall for long periods of time on Bus stops to call on passengers, especially in the malls. It is also common to see buses packed to the brim, with passengers standing in the aisle. Non-Airconditioned buses are more frightening, with passengers often barely clinging in the doorways. Some people get scared riding the buses since they sometimes get so close to one another that you can virtually touch the  other bus.