This morning I woke up and got ready to try and get on the SAS Mt. Fuji trip. It was my last day in Japan and pretty much the end of the trip; I wanted to make sure I had no regrets and saw as much as possible. It was hot outside yesterday and so I decided to wear shorts and sweatshirt thinking I would be perfect, not thinking that I would be heading up into the mountains. Either way I was ready to go and had my fingers crossed I would get on the trip. When I got to the terminal Abby was already with two other girls to get on the trip. The line slowly grew and I was happy I had gone down when I did. We all formed a line outside near the buses I think total there was maybe 12 or so of us trying to get on a trip that was supposed to be full. As the trip was getting to leave they started do a count of all the people and then writing tickets to us waiting in line. She got to me wrote me a ticket and then looked at Abby and said I need to do a recount. I waited for Abby on the bus hoping she would get on and she did. While we waited for the trip to leave we noticed that all the people who had waited in line got on the trip. I was really surprised and happy they made room for everyone because there was clearer empty seats on the buses. There was one thing though I was slightly worried about because we weren’t listed as being on the trip from the beginning we couldn’t grab one of the lunches that was in the union for the people on the trip. I also didn’t eat breakfast because I wanted to get down early to wait in line, oh and one more thing I had only about 2 dollars left on me in cash. I was excited to be on the trip but slightly worried about how I was going to eat for the day but knew that would be figured out somehow.
Most of the day was spent driving to different points so we could see Mt. Fuji from different angles and perspectives. We did go as close and as far up as possible to the top where there was snow and I was in my shorts and sandals. Although it really wasn’t that cold because the sun was out, and it was really really pretty outside. When we made one stop at a visitor center to watch a video and buy some souvenirs Abby and I found some Japanese snacks we weren’t sure what they were but we thought this might be our only food for the day so we bought them. When we got on the bus for our next long drive we opened them and they were actually really good but I still have no clue what it was. Later on in the day we also were given everyone’s left overs from their lunches so we were able to eat.
Okay enough about whether or not I got to eat and more about Mt. Fuji. It was extremely large and very beautiful. I was really glad Abby and I had made it on the trip because I felt I was spending my last day in Japan seeing something important. Japan was an extremely clean country and extremely easy to travel. I loved it and its people.
When we got back to the ship we had to get in a very long line to do our face to face disembarkation. This was the first time I think I had seen the entire group of 700 students in one room; we were in the terminal of the port. I had never realized how big 700 people looked and why when we come to a country we will run into SAS kids everywhere or meet people who say oh you are on that ship aren’t you.
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