A week or two ago I was on my balcony and happened to see that there was a "hill" off in the distance. I decided that I wanted to get there, but could not find it on my maps. I tried twice to ride through the city to the general direction but ended up on the wrong side of one of the rivers. So, today I went in the opposite direction, crossed over the Edogawa, then rode back along the river, to Tokyo Bay. I stopped at the end of the road where there were a bunch of men fishing. We chatted, talked, and laughed, then I went home, freezing my digits. I made it home, but am not sure where some of my digits are. I'm typing with my nose right now...
I found the hill; it was a garbage dump. And it's a lot smaller and uglier when you are up next to it. I guess it just seemed so much larger than real life because my apartment is on the 11th floor and the other apartments in the distance must have been smaller. So... it seemed like a hill. The entire trip to Tokyo Bay Fishing Homeless Guys Location was about15km. Then another 5km back to the Garbage Hill. Then 5km home. So... I took a 25km round trip to do 10km. Some might think I wasted a huge amount of time, but getting out for the couple of hours of ride, photographing, and chatting was definitely worth it today. And so was freezing my digits. The majority of photos are on flickr, but if you would like to see them as a slideshow, then please click here. (No porn here, sorry). 
Have a great Stefnee's Birthday!
I love you!
Cam
HAhahahaha!!
ReplyDeleteI love you!
Have fun in the Trash Heap! and.. I love how you name places like; Tokyo Bay Fishing Homeless Guys Location
Awesome!
*snort*
ReplyDeleteDamn... choked on my Xylitol gum!
Don't you find it slimy...... the gum that is? Not the homeless fishermen, or garbage dump.
ReplyDeleteI thought they burned all the trash in Japan in an incinerator? Or does it vary by area?
Also I am really glad to see your riding again....
ReplyDeleteI like the Xylitol gum!! I miss it.
ReplyDeleteGot a container in my car... perfect after cloves.
ReplyDeleteYou do take fabulous photos Cam, but I must admit I was really surprised to see the rubbish. I understood the law there was really strict on where rubbish is left.
ReplyDeletePshaw! Japanese are P. I. G. S. You should have seen the stuff they throw away in the mountains! Everything including the kitchen sink! Like cars bikes motorcycles fridges stoves and so much more. To hell with calling them little yellow monkeys they should be called little fat pigs!!
ReplyDeleteSo much for what one reads about different countries.
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