Ride a Bike. Print Memories

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...

By: Maryan Date: May 2014      My interest in cyclo-touring started way back (2009-2010) but I feel a little bit intimated because of bike prices, gears and yes the outfit :) The interest came back when I started Tamaraw Falls feeling conscious of gaining weight. I thought cycling as a best way to lose some pounds without spending time and money in a gym. It will also a perfect activity to get familiar with Batangas province, the place where I newly assigned to develop the new business of my company. I have a good memories with bicycle as I used to joined my uncle in selling dirty ice cream around our town.      My first 50km cycling started from Calapan City to Puerto Galera with Yohann, a French guy who cycle around Mindoro Island last summer of April 2014. He helped me look for a shop that will allow us to rent a bike for 2 days.  Renting is practical than buying a new one if you don’t know yet if you can commit 100% to do this sport...