Saturday, November 13, 2010

A Dangerous Journey for Mang Regor the Bus Driver

Mang Regor's Bus (Golden Dragon Sleeper Bus)
Typhoon Juan


Mang Regor is a bus driver from Baguio City.He is working for GV Florida Bus Line,a company based in Northern Luzon.He drives a Golden Dragon Sleeper Bus.He can drive anywhere in Luzon.

One Day,A fellow bus driver says to him:"There are many passengers heading to there provinces for the oncoming UNDAS before Typhoon Juan makes a landfall in your hometown in Baguio.Please,be careful your the only one who can brave enough to drive no matter what the weather is bad.".Mang Regor is determined to ride with his bus full of desperate passengers and in no time his bus is almost full of passengers .The bus leaves Sampaloc, Manila he is  willing to take any chances to drive in a dangerous road that is prone of landslides during the rainy season and he sees a huge fog covers the windows of the bus.He turn on the headlights,foglights,sidelights, and an emergency indicator and he drives in 2nd gear.The passengers were afraid that might the bus will fall off the cliff.He has limited visibility that he must be vigilant.After 5 hours of slow and dangerous journey,the bus passes the landslide prone mountains in Benguet.But the rain and winds were very powerful.Mang Regor must drive at 5-10 km/h.He hears the wind howling outside the bus.Then,a voice coming from his two-way radio.He drives very slowly and calls his radio says:"We are at the village and I drive at 5 km/h.He calls off his radio and continue driving.Suddenly,a huge nipa hut fly towards the front of the bus.But,the flying nipa hut misses.Mang Regor's bus is the only vehicle in the highway.After 20 hours of a typhoon,the bus arrives at the bus terminal near in Vigan, Ilocos Sur.Mang Regor pulls his bus to a stop.The passengers drops-off he sees only debris around the entire bus.He will never forget this dangerous journey