Distance: 295km
Turning over as I wake up on the floor of Kevin's apartment in Okoppe, I expect to find Lindsay but find only Party Boy Neil Gaiman Jr.
Mark, having to share Sonomi with the monster they created.
Smoking is FUUUNNNNNN!!!
The most northern point in all of Japan. Just as underwhelming as last time. You can see Russia from it (Sakhalin), though--and that's actual Russia, not Sarah-Palin-Mistaking-A-Pod-Of-Orcas-ussia.
Mark: "You know what we should do? We should take that same detour in search of the mythic Tengu Waterfall, and we should walk up that same sketchy road I scouted last time, and we should all get a group photo on that creepy, motion-sensing, automated camera box I found. Whoever's monitoring that thing would LOVE it."
The view over Wakkanai. Pretty, but you're not missing much.
The flat of Sarobetsu, just south of Wakkanai: one of my favourite parts of Hokkaido.
We never suspected just how far the Cosmic Inn that we booked into would take its cosmic theme. The Yukatas were all starred and mooned up, the rooms were named after constellations, our key chains were stars, and there was a rather impressive giant telescope and observatory a short walk from the hotel. Yes, I'm implying that the onsen hotel preceded the observatory and not the other way around.
The glorious sunset that happened on our 20-minute drive from Cosmic in Shosanbetsu to Haboro for a Konbini. Of course, I had left my REAL camera in my room at the onsen hotel >:(
Sunset from Haboro, outside the Seico. Still glorious.
A weird picture of the giant telescope we got to look through.
It should be noted that Mark is not doing anything sketchy in this photo.
Neither are Lindsay and Sonomi in this one. Notice the cosmic yukatas.
Party Boy Neil Gaiman Junior (PBNgJ) and Tengu Man holding up the 2D end of my birthday celebrations.
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