Sugar cane workers on Negros Island
Sugar cane grows well in flat areas with a lot of rain. Working those fields is backbreaking for both the carabao and the cane cutters.
The cane cutters get up early in the morning and start cutting the cane.
They clean the stalks and line them up in long rows in the fields. These carabao are used to haul the cane to the side of the road in these two wheeled carts.
There were around ten carabao working this field with the cutters.
Sugar cane is tough and you can cut yourself on the leaves. These guys really work hard for their two dollars a day!
Long sleeves protect the arms from cuts and the t-shirt over the head protects from the intense Philippine sun! Man, these guys work hard but keep a smile on their face and get a good laugh at of the foreigner taking their pictures.
I admire these guys…
cane trucks
Loading sugar cane on the west coast of Negros between Sipilay and Bocolod.
Sugar Cane
Climbing Mount Apo
General Santos
Growing Orchids
Judy's Resto Bar
Logging with Motorcycles
Mount Mayon
Balabac Island
Biri Island
Calbiga Cave
Capul Island
Mangrove Swamp Palawan
Mikes's Resort
You should try buying a box of beer and share it with some of those guys working the canefields…. That’s pure fun. I did it once on the way from Victorias City to Gawahon… :-)
Hi dp,
watching these guys working is like stepping back in time mate. And the wages like u say are so poor. They realy have to earn their corn woring on the sugar cane plantations. I think i will pass on that one as work experience ,
Dave.
Hello Claus,
Great idea!
They had to settle for cloud 9 “chocolate bars” :)
dp
Hello mohamed,
Thanks for your perspective – good point about the army!
take care
dp
You guys are amazing thanks for sharing this pictures i used to do this work:) not all of it but cutting the cane only. This pictures brings a lot of memories. I miss the scenery but not the work. Cant wait to go home soon.