Photo Post – Horse Cart in Cebu City
There are many horse carts like this one in downtown Cebu near the Carbon Market. I don’t think they are used as transportation per se but as a fun thing for locals and tourists to do. I think they follow a set route from here around a circuit and back again. I could be wrong about that. It’s possible they actually take people to specific places like a taxi service. I haven’t ridden in one, and I doubt very much that I will. I’ve tried similar things in the past – because I felt that I was supposed to – and I just end up feeling silly sitting there. Besides, I can’t help but feel sorry for the horses. The horses are probably perfectly content and doing what comes naturally to horses, but I would just feel guilty having them pull me around. For the same reason, I never take pedicabs or even tricycles. I just walk everywhere or ride my bicycle.