Worth mentioning and showing here is the guy in full Katipunero costume that greeted visitors to the sculpture at the Post Office. Don't know who that lady biker is. Pretty sure that's not me.

We all then navigated the crazy, not-bike-friendly streets of Manila and got to the Bonifacio Shrine a.k.a. Kartilya ng Katipunan a.k.a. Heroes Park.

Niiiiiiiice! 😀👍

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Somebody had #bike trouble and, because we don't leave anyone behind, the rest of us stopped at a convenience store.

Then we visited Pugad Lawin High School in #QuezonCity, and biked all the way to the Monumento rotunda in #CaloocanCity which had been cleared for the day's celebrations. We were allowed to sneak thru because we walked our #bikes and it was still very early.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry_of_Pugad_Lawin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonifacio_Monument

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Meetup was at campus. We rode out around 7AM. 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️ First stop was the #AndresBonifacio statue at the University of the Philippines.

Funny. I never noticed that statue there before. 😶

There were people there setting up for their #BonifacioDay event. They said that they do it every year. What exactly do they do? No idea. We just took some #photos and got out of their way. 🤪

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Today is #BonifacioDay, a holiday.

Supremo Andres Bonifacio, The Father of Philippine Revolution, founder of the #Katipunan (KKK means different for Filipinos, it is Kataas-taasan, Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan) and also, the first president of the Philippines (some historians don’t agree). Over-all bad-ass guy.

Fellow filipinos betrayed him. And I think, that set the course of how philippine politics continue until now.

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The sun hits the obelisk of the Bonifacio National Monument.

This masterpiece by National Artist Guillermo Tolentino is not given justice by the ugly photobomber building at the back. #BonifacioDay #Bonifacio159

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The theme is one of our local #heroes #AndresBonifacio 🇵🇭

Several good reasons to join that group ride:
- good, wholesome people
- they look after the newbies
- they welcome weaker #cyclists and won't leave anyone behind
- they like to promote local #tourism
- I get to explore places that I couldn't on my own
- the #food stops are mostly small businesses 😋 (7-Eleven doesn't count, but it's easy enough on the wallet)

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