The Toughest Place to be a Bus Driver
The dizzying, often blood-curdling traffic. The young children whose childhood is characterized by selling flowers or by begging for loose change and scraps of food. The families who make the streets their home, with nothing but cardboard to sleep on. This is the daily scene in Manila–a scene that we have perhaps become desensitized to.
It is, however, a completely different world to London bus driver Josh West. In this documentary series, West heads to Manila, which is described as “the most densely populated city on Earth.”
In this excerpt from a BBC article about the series, West’s experience is written as ”a hair-raising and often hilarious ride, but Josh also learns about the incredible over-crowding and devastating poverty of Manila. He forms a strong bond with Rogelio and is moved by the daily struggle of an ordinary Filipino working to feed his family. It’s an emotional roller coaster and Josh returns a changed man, aware that all the separates his life from Rogelio’s is the country he happened to be born in.”
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