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Supercar Blondie admires Igorot Farmers' Ingenuity

Igorot farmers had a clever way of transporting their harvests; they got the attention of Supercar Blondie, one of the biggest automotive vloggers.

Supercar Blondie, one of the biggest automotive vloggers, admires Igorot farmers for their creative means of hauling their yields.

Alexandra Mary "Alex" Hirschi, is the founder of Supercar Blondie, a supercar lifestyle blog. She's an Australian social media celebrity, presenter, and vlogger based in Dubai, United Arab Emirate, reviews, and test drives some of the world's most incredible cars on her Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube channel.

Supercar Blondie with a Bugatti Atlantic

Alex has reached success by vlogging about cars, she's become one of the most popular car reviewers out there. She reviews lots of cool cars like the official Batmobile from the feature film Batman (1989), Bugatti, and Rolls Royce's concept cars.

A video of "sayote" farmers in Sagpat, Kibungan, Benguet went viral online where their effort and perseverance in bringing their sayote products can be seen. They operate an improvised cable car with the help of a motorcycle engine to deliver their vegetables across mountains that will eventually be sold to the nearby town of La Trinidad.

The Igorot farmers had a clever way of transporting their harvests that got the attention of Supercar Blondie, one of the biggest automotive vloggers right now.

"These farmers invented a genius way to transport fruit up a mountain using a motorcycle 😮🙌," Supercar Blondie posted on her Facebook page.

Supercar Blondie admired Igorot farmers' ingenuity of transporting veggies using motorcycle Photo: Rural Rising Philippines

While idling for the government to provide support for a more suitable and safer mode of transportation, some farmers, especially in the remote parts of the Cordillera region, are working on innovative ways to deliver their produce from their farms to the next location using a motorcycle engine, rope, pulley, and mandrel.

Credit: Rural Rising Philippines


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