Friday, October 24, 2008

Adventures from 2 weeks ago- Oyama

This sequence of photos dates back to October 13th. After exploring Kurobe Dam, Hye-Young and I worked our way to Murodo. That was our destination for the night. Pictured below is Hye-Young as we worked our way from the bus station, through the mountains and to our hotel.
There she blows! As we approached our hotel for the night, I couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive... the rough hewn look, with spikes coming out of the roof and windows boarded up... I wondered what kind of stay we would have.

Yes folks, that is Hye-Young, who fainted when she saw a cockroach the size of my head in our little room. No, no, no. I'm kidding- there were no cockroaches there. We were just sprawling out on the tatami after having had an early morning and a day of walking around.

To be honest, this particular hotel was nice; the people running it were wonderful, they had great meals, there was a heater in the room and the best part was the onsen (public baths) in the basement.
The following shots are of the mountains around the hotel. Beautiful!

The picture below is of a sulfur bog/hot spring.







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