It’s day 3 of this Norwegian Jewel cruise vlog series. Due to low tide, an unexpected late port change has meant we skip Kochi and are instead visiting Wakayama. Despite losing out (literally and monetary) on a private shore excursion in Kochi, I found places to visit in Wakayama that were more than an okay alternative!
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welcome to Waka Yama good morning good morning good morning and welcome to wakayama Japan it’s a change from the scheduled coochi due to low tide the rest of the group that joined me yesterday are staying on board but I’m thinking it’s a shame to come all of this way and not get off and explore a little bit All Aboard time is 12:30 so I don’t have too long it is now uh just gone 9:20 so I’m going to grab a very quick bite to eat and I’m going to jump off and hopefully see if I can find a bus which takes me into the time Center probably explore for just around an hour and then I’ll come back on board let me just quickly show you what I can see there isn’t a huge amount to see as it’s industrial but uh let me give you a quick look it’s got a very quick bite to eat and uh very very random choice this morning I’ve got some cottage cheese some prunes and some DIC Apple just to give me a bit of protein before I get off um yeah a bit of a not choice I was kind of looking for some fresh fruit and yogurt couldn’t find it so this will do for now to tip me over until I get back on the ship after a quick W okay okay okay I am off the ship there’s a queue for buses is here I’m not sure if it’s for a paid Excursion or if it’s uh three shuttle into the center but I’m about to find out well I might have to rethink my plans because there’s a taxi rank with quite the big q and not a lot of taxis and um I think I’ll need to get a taxi to get out of the port area to get on a bus and as it’s just me it’s probably going to be quite expensive so I’m kind of hesitant to do it I’m in two mons going to wait around a bit and see if any buses come along um or see if there is a way to walk out of here without getting the taxi we’ll see but um anyway as I’m here outside and uh as we were docked the opposite way yesterday it’s the first time I’ve been this close to the uh the front of the ship so let’s take a look at the bow there she is right there are people walking out so I’m hoping that I can get a bus if I keep walking let’s find out well there’s something going on at least okay A little update on my adventure today so I was following a couple and they kind of stopped at a Crossroads and asked me where I was heading and I said I really don’t know I was following you and uh they didn’t seem to know where they were going either and they asked a few people and then I happened to look at Google Maps and I can see that the Umi Yosi Shrine is 303 minute walkway and it is described as it’s in Osaka prefecture and it is the main hang on one second dear viewer it’s the main Shrine of all the Sumi Yoshi shrines in Japan okay so um it does actually look quite nice um I’m not sure if you won’t be able to pick this out and show you you see that looks all right you know so I’m just going to head there okay I’m pretty much 5 minutes in a straight line now until I get to the shrine oh look little Tory little Tory gate in a in a back Garden [Music] backyard I can see a baby little cherry blossom tree as well lovely here we are then at Sumi Yoshi Shrine and what a lovely unexpected Jam I didn’t expect to find this when I got off the ship this morning so so let’s take a closer look there’s Tory Gates and all sorts inside [Music] so I’m quite impressed with this lovely little find and um I think I’m going to have a look on Google Maps and see if there’s anything else that I might discover it’s just worth getting out and exploring on your own sometimes to see what you can find absolutely what a beauty and just lastly if any of you can decipher this people have some very beautiful gardens here take a look at [Music] that beautiful another little Google Maps Discovery if I keep going further away from the port in the direction I was going for the shrine it leads me to uh sukum Park which I think is that I think it’s that to my left but if I continue on it brings me to to yien Garden so it’s about 15 minutes away so I’m going to go and take a quick look at that and then I’ll walk back to the the cruise terminal um I’ve got an hour and a half there’s plenty of time to get there and back I found sukin park there is lots of cherry blossom take a look at this beautiful and I’ve Just Seen another bright pink tree behind me as well so I’m going to go and take a look at that check this out okay I made it here um that wasn’t quite the 16 or 17 minute walk from the shrine that I was led to believe it was so that’s quite nice there we go right I’m going to pop in [Music] [Music] oh my looks like there’s something pretty breathtaking here take a look at this I’m going to crouch down so you can see all of it oh my right going to keep walking this way and hoping that it all opens up I’m not sure if I can fit this all in I need to try and get to a suitable vantage point this is just crazily beautiful take a look at this it’s just so calm you wouldn’t believe you’re next to a main road sometimes the unplanned days are the best of days it’s time to go across these Bridges and head to the Tory gate over by the little mini Sherine walk with [Music] me okay I’m at the top in the middle it’s got to be time for a 360 just beautiful right let’s keep going [Music] [Music] well talk about making the best of things what an interesting lovely few hours it’s been here in wakayama it would have been nice to go to coochi because we had the the plans there however it’s been a wonderful wonderful day here visiting the shrine and the gardens here so it’s time to find my way out and head back to the ship there was a lot of music coming from speakers over by the ship just now as we are just back take a [Music] look and I’m not sure if it’s Play Tracks or there are people actually singing but I can hear oh my God it is actually people singing and clapping right bear with me dear viewers and I will get closer and I’ll video a bit of it so many unexpected things today [Music] [Music] so back on board and as we’re sailing away 4 hours earlier than we would have sailed away from coochi why not take advantage of a quick spot of lunch in s Palace let’s take a look at the menu for lunchtime I have to take my top off cuz it’s so warm uh so I think I’ve decided what I’m going to have from memory the cream of mushroom soup is really really good so I’m going to have that for main I’m going to have the musaka um interestingly it’s beef musaka not lamb and maybe I’ll change it to the Spaghetti Carbonara decisions decisions we just have to wait till it comes out and then for dessert I’m going to have the tiasu uh tends to be a bit hit and miss on cruise ships so we’ll see what it’s like the starters out and I’m excited for this one cuz it was absolutely delicious when I last had it so let’s hope it doesn’t disappoint here is the mushroom soup the soup was wonderful and I went with the carbonara because beef in really so carbonara is here thank you so much parmesana has been added by the lovely waiter and it’s time to tuck in spaghetti carbonara was absolutely fantastic and far far better than I remember it being um I think if I remember rightly I last had it on the Norwegian Breakaway and we had literally just spent a couple of days in Rome and had carara there so it would have always been a disappointment however I have to say I think that one was better than the one I had on breakway anyway uh now it’s time for dessert it is uh just coming up to 120 so we’re not really done too bad for time considering I’ve only been here about 25 minutes 30 minutes I forgot it was Mr Sexy Legs competition out on the pool deck today [Music] 2024 je is [Music] everybody all the way from Mexico a bit of crazy nonsense and now it is time for the sailway and we’re well underway now and take a look after a chill back in the room and a very much unplanned Siesta it was time to head out for dinner good evening yes evening I don’t know where that came from I was planning on going to the latitude cocktail party at 5 30 uh one minute I the saw my bed the next minute it was 3 hours later so it’s uh back in s Palace again and then straight after this I’ve got the rock show in the main theater so let me show you the menu for this evening let’s kick this evening’s meal off then we’ll start with a bit of Bretta there it is right I’ve worked up quite an appetite having that sleep for 3 hours that Bretta was really good I virtually inhaled it so it’s now time for the bacon and bbon glazed chicken breast it does look rather nice and it smells good too the BBN chicken was really really good it was uh sweet and um just a right amount of sweet and it had a fiery kick to it really really good and just waiting on the two desserts to come out and there we go next soon I switch the camera off that both desserts arrived so we’ve got the after eight mint chocolate mousse and the warm apple strudel both desserts were absolutely f fantastic what a great meal I think the first night was just a little bit of a an anomaly at least I hope so everything crossed that was absolutely delicious right so that is dinner done now it’s time to head to the main Stardust theater for the rock [Music] show up I want to make a guest [Music] [Applause] [Music] tonight okay that was a pretty good show much much better than last nights and even though parts of it were quite good last night that was a really high energy show tonight so I’ve put a jumper on cuz I’m heading up to deck 13 and I might take a little look in the sper lounge it looks like I’ve just caught the end of the Thriller dance class here in sper before the ‘ 80s night [Music] starts I think it’s fair to say that the party nights on board Norwegian Jew are just that little bit more T than you normally would be if they were around the pool deck [Music] well considering the port change I think I’ve really made the best of things today what a great day the shrine the gardens dining twice in SAR Palace the school children walking us back Mr Sexy Legs The Rock Show the 80s night it’s been a pretty great day so we will leave it there for today join me tomorrow in kagoshima where it’s going to be another Fun Pack day if you haven’t already then do consider subscribing to the channel and do hit that notification Bell so you’re the first to be notified when new content drops thank you so much for watching guys and I’ll see you on the next upload good night now
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This was an awesome day! Do you ever just jump off the ship with no plans?