Today Distance :35.6km Total: 51.5km
Today Temp : 20-31c
Time on Bike : 3 hr 25 min
Ave speed : 14.9 kmh Max :49.0
Ave Climb : 7% Max : 17%
Trip Altitude :488m Max : 743m
Today spend :5193 yen Total :16343 yen
Today we cycled into the beautiful mountain behind where we stayed and its called Mt Rokko with an altitude of 945m and Jac going to lead us as she has done it many times ago. We started 9.30am after Jac's Philipino maid were here to do the cleaning. The climb started right after the doorstep along a huge wide drain for the mountain water to flow, once after all the houses,the real climb started, being rested for sometimes, the legs were somewhat rusty, I know I had to do it slow at my own pace, Sherco and Jac were strong rider, and waited for me at the view points.Scenery was superb and the winding road was a joy to ride, we reached the highest motorable point and there is the YMCA for a self service coffee for 100yen. After the coffee break, we continued our journey on mostly downhill and there is a 2nd view point where Jac had a short nap.Here i moulted my camera at the seat rack for a video recording for the rest of the downhill section.Once we reached the town, we bought some groceries stuffs like wheat,sugar,can sardine,cooking oil etc to prepare for leaving tomorrow.Foods were really expensive here, 1 kg of sugar for 250Y while in Malaysia it only cost 50Y just an example.The grocery shop owner recommended an Indian restaurant nearby,so we have a real satisfactory lunch of naan,tanddori chicken and chapati for a total of 2880 yen. After lunch ,we continued to ride back and on the way, I tried my luck to check out my ATM cards, and i told Jac to pray hard it will be ok, and thank god,the prayer has answered and now i have no problem to use my ATM cards now.But we still need to fill up our MSR bottles b4 we can leave tomorrow morning, the 1st petrol station ENOS was unsuccessful, guess they don't allow petrol to fill in our tiny bottle rather than into the cars, feeling rather unsatisfied,we went for the 2nd ENOS station some 200m apart, and this time the young attentent has no problem to fill up the 2 bottles for 213 yen.Guess the young one has a better idea of what we want.With everything in place,we are ready to start the actual touring tomorrow,hopefully the weather will be in our favour...
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| Japan here I come |
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| Sherco at the YMCA at the top |
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| Share the road please |
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| The only overhead bridge that we passed |
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| Have a rest after the tunnel |
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| With Jac at the 1st view point |
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| Sherco posting with my Bent |
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| At the YMCA |
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| The climb right after the door |
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| The only overhead bridge we saw |
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| all the way up |
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| Only tunnel and a short one,no problem |
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| Jac tried my Bent for the very 1st time,looks very scared |
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| Really tough climb to reach here 17% gradient |
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| The signboard at the junction b4 going for a cup of coffee in YMCA |
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| The way we came |
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| Indian restaurant |
Sifu Meng, in Japan most places accept credit card. I guess it would be safer and cheaper to do the transaction with credit card.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, be extra careful with the gasoline while on the road. And not to let it be too obvious to the police that may cause problem. You don't want them to think you are carrying a Molotov Cocktail :)
Thanks for the advice,Ronnie, my debit card now settled,so i will be using it,i dun have anymore credit card since retired.I hardly see any policemen on the road,only once i saw the police car at the traffic light.
DeleteGreat to know you had your debit card matter resolved.
DeleteVery interesting ride, beautiful. Indian lunch ? aiyor...should have japanese lunch instead.
ReplyDeleteexpensive brother..
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