Q_Q: April 2015

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Crab Kingdom

Somewhere around Bedok.

Not air-conditioned "food house"

Like those "Zhi Char" stall.

Garlic Kailan

Baby Squid

Rojak Chicken

Crab Bee hoon

Salted egg crab

Total Cost, $134.50

Friday, April 17, 2015

Kamikochi 上高地

Had our breakfast at the hotel, Hotel Montagne Matsumoto.

We paid 880 yen for the breakfast.

Not much variety, but still ok.

This was chong's plate.

Love their half boil egg.

Then we bought ticket from Matsumoto station for a round trip to Kamikochi. Instruction stated on the website below. Quite easy.

http://www.kamikochi.org/articles/featured-articles/33-matsumoto-to-kamikochi.html

Well, as it was not the official opening for Kamikochi, not much people was taking the bus with us.

Eh, only 2 of us in the bus to Kamikochi anyway.

A very beautiful place! We were lucky as weather was good on that day! Some of the track in Kamikochi was inaccessible. It would be good to come after their official opening as the path would be cleared, Hotel would be opened. We did not even have access to toilet! We desperately searching for toilet and the public toilet was chained locked! Hotel, they were preparing for the opening and we could not use their toilet! We had to make our way back to the visitor centre. Lucky, I think they were cleaning toilet to prepare for the opening, we manage to find one toilet! Actually it was closed initially but then think they need to do something so they opened it.

We took bus to Taisho pond, 大正池.

The path to Taisho pond was not cleared and it was not accessible, so we took a bus to the pond. We saw people walking actually when before we reached Kamikochi. However, yes, walk at your own risk! The path to the pond was cleared halfway. Rest of the path was thick snow. Chong did not walk to the Taisho pond with me, I walked alone as her shoe was slippery. I really wore the correct shoe. It was a tracking / running shoe. Well, the thick snow was really scary, I did not know when I would stepped into soft snow. I got my leg stuck in the thick snow also. Hmm...scary...

Ok this photo show the path. Path not cleared completely.

Dinner at Nepalese restaurant. Not bad actually.

Dinner cost 1120 yen

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route

Woke up super early to travel to Toyama station in order to purchase ticket for the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine route. It was sold out over the web. Saw that actually if we travelled in group, it would be better to buy the tickets online. We just want to try our luck to see if we could still purchase the ticket. We caught the early train from Kanazawa to Toyama.

We saw long queue at Toyama station! We managed to get ticket for the alpine route. Not cheap, cost over 10,000 yen. We deposit our luggage for it to be delivered to Shinano Omachi Station, cost us around 1500 yen. Ok, check out the web for this. Just search under Tateyama Kurobe Alpine route will do.

We had to catch different vehicle along the alpine route. Ok, please note, 1 of the route, we had to get the queue ticket! The personnel will walk around and issue the ticket. I am not sure which station, I think it was the first stop! Subsequently, queue ticket was not necessary.

During winter, this would be the main highlight.

We went on the day where it just open to the tourist. They had managed to clear the road for this.

Well, other places were still full of snow and not assessable. You can still visit those lake, etc, which I did. You will need good shoe. Chong did not go with me as her shoe would slip, ie slippery. And whole place cover with snow which was knee deep. I had to walk carefully and some places I stuck myself in the snow. Less people walking so, I had to struggle my way through with no assistance.