Have you experienced riding a Carabao?

@pehpot (4762)
Philippines
October 11, 2008 9:12am CST
Carabao or the Philippine buffalo are widely used here in our country. They are the primary helpers of our farmers. Have you experienced riding one?
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@tryxiness (4544)
• Philippines
12 Oct 08
I think I have ridden once when I was a little. I have tried riding once when we would visit the farm.
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@tryxiness (4544)
• Philippines
13 Oct 08
I have not tried one in LB but I remember my roommate would tell us that she had to wrestle with the carabao as part of their subject.
@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
14 Oct 08
yeah and cow too!
@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
12 Oct 08
not afraid of it? In LB there's a lot and with my course there we have to insert a thermometer in their rectum
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• Philippines
12 Oct 08
Oh yes, I did once. I was still a little kid then and I was with my cousins. We had so much fun. My grandfather's brother had a farm and we visited it during a summer break and he let us ride the carabao. The poop really stinks but we were oblivious with the smell. We were only concerned about having fun. Haha. But I bet it wont be as fun now. I can't imagine riding a carabao again. LOL.
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@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
12 Oct 08
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@iyah10 (4115)
• Kuwait
12 Oct 08
No, I never did experience it and when I was in the vacation with my family back home we never tried it even once and the only thing my wife let me try in their place is to ride with the jeepney in which we do not have here in Kuwait.....
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@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
12 Oct 08
she never let you try a carabao?
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@CJay77 (4438)
• Australia
11 Oct 08
I have never experience ridden on a carabao, when I been in dad my province they used something different I can't remember how they call it, but its machine and I even try to drive it, lol. This is machine they uses for araro, maybe you can help me recall how they call it. Thanks!
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@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
11 Oct 08
is it hand tractor?
• Philippines
12 Oct 08
i think i have experience riding it when i was still in high school. when we went to pangasinan for a vacation. its kinda scary but i have someone to assist me. hahaha
@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
12 Oct 08
I would not want to even if some one would assist me.
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• Philippines
13 Oct 08
its exciting ;D
@meticulo (1286)
• United States
13 Oct 08
Oh I have not yet ridden in a carabao. But that will be very exciting. I want to ride in it someday. I have only tried a horse back riding and its really fun and great. Happy mylotting!
@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
14 Oct 08
I don't think carabao riding will be as much fun as horse, ha ha they are slow
@meticulo (1286)
• United States
14 Oct 08
I think it is. All the things that I haven't tried yet seems exciting to me. So maybe, what will I do? I'll make the carabao run to have fun..lol.
@rsa101 (40987)
• Philippines
13 Oct 08
I can still recall it but very vague nowadays, I remember my father put me on top of a live one when I was still a kid. I remember the rough skin with some hairs. I did not stay that long since I was afraid of its size and its horn.
@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
14 Oct 08
oh yeah the rough skin is one of the reason why I would not wanna try it
@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
11 Oct 08
I hvae not tried riding it b4, as in singapore, we dun have any farms for animals, except for the zoo.. hehe ^_^ I think riding a buffalo should be fun, just like riding horses. haha ^_^ Just that a buffalo is slower, and much more unsteady as compared to horses.. But still, that's an experience i will like to try if given a chance to do so ^_^
@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
13 Oct 08
yup, i like to experience new things and i like adventure ^_^
@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
12 Oct 08
oh you are not afraid to try one.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
12 Oct 08
no, i haven't. doubt if i could even get up on one. lol
@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
12 Oct 08
@kissie34 (2294)
• Philippines
13 Oct 08
Nope, I haven't experiencing riding a carabao and even a horse.. But I want to try.. Actually, I had seen already carabao and a horse here in the Philippines especially in the province area where there's a "bukid" or farm..
@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
14 Oct 08
they help our farmrs, and me too I never experienced riding one
@magojordan (3252)
• Philippines
13 Oct 08
Yup I have rode one but I was very young when I rode one. It was fun but I felt sorry for the carabao, because maybe he was so tired that after I rode him he just sat down under the shade of the tree near a stream.
@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
14 Oct 08
@dong1970 (1572)
• Philippines
12 Oct 08
I've experience riding on a carabao,when i was still a kid and we are living on a farm.It was a great experience for me,at first i was so frightened,it was an enjoyable experience for me
@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
12 Oct 08
ha ha I am sure it does. I experienced before when the tail of the carabao hit my face.
• Philippines
13 Oct 08
Hey there! Yeah, I have tried it. I remember I was 8 years old. We went to our grand fathers province for vacation then. They have a carabao. I love riding it. I would always ask my uncle to let me ride it with him. It was a bit scary because it's body is huge so I would hold to my uncles clothes. lol. Happy posting!!
@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
14 Oct 08
nya ha ha I am afraid to try one ven if I was raised in a province
@warrior_777 (1392)
• Philippines
12 Oct 08
No I haven't yet. I hope someday I can. We have some relatives living near the farm. I hope one if I visit them I will be able to try to ride to Carabao and even Cow they are really look alike. The Carabao is really a big help for our farmers. Have a nice day..
@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
12 Oct 08
yes they are!
• Philippines
11 Oct 08
nope i haven't. but i really want to try riding one. i think it's fun. i love horses too. when i was a kid, i dreamed of becoming an equestrienne but that was really impossible. lol. i guess it's gonna be just a dream.
@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
12 Oct 08
ha ha I don't know if they are the same, I had experienced riding a horse before but I don't think I will have the courage to ride a carabao.
@24Champ (465)
11 Oct 08
My line of work has something to do with the water buffalos (specifically dairy breed of water buffalos) but I have not experienced riding one. Do you know that in Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Tarlac, Negros Occidental, and elsewhere, there are racing carabaos? Lots of betting going on in there esp. during festivities. Carabaos can run like horses even while pulling a cart. You've got to see it.
@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
12 Oct 08
of course I do I am from Nueva Ecija and one tme when I was a kid I watched the race and one of the carabao's tail hit my face