Distance cycled: 100km Osaka to just outside Himeji
Average speed: 19.9Km/h
Moving Time: 5h02m
Elevation Ascended: 1349m
Total Distance on Current trip: 1,416km
Distance until I have cycled the circumference of Earth: 10,875km
Money spent: $12
Surprisingly the beaches are quite nice with plenty of yellow sand and you are likely to have the beach to yourself as the multitude of beaches I passed today there was no body about... Like always when outside the cities.
I passed by the Akashi Kaimyo bridge which is just massive, someone told me it runs 14km however I'm not sure on that detail. It's quite an impressive sight and a feat of structural engineering.
Something I always try and avoid is eating a fast food but today I made an exception; maccy D's or commonly known as McDonald's. They had an unusual option on the menu a black hamburger for the special occasion of Halloween... Something I highly doubt they celebrate here.
It looks terrible and it was... Not going to lie, the novelty wore off very quickly.. Actually the moment I took a bite.
I found a cycling road running from Akashi to Himeji and thought it would be a more direct way of getting further west but it was a slow path due to the cracks in the pavement, also many times it would intersect with a road and every time I had to question whether or not the driver would stop for me in the zebra crossing... There doesn't seem to be a rule for this but knowing that they are generally very cautious drivers I was pretty safe to proceed across.
I didn't quite make it to Himeji as the sun had set and I was looking for a good place to watch the lunar eclipse away from city lights. I found a small park that I later camped in and watched our earth cast its shadow over the moon. Always spectacular to see but the locals who passed by me were oblivious to why I was taking photos of the moon. I would express my enthusiasm toward the now glowing red object in the sky and they remained expressionless...
Leaving Osaka
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