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General Douglas MacArthur is a true war hero to the Filipino people, today, yesterday, and will be forever. Each year his returning to Leyte is honored on October 20th as a war hero along with the Filipino people who fought with him and with America as a whole. It’s a National holiday for the entire providence of Leyte I believe … It’s a very big deal here.
I’ve never been on Leyte on this great day and have rode this island a few times but once I did take a tour around some of the areas where the General stayed and to say the least, it was very humbling and at the same time, you could feel the gratitude the people here radiated to America and it was 100% greater than normal to be an American that day. I’ve never really felt what I felt that day about being an American except maybe at the Pearl Harbor monument in Hawaii… The Dachau concentration camp in Germany was pretty moving also but in another way …
When the idea for this small dirt bike touring company I’m trying to establish here began, my thoughts were to (1) promote the Philippines to the outside world as a great place to ride dirt bikes, (2) promote the Husqvarna bike company, (3) make a little money, and (4) have a good time with whoever shows up to ride with me.
It’s hard to prove your own words sometimes, but I think this October 20th, 2013, I’ll cancel all my fees for the bikes and guiding and offer my Huskies for free riding to all CH people and maybe others from the USA also(&&maybe others). That will pretty much cover my words. You only cover your costs for gas, lodging, and food as if you were riding at home … I’ll have the bikes ready with new rubber as needed and a full tank of gas as a starting point.
So, if you have the available time, the resources to get here and stay a few days, I’ll set up all the accommodations for your time here and give you a choice of whatever Husky I own at the time for riding a R0-R0 boat from Cebu over to Leyte and then bike riding east across Leyte to the Palo Tacloban area where MacArthur Park is at.
Of course I just thought this up and there will always be details I have not considered yet but I’d think maybe a day or 2 of riding in the mountains of Cebu and then ride a RO-RO boat over to Leyte and arrive on the 18th or 19th, see the sights on the 20th , ride a different route back west to Cebu, and then do whatever is needed for the end of your stay.
A few more details below on costs
Flight cost – see attached pic for an estimate -- You’ll notice the flights are to and from Manila instead of Cebu … You can fly into Cebu also but this adds more to the cost. You can fly about all day any day on the inter island flights for ~$50 or so and this is still cheaper than landing on Cebu .. You could always stay in Manila a day or 2 if you desired to …
Rooms per day -- $20 – 40 average and can move downward or upward .. Maybe sleep out under a nipa hut also depending on ... ?
Food and drinks --- as inexpensive as you want it to be or a few $$ per day again depending on your taste
Ferry ride to and from Leyte -- ~$60.00
NOTE: October is Typhoon season so getting trapped on Cebu before or after the 20th is about the only issue I see currently ..
PM me if interested and we can discuss more details..
Summary: You wanna see a small foreign country sincerely pay homage to the American people and the man we sent to liberate their small country without too much commercialism? Come see me in October and ride a Husqvarna to the show over land (some very cool terrain as Leyte can be primitive) and sea.
Here is a link to some of my riding on Leyte this year...
http://www.cafehusky.com/forums/other-places.90
I’ve never been on Leyte on this great day and have rode this island a few times but once I did take a tour around some of the areas where the General stayed and to say the least, it was very humbling and at the same time, you could feel the gratitude the people here radiated to America and it was 100% greater than normal to be an American that day. I’ve never really felt what I felt that day about being an American except maybe at the Pearl Harbor monument in Hawaii… The Dachau concentration camp in Germany was pretty moving also but in another way …
When the idea for this small dirt bike touring company I’m trying to establish here began, my thoughts were to (1) promote the Philippines to the outside world as a great place to ride dirt bikes, (2) promote the Husqvarna bike company, (3) make a little money, and (4) have a good time with whoever shows up to ride with me.
It’s hard to prove your own words sometimes, but I think this October 20th, 2013, I’ll cancel all my fees for the bikes and guiding and offer my Huskies for free riding to all CH people and maybe others from the USA also(&&maybe others). That will pretty much cover my words. You only cover your costs for gas, lodging, and food as if you were riding at home … I’ll have the bikes ready with new rubber as needed and a full tank of gas as a starting point.
So, if you have the available time, the resources to get here and stay a few days, I’ll set up all the accommodations for your time here and give you a choice of whatever Husky I own at the time for riding a R0-R0 boat from Cebu over to Leyte and then bike riding east across Leyte to the Palo Tacloban area where MacArthur Park is at.
Of course I just thought this up and there will always be details I have not considered yet but I’d think maybe a day or 2 of riding in the mountains of Cebu and then ride a RO-RO boat over to Leyte and arrive on the 18th or 19th, see the sights on the 20th , ride a different route back west to Cebu, and then do whatever is needed for the end of your stay.
A few more details below on costs
Flight cost – see attached pic for an estimate -- You’ll notice the flights are to and from Manila instead of Cebu … You can fly into Cebu also but this adds more to the cost. You can fly about all day any day on the inter island flights for ~$50 or so and this is still cheaper than landing on Cebu .. You could always stay in Manila a day or 2 if you desired to …
Rooms per day -- $20 – 40 average and can move downward or upward .. Maybe sleep out under a nipa hut also depending on ... ?
Food and drinks --- as inexpensive as you want it to be or a few $$ per day again depending on your taste
Ferry ride to and from Leyte -- ~$60.00
NOTE: October is Typhoon season so getting trapped on Cebu before or after the 20th is about the only issue I see currently ..
PM me if interested and we can discuss more details..
Summary: You wanna see a small foreign country sincerely pay homage to the American people and the man we sent to liberate their small country without too much commercialism? Come see me in October and ride a Husqvarna to the show over land (some very cool terrain as Leyte can be primitive) and sea.
Here is a link to some of my riding on Leyte this year...
http://www.cafehusky.com/forums/other-places.90