A travel & adventure blog by Kara Santos
Cross-country road trips are on just about everyone’s bucket list, but they aren’t exactly a spontaneous thing. If you want to have an epic cross-country road trip, you’ve got to research and plan well in advance. From your route to your snacks, you’ll want everything to go smoothly while you’re enjoying the open road.
So here are six rules for an epic cross-country road trip: Continue reading “6 Rules for an Epic Cross-Country Road Trip”
Romblon Island is the smallest of three major islands (the other two being Sibuyan and Tablas) that make up the province of the same name in the Philippines. Known for being the country’s leading producer and exporter of high-quality marble, this peaceful and laid-back island is pretty compact, with a circumferential road of just under 50 km. In fact, you can circle the island by motorbike in just a couple of hours.
After spending the morning on a boat island-hopping around Cobrador, Alad and Logbon, I decided to spend the afternoon on land, looping the island starting counter-clockwise from San Pedro Beach Resort.
Continue reading “Romblon Ride: Looping the Island by Motorbike”Romblon Island is the capital and the smallest of three major islands (the other two being Sibuyan and Tablas) of the province of Romblon in the Philippines. If you are traveling by air or have limited time, it can be pretty tricky trying to visit all three islands, since getting around requires boat travel with limited trip schedules, going from port to port, and limited public transportation options.
If you’re into motorcycles, surfing or steampunk, you will probably want to make STKD Zeppelin your office. STKD Zeppelin is an eye-catching social coworking and event space in Kapitolyo, Pasig City. Run by the same guys behind surf and moto company Stoked Inc. Philippines and La Union’s Flotsam and Jetsam Hostel, this work and events space just breathes creativity and imagination.
Continue reading “STKD Zeppelin: Coworking + Events Space in Pasig”
Keep It Dirty!—the nation’s premier annual, open-invitational event for all café racers, motorcycle riders, builders, and enthusiasts of all ages—headed back to its original stomping grounds at the MX Messiah Fairgrounds located inside the Club Manila East Complex, San Juan, Taytay, Rizal for its third edition.
Continue reading “Cafe Racer Philippines: Keep it Dirty 2018 Event Highlights”
It’s been a while since I’ve gone on a good ride from the metro. Because of recent out-of-town travels, I haven’t been able to use my custom bike Fenrir much. It’s been sitting idle in the garage badly needing a tune-up. For the past month, my bike has been having problems starting and is always dying on me when I use it even for short distances, so most of the time I just use my reliable scooter if I need to go somewhere.
Continue reading “Product Review: Pertua Oil & Metal Treatment for Motorcycles”
Earlier this year, I met Phillip / JT of MoTour Pilipinas, a motovlogger based in Laguna who aims to visit all 81 provinces of the Philippines on two wheels. For those who’ve been following my blog and Facebook page, this has also been a long term quest of mine as well and I know how challenging it can be to try and do it all by motorcycle.
He’s also vlogging all about his adventures. Video content is something I haven’t really tried doing seriously, but I can see how engaging it is for audiences compared to just writing and photos. We’ve been trading some tips on different trips through Facebook and I’ve been following his adventures on Youtube.
Continue reading “Travel Tips for Motorcycle Road Trips”For riders, just hitting the open road, regardless of the destination, is an adventure in itself. But if you’re planning to ride all over the Philippines, you’ll realize it can get pretty complicated trying to transport a motorbike around since the country is made up of 7,641 islands. While there are some small amazing islands great for exploring by motorcycle, it’s more convenient to just rent motorbikes from there. For those coming from Manila who have their own bikes, your best bet would be to ride around the mainland of Luzon, the largest and most populous island in the Philippines.
International rider and model Mizziel (pronounced My-Shell) Serra is currently in the Philippines for work to shoot a television show called Island Hunter: Philippines which will be aired on the National Geographic channel. Despite her busy work schedule, she made it a point to connect with local riders and riding clubs and managed to squeeze in several rides in Metro Manila during her free time.
The motorcycle market in the Philippines is really growing with more people using bikes for leisure and commuting. To serve the growing demand, Honda Philippines, Inc. (HPI) has introduced their newest lineup of Honda Big Bikes, under three main categories: Street, Sport, and Adventure. The eight new Honda Big Bikes are the CB500X, CRF1000L Africa Twin, X-ADV, CBR500R, Rebel 500, CB650F, CB1100EX and CBR1000RR FIREBLADE SP.
These Big Bikes are meant to entice thrill-seekers to go on adventures that would require tougher bikes with higher engine capacities. They’ve all been designed to deliver the appropriate speed and performance meant for highways and rough terrain. Continue reading “Honda Philippines Big Bikes 2018 Lineup”
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