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Stopover at Sison, Pangasinan
We suddenly exited TPLEX to make a stop in Pangasinan. We were only a couple of exits away from the end of the tollway and the last part of the trip, which was the climb to Baguio via either Marcos Highway or Kennon Road. And we were doing good time until this exit and detour.
Our stop was at this restaurant in Sison, Pangasinan, which I discovered was a drivers’ stop. Drivers of buses and vans stop here to get a free meal in exchange for them bringing their passengers who will likely eat, drink and shop for pasalubong here.
Pasalubong options including the usual local delicacies including nuts, biscuits, sweets, etc. Many items are not from Pangasinan but may be from neighboring provinces. I even found pastilles from Bulacan being sold here.
There are also fruits and vegetables for those who want to bring home to use in cooking. Though not a market, the prices at the stop are low as these are sourced from local farms.
Of course, there’s tupig at the stop. Tupig has its origins in the Ilocos Region so this is one of the places to get this rice cake delicacy.
Tupi fresh from the grill
We ended up not going back to the tollway but instead used the Manila North Road to Marcos Highway. Kennon Road was closed to general traffic when we passed by the junction. And so it took us almost 2 hours more to finally get to our hotel instead of about an hour if we had not made this stop.
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Tricycles in the Philippines – Part 2
In a previous post on tricycles, I featured some photos taken from various trips I’ve taken around the country. Closer to home are tricycles that provide some convenience to commuters along a stretch of C-5 that is more commonly known as Katipunan Avenue. The example below is of a typical tricycle traveling along a section that cuts through lands of the University of the Philippines Diliman.
Tricycle along Katipunan Avenue
Tricycles do not necessarily just roam around to get passengers like what we usually see. They do have formal terminals though the informal ones outnumber these and typically cause problems due to the spaces they tend to occupy. These spaces include road space, the consequence of which is a reduction in road capacity, and sidewalks, which deny pedestrians space for walking. The first causes or exacerbates congestion while the second mainly puts people at higher risk as pedestrian safety is compromised. Following are photos of tricycle terminals taken from recent trips north of Manila in the provinces of Tarlac, Pangasinan and La Union.
Tricycle terminal at the Moncada Public Market
Tricycles still dominate traffic along the Manila North Road in Urdaneta, Pangasinan where they have terminals around the public market and at the intersections of side streets.
Roadside tricycle terminal in La Union where the newly paved shoulders are occupied by tricycles waiting for passengers from a nearby public school.
Tricycle terminal in front of the Civic Center in Agoo, La Union and just across the church.
More on tricycles and their terminals in succeeding posts!
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Caught (up) in traffic 