To n Flo Distance :133.3 km Total: 980.9 km
Today weather : 28 - 37c Cloudy
Time on Bike : 7 hr 41 min
Ave speed : 16.4 kmh Max :30.5 kmh
Ave Climb : 2% Max :5%
Trip Altitude : 106 m Max :59 m
Today spend : 575 php Total : 11371 php
After spending a few days with Eric and his fellow bikers in Taliptip,they decided to organise a ride with me to Mt Arayat National Park which is also their first ride with their bicycles there. All together there are 5 of us ( Eric,Eddie,Bodjie,Louis and me ) made the tour.The tour on Thursday 30/06 started very early in the morning of 4am and rode with our lights on in the dark for an hours until we arrived at the junction to join main road.The sky began to brighten as we rode alongside with heavy traffic of trucks.The terrain is pretty flat as make several stops to rest and bought some camp foods in Arayat public market before we continued to rode into the national park,there is a park entrance fee of 100php per head and we were lead to a campsite where we pitched our tents.There are a few swimming pools around where the water source is flowing from a waterfall,very different from the normal pool where water is being treated.The water is much more refreshing and cooling.We prepared a simple dinner,with me in charged of cooking the rice for 5 and Bodjie took care of flying the sauces with fresh tomatoes and salted eggs. The next day we took our time and started to roll at 7 and arrived back in Taliptip by 2pm. A truly enjoyable trip not only on me but also for the rest.
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| Morning ride into Pampanga Province |
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| Fr left Eddie,Bodjie,Louis and me with Eric the cameraman |
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| Filling petrol for my MSR stove |
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| Bodjie |
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| Rare opportunity to have picture with aeroplane so close |
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| Jumping shot on an aeroplane wing |
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| Our breakfast on a tricycle stall - Yellow podridge |
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| Campsite in Mt Arayat National Park |
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| Campsite in Mt Arayat National Park |
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| Campsite in Mt Arayat National Park |
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| Girls want to have fun |
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| A long walk to collect water for coffee |
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| Preparing for simple dinner |
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| Enjoying a coffee time |
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| Campsite in Mt Arayat National Park |
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| Bodjie is frying the sausages |
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| From left Eric,Eddie and Louis |
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| The group picture |
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| Evening with lantern light |
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| The next morning preparing to ride back to Taliptip |
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| Breakfast in a roadside restaurant |
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| Eric taking a shot while on his bike |
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| Coconut drinks our popular stops |
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| Coconut drinks our popular stops |
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| Have a detour to a bumpy village road |
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| Attracted lots of attention with the villagers |
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| Have a detour to a bumpy village road |
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| Thick morning fog |
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| Eric on his trusted Trek bike |
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| The shape of Mt Arayat at the far left |
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| We tried to cross but... |
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| Our bikes couldn't survive the mud and forced to turn back for a longer road |
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| On the way to Mt Arayat |
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| Eric-The cameraman and my host |
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| The natural waterfall pool of Mt Arayat National Park |
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| The natural waterfall pool of Mt Arayat National Park |
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| The waterfall in Mt Arayat |
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| The waterfall in Mt Arayat |
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| The golden bikers |
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