This is the last episode of my Shimanami Kaido Ride 2017. From Omishima, we had moved across the Tatara Bridge (twice), the Omishima Bridge and the Hakata Oshima Bridge. As we were slightly behind the schedule and afraid that we would not arrive Imabari before the bike terminal closing time, we finally decided … Continue reading "Shimanami Kaido Ride 2017 – Last Day of the Journey"
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With typhoon Noru moving away from the Seto Inland Sea area, we kicked off day one of our cycling journey. First went to Imabari by bus. Then rented our bikes and had our round-trip to Oshima via the Kurushima Kaikyo Bridge. Click here to see what we had experienced.
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The weather forecast provided by JMA (Japan Meteorological Agency) was excellent. Typhoon Noru was hitting the Seto Inland Sea area on 7 August 2017 as predicted. Since it was also projected that Noru would be leaving the Japan main island one day later, I had re-worked my cycling plan and changed our cycling routes … Continue reading "Shimanami Kaido Ride 2017 – How my ride was affected by typhoon Noru"
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In 2017, I had been to Shimanami Kaido (One of the best cycling routes in Japan and probably the world as well) twice. The first time was an ad hoc visit while we were travelling in Onomichi. The second one in August was a planned cycling trip as requested by my … Continue reading "Shimanami Kaido Ride 2017"
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