I found a ladder and just had to know where it led

So far so good

Oh wow this makes the entire trip worth it. Seriously omg wowowowww this is great!!

Perfectly walkable being rubber so they are non-slip and a bit cushiony

Don’t mind me. I’m just walking on an array of tires..

wow wow wow so cool!

I think this is the happiest I have been for a while!

Gotta head back eventually

And I headed back down the ladder

Google says it is temporarily closed. I hope so because it looks like a nice place

Just to the right, we can see clouds hanging over the mountains

It looks to be about 12 stories tall and has a curved glass front facade and spiral staircase in the entryway that’s completely cleared of any stuff.

New princess souvenirs

Sign seems a bit less than new

Sake Base Naeba has a very clear easy to read sign.

But the shop is closed

I had a good cry this morning with Shraddhan on our daily call.

• callous on my right foot despite wearing sandals
• long-ass walk yesterday 6 hours through the hills after 2 hours on the highway
• crying last night because I could not figure out how to put together my futon
• sandals ripping almost apart yesterday
• not able to find the photo I took yesterday
• not getting the photo I wanted (and basically too late to go back)
• camera could not use 32GB card
• and it’s raining today

Plan for yesterday was

Jason took pics of me on the Red bridge

Somehow, there’s a little patch of snow un melted on the trail when we haven’t seen any other such patches for some kilometers

And between the trees we can just barely make out the tunnel that we’re walking around

Me at Obansanja Shrine

Standing on the frame near the tunnel entrance

This concrete block is keeping the road on the mountain