Early morning on EDSA --Magallanes area

Depending on which side of EDSA you're coming from, EDSA is one of the busiest roads in Metro Manila, but in some parts in the morning, it is surprisingly light. Every morning, when the traffic report appears on TV, one of the usually crowded areas of EDSA is the EDSA-Kamuning intersection. This crowded area begins as early as 6am in the morning. So here I am, the commuter from Antipolo (Yes! I live there!), going to work in Makati. While walking along the overpass, I took this picture of EDSA on a regular weekday morning, before 7am, Manila time.

This is the traffic coming from the South, the area of EDSA-Magallanes interchange. Many employees come from the South to work in business districts like Makati, Fort Bonifacio, Ortigas Center, and many parts of Quezon City. Usually, this is the scene before 7am in the morning. Come 7am onwards, this could turn ugly as more and more vehicles come at the same time during the 7am morning rush.

Here is another view from the opposite side, from the North. When I captured this, it was bright and sunny. You can see the MRT station on this picture (Magallanes station). Again, not too crowded as well. But this is still before 7am. This is the North bound lane. The Northbound lane on the other hand, vehicles pass either up and on the flyover bound for Baclaran or Pasay area (as seen in the picture above, the left flyover), or down where you could see the entrance to the MRT station and the intersection of EDSA-- Pasong Tamo. But this is a dead end. I shall get a picture of this dead end for my next blog. Until then...