Fukuoka

Once the bike was settled, it was time for a short ride to Khaosan Hostel in the Hakata area. The road to the hostel was quite straight and keeping in mind that its been awhile since I cycled on the road, I decided to go by the pavement. Pavements here are quite wide (from what I’ve seen so far) so it was a fairly easy ride to the hostel.

However, the bags on my bike were really heavy， and it made the bike a little hard to control. I guess I’m also a little rusty riding a fully loaded bike, so it’ll probably get better as I go along… hahaha….

Reaching the hostel, I locked the bike downstairs (hopefully its still there tmw!) and put my stuff in my dorm room, shared with 7 others. All the people here are really friendly! And I even met this guy,　Toshio, who offered to cook dinner! Hahaha…. I actually had planned ｔｏ go out for some ramen, but since he offered, I shan’t turn him down…. Lol

After dinner, we went up to the roof to relax a little. Think I’ll probably give sightseeing a miss since the owner of the hostel said there’s nothing much to see in Fukuoka, unless you’re into drinking and clubbing (of which I obviously am not into!)

Guess I’ll have an early night tonight and start off early tmw for Fukutsu City!

The view from the roof of Khaosan Fukuoka Hostel

Re-assembly

As usual, my bike bore the scars of transportation. Good thing it was just a chip in the paint, and not something more serious. Oh well, it will probably need a new paintjob by the time this journey is over.



Unpacking and re-assembling my bike took me close to an hour! People were staring at me as they walked past, but I was lucky enough not to be chased out of the airport while unpacking. I bet if I did the same in Changi, within seconds the security guards would be asking me to unpack outside…. Hahaha…

Flight (Part 2)

After boarding the plane bound for Tokyo, I found out that I had the whole row of seats to myself! Haha, shiok! Looks like its gonna be a good flight．

After transiting in Narita, I got on the ANA flight to Fukuoka and reached the southern city at around 130pm. Time to start unpacking and re-assembling my bike!

Flight (Part 1)

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The flight from Singapore to Bangkok was rather uneventful. Touched down right on schedule at the new Thai airport (Don’t know how to spell its name) Anyways, its huge! But a lot of it is still under construction and the bare concrete walls in many parts of the airport made it seem rather “cheap”… haha…

Preparations

The past few days have been really, really busy. Packing my bags, running about buying last minute stuff, meeting up with friends and also, trying to settle the yearbook!

Finally, just minutes before I’m supposed to leave for the airport, everything is packed and good to go! Now I only hope that my luggage doesn’t exceed the weight limit. Its also gonna be rather difficult lugging all　that stuff around the airport, but oh well, I guess I’ll manage somehow….

Alright, time to go for now – Goodbye Singapore, Hello Japan!