If only I live in Iloilo province, this community run café would be a certain TamBike destination for me. Balay Kape Nagpana is a seed-to-cup coffee farm and café run by members of the Ati community in barangay Nagpana, Barotac Viejo, Iloilo through the funding and training of an NGO group Taytay Sa Kauswagan (TSKI) and the DOST.
As part of our "Meet the TamBikers" series we chat up briefly with an entrepreneurial woman who aside from managing a health clinic and a tech gadget store, still found time to pick up a new passion during the pandemic.
Being in the country with one of the strictest lockdown rules in the world during the pandemic requires making adjustment to one’s freedom of movement. Even though blessed with a large geography and a small population, Australia left nothing to chance as they dealt with the first, second and third wave of the Covid-19 outbreak.
During the Biking Out of the Pandemic forum organized by the transport coalition Move as One, DOTr revealed plans for a bike-share system and end-of-trip bicycle facilities to be laid out in strategic Metropolitan areas later this year.
Among the places being looked upon to set-up bike-sharing stations are public transport terminals, national and local government offices as well as medical and commercial establishments.
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| An EOT bike parking installed by Cora Bike Rack in Australia. Photo credit: Cora |
Situated on the rolling slopes of Cuyapo, Colosboa Hills is every bit of a gift to every outdoor enthusiast. In addition to camping grounds spread over a 10-hectar nature park, there is a three-kilometer bike trail that includes downhill and uphill trails for both beginner and intermediate mountain bikers.
Topped my previous high of 66 km today 🤣 (newbie at tambike rider here). I'm starting to feel confident biking on different types of roads — side streets and major roads — but I don't want to get too confident like earlier at Commonwealth, when I ditched the idea of making a U-turn on the left side and opted the safe way by carrying my bike over the foot bridge.
When not writing his own journeys on his travel blog Nomadic Experiences, Marky spend his downtime either by reading a book, or hunting for a cozy nook to have a cup of coffee — riding his old mountainbike. Doing so, he made this blog to share some of the more interesting "TamBike" stops near his home (and hopefully soon, in other provinces as well)
