non vi, sed verbo: Shirahama@Wakayama

I was supposed to leave at 8.20 by bus (which was all payed for) yesterday morning but I was 5 minutes late and didn't make the bus at all! Great start to the day, huh? I missed the bus because I was at the wrong terminal. Why are there 3 bus terminals in Kobe anyway?? If I had known I would've... ... ... gah. It was my mistake anyway ... which made the fact that I missed the bus even worse.

The trip to Wakayama was supposed to take about 3 and a half hours so imagine my shock when I heard that the next bus from Kobe was at 11.20am! Add in the 3 and a half hours and the fact that my return ticket was for 5.48pm the same day? Not enough hours! The ticket-lady was so kind as to tell me that I could try and run for the next bus in Osaka which would be at 9.50am. Okay, so what the heck right? I paid for the ticket and practically -flew- to Umeda. The 30min train ride felt agonizingly longer than usual. When I arrived at about 9am in Umeda and practically ran for it! It turned out that the Umeda bus terminal was closer and, yes!, I found the right terminal and I was 30 mins early! Since I left the apartment without breakfast, I started hunting for the nearest convenience store, got a sandwich, yoghurt and juice.

So I finally -actually- got on the 9.50am bus and was on my way. Then! Just an hour before the ETA, there was a sudden announcement about bad traffic. I ended up only actually arriving around 2pm. *sigh* Just my luck right? Well, I called up my friends when I arrived and ducked in nearest convenience store to buy lunch... which was just 2 onigiris. After all the mishaps, I wasn't feeling particularly hungry too.

Anyway!All that disappeared when I saw the beach! I don't have a particularly good picture of it but here are some from my phone!

We helped Wakki get comfy with the sand! ^^

The one sleeping on the left is a senior and the 2nd from the right is our professor. Apparently they just came back from a 4 hour hike and were just totally exhausted!