tour of the fireflies

i've finally been able to join the tour of the fireflies!!! its my earth day contribution for this year :) a 42km "bike for clean air" ride from tiendesitas-ortigas- north on edsa-trinoma-QC circle-back to edsa-buendia-ayala-edsa-ortigas-back to tiendesitas.

at the starting line, different cycling groups converged at tiendesitas....



its a fun ride, so every year, some people come in costumes related to the environment. there were a lot girls wearing butterfly wings, people with leaves and flowers on their bikes and helmets...





and some really go all out like these guys....



there were a lot of kids and families there, too... we saw a foreign family with mom, kid and dad towing two more kids in a "trailer"


(here are the kids inside.... awww)


brave kids!



of course, my pedala guys were there - hihi....


people came out with all sorts of bikes...




we had a whole Padyak bike contingent...


and artist eng chan rode his self-made bamboo bike (complete with straw hat)- the frame is really made of actual bamboo


we had the washing machine bike displayed at the start/finish line too!

(this is where the clothes go)

(and here it is at work!)


i don't think i've ever seen our streets filled with this many bikers! there were over 5,ooo riders this year!


happy earth day!