Yep, agreed on the last part, especially. My brother lives in Cebu City and I have inlaws in Butuan. I was planning on riding a 22 year old Schwinn Passage, by the way....not exactly high end. It's an old battle scarred touring bike, not real pretty, but very comfortable.
Originally Posted by
pit_usa
Sir TOM,
Just in case you haven't been to MLA, dont go Southmost part of the PHILS since you're white. And yes you need some buddies with a min of 2(two). Be carefull using your high end bike, unless you're with some convoy's, sag(s), etc., in MLA. Also riding there is totally different. Bring a buddy that you can trust.
If you're in MLA try visiting QUEZON CITY CIRCLE in Quezon City on weekends(sat/sun) at 7:00am you might see/meet some of the Philippine Team plus a little crit race and you can get inside the Circle to drink and eat, lot of people. You can also join the race or join in the early 700am ride in the Circle that starts as a warm up and it gets faster and faster as the ride gets longer just like a race and its a very nice ride no need for you to register. Or go to Antipolo, Rizal there you can come accross a lot of riders during Sunday Morning at 500am to say 1000am, if you want to go further go straight to Morong, Pala-Pala, Rizal to Real, Quezon from Antipolo. Now thats a very nice place, less or very few vehicle plus NATURE.
The good thing is Filipinos are hospitable and have a high respect to Americans and foreigners.
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