Quite unexpectedly as this time of year (similar dry) pulled typhoon (quietly – much weaker than the latter), which hung over the most southern island of the Philippines extended - Mindanao. It caused a lot of destruction there: landslides and flooding, but fortunately, in the region where I live, ie. west coast of the islands of the Visayas revealed initially a powerful rain and wind, in the following days, while only heavy clouds hanging, high wind - though fortunately mostly in the back and of the temperature in the vicinity 24-26 degrees. As I like it! In terms of climate I now truly Euro – I took a sweatshirt and even once I used airgun.
I was on 4 day grounded in Bacolod on the island of Negros, but it was not hard jail time. The town is very pleasant and I do not complain about the lack of people, I offer accommodation - the first two nights I spent in warmshowera Pastor Glenn and transferred the next two to the second, Gerard - avid cyclist Chinese origin. Accommodation offered also living in Bacolod Mariusz, but, as, with that I have not, I needed – met and talked only.
Especially in memory of me fell Gerard, which - as is often the Chinese - has many activities and businesses. Leads him extremely well and praises his own life in the Philippines, where - he says - too much not to overwork, robi to, what he wants and when he wants. A similar opinion was expressed by many friends of Gerard, who almost every night in the living room of his new home to meet picować and repair your bike brands already pimped type Specialized or Scott. This specific bike commune. Not without relief also saw, that the Philippines can also live on the level of, say, the increased.
An important event in the last days it was also a meeting with Yan - young traveler bicycle from China and his girlfriend. This was not only a meeting on the trail – we met already virtually. Yan is from Shanghai, belongs to warmshowers and as luck would, with him I sent a request for accommodation. From word to word and found, that Yan could not seat us because.. begins annual trip to Asia and has just flies .. the Philippines. We were therefore in contact and we were able to meet right now. Not long, we were traveling in opposite directions, but we managed to exchange a few sentences about rowerowania the Philippines. Our meeting was a great event in the village, through which we passed – not only for the local community. Although many different freaks here are those bikes do not happen here often.
Yana experience in large Mier different from my. As young globetrotters have a very stripped down budget. Practically only a few times paid for accommodation, because the assumption is still somewhere to cheat people.. drive some 40-50 miles a day and then catch rate.. no, and no one for them is not screaming "give me money" ... and stuff. I, unfortunately, with my blond hair, blue eyes and wypasionym expensive bike my first name and surname CREDIT CARD. Of course all this does not surprise me, but in the long run is quite tedious. Today even asked the kid “and why would you give money?”. To which he replied “since I do not I do not know” (because I don’t know). Taaaak.
Fortunately, Yan comforted me, that the variety of my exterior can easily find a job in China, because this is simply the fact, that the Asian man is not a skin color is not dark. Wage is also supposedly pretty decent. I feel, therefore, be comforted.