I'm in the Philippines now, rented a bike from a company in Angeles ( nice-bike.com ). 600 pesos ($13.50) per day for a Honda XR200, 125 scooters available for 300 pesos, and bigger bikes too. Many rental places past the girlie bars on Fields Ave. Bike is a bit cramped two-up, and the seat is a killer, probably the scooter would have been a better option. Haven't been much over 60kph anywhere in the country, so anything over 100cc should be fine. Note that bikes under 400cc are not allowed on the new expressway. The old road from Angeles to Manila is horrible, appalling traffic, took us five hours. Once you're about 50km south of Manila, things get a lot better though, and you can hold 60kph most of the time.
We went south of Luzon to Mindoro island, doing a loop round. Ferry was 750 pesos for the bike/driver + 192 for a passenger. Roads are all sealed, pleasent enough drive, people friendly, but a bit provincial and dull. We didn't like Puerto Galera area. Ferry to Panay is 1300, I think, for the bike + driver. We decided rather to head back to Angeles and try the North.
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