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Mt Fuji-san
For some reason we did not meet with Mount Fuji-san last year. Normally you would consider the majestic mountain in the middle of Japan to be a must visit attraction. Maybe thats why we thought we would eventually visit it at some point in the future. That day was today. We went on a bus tour to visit the area around the base of Mount Fuji and finally see the most well-known mountain in the world. The tour was mostly focussed on a few areas around the mountain where you could also view the pretty autumn leaves. The three sights we visited were Saiko Iyashi No Sato Nemba, a small…
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Up and Over
We left Sete Cidades after spending three days in the caldeira. The wind was pretty strong and during the nights we had the feeling our little cabin would be blown apart. Luckily for us when it was time to bike again the wind was quiet once again. We climbed out of the caldeira and went pretty much downhill along the coast towards our next destination, where we would spend two nights in a small house next to an old windmill. The scenery along the way was great and we took our time to soak it all in. The single day we were in the old mill house, we did not…