[Travel Notes Sharing] Late Travel Notes on Hokkaido (1)

Equipment: ILCE-7RM2 24-70 F2.8

iPhone8plus

Post-production: Lightroom

This trip took place 3 years ago, in early August 2018.

I went to a lot of places during 2017-2020, and I spent all the Chinese New Year abroad in the past few years. Hokkaido left the deepest impression on me (it also made me realize that the A7R2’s focus speed is not enough. Later, a few weeks after the release of the R4 Replaced with R3 before).

At first, my family decided to go to Hokkaido, but I refused. The main reason was that the original plan was to travel in depth to the Kinki area, and I had the impression that Hokkaido is better to go in winter. Considering that the elderly in the family cannot go to places that are too cold, I decided to go there in June and The travel agency signed a contract and finalized the Hokkaido travel plan. Perhaps it was this sense of gap between the extreme reluctance in the early stage and the great satisfaction in the later stage that made this journey leave the deepest impression on me.

Let’s do a FAQ before we officially start:

Q: Why do you want to join a tour group? How delicious is it to travel independently or semi-independently?

A: It is more convenient for travel agencies to arrange buses and minibuses. The second reason is that the elderly have inconvenient legs and feet. Finally, family members prefer boutique small groups. Although they are in a group, there are actually only a few outsiders in each group. The buses are not even half full, and Shanghai itself is It’s also very convenient to get together in a group here.

Q: The article is too long, like a running account?

A: It’s not just a sharing. I’m afraid I’ll forget it after a long time. It’s a written souvenir. To be more specific, it gives me the feeling of cloud travel.

Q: Is the composition of the picture too bad?

A: I understand that if you are traveling with a group, you won’t have too much time to compose the shot and find the angle.

Now I officially start my 2018.7 Hokkaido travel diary

2018.8.1

We went out at 2:10 in the morning. Since there is no night bus from Suzhou to Shanghai, we had to gather people at the sports center and take the Iveco to the airport.

I originally planned to stay at an express hotel near Pudong Airport, but for some reason it was almost full in the past few days (there were no room for 3 rooms), so I had to leave late at night.

On the way, I saw the Hongqiao EMU parking lot late at night. The 8P nighttime imaging was terrible. In addition, on the high-speed moving trains, the parked EMUs turned into pillars of light. I won’t include the picture here because it hurts the eyes (sad).

After three hours of torture with the suitcase on my knees, I finally arrived at Pudong Airport.

Note: This car also sent 3 people to Hongqiao, one of whom was going to Hongqiao T1. The driver probably dozed off and heard T2, so he wasted some time by going around Hongqiao.

There was no one at Pudong Airport late at night, and many counters were closed.

At 5 or 6 o'clock in the morning, the number of people began to increase. I watched Starbucks stock up. It was the first time I saw Starbucks with so much food.

As a flying enthusiast, of course the first thing you do when checking in and waiting for the flight is to take pictures of the plane~

Delta’s 777-232 and 350-900, FedEx in the distance is more eye-catching!

Korean Air’s 330-300.

It won’t take long to check in for the morning flight. After a few rounds, I’m ready to board the plane.

The weather was good, and we were able to take pictures of the Pudong Airport tower during taxiing.

Captured Swissair's A340, 5APU is quite rare, maybe the guy who complained about it is on it!

Take off from runway 34L.

The lunch (breakfast) on the plane looked okay. I have liked airplane meals since I was a child, and this meal tasted good.

At 11:00 in the morning, we could already see Japanese fields. The whole flight took 3 and a half hours.

(To be continued…)