"We dodged another one?" my sister questioned first this morning. "Big time" I said, and rolled over to continue reading.
This is the second time we've saved ourselves from spending a night in the rain, potentially waking up to a soggy mattress. Not that our tent isn't water resistant, it is. However water will always find a way in, even if it has to soak up all the earth underneath your tent. And not that we didn't have any help, we did. Thanks again to Aki for proving the sincerity in people. Absolute strangers turned dear friends.
Siblings make pairs for lots of bad reasons, and lots of good ones too. Here is an example of teamwork, our good bye/thanks for everything note to Aki. Big sis did the drawings and date, I worded inbetween.
Breakfast this morning was a surprise from Aki's (our host) mother. Home made! Note: cats like bananas too.
Today was supposed to be a short ride into Fukoyama. It turned out to be a long ride, in a good way, because of all the sidelined, unexpected scenes like this park we ran into.
We definitely fell off the intended route today. Somehow ended up under the train tracks by the river.
I'm glad for days like this. After a while I believe we wanted to get lost on purpose. It's important. If we hadn't, no way we would have found this cool old tunnel =)
Comming through the tunnel the other way.
Bikes are like people and people are like bikes, or that's what Gabi is always telling me. I suppose bikes love a view too.
More unique manhole covers.
And again! Today is a two-fer!
Big sis photo bombing my shot of bikes and really cool menu poster. We ended up eating here, delicious! Curry Raman soup! Tastes as good as it looks but not that spicy. I'm going to have to learn the Japanese for "ped mak mak" (Thai for really really spicy please).
How's this for good luck? The bill came out to exactly my sisters birth year! Score! And for those of you who think I'm being cheap living in tents and eating yummy street food, I do treat my sister to dinners. She's turning thirty after all =P
High contrasted rain clouds. So bright and so dark in real life.
Unsatisfied with out hunger levels, we stoped off for sushi, what else?!
Big sis waiting for the sushi to make it's way over to our table. Seems like forever. We finally, through trial and error, figured out how to order sushi through the digital screen attached to our table. No waiter, the sushi is brought to the table via electronic sliding trays aimed at each table. Seriously. All there left to do is wait...
Snapped a night shot of this cut out designed to designate bike parking.
Tonight we stay with another very kind host, Hyro. We arrived a little late but he understood. He even helped us figure out some Internet conection logistics. Eventually home, we stayed up late talking because wouldn't you know it, he speakes Thai.
Buenas noches, sleep tight, fun dee kap,
-A
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