Multifit Gym

While out on my early morning bicycle ride, I stopped at Multifit Gym to see what sort of equipment they have. The gym is located on Real Street between E.J. Blanco Dr. and the Shell gasoline station at Felomino Cimafranca Street.

The gym is well equipped with free weights and exercise machines as well as treadmills and stationary bikes for cardio workouts. Perhaps, the only negative I can mention is the claustrophobic feeling I experienced.....lots of equipment.....too little open space.

According to one review I read on Google Maps, the gym is currently without showers. I can honestly say that I didn't check to see if there are showers available; I just assumed there would be.

The gym consists of three floors - 2 floors of exercise machines, and the top floor (actually the roof) is for an eatery. The young man giving me the tour bragged on the protein shake.

While looking over the equipment, I naturally took a few photos to upload to Google Maps. Those photos are posted below, along with a map showing the location of the gym.

 

Daro Barangay Hall

 

A day or so ago, I saw a post on Facebook where the barangay hall in Daro was mentioned, and it occurred to me that although I've been through that barangay more times than I can count, I had no idea where the barangay hall is located.

I searched for the location on Google Maps and after finding it, decided the Daro Barangay Hall would be a good spot for me to ride my bicycle this morning and take photos.

Naturally, I've uploaded these photos to Google Maps as well as post the photos to this blog.

According to Google Maps, the distance to the Daro Barangay Hall from the Magatas Brgy.Hall near my home is 5.5 km one way. That's 11 km there and back.......a little less than seven miles. A nice little ride.

 

Magatas Brgy. Hall

Back in September, I wrote a post about six barangay halls located within cycling distance from my home.

The barangay hall nearest our place is the Magatas Barangay Hall. At the time that post was written, this Brgy.hall had been torn down and a new one was in the process of being built in the same location. Also, at that time, there was a temporary brgy. health center put up across the road.

A few days before Christmas, the new hall was completed, and opened. The temporary health center has been since torn down.

I've taken photos of the new Barangay Hall, which I'm posting here. These photos have also been uploaded to Google Maps.

Six Barangay Halls

This morning I wanted to indulge in four of my hobbies - bicycling, photography, blogging and posting to Google Maps. With that goal in mind, I decided to ride to six of the barangay halls located within cycling distance from my house. While there, I'd snap a photo.

For those reading this who aren't familiar with some of the ways of Philippines, each city and municipal area is made up of "neighborhood areas" called barangay. For the most part, the barangay will have a barangay hall / health center, although I have been in some barangay so small that a barangay hall is nowhere to be found.
The six barangay hall I rode past today are - 1) Magatas 2) Camanjac 3) Motong 4) Pulantubig 5) Boloc-boloc and 6) Tubtubon. According to Google Maps the distance traveled was 10.5 kilometers.
Magatas
This is my home barangay. Our house is less than 200 meters from the barangay hall and it's impossible to travel from our house without passing the hall. The old brgy. hall has been torn down and a new one is being built. There is a temporary health center just across the road from the hall.

Camanjac
Turning south at the Magatas Brgy. hall, my first destination is Camanjac. It's a 2.1 km ride with a slight upgrade. Of the six Brgy. halls I will visit this morning, three are actually located in Dumaguete - Camanjac, Motong and Pulantubig.

Motong
Heading east at Camanjac, I rode the 2.7 km to Motong. There are two different routes I can take. To me, turning right at Boni Catarata to Motong Rd. seems the most direct route, but according to Google Maps, turning later at Larena Dr. to Motong Rd. is 200 meters shorter. This seems counter intuitive to me so I went the (so called) longer route via Boni Catarata.

Pulantubig
This Brgy. hall is located about 1 kilometer from the hall in Motong.
The name Pulantubig translates to "red water". According to one source, there is a large red rock within the barangay, with water running over it; the rock making the water turn red. Where exactly this is located is unknown to me.

Boloc-boloc
Arriving at this barangay hall, I'm back in Sibulan. A distance of 2.2 km from Pulantubig.

Tubtubon
From Boloc-boloc, the ride is 1 km to the Tubtubon Brgy. hall. After Magatas Brgy. hall, this is the Brgy. hall I most frequently pass while bike riding. From here, I'll ride 1.6 km to my house in Magatas.The ride this morning was quite enjoyable. I can see making this a regular run.