@nicksalt
We don't have a choice. 🤷‍♀️

See #photo and caption. Most of our roads are ugly, by the way. This one's nice because it's near a major tourist spot.

#RizalMonument #RizalPark #Manila #Philippines #bikes #bicycles #cycling

#RizalDay #bike ride #photos of things seen at the scene:

3 #dogs 🐕🐕🐕 on a #bicycle 🚲 -- there is a small dog on the other side of that bigger dog in the rear basket.

1 #kitten crying "Feed me, Seymour!"

The #RizalMonument in #Calamba.

There is no photo of the monument in #Manila due to the entire area being blocked off.

#bikes #bicycles #Philippines #cats

I had #BikeCitizen app recording my trip. Fortunately the battery lasted for the entire 1-way ride. I started recording at the police outpost in #Manila.

I tried to ride on pedal power and only used #PedalAssist when necessary. Even with that I struggled with this long ride. But all those stops and the encouragement from my companions helped. 🙏

The pollution and traffic was terrible though. 😣!

See image captions for details.
#Philippines #Calamba #RizalMonument

See photos & captions for details. ☝️

Left home 04:20-ish 🚴🌆

Stopped at police outpost, waited for #BikeBuddy who at 05:40 still didn't show so I pedaled to the meetup 🚩 by myself -- the planned rideout was 6AM. Relied on nav app. Almost got to #RizalMonument in #Luneta aka Km 0, but the road was blocked due to festivities. 🤷‍♀️

Eventually found our alternative meetup spot within view of the ceremonies. #RizalDay #Philippines #Manila #bikes #bicycles #cycling