Winter Escapades..

I said to myself, if the third time I get out of Tokyo and its freezing cold, Im going to stay in Tokyo.. ;P But sure enough the third time wasn't as bad as expecte. More snow but not as cold as when I met the weather back in Nikko and Yokohama. Hakone was interesting.. I say interesting not making it a pun nor sarcasm but it indeed was interesting. We got to Hakone after a long train ride. Higashi-Chiba - Chiba - Shinagawa - Odawara. Then a bus from Odawara to Futagochaya, about 50 mins. The actual long weekend plan was to go to Hakone then Atami then a night in Oshima. But due to weather, the trip was cut short.. and we only got to Hakone. All we did when we got to hakone was eat at Motorhankone, which we walked from the YH, and found joy in 7/11. I never had thought that 7/11 would be the happiest thing when we were left with nothing to do.. serious.. funny as hell though. We ended up with..


The Yoth Hostel was great. Clean and has an Onsen. And I had a fiancee for a day too.. Most intriguing part was this was a 2 story hostel, run by 1 man. When I say run, it means that he does absolutely everything, he cookes if you order breakfast, lunch of dinner. He cleans, he does the laundry, he tends to the reception and greets every guests. I wonder when (if any) is his own time apart form sleep.. or even have time to visit his throne.. :/

The second day was better, not so gloomy and snowy as when we arrived. Weather was beautiful despite having snow everywhere. Had great shots of Mt Fuji and Lake Aishi. Soft powdery snow as well, perfect for snowboarding. Funniest thing was we were trying to hitch-hike but no one stopped, and when a taxi passed by, the thumbs dissapear. LoL. Walked all the way to next "town" which was about 15 mins walk from motorhakone. Wanted to go to Atami from there but weather did not permit us. No buses to Atami due to snow. oh well. Then we decided we had enough and head back to Chiba. Interesting weekend huh? Was indeed, was indeed.