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2
march
2010
YBR Tour to Boracay
3rd Yamaha Touring Adventure, Boracay Leg in the Visayas«
My motorcycle riding group, the Team YBR CDO, Inc. was
among the very lucky organizations chosen by Yamaha Motor
Philippines, Inc. to participate in an all expenses paid
motorcycle touring adventure from February 24, 2010 to March
2, 2010, dubbed as »The 3rd Yamaha Touring Adventure, Boracay
Leg in the Visayas«.
This is St. Vincent Cottages where the riders were booked
in Boracay Island
Five delegates from our group were chosen. Me as
president of our club, our vice-president, the assistant
treasurer in behalf of our treasurer who is not available,
and two board members in place of the other two officers, the
secretary and the auditor, who backed out from the tour
earlier.
The destination...the Boracay Island in Caticlan, Panay in
the Visayas Region of the Philippine Archipelago.
This is me with Ybro Ron Stenier at the back with our YBR
mc's before boarding St. Peter of the Apostles, the
ship that brought us to Iloilo City
Dakak Beach in Dipolog City, where we passed by during
our voyage to Boracay Island
We boarded the ship, St. Peter of the Apostles together with
our Yamaha YBR 125 G motorcycles before midnight of February
24.
But the ship started its voyage at 7:00 A.M. of the following
day, February 25, from Cagayan de Oro City, Northern Mindanao
to Iloilo City in the Visayas Region for 15 long hours.
Sarabia Manor Hotel and Convention Center in Iloilo City
After 5 hours of our voyage, we passed by Dakak, a well
known tourist beach in Dipolog City, where some of the
passenger disembarked.
At 4:30 in the afternoon, our voyage continue for another 10
long hours until we reached the Port of San Pedro in Iloilo
City at exactly 2:30 in the morning, February 26,
Friday.
After disembarking and paying the necessary fees in the
Iloilo Port, we then proceeded to the heart of Iloilo City on
board our motorcycles to Sarabia Manor Hotel and Convention
Center where we are already booked courtesy of our sponsor,
the Yamaha Motor Phils., Inc.
(L-R)VP Ybro Lando Santos, Member Ybro Ron Steiner,
Treasurer Ybro Vic Notario, Pres. Ybro Manny de Lara.
Taking the picture was Member Ybro Randie Asuncion
We were the first delegates who arrived, followed by
the 5 delegates from Manila. Then 14 other riders from
Bacolod City arrived with a lady rider among them. The rest
came from the towns of Antique, Caticlan and of course Iloilo
City.
We are 47 riders all in all with paramedics and an ambulance,
emergency pick-up and two SUV back up vehicles.
(L-R) Yrbo Randie Asuncion, Ybro Ron Steiner, Ybro Lando
Santos and me. Taking the picture was Ybro Vic Notario
Team YBR CDO, Inc and Team YBR Luzon North
Anyway, we address each other »Ybro« short for »YBRothers«.
As you can see the first three letters are YBR as in our
motorcycles' name.
Me during our first dinner night in Iloilo City
We spent one night in Sarabia Hotel and the following
day the 260 kms ride to Carticlan begun. It was a five hour
tour with two stop-overs in two different towns of
Antique.
One rider from Bacolod overshoot a curve and ended up in a
ditch. While his motorcyle is no longer usable, he was
fortunate to sustained minor injuries only.
Night time bonding on the roads of Iloilo City
That glowing vest is very good during night touring rides
His motorcycle was boarded on the emergency pick-up he was
made to back ride on his co-rider.
Me during our first sto-over in the town Antique
The other delegates in front of Yamaha 3S shop in Antique
Team YBR CDO, Inc.'s Vice-Pres. Ybro Lando Santos
Our VP trying to be funny
Second stop-over during the tour near the town of Caticlan
Our team with Alex, a rider from Bacolod (standing third from right)
In the town of Caticlan, while waiting for the barge that perried us and our motorcycles to Boracay Island
This is Ybro Randie Asuncion
Our motorcycles on board the barge going to Boracay
Island
When we reached the town of Caticlan, we waited for
thirty minutes and then boarded our motorcycles in a barge
that perried us all to Boracay Island.
It only took us thirty minutes to reach this wonderful
Island, it's a paradise!
Fun and excitements filled the air with the different
activities that we had.
We also toured the island until we reached it's highest
peak on board our motorcycles.
Me with the other riders on the second deck of the barge
All of the delegate riders on the highest peak of the
Boracay Island
We went for a swim during the night before the fellowship
night. We managed to hiked for more than one hour on the
following morning to give our lungs the chance for a pure and
unpolluted air along the longest beach I have ever seen in my
entire life. And after our lunch and a short rest we again
hit the road for another 260 kms ride going back to Iloilo
City. Another rider from Manila lost control on a curve,
sustained minor injuries and still managed to ride his
motorcycle again after uninstalling the damaged
accessories.
We arrived in Iloilo city around 8:00 in the evening. The
following day both motorcylces that crushed during the tour
were immediately fixed by Yamaha mechanics and all damaged
parts and accessories were replaced with brand new
ones.
While the other riders already left bound for their
respective destinations, we stayed in Sarabia Hotel for
another day, go out during the night and visited some night
spots, and enjoy the hospitality of the people of Iloilo
city.
This is a part of the long stretch of the beach of
Boracay
We finally boarded again on the same ship, the St.
Peter of the Apostles homeward bound to Cagayan de Oro City
ay 10:00 P.M. on March 2, Tuesday for another 15 hours long
voyage.
We arrived in Cagayan de Oro City the following day.
It was a very exciting and unforgetable moment that I'm
sure will linger on my mind for long, long time.
And that's me, trying to strike a good pose
And I said to myself... I shall return to Boracay
Island... One day soon.