Seeing the trees for the forest
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
We had seen wonderful pictures of the bamboo forest. A 20 minute train ride and we were there. It is beautiful, and packed with tourist. As we worked our way up in elevation, the crowds lessened and we got some peaceful views of the river below. The typhoon has definitely passed, as we are once again into the high 30’s with a real feel of 43. Absolutely draining, but everyone pushes on. Yesterday we had a great lunch of Katsu don, and upon returning from the bamboo forest, we revisited our little restaurant for another feast. After we were done our late lunch, Nate said he really enjoyed it, but that was probably enough Katsu don for a while. That evening everyone went and picked out a Japanese hat as a souvenir. Levi went a little more for the Paulie look (Rockey’s brother in law), and it suits him. We then walked over to the Milky Way light festival. A little canal hidden below street level was all decorated up with lights and small bonfires. Thousands of locals were checking it out, all in the same direction and very orderly of course. Interesting little hike before we walked back to our apartment for the night.
We had seen wonderful pictures of the bamboo forest. A 20 minute train ride and we were there. It is beautiful, and packed with tourist. As we worked our way up in elevation, the crowds lessened and we got some peaceful views of the river below. The typhoon has definitely passed, as we are once again into the high 30’s with a real feel of 43. Absolutely draining, but everyone pushes on. Yesterday we had a great lunch of Katsu don, and upon returning from the bamboo forest, we revisited our little restaurant for another feast. After we were done our late lunch, Nate said he really enjoyed it, but that was probably enough Katsu don for a while. That evening everyone went and picked out a Japanese hat as a souvenir. Levi went a little more for the Paulie look (Rockey’s brother in law), and it suits him. We then walked over to the Milky Way light festival. A little canal hidden below street level was all decorated up with lights and small bonfires. Thousands of locals were checking it out, all in the same direction and very orderly of course. Interesting little hike before we walked back to our apartment for the night.
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