Up for an early morning walk around and a couple of soft boiled eggs from 711 for breakfast
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At 8.30 headed to the shopping street and the Ta-q-bin store to forward my bag to Imabari
Back to the hotel, checked out and off to start the cycle of the Shimanami Kaido.
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Bike rental place was next door to the hotel, had pre-booked my bike via their facebook page. To get to the bike drop off point in Imabari, would be about 80km, and had planned to do the ride over 2 days. Cost of the bike for the 2 days was 4000yen, plus a one way drop off fee of 1100 yen.
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To get from Onomichi to the first island, Mukaishima, need to take the ferry which departs from the jetty which is about 20 metres from the hotel. Cost of 110yen
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My trusty steed
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Ferry runs about every 20 minutes
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View back to Onomichi and the hill top viewing deck that i scrambled up to the day before
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Mukaishima dock
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Ferry going back
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And away I go. First 10 - 15 minutes is amongst a pretty busy street but the traffic soon filters out to virtually nothing. Blue line keeps you on track throughout the the trail.
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