We got up bright and early, having bathed that morning and munched our tasty breakfast. The company at the table never got the hint to leave this girl alone. What kind of question to a clearly Asian woman is "Do you speak Finnish?" out of the blue? Why would she speak Finnish, leave her alone. Her short replies generally mean she's not interested. Men!
Our bus stop (Sengokuhara) had some others from our accommodation at it. They'd done everything we were planning on doing today, yesterday, so we went ahead and followed them down the mountain. Making sure to get on the right bus that way and being pointed in the right direction to where we wanted to go.
Our first stop was the cable car, which sounds like a gondola or a tram out west, but it's not. Much more like an incline I suppose. I didn't get many pictures from the car as the windows kind of warped things and it stopped frequently, a main mode of transportation apparently.
Unfortunately, Mount Hakone was acting up and the rope way (actual cable car/tram/gondola) was closed due to it. Though, I do like the story of "I couldn't go on it because a volcano was having a hissy fit".
At the top of the cable car, there was a substitute bus running to take people back down to where the ropeway would've let you off. It smelled strongly of sulfur. The scenery we drove past was pretty neat. An area covered in smoke that we could only guess what was causing it.
Where we were dropped was the Pirate Ships.
Well. They're not REALLY pirate ships, more like ferries that are decorated. Still, it was a beautiful view and a little fun. Short trip.
Our lovely view while waiting for our ride.
Mega healthy lunch of curry bread, milk tea for me, CC Lemon for Emma, a croissant and a rather unsatisfactory cake for me.
There's our ship!
Follow the cut for the rest of the day ~
