Manila is the nucleus for northern and southern routes of airlines
flying directly to major destinations through the archipelago, while Cebu
Cebu serves as a secondary entry point to major provinces and cities in the
Visayas and Mindanao. Provincial airstrips serviced by single or teinengine
aircrafts also helped improve accessibility to far-flung, and cuts
travel time by more than half of what an overland traveler would have to
content with.
      Ferry boats, motorized outrigger boats or pumpboats, and even
paddle canoes (locally called bancas) provide the most convenient way
to get around to islands which are inaccessible by land or air. Ships plying the
major routes between Manila and to the outlying cities and provinces provide
inexpensive means of sea transport. For the adventurous with more time to kill
and not all averse to being too close for comfort eith the locals, traveling by inter-
island boats is a novel way of observing local color in their actual setting.
     By land, buses and the flamboyantly painted jeepneys are the main means of
public conveyance in the country. They ply specific routes within large cities,
except in the outskirts where they shuttle back and forth between one province
to the other. Metered taxis abound in the big metropolis of Manila, Davao and
Cebu, while in small cities, unmetered cars called Pus (public utlility cars) serve
as taxis. Tricycles, pedicabs, calesas, mini-buses -all these are public conveyances
that make up the day-to-day lifestyle of every working Filipino.