A wonderful trip, in several chapters, between 10th October to 19th October 2009. A fly-and-drive trip, with Wenhui and her parents, have us set off on the 10th October onboard an SQ flight at 1am. I had thought they would serve food on board, and I was starting to be damn hungry, and a leading stewardess said, oh..we only have biscuits. I'm like.. WTF...trying to pull crap? And she instructed another stewardess to pass the biscuits to me. And the biscuits were crap, similar or worse than Toh Guan stuff. But I had to eat, and chomping I went. After I almost finish my plate of biscuits, the leading stewardess came back and asked if I wanted instant noodles. Not a newbie SQ flights, this is terribly disappointing to have them offer this at a late stage. I wasn't full, but I wasn't hungry..and I let it go. The rest of the trip was tough, a 1am flight is never fun and we reached the transit at Osaka ~6am local time.... and the rest of the magical journey begins!!
A beatifully lit Osaka terminal greets us as we left the aerobridge.
In search of better food than SQ crap, we started fumbling at orders. Here's the REAL deal!! Everything in Japanese!!!
A plate of 8 Tako (Octopus) balls constitutes a meal for them. This is extremely starchy, and after the 3rd or 4th..it gets really quite tough to continue...hee
One of the many Japanese wonders, a solution analyser to ensure that your water bottle is safe to be brought onto the domestic flight..to Hokkaido!!!!
More beautiful light on the ANA plane. Very nice interior and great service!! The stewardesses greated every single one, and sincere and wide smiles throughout!
A hand at a 'grabber' before the flight..hee. Arcade games are terribly expensive at >100Yen and above (Exchange rate ~100yen to SGD1.60)
After meeting our tour leader and collecting our car, it was straight to the first place of interest, the setting sun of a temperate country is... wow..here backlit lavender? flowers.
A field of crops again backligt in the setting sun.
It was bloody cold...(~12C? with howling winds), I was in a dry fit tee and the thinest wind breaker but enjoying the hell of the time!! It's like enlightment to be faced with the fresh cold air and light from heaven. Here's Wenhui burrring in the cold..hee.
A quaint little house of Gelato magic.
Amazingly flavourful, not too sweet with the right body, this was my favourite gelato for the entire trip!
A super long and ardous journey across dozens of winding roads in RAINING and PITCH DARK conditions brought us to our first accommodation in Prince Hotel at Furano. One of the most luxurious meals (~4000-6000yen) awaited and this was...*slurp*..an unforgetable meal!Till the next day....
1 comment:
lovely pictures and food, expecting more posts!
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