Is Public Transport Worth it in the Philippines 🇵🇭 

Damn Mergim really living like the locals! Now this is the content that people from abroad wanna see the daily life of the community

the guy who assisted you is smart and well informed

Hands down to you Mergim! Ang galing mo! 🎉

Im a foreigner whose been living in the Philippines I regularly use the Mrt from mandulyong to Taguig, My experience using the mrt especially to Guadalupe during rush hour is a no no. 😂 Personal space becomes non existent.

You're just positively delightful Mergim. Just be careful among crowds & public transport! ❤👏👍

Route 1: lrt1 carriedo -> lrt1 taft -> mrt taft -> mrt ayala -> bgc bus Route 2: lrt 1 carriedo -> lrt1 taft -> mrt taft -> mrt guadalupe -> bgc jeep Route 3: lrt 1 carriedo -> lrt 1 roosevelt -> edsa carousel roosevelt -> edsa carousel guadalupe -> bgc jeep / trike Route 4: lrt 1 carried -> lrt 1 roosevelf -> edsa carousel roosevelt -> ayala one terminal -> bgc bus Route 5: lrt1 carriedo -> lrt1 doroteo jose -> lrt2 recto -> lrt2 cubao -> mrt cubao -> mrt guadalupe -> bgc jeep / trike Route 6: lrt1 carriedo -> lrt1 doroteo jose -> lrt recto -> lrt2 cubao -> mrt cubao -> mrt ayala -> bgc bus Route 7: lrt1 carriedo -> lrt1 taft -> edsa carousel taft to edsa carousel ayala north bound -> bgc bus Route 8: lrt1 carriedo -> lrt1 taft -> edsa catousel taft -> edsa carousel guadalupe -> bgc jeep / trike Bonus route: go down to buendia station via mrt or edsa carousel buendia via bus and walk Hard mode routes Route A: find a jeep to moa (probably in lawton or city hall) -> edsa carousel moa -> edsa carousel ayala / guadalupe Route B: find a jeep to Munoz (in front of quiapo church quezon blvd north bound road)-> edsa carousel roosevelt -> edsa carousel guadalupe or ayala one terminal Route C: find a jeep to sm north (quezon blvd north bound) -> mrt north edsa / edsa carousel trinoma -> edsa carousel guadalupe / ayala one terminal / mrt guadalupe or ayala station Route D: find a jeep to Cubao (quezon blvd north bound)-> mrt cubao -> mrt guadalupe or mrt ayala Route E: find a jeep to buendia (in front of city hall probably or lawton) -> find a jeep to guadalupe / glorietta

Love this vlog, no other foreign vlogger has done this before.

This is epic bruh! The chairman galavanting Manila "OG" style. You rock man!

Congratulations Mergim! I’ve never watched a foreign vlogger do the things you do so well! Just like going down that cave in Antipolo, what an adventure! And, boy, you are the nicest traveller ever.❤

I love watching these kind of activities , pretty nostalgic for me commuting around Manila. You have amazingly immersed yourself the Filipino way. You're so authentic.

Awesome bro.

Well done Mergim 😊 It’s always good to ask the guards/locals. If I were you I would buy the beep card at any LRT n MRT stations for 30 pesos. It’s a reloadable contactless smart card that allows you to pay on trains, buses, and selected convenient stores. No need for cash or hunt for coins to pay at the cashier. Just use your beep card. However it expires in 4 years.

Kudos to you Mergim!!! 🙌 You’re better at navigating Metro Manila than most of us locals 😅 Very informative content 👍🏻 Because not a lot of Filipinos know how to commute specially if we’re used to bringing our own car. I’m also impressed at that walkway infront of the post office 😍 It’s well lit, clean and green and those black posts with rails adds an oomph to that view of the body of water. Kudos to the City of Manila now! Im👏 Didn’t know they use xray machines now at the train stations like the one at the airport entrance 👍🏻 Appreciate you for showing us around! 🇵🇭

Salamat Ambassador that was amazing and informative! Ingats from Houston.

In hindsight and given its rush hour traffic, taking public transpo is the best option to go around metro manila. Commuting is better because it involves people interactions which personally i like doing. Nice work mergim. More success.

Hands down 🙌🏼 Most of us, don't do that. It's very tiring and needs to go a long process. We usually take Angkas ride, Car Pool App or grab going to BGC 😅 Most filipinos are tired and exhausted already, we wanted to be home, be with our children as early as possible using the most convenient and fastest means of transportation, especially with those people coming from the south.

Congratulations! You survived the rush hour commute!

When going any long distance from one end of Manila to the other, the MRT, LRT1, and LRT2 lines are faster and more reliable between 6am and 10pm. The other option is the EDSA Carousel buses but some don't have stops at certain stations so you would have to walk kilometer-long distances sometimes. Just ask the security guards for the best directions where to go. They are given briefings on the vicinity and the various transport options.

Traveling across Metro Manila using the RTs and jeepneys was a fun experience but also draining when I did it every day in the early 2000s.

You are very adventurous my friend. I would be lost and helpless going through the public transportation in my own country after decades living abroad. Congratulations. Enjoy and have a great time.😊😊😊

Again, this shows how inefficient the current public transport system in Metro Manila. You have to walk a long way to LRT 1 Carriedo station, get off at EDSA station to hop to the MRT line to get to Ayala or Guadalupe which is near BGC. Then there's another Jeepney or bus ride just to get to BGC. There are ongoing projects like the Metro Manila Subway, but that won't be completely operational 'til 2029. 😓

very informative, great job Mergim!!

MRT has no EDSA station name/stop because it is running along edsa but LRT1 has edsa station. The mrt station you jumped in was Taft station.

Great stuff as always man

From LRT-1 Carriedo, you can get down at Edsa/Taft, ride the MRT-3 to the Ayala station, go down the stairs and walk to the BGC shuttle bus station at the corner of Edsa and McKinley Road. That's the route I take. Enjoy.

Thank you Mergim for the tour.Very interesting to see places which I never seen for years .

Fun! Love that you get outside and explore! Hello Philippines! C u soon!

Mergim -- Work for you but so much fun for me. A very useful video.

good job sir mergim! Ive learned something from your vlog ....thank you!

Mergim needs more subscribers, the production level and editing is on another level. I have seen some youtubers with like 500k-1m subscribers that's just bad editing. Mergim's better.

The easiest and fastest way to go around Metro Manila the capital city of Philippines is riding in modern train of LRT & MRT so fast and easy, enjoy Manila mergim.

commuting: it's more traffic and crowded in the Philippines hahahaha good video!

Thank u mergin ill be in manila this oct 24 ill be staying in bgc tnx foe this tips ill try this route when im there

Beautiful sunset shots

To foreigners, using these mode of public transportation in Manila will be quite an adventure and experience for them. But if you're a local working in Metro Manila or a student commuter, this is hell on earth. Daily commuting will take a toll on you. 😢

Appreciate the effort ❤

I was a commuter for the longest time. Your vlog is informative for those who choose cheap travel within manila.

600 pesos for a Grab sounded a bit much at first. But not after watching your journey. Filipinos are great! I do enjoy riding the jeepneys. You can meet a lot of great locals.

You are an awesome guide! You won't get lost in Manila, know your way around the city.😊

Hi Mergim. Thanks for the video. It’s a good guide to get around Manila. Metro Manila is beautiful. It just needs more trees. If not enough space just plant in pots. Trees will take in the carbon dioxide.

thanks for the video

thanks mergim. going thru the guada mall brings back alot of memories for me. thank you

Awesome video, Mergim! Good job! 👏👏👏🫰🫰🫰

Mergim mastering the transpo system

this was fun and kinda smooth actually, taking jeeps would be more intense. hehe

Ang galing naman!👍👏👏

thanks for this Mergin! It's been ages since I last rode LRT and MRT since I bought a motorcycle to travel around manila and I'm honestly surprised with the improvement of the public transport specially during rush hour. I used to take around 2-3 hrs to get home during rush hours that I usually render overtime to avoid the traffic. It's great to see that the public transportation improved so much that people wouldn't go through hell that we used to experience pre pandemic.

way to go mergim!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

It looks like you're getting used to the crowd, heavy traffic, and the heat?😅!

Recognizing transport hubs goes a long way in navigating Metro Manila via public transport. Guadalupe itself is an example of the hub, as it has access via edsa for the Bus and MRT 1, and transport terminals to Taguig, Manila(via JP rizal to Taft, or Gil Puyat) and Pateros. Gil Puyat intersection + LRT station grants access to Baclaran and Quiapo or Divisoria and beyond ,via Taft Ave, and also some provincial bus terminals if you want to go to the southern provinces via Bus. Recto/Doroteo Jose grants access to both LRT 1 and LRT 3, as well as provincial buses going north. Cubao/Araneta also provides the same options this time intersecting with LRT 3 and LRT 2. These are just a few examples, as many recorgnized stops i.e. places listed on the buses and jeepney are also hubs or convegence points to different parts of Metro Manila, plut it helps that they are not scheduled stops due to deregulation of transport franchises...

It’s a good commute, saves money when you use the public transportation.

Nice adventure Mergim .. keep safe

I'd give this video a double like if only I could. Keep it coming.

Yeah on your left is going to Divisoria when your in that 7-11 side of the Post office. Other train are less AC, its all coz of old and its narrow unlike the train in MRT 2 going to Antipolo...just always go to greenhills if im you, to prevent some hassle 🙏🤙🇵🇭

17:20 “wala nang wash wash yan”😂

You took the guadalupe route to really show the trasport system. In your previous vlogs you had taken the ayala route to bgc. Metro manila public transport can be exhausting , unconfortable and over crowded at times but it can take you up to the door step or very close to your destination, with tricycles, pedicabs and motor bikes.

MRT/LRT aren't as bad during non rush hour times/Sundays, that whole MRT line is Edsa, if you came from the Pasay station and going to Guadalupe, you're going from southern Metro Manila to the North. It seems you prefer getting off in Guadalupe rather than Ayala, personally I prefer Ayala when going to BGC, maybe where you live is closer to that route you took. You're really exploring the capital, whereas it was mostly the provinces in the past, you're really adapting.

Hi Mergim! Me and my family from Davao recently stayed in Manila the previous week, and we have attempted to take the MRT/LRT from our condo in Sta. Mesa to BGC. We started from the V. Mapa station in Line 2 across SM City Sta. Mesa, then alighting in Recto, transferring towards Doroteo Jose in Line 1 then heading to EDSA station, then transferring again to Line 3 to Taft station, then alighting at Guadalupe station, and taking the modern jeepney to BGC. It was a grueling 1 hour and 30 minutes of walking and climbing stairs just to reach BGC. Worth the adventure though and experiencing all the commuter train lines in the metro. Thanks for sharing your experience too!

nice love it

More vlogs in Manila pls! I know it's not as presentable as BGC or Makati but there's a lot of culture in Manila that non-Filipinos want to see. Take care Mergim the explorer 😊❤

Oh wow... I would surely get lost in that area. Brave one Mergim.

Sta Cruz. Avenida Rizal. Palanca brings you to Quiapo. Plaza Lacson. Escolta, the old 'Ayala'

It seems to have gotten better over the years. Nice immersive vlog!

Some things improved in someway! Good to know these trains were re conditioned. Safe travels mate !

That sunset is everything!!!

Great! iLike your video.

daily upload, on a roll!

I clapped when you reached Uptown! So daring..

If i want to go to Chinatown from BGC that's what I'll do. Usually i take grab but for adventure I'll take the public transport. Thanks Mergim

Another quality content

Take lrt to pasay terminal-- then, go mrt at pasay to ayala-- at ayala, go to the side and take fort bus--goes around bgc to marketmrkt

Hey Mergim, it would be best if you tried the EDSA Carousel bus (PH version of BRT system, that exclusive lane in the middle along EDSA), it's even faster than MRT. It travels the entire EDSA from Monumento in Caloocan to PITX Terminal in Paranaque, which is around 45 km. one way, the going back like a Carousel. That must be exciting, very fast during rush hours, very organized as well. Please, can't wait to see it.

There's another way to get to BGC as John said. Take the Ayala MRT then ask someone how to get to BGC bus station. Just near jollibee.

during rush hour, public transport is always faster and cheaper. but personal space flies out the window. most of the public transport here in Philippines have air-conditioning. you just have to choose the right one.

Great experience🚄🚌 & keep safe😇🙏

Dang! I really missed Mla! The food, places and the traffic jam he!he! Appreciate all your hardwork just to give us viewers a great content..keep up the good work dude and one day you will reap what you sow

No add skipping in support of your vlog..

Nice vlogs - it reminds me of my stay in manila😊😮😅

Galing 🙌🏼

Most Filipinos don't want to undergo the hassles of transportation and transferring from one transportation to another. That is why you will hear most saying why not take a taxi or a grab instead. Less hussle and less worries. You just sit and relax and pay. Hehe. At most, you need to take 2-3 transportation to get from your point A to your point B. There is no such direct transportation to your exact destination here in manila. Ask the regular worker/commuters. Not the rich or middle class who can always afford to take a grab with their budgets. Hehehe

Congratulations! I would do the same going to BGC. Just be very vigilant at Guadalupe bridge/over pass there are a lot o pick pockets cuz its kindda dark.

You have the money to take on Grab. Yet you took the longer, inconvenient and harder route. But you made it through. You're richer in experience. Respect.

Hey, i am residing just 5mins walk away from MRT South Terminal at Pasay there, Mergim. Hehe. I wish I could have met you and treated you for a good dinner there. Hahaha. Next time, maybe. 🙌💞🎉🎊

best way to BGC if your from guadalupe is to ride mrt then alight at Ayala station then there is a bus there going to BGC 😊

from the place where you are you can take pasig river ferry to guadalupe that's the best way

Next time, from Edsa, stop at Ayala station and take the BGC bus. You don't have to go all the way to Guadalupe.

I miss that place. I grew up going there. Our old house is just near that place.

The sunset is so nice

Interesting

Explore the different MRT lines. ✅👌👍❤️ (joy ride)

Keep safe

When I was in Manila I usually take the train LRT & MRT lines to avoid traffic & save much time 😱😱

Mergim try also the other line going to Antipolo. Take Gaudalupe MRT, get off Cubao MRT. Walk inside Gateway Mall to LRT Line 2, take east (right) route to Antipolo and take it from there...

that was fun! 🙂 #GoLocal

Goodmorning 😘Mergim! I guess the right route for you to go back home. By the way, it’s museum month free entrance to national museum. You will probably see “The Master’s” masterpiece and important artifacts 😊 We both have the same vibes Mergim, maybe someday we might cross each other😊

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Yes mate👍

this is axactly what I needed to see b4 making transportation decisions 🙂

this takes me back when I used to be in Manila 5 years ago

The bag checkpoint before boarding the train was because back in 2001 a series of bombings happened on the lrt and mrt trains that until now bomb checking became the norm.