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| You'll never believe this. When I was a boy and Project 8, Quezon City was young, we used to go to this jungle river we called "Big and Little." We went to the backwoods by crossing a rice field, and then a few more meters was the flowing river. We would bring our home-made "kayaks" there and go kayaking. I was about 10 years old then. I and my friends made a wooden kayak (imagine that?) and made so much fun out of it. Well, we never got to really ride in the wooden kayak and make progress. We just fell and fell into the water and swallowed some dirt--sometimes with floating goat poo. I wonder why we never got gastrointestinal disorders or something. Today, there's a concrete bridge over the river along Mindanao Avenue. One of my friends who went there to "kayak" has long been dead. The rest are in the US and Australia. One is now an NHA commissioner. Me? I'm just a lowly cook--a radical one, though. |
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Kayaking again with a wooden kayak? umm....no, thanks! |
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You can only do kayaking on a river, lake or lagoon when there is no wave. |
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| it's not just dangerous, it's silly to be kayaking as a boy in a remote river without your dad with you, and using an improvised wooden "kayak." boys and girls reading this, don't do this at home (or at the nearest river--or anywhere, for that matter). we did it because we were kayaking crazy--we read in the encyclopedia (no internet then yet) about how eskimos were kayaking, and how a certain man crossed continents just kayaking, and we imagined ourselves Pinoy eskimos crossing rivers (and in the future, continents). by the way, if you happen to pass by mindanao avenue today in Quezon City, you'd see it's a well developed national road that connects North-EDSA with Quirino Avenue going to Novaliches (and other parts of Luzon). I fyou are in the vicinity of SM City North-EDSA in Quezon City and there's heavy traffic, and you're bound for Novaliches, just take the Mindanao Avenue route. You'd be there in minutes! How to get to Mindanao Ave from North-EDSA? Look for Philippine Veterans Hospital. It's the best landmark. Err, if you're going there to try kayaking, forget it! |
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| Kayaking is a good activity to do since childhood. It is a desire and interest of a person to do kayaking in the lake. The boat should be of excellent quality wood and is so strong enough to pass through the tides of the sea. Last edited by Rhoody; April 26th, 2010 at 01:03 PM. Reason: links removed |
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