While on a Partas bus heading to its terminal in Pasay City, Philippines, I found myself thinking about possible subjects for my next video. An idea came up from my mind as we reached Cubao, Quezon City: I saw a class 3000 light rail rapid transit train, better known here in the Philippines as the MRT-3 or Metrorail, passing along a railway adjacent to Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, or EDSA.
Since I usually travel by bus when moving between cities, I haven't had the chance to extensively film the landscape along the railway during my previous trips to the National Capital Region. So, I decided to ride the Metrorail. This wasn't just to revisit an experience from 2003 when I last rode the train, but also to gain firsthand footage for a more realistic touch in my video.
My journey began in Edang, Pasay City, where the bus terminal is located. After breakfast at the Jollibee outlet there, I checked Google Maps to find the MRT station. It showed I was 600 meters from its southernmost end, Taft Station, which would be about a 22-minute rail journey to my destination on Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong. Before heading to the railway, I filmed some video clips of the urban scenery, from Edang Street to its intersection with EDSA, and then to the bustling streets of Pasay Rotonda. I also took some photos at the terminal before boarding the train to Mandaluyong.
Once on board, I noticed only a few vacant seats, so I chose to stand near a window. This gave me the perfect vantage point to snap photos of the urban landscape as the train moved, and I had the opportunity to film the sprawling metropolis of Makati City as we approached my destination. Finally, upon returning to Pasay City to catch my bus home, I stopped by the MRT Taft terminal again. I captured more shots of the busy city streets and even managed to photograph a passing 13000-type train of LRT-1 from the adjacent railway, about 350 meters from the Metrorail terminal.
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