Wednesday, July 01, 2009

At last! The moment you've all been waiting for: competition results time! Remember, the question was 'how many people did Ingrid ride with on a tricycle'? If you can't remember what a tricycle looks like, here's one:
Your answers were:
Laura: 4 or 10
Becs: 15+
Fiona: 12
Amanda: 9

Now before I give you the answer, here are some pictures of tricycles that I've collected over the weeks. I love seeing what people manage to fit into trikes!
(if you look carefully you can see me! This pic was taken when we arrived on Tablas island way back in March. Steve and I are in the cabin, backpacks and a printer on top, suitcase and other misc. items on the back, Vincent and helper sitting behind the driver, and Malcolm hanging off the back. I am staring weirdly because it's 3.30am and we'd just been on the boat for ten hours.)
hey, it's me again, standing on the back of the trike.
gas tanks on a trike in Romblon.

another fully-loaded trike
and a very full jeepney. Yes, I know, a jeepney is not a trike, but this picture still shows the essential philosophy of drivers here: fit AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE on your vehicle.

and now ...(drumroll)..... the answer: 16! That's right! Me and sixteen other people crammed in and onto this tricycle. So 17 people total. Five inside the cabin, one perched on the 'door' of the cabin, the driver, 3 behind the driver, 3 hanging off the back (I was one of these), 1 hanging off the front of the cabin, one on the roof of the cabin, and another two hanging off the side. Becs guessed the best: 15+.
thanks for playing!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Touring Mama said...

YUSSSSSS i love being right :)

Anonymous said...

P.s the anonymous comment above is from THE UNIVERSE. Who thinks you'd be good at that job, and also misses you. Alternatively, come to SYDNEY.... Anonymity... not so much xx

INGRID said...

hi Nic!