How Bulacan tricycle drivers rise above the coastal flood

How Bulacan tricycle drivers rise above the coastal flood

BULACAN, Philippines – When the tide comes in and the roads of the coastal town of Hagonoy in Bulacan are again flooded, locals turn to the trusty tikling for their mode of travel. No, this tikling is not the avian kind which can be seen in rice paddies. Tikling is what Hagonoy locals christened the modified version of tricycles that are high enough to wade through their flooded streets. This adaption of a ubiquitous mode of transportation has b…