Hokkaido Day 5

This is our hotel room view. It may not be the best view but I think it still felt good to see white mountains when I woke up. Ohayo!

This is snow mobile! We had a hell of racing with snow mobile. But mx, jeremy and I thought that Phuket's ATV (all terrain vehicle) is better. We prefer riding in the mud than snow! haha, cos our hands were really numb.

As the name suggests, this is Shiraoi Ainu Village, the centre of the thriving Ainu culture. This is Japan's aborigine village.

Eh, this is the massive sculpture of the village chef. Not some god that I thought. Luckily, I brought back a Chinese brochure to find out who he is.

The dried salmons along the bamboos.

Their huts.

The lake found in the village.

I am testing the water which is partially frozen. There is actually a thin layer of ice formed above the water.

Check out the sunset with the thin layer of frozen ice on the lake!

Jeremy playing a fool again. I have already told him that pigs can't fly. Stubborn!

This is hell valley. It's a sulphurous valley with boiling ponds and steams. However, it was impossible to complete the walk as the sky darkened at around 4 p.m.

But we can always show you the steam. That's where they drew the water from to provide us the relaxing Onsen bath in the resort's hot spring.

Shujun trying to get a free facial steam.

of cos, we join her!

Our last group photo.

Another hotel room. Hot spring here is better cos there is an outdoor pool. In fact there are 2 outdoor tubs and an outdoor pool. Nice nice!

Normally I will carry a small bag down with shampoo, conditioner, body foam, toothbrush, facial wash and more haha...so that I would not need to use the small bathroom.

But 1st, Dai Di again...goal was to win Mingxiong cos he only lost 1 time in the 2 hours we played with him on the night before!

Goal was met within half hour!