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Okunoshima
Next morning, we woke up to a great morning breakfast. Sue and I scarfed down our meal as we contemplated the daunting task of cycling the rest of the Shimanami Kaido road. We decided that we could not get our asses to cycle the rest of the journey back, and we would u-turn instead of trying to go forward.
After breakfast, we headed back to the harbor to wait for our ship back to the “main island”. We decided that we would try to cycle as far as we could, and return our bicycles at the next possible location, and walk the rest of the way home.
The trip back gave us more opportunities to see the beautiful views that Shimanami Kaido had to offer. It was truly a magnificant view, but by this time our butts were aching like never before.
Crossing the final bridge, we stood between the two islands for a final break before returning the bikes. It was definitely an amazing chance to be able to even cycle half of this route, but what made it more amazing was that Sue, who could barely cycle, made it with me – and to think i was about to give up on her LOL.
Upon returning our bicycles, we traversed the rest of the Shimanami Kaido on foot, and were treated to amazing seaside views as we went. It was nice, stretching our tired feet, wind and sun in our faces.
It took us almost a whole day, but it was worth it. Many steps and hours later, we finally arrived back at the main island. We then headed off to our next destination – Hiroshima.
Sheraton Grand Hiroshima Hotel シェラトングランドホテル広島
URL: http://www.sheraton-hiroshima.jp/
Check In & Out: 7th November 2016 to 9th November 2016
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This has got to be one of the best hotels that we had stayed in so far. We got a great promotion for Grand Prince Hiroshima, and we took it. The large space available was definitely something that we had long-since forgotten in Japanese hotels.
The large room also came with a giant ensuite area, with an open-concept toilet and a semi-transparent shower room, which gave Sue and me a lot of giggles wondering how we were going to shower without exposing too much (not that it mattered – exposure already went out of the window a looonggg time ago).
We decided to head out for some dinner, and there was a lot to choose from.
We were starving, so we splurged on a nice bento and some cakes! We also had bought some souvenirs for back home, but we spent the rest of the night very excitedly eating and relaxing in our hotel room.
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