July 4 Max wanted to tag along sightseeing with me for a day, but didn’t want to go to Kurashika since he had been there a few years back. Instead, we traveled to Takahashi with intentions to spend the night. When we arrived in Takahashi (which actually translates to tall bridge), we walked into the travel’s info stand that was part of the train station. Apparently, the youth hostel, which was marked in my travel book, didn’t actually exist. The guy at the desk even called the number my book listed although it just turned out to be a regular, overpriced hotel. The cheapest we could have stayed there would about been around $60, and neither of us really wanted to fork over that much cash. We just decided to finish sightseeing in takahashi, take the
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