Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Day32 Mon 04/07 - Riding in the Metro Manila of 13 Million

Today Distance :70.0 km    Total: 1050.9 km
Today weather : 28 - 37c    Cloudy 
Time on Bike : 4 hr 41 min
Ave speed : 16.2 kmh       Max :35.5 kmh
Ave Climb : 2%                Max :5%
Trip Altitude :  106 m            Max :59 m
Today spend : 235 php    Total : 11606 php

Eric and Bodjie have a plumbing project to repair in Eric's brother apartment in Manila,so they invited me to join them riding there,some 27km from Taliptip.We started around 8 in the morning and arrived in Manila by 10, we went out for lunch and then rode to China town to source for part. Riding in Manila is truly a new experience for me in this chaotic overpopulated Metro Manila of 13 million people,definitely not for the faint hearted newbies here,nobody will give way,everyone is trying to beat one another with speed and squeeze thru with whatever space they could,you have to be good in every sense that include your bike ability to turn fast and brake to instant halt. You are competing with all traffic jeepneys,tricycles,buses,pedestrian etc..When Eric and Bodjie completed their repair work,we left the city at a time of peak hour at 4pm and safely arrived unscratched in Taliptip at 6. The feeling is like exhausted soldiers returning home after having won their battle.  



Manila Chinatown
Manila Chinatown
Manila Chinatown
Manila Chinatown
Manila Chinatown
Manila Chinatown
Manila Chinatown
Visit a hidden hi-end bike shop
Visit a hidden hi-end bike shop
Sizzling pork rice with egg on hot plate
Popular eatery in Taliptip
Eric went out to buy porridge for dinner
Eric went out to buy porridge for dinner


Manila Chinatown

Muslim town in Manila

Mosque in Muslim Town,Manila

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