anyway.. here is my 3rd day of my trip..
first destination of e day was to Mt Aso.. a active crater.. with sulphur gas spewing out of it.. however the weather wasnt tat well.. when we went up the the tram/cable car station (i not sure if they call it tram or cable car..) e weather n the sulphur gas concentration was not cleared for our visit.. so we ended up hanging ard at the station for quite some time.. den for the first time in my life.. i encounter snow.. super cold.. but kinda fun n exciting too.. hand arg the station to view the photos of the crater.. i was told in a clear weather, we can even see the yellow sulphur dwn in the crater..
woo SNOW~~
van selling hot steamy corn n tapioca.. nice for a cold freezing morning..
look at how bad the fog is.. beind the fog is the moutain..
a shinto shrine tat worship the god of mt aso..
after waiting.. conclusion was tat unable to make it up.. sad~~ so we head dwn to the foot to have our lunch.. opposite where we ate was a huge grassland where horses roam.. continue to snow.. mayb im wrong.. cos its more like a blizzard.. i feel im being assaulted by ice.. gd news came while we were having our lunch.. the weather has been cleared and we can get up mt aso afterall.. yea!!!
look.. its ICE!! ouch..
e grassland, e mountain n e... fog
tix for the cable car ride up e mountain..
so here we are up on top.. some of them cannot take e smell of sulphur.. but its much better den when i was in the chem lab with the smell of chemicals of 40 students doing experiment.. saw gas coming out of the crater.. quite a nice view on top.. but is SUPER COLD!!! freezing.. too bad its not tat clear enuff to see the yellow sulhur..
im so cold i didnt realise im so far away form the signpost..
white grass?
woo look at tat crater..
view from on top of the moutain..
next we are off to Beppu.. if i aint wrong.. there are 8 special hot springs in the area and we went to 2.. the whole city gt smoking chimneys.. this is the city of hot springs and have many hot spring hotels in e area.. even the drain are smoking.. visited the blood pool and the dragon whirlpool.. blood pool is a hot spring but its water is in RED.. hence e name blood pool.. whereas for the dragon whirlpool.. its becos it sprouts water out 25 mins.. actually wanted to take a pic of the map showing the 8 special hot springs.. but i kinda miss e opportunity to.. haiz.. regrets..
the chi characters are scary aint it.. gt hell.. gt blood.. shivers..
date tat i was at the blood pool..
looks like a mud pond.. except.. its clear!! n steamy too..
explanation for the dragon whirl pool..
before...
after.. wor.. look at tat..
arent they lovely.. no matter how many times u look at them..
anyway after this we on the way to our cruise to osaka.. as im e YOUNGEST.. hehe.. ended up gotta take quite a few luggage up the cruise.. and i tot tats bad.. coming dwn is worse.. imagine those heavy luggage dwn 2 FLIGHTS of steps.. killer.. anyway tat will be e prelude to the next day.. hehe..
so tats all for a short short day.. look fwd to the next post.. this time will go the city in honshu after 3 days of the more laid back country side in kansai..
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