Yesterday we never finished the planned 90km. Reaching lunch place after 65km no one wanted to continue as the planned camping space was 15 km off the road to Hiroshima. Karin had found a nice community house at the place where we were supposed to eat and everyone in the group asked the same question: why can't we stay here overnight?
Well in Japan things are generally a little bit more complicated. There are a lot of cultural/traditional factors that have to be respected, no second questions to be asked again and authorities to be respected. This means for instance that the younger staff of the community house couldn't simply call her boss and ask him to come and help but needed to call another person who was older in age than the boss to help her do that. After two rejections, though the woman understood us, the boss came back who understood us too and offered us several options of where to sleep. After checking out the options we went for a wonderful boathouse of a rowing club and stayed there for the night. It even had a washing machine!!!
So, when you are persistent enough and know who to talk to in Japan you will get what you want, because they all want to help if possible!
Now we need to get going, of course it just started raining!
Baibai, alix
Sounds rough - and wonderful! Take care there biking on wet roads with wet clothes and shoes. I suppose wearing a raincoat wouldn't be a good idea in such a hot and humid weather...
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Finland, Mummy Goose.
Aha! so at last we can start seeing pictures... And it is so great to see Mummy goose's comment. What's up Soila? seems you and I are missing out on a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteImprovise, adapt and it will be fun all the way ;)
I'm home with my baby-Aava. I'd love to see the Japanese landscapes but I'm not quite sure about the uphills... Go, bikers, go!
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