A few people from my hostel and I are travelling en-mass,
as we all seem to be on the same itinerary! It was absolutely
chucking it down this morning, and someone has STOLEN
my new umbrella, so I’m going to have to buy yet another
one. It was super cute too, see-through with yellow polka
dots! I decided to wait around the hostel to see if the rain
would stop, but it didn’t. I think maybe I just didn‘t want
to leave, I love that hostel!
I had an awesome day yesterday, partly because the sun
was shining and continued to shine all day! I made my way
via train and ferry to Miyajima, and headed straight for the
floating Torii gate to catch it before the tide went out.
As I was stood taking pictures I recognised a boy from my
hostel, so I went over and said hi, and we just kind of
mutually tagged along with each other all day. He was
called Sylvain and was a French banker living in Paris.
He was dead nice, and we had a little island adventure,
taking the ropeway to the top of Mount Misen in search
of monkeys. We decided to hike the whole way back
down to the bottom, which took literally ages.
We high fived at the bottom and bought some roasted
oysters to celebrate, and I tried to befriend all the tame
deer that live on the island.
We saw a Japanese couple all dressed up in traditional
wedding clothing, and wandered round the cute little streets
and craft shops.
We headed back to the hostel together, and sat down with
a cup of tea with a few other people who had also just got
back from Miyajima. I made friends with an Irish girl called
Joanne, who is also heading to Kyoto today, and a Dutch
guy called Peter.
Peter offered to make spaghetti for us all, and then we
discovered we had a chef amongst us; a French guy called
Stefan. So Peter, Stefan and I headed off to the supermarket
for the ingredients, and Joanne and I sat and drank tea and
chatted while the boys made spaghetti for seven!
Lots of other people came and went, including 2 families
with children who set up a game of cards. It was basically
just a really nice, if noisy, chilled out evening! There must
have been about 9 or 10 different nationalities sat around
chatting with each other last night, and it felt like the whole
room was buzzing.
At one point I ran upstairs to fetch something and found
a boy sat on his own in my dorm. I wanted to invite him
downstairs but he didn’t even glance at me when I walked
in. It was kind of a shame, the amazing thing about staying
in hostels is the fact that you meet so many new friends.
John and Angie, an older couple from Australia are also
heading to the same hostel in Kyoto today, so I helped
them to the station as Angie is in a wheelchair, and it would
otherwise have taken them 2 trips to get the wheelchair and
Angie’s walker to the station. But we ended up missing the
train so we had to sit in a coffee shop for an hour. They are
really sweet, and have spent a lot of time in Japan so have
loads of interesting stories and tips on what to see.
Well, it’s almost time to change trains in Osaka so I’m going
now, Sayonara!
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