B&B Park Hotel Kagoshima

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Varmasti ennätyskävelyt tuli tänään vedettyä ja kiivettiinpä vielä kaiken huipuksi toinenkin kerta ylös Shiroyamalle katsomaan auringonlaskua. Hienoa, hienoa! Nyt alkoi kyllä jalat olla jo niin totaalisen lopussa, ettei auttanut muu kuin laahustaa pimeän tultua kaupan kautta hotellille kylpyyn. Olisi tietysti hauska aina käydä testaamassa hienoja paikallisia ruokia ja ravintoloita, mutta tällä meidän matkustusmäärällä ei mikään budjetti riittäisi siihen hommaan ...

Tämä yö meni aivan harakoille …tai siis KORPEILLE! En tajua mikä oli homman nimi, mutta korpit raakkui ja piti tässä hotellin lähellä koko yön aivan mieletöntä meteliä, joten unet jäi todella vähiin! Hiukan kävi mielessä, että olisiko kenties joku maanjäristys tulossa, mutta kyllä nämä korpit olivat muuten vaan kajahtaneita! :-)

Aamulla lähdettiin kello 09 aikoihin Ikebukurolta liikenteeseen, koska suurella viekkaudella ajateltiin, että ehkä pahin aamuruuhka olisi ...

... areas, and Frommer's is always reliable!

The room is small and furnished simply. Most Americans would probably say it's years past due for a makeover. But everything was functional and clean. My desk chair is a fabulous example of bentwood plywood furniture. The prefabricated unit bathroom is literally a step above the norm--there is one steep step down from the bathroom to the rest of the room. Instead of drapes ...

... einen Altersheim (jaja eh klar) und der eine Opi im Rollstuhl will sich gerade als Yakuza outen indem er sich die Kleider vom Leib reißt da hindert ihn besagter Schauspieler eben daran indem er das Licht abdreht, einen Vorhang über ihn wirft und ihn aus den Saal rollt. Hmm hab leider verpasst wie das Dorama heißt, weil andi umgeschalten hat zu Baseball. Tippe auf einen Titel wie 池面Alterseheim. (Schöne Männer Altersheim).

So aber wieder zurück zum Thema:

Während ...

... auch anders auffassen kann und hab noch "ich kaufe es" nachgerufen, was sie scheinbar nicht gehört hat)und holt dann eins raus und schneidet es in zwei teile und gibt es uns. Dann packt sie eins ein und reicht es uns und ich gleich "nein passt schon, wir haben ja schon eins" - ja aber die hat es uns dann doch aufgedrängt - Peinlich Peinlich - und der Spott folgte sofort von Andi - "Jaa diese Gaijins immer so aufdringlich alles wollen sie sich erschnorren, schrecklich sowas...."

After catching an early train out of Hiroshima - arrive in Kagoshima around 12 noon and make our way to the traditional Japanese Ryokan we're staying at there. In Tokyo we picked up a free magazine which mentioned sand baths just outside Kagoshima so after dumping our bags we decided to head out to Ikubusi to check them out. The baths involve wearing a hakata (a traditional Japanese robe) and nothing else and heading out from the public baths to the beach where ...

... McDon*lds, then directly to the beer m*chine. Now th*t we h*d covered our prim*l urges, we could he*d on into downtown *nd see wh*t kind of trouble we could get into. We hopped into c*bs *nd he*ded downtown on * se*rch for internet. We found * cyber c*fe *nd sent our mess*ges home *nd then we w*lked *round downtown. We p*ssed * Buddhist temple *nd w*lked through * covered m*rket where we did some shopping. We *ll went our own w*y to do our person*l shopping *nd *greed to meet up *t ...

... at Currumbin. She knew we were coming and had written, "Don't move from Hiroshima airport, I come see you", and "You come to my home town". Being the only foreigners on the arriving flight (at least, I think that's why), we were singled out by customs and had our bags checked. Thoroughly. Including the padding. And every piece of clothing. And our wallets, including checking all the cards. And our shoes which then got x-rayed (we're not ...

... gas station on the island. The black pork noodle soup was tasty in the noodle restaurant near the airport. Black pork seemed a speciality of the island.

The next day, on our way back to Nagoya, we dropped by Kagoshima, where we took some pictures around the Takamori Saigo statue and then headed for Sakurajima Island. Actually it used to be an island, but it's not any more, because the lava from the volcano erruption in 1914 made a way ...

The room was freezing, the heating didn't work. Egg had all these messages up about protecting the environment, although it was more like "save the bank balance" than "save the planet". He was up about 7 and had already kicked the bloke next door out by the time we woke. "Mr Marc, Miss Lorraine time to get up, free bread and tea for you in kitchen. I'll be waiting". That was at 8. We got up had the toasted and went to get ready. "You must leave now Miss Lorraine ...