Articles tagged with: bike
A Visit to a Museum at the San Carlos University
Saturday August 23, 2014
6:11 p.m.
Yesterday, I chose to go to the museum at the San Carlos University. The ride there was pretty brutal. Traffic here is not good. The main problem is the abundance of jeepneys. As far as I know, each jeepney is a type of private company. I’m sure the city regulates how many can be on the streets and driving a particular …
The Parade of Idiocy Continues
Saturday February 1, 2014
6:15 a.m. Cebu City, Philippines
Room 406 Hallmark Hotel
An account of yesterday will, unfortunately, sound much like the accounts of all my days in Cebu. I went to shopping malls and couldn’t find the things I was looking for. But there were variations, so here I go:
I was up quite early, and I went out into Cebu to get something to eat. Unfortunately, …
Nearly Defeated by One Rusty Bolt
Friday January 31, 2014
5:00 a.m. Cebu, Philippines
Just to pick up the story from yesterday: I was sitting in Bo’s coffee shop in Park Mall waiting for the friendly people at Cycle Logic to fix my bike. I had asked the clerk to let me know when they had the grip shifter open so that I could see the insides. I honestly didn’t expect that to …
The Nightmare that is Bicycle Shops in Cebu
Thursday January 30, 2014
7:55 a.m. Cebu City, Philippines
I’m not feeling full of zest and energy this morning. Cebu is draining me. While in Tacloban, I built up an image in my mind of Cebu as a city of ease and plenty where all my needs and wants could be satisfied with a simple stroll down the street to the next well-stocked store. Well, for a …
The Bloom Is Off the Rose
Wednesday January 29, 2014
6:15 a.m. Cebu City, Philippines
I’ve always been fascinated by dreams, particularly how my dreams tend to be almost fully realized movies with characters I’ve never met speaking languages I’ve never heard and saying things that, as far as I’m aware, I have no knowledge. These characters also say things that I would never say. Yesterday morning, I woke up just after one …
A Hotel Room of Despair and Creativity in Cebu
Tuesday January 28, 2014
4:45 a.m. Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
Getting out of bed this early might not be a wise idea, but I had woken up and I felt like having a cup of coffee. I’m fairly certain that I am not allowed to fire up my little Trangia cookstove inside this hotel room, but I’m careful and clean. I often do little things like this …
Finally Leaving Tacloban and Heading for Cebu
Monday January 27, 2014
4:40 a.m. Carigara, Leyte, Philippines
Marupoy Hotel, Room 17
Small room about ten feet by ten feet. A single bed, a small picnic table, a locked wardrobe with old magazines on top, a window, a fan, a needlework piece of art on the wall of a seagull flying over a mountain stream and the phrase “There’s a reason for life” at the bottom. Done …
Day 40 Super Typhoon Yolanda – Bike Ride to Tanauan
Tuesday December 17, 2013
Day 41 Typhoon Yolanda
– Got on my bike and set off with my camera; intended to go to the coast road on the way out to the MacArthur memorial; on the way, I ran into the firefighters and Amy; I stopped and hung out for a little while as they did their work; the main site was a grassy, swampy, marshy, muddy …