Welcome to the Fast forward day! We woke up early morning, pack, out from hostel, snap picture, kiss kiss muacks muacks, goodbye khaosan kyoto -> speed to the Hankyū Umeda station via Hankyū line ((tokkyū or limited express Umeda–Kawaramachi) from Kawaramachi station -> Tadaaa We're in Osaka -> Speed walk and scatter to the Osaka Castle -> Speed walk and snap snap and speed stomach cleaning and (Sheila, Melissa, Eugene,Vina, Chloe) RAAAAAAAN all the way back down since we were late...r than others.-> snap catch breath and buy ice cream -> speed eat shaved ice and walk back to station -> hurried to buy street snacks on the way (yummy squid and takoyaki! <3) -> accelerate to station and report and waited for the train to Uno Station -> Tadaaaa... we hussled away to the port to get our tickets and snap snap chop chop, we're in the ship to Naoshima! -> spotted the upperdeck on ship (thanks to joey's whispers) -> great sceneries. short ride. had fun. -> chop chop get out of ship and wait for the transport to take us to our long awaited mongolian yurt! (they only have 1 taxi, so the uncle had to make 3 round trips for us.) -> Tadaaaaaaaaaaa We're at our yurt! -> waited for the finally-non-eyebrow-trimmed-japanese-decent-guy (or as how erica put it "sweet looking guy, so innocent looking but might turn out to be a serial murderer in the island" ↑↓ pheeww the roller coaster ride) to verify and give us our keys and we made payment and off we went to our yurts! -> HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWW PRETTY ISLAND FULL OF INSECTS! phew. k. now i'm done! We would have conquered europe and russia if we were Hitler at that time, our blitzkreig was better.
* we took a shinkansen somewhere. most prob osaka - somewhere. then take the other subway to uno.
Pictures~
image by ying quan
image by ying quan
Leaving kyoto... sad, but trying not to be. Hoping that naoshima would be good.
and it isn't. Its Fantastic.
image by vina
To Osaka
image by vina
Stamp! Another Stamp! get it, now!
image by vina
image by melissa ngien
We grabbed foods at Osaka Station, there was a Japanese Supermart.
A virgin trip into a Japanese supermarket and it was beautiful.
Plentiful of Japan, ripe for the picking.
image by amanda lim
image by amanda lim
image by amanda lim
The Bridge into the Castle
image by vina
Happy humans
image by amanda lim
(love this photo, panda!)
image by sheila chow
You wish.
image by sheila chow
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| going back to the station |
While waiting for the train,
they made a braiding chain, actually they are just picking their fleas off.
Clever.
Takoyaki + grilled squid! osaka style~
Lunch on train again! yumz!
changed train at somewhere,
and off to "if only i remember" station
arrived!
speed walk to get ferry tickets starts..NOW!
On the way, getting the tickets, after crossing roads and getting food supplies.
This photography teacher-student pair was caught enjoying the scenes.
on the ferry!
upper deck craze of the ferry (thanks joey..!)
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| Singapore refugees found in Naoshima, Japan, |
We have survived~!
Oh, as long as we know how to rush, We know we'll stay on track
We've put all our time to rush, We use all our fats to move,
And we did it, We have survived, hey, hey lalalalalala~
Anyway, back to business.
Top: some Second+third group waiting crazeeee randomness!
Bottom: Last group that waited, they got back their senses and spelled out: N-A-F-A! wheeeee!
+ behind the shadows photos.
First and second group reached destination and was waiting to check in.when...
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| nature calls! |
ok! got the keys! now we're really checking out our hideouts!
Entrance -> japanese cottage rooms -> reception -> insect toilet -> more nature -> view -> view -> tent
and here we are! Savour the beauty of this place before you perish mortal.
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| interior of the tent. (photo by yq.) |
wheeeee! nice smile ladies.
Unaware of what nature has in store for them in the night....
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| Romantic mo |
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| LJ the Barbie looking for his lost "Ken" [Can] |
After unloading our luggages, as kiasus and kiasis, we check out our new habitat.
After a while we heard screams and two lecturers came running back,
They told us that there were a lot of spiders in the toilet.
Trying-to-be-brave, a while later, Vina Sheila, Chloe and xMelmel, went to check out the spooky toilet.
Vina came back running the same way after a loud shriek.
She informed us that the minute the door opened, there was this LARGE spider web at the middle of the toilet as though it had not been used in years.
Only the first cubicle was cleared a little but the top of the ceiling was full of creepy crawlies (as joey said)
lovely sceneries! everyone start taking out their cameras...
all happy and smiley.
if only they knew...
soon..
Joey's masterplan. titled: "Revenge-on-Erica Scheme"
*plays Happy Tree Friends tune*
Here, Joey suggested for us to have dinner together, relax and chit chat as a whole group while dramatically watching the sunset and the natural beautiful scenery.
THEN!! as we were chatting happily, focusing on everything else but joey,
Soon enough, people starts noticing glistening little flickers of light in the sky, set against the setting sun, as we ate. Little objects buzzing and whizzing around us. Most brushed it aside or still ignorant of what is in store for them...
Then, chatters and laughter turns into screams and cries. Time waits for no one. The blue sky slowly descends into dark orange as chaos unwinded amongst the the tourists. Chaos, as defined here, as objects
crashing into your face and limbs as you try to eat. At the same time fearing that you may consume some of those thingies.
Joey, grinned.
The sky turned dark, and this is how we ate our dinner. with screams here and there. and glares at anyone who on any forms of light that attracts the little flying things.
We dont know, how many termites or other insects we ate that night. but still, "better not to know, or see what we ate"
Soon ScreamER-ica gave up and joey finally releazed us from captives. we were allowed to enjoy the rest of the deserts back in our tents.
Thus, we concluded our night!
p.s. we found a cleaner toilet! both located at the front (at the japanese cottage rooms area)
The shower are located near the entrance. and the toilet is located at the middle of the cottages.
We found out to get water, we need to pay 100Yen for 10minutes of shower.
WE SHOWERED OKAY!!
Vina: Me, Erica and Melissa went for a quick shower, the shower room has holes on the floor that cockroaches kept crawling in and out. Each of us went in the three cubicals respectively and all became very wary and quiet followed by little screams by erica as she felt things crawling from the holes. Erica then said to us 'good luck guys! lets just hurry and get out, okay?! vina, are you alive?'
all of us had a super quick shower that you cant imagine.10 mins of shower? NO PROBLEM AT ALL! we were all out in either 3 or 2 minutes."
I guess there were lots of commotion that night for everyone else *apologies*
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