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The Good, The Bad and the Tugly
... so we took in the “Rope Festival”. The centrepiece of the three day affair is a huge tug-of-war. It is so huge in fact that it is in the Guinness book of records for the largest rope and tug-of-war in the world.
It was announced that there were 24,000 people who participated from children to grandparents.
The rope was so big that it stretched about 300 meters in length and was a meter thick. Strands that were about 10 cm thick flared off the main rope and ...
Finding Nemo
... to walk the bikes up many of the steeper stretches.
The fast descent revealed that our brakes were less than adequate to stop the bikes if need be. It’s a good thing that there are only a couple of dozen vehicles on the island. Graeme ended up in a drainage ditch after one descent and later on we reached a point in the road completely blocked with trees downed in the typhoon earlier this week.
A road crew was there cleaning up the ...
Sayonara, Japan!
... over to take some pictures at the nearby beach. On the way back to the car, I snapped a picture of the restaurant that Josh said was “off limits” – its main “dish” was a water pipe. We spent our last evening with Josh eating Nepalese food (similar to Indian). It was good food, and a good evening together. We dropped Josh off at the base about 8:30 with all of us trying to put on a ...
Shisa, Bingata, and School Life
... and signs. While the protest was not funny, some of their signs were the source of great mirth to anyone who speaks English. Instead of posting, “Give back our property.”, they posted signs stating, “Give back our portapotty.” Of course, someone obliged and had a portapotty delivered to them. Today, I had a very special birthday! We had ...
Royalty
... of powdered cheddar cheese to mix into the bag. We did recognize the french fries, though. I used the opportunity to use the restroom but discovered that there were no symbols on the doors - only Japanese letters. I watched for a bit for someone to come in our out. No one did, so I just picked one. If I was in the wrong one, no one said anything and no one came in. I guess all's well...
We had to return Josh ...
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