Sweet sidecar, Pinoy

We spent two nights in Iloilo City during the Dinagyang Festival to be as close to the action as possible, but for our last two days in the Philippines—not to mention our last two days with Jeoffrey and Fatima—they booked side-by-side bungalows at a small coastal resort about an hour west so we could all just chill out.

While there, we visited the Miag-ao Church, one of the Baroque Churches of the Philippines, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Panorama of the Miag-ao Church

The church was nice, but what really caught my eye was the design of the local trikes. The sidecars were fabricated to look just like real cars. And not just any generic “car”—actual Hondas and Toyotas (and every other conceivable make), complete with headlights and an actual badge. I couldn’t help myself from taking “a few” photos. Would be neat to import a few of these stateside.

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