Today Distance :40.1 km Total: 1208.0 km
Today weather : 24 -28c Cloudy with morning rain
Time on Bike :2 hr 49 min
Ave speed : 14.2 kmh Max : 45.0
Ave Climb : 2% Max :7%
Trip Altitude : 171 m Max :71 m
Today spend : 630 yen Total :53360 yen
The downpour came early morning as we hurried to shift our tents to another spot with roof,but some of our stuffs were already wet.By almost 10am, we started the ride towards Tamano where we will take a ferry crossing to Takamatsu.I will surely miss seeing the beauty of Seto Ohashi Bridge,as Sherco is a bit rushing to reach Osaka. The rain started to thin down when we arrived at Tamano port at 12.40pm,but the ferry only leave at 1.30pm,so we have some time to kill. The fare inclusive of bike per person is 730 yen and took 1 hour for crossing to Takamatsu.There were very few cars and trucks,you can actually counts the no. of passengers,just wonder how the ferry can sustains its operation.The sky opens up to a sunny arrival in Takamatsu and we saw a very nice garden and historic castle. It's a very big city and the streets are super neat and clean,surprisingly not many people and traffics on the road. Road signs are very clear, especially caught my attention is, the bike lane are further segregated with the pedestrians, isn't this wonderful? After a short ride thru the city, we saw the road station that we targeting for stay.This is another beautiful station with a large grass land decorated with many stone sculptures,and there is one train coach 335 which had seen its service,now becomes playground for children and school boys.We thought of just sleeping on it without the hassle of setting up tents,but were disappointed that one man came and lock the train doors.So we were forced to pack up again and luckily just 100m down , another park area which is also good for a night stay.
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| Wet wet start in the morning ride heading to Tamano |
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| An ugly looking tunnel |
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| Arrived at Tamano ferry port at 12.40pm |
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| Ferry leaves for Takamatsu at 1.30pm.Fare 730yen including bike |
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| Taking ferry for the 2nd time |
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| Very few passengers and cars. It took 1 hr for crossing |
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| One leave and soon another arrive |
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| Sherco is nearing his tour very soon |
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| On the top deck,empty |
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| Can you see the Seto Ohashi Bridge connecting all the small islands? |
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| Historical castle in Takamatsu |
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| Beautiful garden |
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| Big city of Takamatsu |
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| Isn't this wonderful? |
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| Heading to Tokushima,that will probably tomorrow |
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| There is a vast grass land in this road station |
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| There are many stone sculptures |
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| Very imaginative |
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| Solid stone table and stools |
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| Japan is very OKU friendly |
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| Train 335 had ended its service |
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| Now serves as a school boys playground |
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| Another unique stone sculpture |
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| Mother and children also came visited us |
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| We thought can put up a good night sleep here,but a man came and lock it by 6pm |
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| We happily throw out everything for drying due to last night and morning rain |
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| Our alternative camp just 100m down |
Did you negotiate with the man who lock the train? Probably they can let you and Sherco stay if convince him that you need the train.
ReplyDeleteShero will end his tour in Osaka? How about you?