Just the six of us..

Continuing on from last night..











The train ride to Mt Fuji was.. long and arduous. It took roughly 6-7 hours of travel from when we left Osaka. And all the sandwhiches and snacks we bought for the trip was gone in the first 30 minutes of travel lol. We ate alot on the train ride there. The train ride took roughly 2 hours and the rest was finding the right train to catch. We got lost a few times, wondered around aimlessly with our luggage.











After we got of at Kawagouchiko station (our very last stop) we didn't konw how to get to our hotel. The only instructions (if you can call it that) was that it was an eight minute walk from the station.. and that was it. However, after 15 minutes, we discovered that there was actual a driver waiting for us at the station.. we also happened to be almost 6 hours past my estimated check-in time.. I didn't realise that it took so long to get to Mt Fuji.. So I'm hoping thedriver hadn't been waiting since 2pm.. because that would be bad.











When we finally made it to the hotel, they had our dinner all ready for us, and we were to eat it in our room. The lady came in to set up the dinner for us and there was just somuch! The portions were small but they were so cute! And rather filling!! I guess it forces you to try everything once because everyone got bits of everything to themselves.. I guess sharing isn't something you really do in Japan. We had to eat Japanese style on the flooor and Choco had difficulties sticking his legs under the lowered table because he's such a big guy. I think Choco was a little shitty with me because when I booked the room I didn't realise that we'd all be sleeping together in the one room.. And he didn't look too happy about that。But I guess he got over it and we were alright. Although it was a little troublesome for Garry. He'S allergic to seafood which didn't help the matter, since most Japanese food was seafood based. After our meal we just left it there for a bit, and the lady came back to clear the table. Then there were two guys who wandered in and made our beds for us. It was great! After that, we went to the onsen and Train tried to go for grabs. She reached over to see how big my boobs were and I had to smack her hand away. I swear, sometimes I think there's something seriously wrong wiht my sister.





After a wonderful night at the onsen, I went back to the room and completely passed out. It was great!!





When I woke up the next morning.. I was ready! We were off to Fuji-Q, which is an amusement park boasting to have one of the worlds scariest roller coaster. I was rather excited because I love roller coaster rides. Adn you know what? They weren't lying. It was by far, one of the scariest roller coasters I've ever been on.. usually hwen I scream on a rollercoaster ride it's because it's just fun to join in with everyone's terrified scream. But this ride, I thought I was going to wet myself. It was fantastic!! I've never been so scared in my life on a roller coaster and it was over in 30 seconds. When I got off the ride my voice was completely hoarse. Sugoi!!


I hope I used that word in the right context.. The other rides at the theme park was also exciting. We waited in line to go on the Fujiwara for an hour.. and when we sat on the ride they said soemting in Japanese and we all had to leave. They gave us these slips of paper with Japanese writing but no one could tell us exactly what was written on the paper. I guess it was just telling us that we could go on the ride another time.. which was pointless considering we're ignorant foreigners. We ended up goign on a few other rides, bought some sticker photos (which Train got really annoyed at because she thought she looked horrible in thephoto and wouldn't talk to me for the rest of the time there) and we just checked the whole place out.





By the time we finished it was around 5pm so we decided to head back to our ryoken at Kawagouchiko, which was just one train stop ride to our house. I had decided to go on one more ride by myself, and it was a splashy one.. after the ride, I understood why everyone wore rain coats.. I was completely drenched after the ride.. and to make matters worse, I was wearing a loose white, off-the-shoulder top and a black bra.. so the bra showed through after I got drenched. Good thing I had a scarf to cover up! As we were waiting for our train, I called my mum and told her how Train was pissed off with me and Simon for buying a photo in which she looked ugly in.. and my mum just laughed and told me to tell her to stop being a sook. We all know Train only prints photos she looks good in, regardless of how terrible anyone else looks. I thought it was funny. She looked so scared in that photo.





When we got back to the hotel, we decided to head down to the cable cars to take a ride up hte actual mountain where everyone goes to take happy snaps of Mt Fuji. I got to where the cable cars started, only to be informed that it was already closed.. and it was sposed to close at 5.20pm.. I got there at 5!!! But she still wouldn't let me on the thing. So not fair. So I ended going aorund the lake for a bit with Choco, climbing rocks, poking dead fish, looking at ducks, trying to talk to the locals about their fishing and just pretty much clambered around until 730pm. Because at 730pm they were serving us dinner. YAY! They put so much effort in presentation and the quality of the food was amazing. It was all very tastey and I'm glad I picked that ryoken.. and turns out Choco doesn't really mind it either. Or so he says.. *dum dum duuuuuuuuuum..*

After dinner I went to the onsen agani for another soak.. and this time I soaked for way too long because I rinsed my hair to cool me down a bit.. whcih I think led to my demise.. I left the onsen feeling great mind you, because I was all warm inside and it was just so comfortable. However, I was too lazy to dry my hair and slept wiht wet hair.. Before I slept I knew I was going to get sick, because I was really really light headed.. not that that taught me anything.. coz I didn't bother to go down and dry my hair. I just slept on it.

The next morning I woke up and felt like absolute hell. My nose was blocked, I couldn't smell anything and I knew if I wasn't careful this could be worse. And what did I do? I went back up the mountain on the cable cars, went exploring by myself and just hiked around until some elderly Japanese lady told me I was heading inthe wrong direction to the shrine.. and that in actual fact that small shrine on top of themountain was it. I felt rather ripped off coz it was a little bit of a hike to get up there too! And do you know what was worse? The Japanese lady was about.. a foot shorter than me, half my size nad probably 65-70.. and she sped along the mountain path!! She literally disappeared after showing me where to go on the same path as her and I just stood back and ate her dust. She was a fast little old lady. Overtaken. How embarassment! But so helpful. I liked her. I wanted to buy her a drink but she was goners. When I trekked back to my original position where the shrine was, I saw three Japanese girls and they just looked at me.. I was breathing heavily from the walk/oncoming cold, my hair was dishevelled and I was covered in dust. My boots I wore were balck before I started the trek and were a lovely dirt brown by the time I reached Simon at the starting point. He had opted to not go with me in fear of getting lost or soemthing. I'm not sure. But these girls were in skirts and dresses (I can't talk, I was in a dress.. for convenience and ease) but they were wearing heels.. HEELS to go hiking. Those crazy Japanese. But mind you, their heels were nothing compared to the other Jap girl I saw with her bf. That one was wearing short shorts and white stilettos. I was shocked! She could so easily twist her ankles. But then again, she was holdingonto her bf who prettymuch just dragged her up. They didn't go to the shrine part. Just the easier part. But it's such a waste.. why do things half assed because you want to look good. That's another thing I'll bitch.. I mean blog about another time..

The actual view of Mt Fuji was really really really... disappointing ='( it was cloudy over and you couldn't even see it!! It was such a waste!! The only thing this means is that I'll have to come backagain to Mt Fuji! =D

After that, Simon and I headed back down the mountain, and by that stage I was beginning to feel really ill. I was all light-headed, drowsy, dizzy and just spaced out.. more so than usual! By the time Tina nad Train reached us from their shopping. I was really shitty and just wanted to go. And I'm not very good at hiding my emotions so they all knew I was pretty pissed off.But it was ok. I get over things pretty quickly. I was over it in 5 minutes. not even. I need to learn to hold grudges for longer.

But we thought the trip back to Tokyo would take just as long.. Fortunately however, it only took us probably.. 3 hours. Which was great! We got to the hotel and got to rest. It's awesome not sharing one bathroom with five other people!! How I missed that.