I am just about to rent a bicycle. So you guys could see how you can do that here. It's quite cheap

Apparently it's only 10 or 15 dollars to rent a bike

To go all across the Shimanami Kaido. You can return the bicycle along several points along the route

So if you decide you want to give up halfway

There's probably a spot you can return the bicycle there

So you don't need to cycle it all the way across you don't need to come back to the start to return it

So that's really convenient

Okay, so I finished the registration the next step is to choose my bike

They have several different bikes to choose from so hmm. Oh I could get a 'mama chari'

I'd have a basket to store my camera in that's actually quite tempting

I think I'll go with this one here, it's got like a decently squishy seat

Yeah, maybe a little bit

Yeah, I think it's good - perfect perfect

Yeah. They also have helmets you can borrow and they're cool helmets. They're not

orange helmets. This looks like Ryotaro's helmet, actually

I am so excited that the weather is this nice you guys. It's kind of chilly. It's about 19°C

I think that's the high for today. It's a little cloudy which is perfect. And I think we're gonna have a really nice ride

We just made the boot. It costs 110 yen to catch the ferry

It'll drop you off at the starting point of the cicle

It's a really nice ride, it's really beautiful

We're here! It's a really short ferry ride. It's like five minutes

I'm so excited!

You follow the blue line and that's the route

The whole route is a sign posted by a blue line that runs along the road

I've already gone the wrong way because we forgot to follow the blue line. Don't make the same mistake

we did! Always follow the blue line!

There it is

What a rebel

We're just making our first pit stop for some water I think we've gone about 3 kilometers. So far? Yeah, I think that's it

Felt like 10 we kind of went uphill a little bit. It wasn't too bad, but look at our view

We're gonna be going over our first epic bridge soon. It's really nice it actually

Looks like the suspension bridge that we saw the other day in Kobe. Not as long I guess, but really similar

So we're still in Hiroshima Prefecture the views here are so beautiful you guys the water is this tropical

blue color. All the bridges make for some really nice photos and just the whole area is so pretty

I don't know what I had in mind, when I pictured Hiroshima

This is my first time here, but I really didn't imagine it looking like this. We're taking our first proper rest

I think we biked about 13 kilometers or so

So far, it doesn't sound like long, but I swear half of the route was uphill

I picked up some Pocari sweat. It's a sports drink

With a really bad name if you're unfamiliar with this, it's the most popular sports drink in Japan

So everybody knows it

but this is to replace my electrolytes because I sweat a lot! And I got an onigiri and I'm just gonna sit here and

Eat and take a break to rest, before we take on the rest of the trip.

All right, break time is over, off to...

our next destination

Time for coffee break Chris O'Connell is join the trip now and we're gonna get some sick drone shots on this bridge

behind us, but first coffee

Break time's over, time to cycle again. The sun is really, really bright probably should have worn sunscreen... gonna regret this tomorrow

So this is the last bridge of the day

It's really big. It's like two or three suspension bridges in one and it looks beautiful

It's a very picturesque bridge 4.105 meters long - Wow

4 kilometers (Sharla&Chris)

Technically, if you would call it one bridge, it's one of the longest suspension bridges in the world - Where we're know? We're somewhere around here

I am the king of specific locations

Started raining you guys, but just a little bit. It's not bad

We're about to go over another bridge that looks very similar to the other bridges

We've gone over, the views are stunning as they have been for the entire trip

We're nearly there

Cruising downhill on a bike is probably my absolute favorite thing to do and it almost makes all the hills

We've had to climb worth it. It's so much fun

We are here at the moment with a beautiful view of Hakata Oshima bridge

And we have one bridge to go and then we're done. We've made it you guys we've cycled

53 kilometers so far and the sun

Should be setting just as we're finishing our ride if we can keep up our pace. So that's exciting

We did well. My legs hurt, they hurt a lot, but I think we can complete it

No problem. The most beautiful sunset in the Shimanami is at number 9

...here. Oh! If we can make it here

for the sunset

That's where we are now

These hills are absolute killer... but check out the amazing sunset that I have behind me

We actually just missed the best part of it by about 10-15 minutes, if we would gotten here a little earlier

This would have just been the best view known to mankind

But it's still quite good. So I can't complain that hill killed me though, but this is our last bridge

We've almost made it! A little longer to go

We've done it you guys we have just finished the last bridge of the Shimanami Kaido

I can't explain the view in words. I honestly can't it's the

It's the best thing I've ever seen in my entire life

And now when people ask me the one thing they should do when they come to Japan. I finally have an answer!

I didn't have one until now. I always couldn't decide there's so many cool things to do here

This is it! Cycle the Shimanami Kaido. If you don't want to cycle, if you can't cycle, rent a car

Travel across it by walking... by wheelchair. However, you can. Please do it... the views you guys!

I definitely wasn't able to capture them how they look in person with my camera

But...Just take my word for it

It's stunning. It's absolutely stunning. I feel so lucky that I was able to join this trip

So thank you Chris for allowing me to join you on this cycle

This has been the best experience I've ever had in Japan. It's great you guys it's really really great

Lost Chris.... not sure where Chris is. Hopefully I didn't take the wrong road. Oh crap!