Sunday 17 August 2014

Cycling Vietnam - tour of DaLat and Nha Trang

Descending.  After the births of my 3 kids this is possibly the best 3 minutes of my life! Actually I descended for 2 hours, this is a particularly exciting section. Not the best road surface but little traffic and enough good road to hit big speeds;

Monday 11 August 2014

Mountain bike River crossing in Yangshuo

This was an awesome day out - Getting completely drenched and covered in mud around Yangsuo and the Li river




Thursday 7 August 2014

China P3 - Rock climbing in Yangshuo

...have to admit I felt a little anxious here being so high up a (real) rock face for once, instead of the climbing wall at our local shopping mall - and here you are really relying on just one bolt...Then the same anxiety 10 times over watching the kids climb... but really great fun and a very beautiful location.


Saturday 2 August 2014

CHINA ~ Part 2

During a 3 week trip through China I was able to get into a number of things which classify as sport including Road Cycling and Mountain Biking, Rock Climbing and Trekking along the great wall. But for me it was the the early morning running I enjoyed the most. And one of the most beautiful early morning running routes anyone could take is a lap of central Beijing.! Really!
From the Ascot apartments I went West along Wangfujing / E Chang an Road (Subway line 1), Thru Tienanmen Square followed by a lap around the forbidden city then home. The side streets in the area are beautiful, shaded cobble stone lanes called Hutongs with loads of cool looking old style houses and small shops . The surrounds of the forbidden city are spectacular. There is a walled palaces with motes and gardens to follow all the way around. The locals are out on the streets from very early practicing tha-chi, dance or other types of movement and meditation. Its so authentic and surreal and...Chinese! Then almost as spectacular is a lap around the walled city of Xian. Take the paths at ground level of run (or ride) atop the wall itself for an awesome view of the city... its a 14km circumference of perfect running track.
Xi'an is a great city to visit - famous for the Terracotta warriors.

...around the walled old city of Xian...



outdoor pingpong


early morning running past the forbidden city palace

outside the forbidden city

Tienanmen Square


CHINA - P1

An amazing country to visit and awesome place to ride!
I did most of my riding around Yangshuo.

The footage tells the story of how much fun this place is...


Skate Places in Manila

Inside San Lorenzo on out way to the UltraPool.
...saw this story on top 10 Skate Locations in Manila which is pretty cool but it failed to include 2 important places;
11 - Dasmarinas and San Lorenzon villages; If you can get access, there is heaps of good surfaced, hilly, safe roads. We also skate over the walk way, across EDSA and into San Lorenzo all the way to Waltermart.
12 - Mountain Dew Skate park; Mundaluyong - Now this place is very cool. Its 100 peso to use and you need to register - Its a good beginners level park.  There is also a site based skate shop selling decks, wheels and trucks!
Crossing EDSA between Dasmarinas and San Lorenzo.