Bikers in Hell and Paradise, angels in the hell of poverty

Dumaguete City Negros Oriental, Philippines has been over run by the world wide bikers club “The Outsiders” they are mostly all tattooed and look like a very wild bunch, but in fact you could not meet a better crowd of soft hearted gentlemen.  The outsiders are mainly ex-pats from Europe, America and Canada of whom have chapters on many of the main Islands of the Philippines.

 

Many of the local chapter are great friends of mine over the past year I have found these guys to be great company many of them seek the entertainment on Rizal Boulevard and the favored haunt is Happy Fred’s.

 

Yesterday there were are about 300 Bikers but not only from the Outsiders but from Filipino Biker clubs as well, of whom have joined the Outsiders on a charity ride for the children. Last night there was a charity event on Rizal Boulevard, live band and all the works.

 

Today they will leave here to converge on a new Filipino children’s play ground on Bayawan Boulevard (80K north of here on the national Highway) to see the last item a new kiddies roundabout being unveiled. Part of the one of yearly charity that these looking bad, tough, but really good guys do.  

 

The chapters run many events and outriders even as far as Austria (they are here at present) and Filipino Bikers clubs from all over the Philippines. There counter parts of the Filipino Clubs are much more sophisticated in the cloths they wear, its no leathers for them but the smooth bikers look. Some have very beautiful Japanese bikes that play great compliment to the Harleys of the Outsiders.  It’s quiet a show when these guys ride into town a city where motor bikes are the main transport, there are thousands upon thousands parked in the main thoroughfare. But these beautiful bikes of the many chapters and bikers clubs are the ultimate mean machines. Power that may be wasted on the bad and narrow roads and the limits of speed but the endurance of these big bikes is shown in the mileage that these bikers travel each year, there is always a new ride and new charities events and these guys visit ever one of the Philippine Islands that have a ferry and roads.       

 

Yesterday I had the opportunity of taking photo’s of some pretty nice bikes and of course some of the bikers themselves. I had a great day sitting and talking to a multi national bunch of bikers of whom where polite and friendly and very well humored and ready to go more miles in the sake of a good charity..

 

The weathers good at this moment, there was no rain to spoil last night’s charity event and the sun is shining through a light layer of clouds. So the ride to Bayawan would have been a pleasant one. The event in Bayawan takes place at noon, unfortunately I could not attend as my own bike needs to be serviced and I hate traveling on a bus for more than two hours watching a kamikaze driver driving hell for leather, what ever the conditions of the road.