Going Back To Uwajima

Well, finally they got the weather right. Forecast was for sunny and 82 and we finally see the sun again! That makes exactly twice in the two weeks we've been here that the forecast was correct. We're off for our last ride back to Uwajima. This ride was mostly on one of the larger highways, since there really no other way to get there that wouldn't add a lot of extra miles and mountains.

That didn't mean it wasn't picturesque

Love these bike tunnels. They all have unique designs on the outside and some have murals on the inside

Part of the highway went along the coast

A rocky beach right off the highway where some people were taking scuba lessons. We took a walk down

And out on the rocks. The water was so clear you could see to the bottom, even when it got pretty deep.

Various warnings. This one cautions you against touching the crabby looking sea life.

Yet another manhole cover, this one in front of a bike tunnel

THIS bike tunnel, to be exact

A mural inside the tunnel

All in all, a pretty uneventful trip, thankfully. We made it into Uwajima early, and had some time to kill before our room was ready. This gave us time to dismantle our bikes in the parking lot, get them packed up and get ourselves cleaned up and organized. Dinner was at a nice little cafe in the lobby of the station, which served a good Indian/Japanese curry with vegetables

Some big vegetables for Japan.

We spent the rest of the night getting out duffle bags packed, putting only what we needed for the next few days in our backpacks and watching some bad Japanese TV (really, unless you get cable, it all really sucks. Even worse than American TV.) We once again had no internet in the hotel. Apparently, Shikoku is not a very connected part of Japan. Tomorrow we get up early and hop on a few buses to Tokushima, where we'll get a ferry the next day (Thursday) to take us to Tokyo.