New Year's Day Ride

I rode off in the scorching New Year afternoon sun yesterday in Nuvali. We started off from the parking lot of Robinson's Supermarket at Solenad 2, headed off to the future site of Miriam College Nuvali, and along the way we saw a herd of cows and we just couldn't resist taking pictures with them :P

Grazing Cows :)

Long road in the scorching afternoon sun

Missy communing with the cows

More cows...

Future site of my Alma Mater, Miriam College

We went around the entire area, and headed back to the rotunda, where we went to a different fork, all the way to the Marcos Twin Mansion on top of this really steep hill. I probably only made it to 10 meters or so uphill...then I had to walk the entire length up :P Too steep for me :) The walk up was difficult, too, even on foot...and my companion had to push my bike up along with his. Reward on top was the old yet magnificent Twin Mansion of the Marcoses...and a Cornetto drumstick :)

Entrance to the Twin Mansion

If you look closely, those are paintings of the Marcos family :D

The ride back was easy. I don't know why. For some reason, going down the road up to the point where we had to go up the steep hill was very tiring for me. And the road seemed to be sloping a bit down. So I was wondering why I was having a hard time riding. Going back the same road, which seemed to be sloping a little up, was much easier. Maybe because the wind was stronger and I felt cooler, more refreshed.

We had dinner at Domo Tomo. Lot of people in Nuvali, good thing the resto wasn't full at all. Most everyone was going about, sightseeing, etc. Had a huge bowl of Beef Ramen. Yummy way to end a yummy ride! :D

Ahhhh!! :D