We said goodbye to Tokyo today and hopped back on the train headed west. It was a 3 hour ride to Osaka and it went by fairly quickly. The bullet trains are something else. You can get very far very easily in Japan, and having the rail pass makes everything super simple too. You just […]
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We woke up early and checked out of the CITAN hostel and made our way to the Tokyo Central station. We were going an hours train ride west of the city to hike a popular mountain called Mt. Takao, which promised views of Tokyo along with views of Mt. Fugi, an active volcano that serves
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We walked 10 miles around Tokyo today and saw the sights. Here is the day in pictures:
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We woke up and made our way back to Hakata Station to catch a high speed bullet train to Tokyo. We found the right track and train pretty easily and were soon soaring along at nearly 200 mph. The trains look like they are from the future and have a long nose at the front
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After spending a few awsome days in Busan with my friend Brett hiking mountains and attending the craziest baseball game I’ve ever seen, it was finally time to say goodbye to our bikes which we stored at Brett’s, and head on over to Japan. We originally intended to take the high speed ferry across the
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Daily Mileage: 45 Total Mileage: 388 Start Location: Hakpori End Location: Busan, Sasang Subway Station The theme of the mornings continued and we woke up in a thick cloud again, tent and ground all soaked through. We had camped in front of a viewing platform and I think some guy had camped up there during
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Daily Mileage: 44 Total Miles: 343 End Location: Hakpori We woke up to a soaking wet world. A cloud enveloped us and hung over the river, blasting us with cool and moist air. The tent was the wettest it has been all trip, and perhaps all year. As we shook it out pools of water
Daily Miles: 49 Total Miles: 299 Start Location: Waegwan-eup End Location: A few miles north of Hapcheungchang Certification Booth It poured all night last night and I was very happy to be inside. Around 6:00 AM when we woke up the rain was still going but petering off, and by the time we left the
Daily Miles: 41 Total Miles: 250 Start Location: Bird Sanctuary End Location: Weagwan-eup The sky was grey and cloudy when we woke up this morning, but the air wasn’t cold and the riding was actually pretty decent. The forecast called for rain around noon so we started riding early to take advantage of the dry
Daily Miles: 45 Totals Miles: 209 Start Location: Mungyeoung Spa End Location: Jukamni Bird Sanctuary We had a pleasant night at the hotel and even found a movie to watch in English on the television. We were up early because we needed to make a phone call to the United States before 7:00 PM Eastern