Day 4 Hokkaido

This was the view that greeted us when I drew the curtains.













And this is just outside the hotel.














Aha, told you these people went to Japan for fashion show. The red coat is from Mango.








The man himself can't resist the beautiful scenery and even took a pic and at the same time absorb the pure energy.


















This is Silver Star Waterfall, Gin Ga No Taki. It was freezing. But check out the Timberland boots worn by Shujun and Jeremy ...











The white strip in the middle is the waterfall which has frozen!















It was so cold that my lao gong had to wear his scarf over his head. Fatimah Ng!







The girls' turn!






Notice that we were wearing gloves. Your hands just harden!
We had to run back to our bus after all the snapping. But the ground was slippery and poor Shujun slipped and landed on her butt! ouch, ouch











Aha, for your viewing pleasure. Another postcard for your collection!






Interestingly, the zoo visit became the highlight of our tour and I am going to show you the work of National Geographic photographer - Teo Meng Siong. There was one instant when lao gong and I had to wait for him to take pics of polar bear and it was freezing in the open. But pics were nicely taken!
Let me present to you Asahikawa Zoo.

The monkeys with red face and red buttocks.









So Narnia, right?














One of the protagonists of the zoo ...

Join me in Polar Express!












Kawaii gals are looking at you. Wake up!



























I wonder if there are any more fishes ...

















Check out the capsule in the background where the visitors can really see them up close and personal.

And now the Polar Express takes us to Happy Feet!







Squad! Kari Kiri Jepat Jalan!










This one is a real show-off, no team spirit!







Another postcard for your pleasure.











The grizzly bear lying near his pool of shit. Mx juz told me he is doing shit work again.






Aslan?




















The couple shot. Check the snow again. 雪花飘
























I better clarify that they are pure colleagues or I will be whacked by the bear!



He thought that he is Prince Charming ...











A close-up for you to laugh at!














I notice that both of us wore the same color. Don't assume things again. We are FRIENDS. Don't be like those aunties on the bus!















Shujun is quite short hor? Such that my lao gong has to bend down haha. But it is a nice walkway in the zoo. You can't help to feel like you are starring in a Korean drama, 冬季恋歌！




Lunch time! We had snow crab, sea urchin, fresh scallops at our own expense. Think we forked out about 5000 yen each!







Check the size of this monster!







Another monster ... salmon.

It was a hearty meal and the crab meat was succulent!











Next up was Otokoyama (男山) Sake Brewery Musuem which has a 330-year old history of brewing some of the best sakes in Japan. You can see the brand on the latterns found on left side of pic. We had free sake tasting. We bought sake too for xmas keke!








Our small hotel room. Forgot to mention that the bathroom in this kind of small hotel room with tatami is so small that we had to bathe in the hot-spring. Imagine sitting on the toilet bowl and your legs had to face sideways or the door can't close!

It's hotspring again but the one over here is not fantastic. It is lok cok and no outdoor pool.

Normally, we would play Dai Di in hotel room till about 11pm before we would go down to bathe as it would not be crowded. One must strip for less people to see loh!

Jeremy would also normally eat a bowl of instant ramen or udon right after dinner. The rest of us would snack on chips or fruit jelly. Oh, he did not stop at instant noodles, he would join in for the potato chips!