Travelogue

Day 1 – 7th August

Early morning start at 2:00 AM. Weather was fine in the begining my luck stayed same as always and it rained a fair but during the expressway ride.

Customary HamanaKo early morning view

Went from Tomei to Chugoku expressway and then Yanago Expressway to Kofu exit. Cloudy. Headed towards Mt Daisan after Kofu exit.

It kept raining intermittently but otherwise, its beautiful countryside

Nice roads but too wet to try anything….

Daisen behind clouds

Kept going around Daisen, Clouds gave way a bit upon ascent

But soon I hit foggy roads and more clouds

Getting tired of wet and foggy roads I decided to hit coastel route towards Tottori Sakyu. Nice day along the coast

Finally reached Sakyu towards the end of the day. Got really surprised hot the desert was compared to rest of the trip so far

The desert heat hit me pretty bad and within 15 mins I felt so exhausted that I had to discontinue riding further. Found a Kodomonokuni turned into hotel and headed straight there. Found this en route, couldnt figure what they could farm on sand …

Completly exhausted by desert heat, i almost collapsed in the hotel room, drunk a few bottles of water and pocari to rehydrate myself and went to bed straightaway.

Day 2 – 8th August

6:00 AM desert was quite foggy and cold in contrast to last evening

You can see this only in Japan! a bunch of volunteers appeared early AM and started collecting/cleaning gomi left by tourists!

Not sure what this dude was trying to find….

Checked out of hotel, loaded the bike, started the engine, sat on the bike and was making my start of the ride day prayer before heading out when I saw a white Kei car approacing. I continued with my pray and saw the guy passing me and then attempting to park in slot next to me in reverese gear. Th next thing I know – the car hits the rear of my bike and down it goes. I couldnt believe what happened. He must have seen me while passing me and knew I was there but still managed to hit me.

I was fuming but out comes a nervous ojiisan who was almoast shaking. Kept on apologizing and I guess he must be on adrenaline crack coz he lifted my bike from ground by himself

Cops arrived at the scene and were quite nice fellows compared to the one`s in Tokyo

Took a few pics of the cops, there car, with them and hit the road again. Frame sliders did good job again, apart from bent clutch lever and lost paint on tail, all was cool

Beautiful road recommendations by mapple! some pics en route to Amanohashidate

Preserverd old time huts

More scenary

Finally reached Amanohashidate

The customary between the legs upside down view

Having covered both the places and roads I wanted to already, I decided to hit the road back home instead of staying another night in Tottori area.

Found a interesting sight on the way back. A bunch of farmers were operating a reasonbly big sized helicopter fitted with insecticde tank and injectors way to go

Uneventful ride back home after that.

The FZ in Tottori !