Update from Japan Part 2: Outwit, Outplay, Outlast

I have officially outdone myself, hence the title of this post. Shall do a short update of the last few days and you can decide if I can be given a trophy hahah.

But first, here are some photos from the trip down to the Izu Peninsular.

Me with bag, derod with gabe.

Wacha thinking?

View from the top

At Lake Ippeki. Spot the father and his son.

At the famous Jogasaki Coast. After walking past the famed suspension bridge, we took a short hike and loads of photos.

We returned to base camp and while derod was hard at work (ok... not very hard la, but he had to be at the competition site), I took gabe and wandered around the city centre (as described in the last post) and even ventured to the not-so-near vicinity, on foot. Japan is not as well connected by buses like home so it was between expensive taxi fares and my tecko legs. This particular trip to Hiromi Park took me an hour. Pity the lady who took the photo for me didn't include the whole sculpture...

At the playground in the park. Gabe's first swing experience.

Took an hour's train ride to World Tea Museum at Kanaya. Thank God for loads of help, from buying tickets, to learning how to get to platforms, change trains, etc. And not to forget how to take buses and how their system works. It's an experience like no other. Here's me grinding tea leave bits to powder at the Museum.

Us at the Shiraito Waterfalls at Fujinomiya. Train and bus ride took us but an hour.

Unfortunately, the falls are only accessible by stairs. So gabe was in the carrier in front of me, and the bag was behind. I left the stroller with a shop, and took the plunge. You can see my destination in the photo.

Mission accomplished. Now what remains is but the journey up... *pant*

Will be hitting other sites and also visit the competition site where derod is. After that, Hakone, here we come!