ILOILO CITY, Philippines?Manila?s notorious traffic problem has made it to the list of top adventurous and risky experiences in Asia posted on the website of Cable News Network (CNN).
In the article ?10 insane activities for thrill-seekers,? (http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/play/10-most-adrenaline-fueled-activities-asia-397518), ?steering a motorcycle through Manila traffic? ranked seventh among the ?daredevil activities? in Asia.
?Riding a Harley-Davidson doesn?t usually qualify as an extreme activity. Unless the biker is in congested Manila, where hospitals tallied up 1,662 injuries from motorbike accidents in the first three months of 2010,? the entry noted.
A July 2010 report from the Department of Health said that of the more than 3,000 vehicular accident-related injuries reported during the first quarter of 2010, more than half (55.4 percent) involved riding motorcycles.
The DOH said the majority (66 percent) of those killed in vehicular accidents were motorcycle riders.
Topping the ?10 thrills that will get the most jaded heart thumping? was crossing the Hussaini-Borit Lake bridge in Northern Pakistan, a suspension bridge dubbed the ?most dangerous bridge in the world.?
The bridge was described in the article as having rotting wooden planks and strung together with bits of rope.
?One misstep on the high, wavering walk across the water, and it?s lights out Indiana,? the article said.
The others on the list: No. 2?India: Skiing with the yaks; No. 3?Cambodia: Rolling downhill in a giant sphere called Zorb Balls; No. 4?South Korea: Whitewater rafting at the demilitarized zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea; No. 5?India: Running with mad bulls in the Tamil Nadu festival; No. 6?China: Driving on Guoliang Tunnel Road in the Henan Province.
No. 8?Thailand: Formula racing in a single-seater race car; No. 9?Kuala Lumpur: BASE jumping (with packed parachute) off the KL Tower; and No. 10?Macau: Bungee jumping from the Macau Tower.?With a report from Inquirer Research