Bad Trip

Any of you heard the news? There was a snow storm in Japan (n Korea). It affected many areas. My tour group was badly affected.

Due to the snow(normal snow), there was already quite a jam on the highways in Japan. The jam started at 4.32pm on Thursday when we were heading for dinner. The journey was suppose to take 1 hr, but it dragged for nearly 3 hrs.

Aft dinner, we set off for our hotel. the cars were crawling at the beginning but at 8.41pm, the bus stopped for good. It didnt moved for the rest of the night & morning.

We thought we had a chance to reach our hotel even if it was really late, but when i woke up from my nap, it was already 2am. All hope was gone.

Everyone slept on the bus. We all had sore necks and backs by day and the bus hasnt moved yet. It was already daybreak and the tour guide need to ensure that we are not in hunger. He asked the driver to break the law and drive on the road shoulder to the nearest exit on the highway and drive backwards for us to empty our bladders and fill our stomachs.

Then, we had to get back to the highway and continue our wait to our next destination.There wasnt movement again, and we were at the back of the queue this time.

All of us were so tired of waiting in the bus and so we got out for some fresh air. We played with snow and chatted. It continued till noon and some of us needed a leak. Once again, the driver drove us back to the nearest toilet available.

When we got back, the cars were moving again, but it was worse then crawling. Still, better than nothing, we were relieved. The tour guide had to worry for our stomachs again and made the bus leave the crawling queue to a nearby restaurant for lunch. we shopped in the neighbouring shopping mart for tibits to munch on the road. The cars on the highway were moving at a decent speed at last. It was nearing 230pm. Three cheers for the moving traffic. But it didnt last long.

The traffic stopped totally at 316pm. This time, it was to clear the snow on the roads. It took them ard 2 hours to do that. The japanese snow clearing people dont seem to have brains. They totally block the roads and only let the cars move when the whole road is cleared. They wont let the cars proceed with them. It was about 5pm already.

When the bus realli started travelling, the tour guide decided to let us do one sightseeing then proceed to dinner, then hotel.

After tat day, I became very homesick, I have no energy and no mood for anything at all. I became very moody, mood swings visited me everyday.

Worse vacation trip ever. I dont wanna travel for the time being. I missed my home too much. I just wanna stay home and sleep on my bed as much as possible.