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By: YOHANN FROM SAN JOSE TO BULALACAO I spent my morning with Cheryl and her family. I was happy to be able to stay because I was not much motivated to cycle… I was still feeling tired. We went to the taekwondo course attended by her kids. Young people were between 4 and 16 years old. The most experienced were helping the master and they were correcting kata done by beginners.   It was nice to see all these teenager, spending their energy on the dojo. It has also been the opportunity to discuss with one of the person who developed the taekwendo practice in Mindoro Occidental. The master explained me that he tried several martial art before focusing on taekwondo which is according to him the best balance between fight / self defense / self-control. He also told me that Filipino government push to make this sport popular and to identify young talent. Taekwondo is an Olympic game, so it could be a good exposure for Philippines if they managed to get some titles. Upon comple...

By: Yohann Date: I already had the chance to go three times to Philippines. The two first time was to visit my friend in Naujan – Mindoro and the third one was to visit the country jumping from a touristic place to another one. These experiences were very different but complementary as I had the opportunity to discover Filipino lifestyle but also some wonderful landscape. However, my first trip remains the most memorable because I spent 2 weeks inside a very nice local family sharing their daily life. I learnt a lot and re-discover some values which have not the same weight in the French society. That is why Mindoro is so special for me and it was obvious that my first cyclo touring trip out of Europe should be there. I have to admit it is not much challenging as it makes an average distance of 50 km a day. However, the challenge was to organize my time to close the island loop, to share some life slice with people met on the way and to visit the surroundings. To keep more ...

By: Maryan Overview of Taal Lake from Tagaytay       We cycled a total of 428 km; visited 4 provinces, 5 lakes and 1 waterfalls using my second  hand road bike. It took us 9 days, 44 hours on the bike and ended up with some painful butt, heat allergy, and sunburn which make me look exotic. I decided to write about my experience with the idea of documenting my cycling trips exploring Philippines 7,107 islands. It's a follow up cycling trips after my first cycling trip from Calapan to Puerto Galera. Originally planned to cycle Romblon, we changed our destination to South Luzon to maximize travel time, spent more days with family and avoid holiday traffic. FROM SM CALAMBA TO MENDEZ       Our target is to reach Mendez by 6p.m to attend a friend wedding but some issues came up that we ended up cycling very late around 11am. We took cycling route via Nuvali Rest and Recharge and we found out that this private property do not allow cyclist to...