With prices of diesel and gasoline hiking up from less than a hundred pesos to three hundred pesos a liter, survivors of supertyphoon Yolanda or Haiyan in Tacloban City found their way back to the power of the pedal to move from one place to another in search for food, water, shelter and missing loved ones.
The day we arrived in the city on November 15, I couldn't help but notice the number of bicycles in different sizes and styles flocking the streets side-by-side motorcycles and cars which rely mainly on fuel. In this phenomenon caused by the drastic change of climate because of the excessive burning of fossil fuels, I hope that people in the whole world will see how important it is to reconsider their lifestyles which caused the death and suffering of the most vulnerable.
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