Travel Digest #1237

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Hello everyone! This is @ybanezkim26 and I'll be presenting today's edition of #TravelDigest. In our featured posts, we have a hike in a lake in Utah, USA, a river cruise in Germany, and a theme park in Japan! Enjoy and have a great week ahead! As for me, I'll go back to freediving after uploading this post.

All featured posts are visible on the Editors Choice Map and upvoted by @pinmapple, @blocktrades, @theycallmedan and the curation trail. For more travel digests check out #traveldigest.

Our winners today 🍍

🥇 Red Pine Lake Hike - This did not go as planned by @derangedvisions

The trailhead is the start of about 3 or 4 different hikes and there are little signs that point you which direction you need to go, but there was nothing for Gloria Falls, but luckily I had my AllTrails App that has GPS and the trail marked on it. So we headed out.

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🥈 VIDEO: A Short River Cruise on the Rhine by @wulff-media

Since June 2 of this year the ships are running again, albeit with a bunch of COVID limitations. In the freest Germany ever it's not sufficient to be healthy anymore. Instead, you must be tested, fully vaxxed, or recovered from COVID; and wear a medical face diaper. If you want to find out whether it's worth it, or if you just want to take the trip virtually, watch my video:

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🥉 Niji no Sato, Shuzenji, Izu, June. by @justinchicken

Today, we went to Niji no Sato. Its a sort of theme park, with an English town and a Canadian town and a small railway connecting the two together and a couple of beautiful valleys with unkempt flowers dotted about. First of all, the important point, money. Its 300 yen to park in the car park, 1200 yen to go into the park itself and 400 yen for a train ride, one way. We went by train and took the bus from Shuzenji station, with a combined return bus ticket and entrance fee of 1690 yen. I think that's the best value. You can take the Odoriko train direct from Tokyo to Shuzenji, or go for the quicker option of the bullet train, changing at Mishima Station. The whole park has that, as the Japanese would say, bubble feel to it. That time in Japanese history in the late 70s and early 80s when the economy was doing great, but since then has gradually declined. Its similar to the Victorian age in England. We wandered around the UK town waiting for the train which travels at about walking speed along a track about 500 meters long to Canada town and got off there. After a brief look around, we made our way down the valley to see the irises and the hydrangeas. Here are some pictures of the two "towns" and the railway.

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