MANILA - the Philippines
District of Pandacan
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Ride along Manila's poor is dangerous
BUT
it is an irresistible draw - cheap and doesn't use oil.
The 3-kilometre stretch of rail that cuts through the congested community to ply their dangerous trade. The train comes every 4 hours, but if one appears off-schedule, panic ensues. When no chugging trains are in sight, they sneak their eight-seat trolleys - small, metal-wheeled carts with benches fashioned from scrap wood - on the railway to ferry students, office workers and even policemen on short trips. A ride costs 5-pesos ( 37sen )
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''I use my feet, my gasoline is my sweat! '' said the trolley operator
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