During the morning we kept having trouble finding our way. There were numerous roads that were not on our map and the roads on the map did not exist on the ground. Finally when we stopped a local person to ask directions, we discovered that there had been a huge road building effort in the last year or so. One of the roads had only been open for a few days.
After a particularly frustrating section, we were looking for a bridge to cross a narrow river and discovered a very fancy looking coffee shop in the middle of nowhere. We were both hungry by this time and decided to stop. We order a breakfast set. Ian had a more extensive one than I did.
This is a view of the inside of the coffee shop. The furniture looked expensive and was very comfortable. The old man in the back, the cook, gave us some extra stuff, but the waitress, apparently his wife, sort of ignored us. However, when we paid, she lowered the bill and told me that it was settai.
This area was not well marked but there were signs telling Ohenro-san where to go. There is one in this picture. Can you see it? The blue square and the red arrow on the white pole are the markers. The indicate that the Henro Trail goes off to the left.
As we were crossing a bridge, we say this interesting pagoda off in the distance. There are stone statues at the base that are based on cartoon characters. There were also dinosaurs.
After a particularly frustrating section, we were looking for a bridge to cross a narrow river and discovered a very fancy looking coffee shop in the middle of nowhere. We were both hungry by this time and decided to stop. We order a breakfast set. Ian had a more extensive one than I did.
This is a view of the inside of the coffee shop. The furniture looked expensive and was very comfortable. The old man in the back, the cook, gave us some extra stuff, but the waitress, apparently his wife, sort of ignored us. However, when we paid, she lowered the bill and told me that it was settai.
This area was not well marked but there were signs telling Ohenro-san where to go. There is one in this picture. Can you see it? The blue square and the red arrow on the white pole are the markers. The indicate that the Henro Trail goes off to the left.
As we were crossing a bridge, we say this interesting pagoda off in the distance. There are stone statues at the base that are based on cartoon characters. There were also dinosaurs.
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