Kirishima Hotel

... Tuhkaa täällä ripottelee taivaalta hiljalleen ja melkoinen urakka on pitää kaupungin kadut puhtaana. Hauskasti on tupakointikieltoja maalailtu joka puolelle katuja, ettei vaan tulisi lisää tuhkaa ! :-) Mutta Japanityylisellä tehokkuudella kruisailee lakaisuauto jatkuvasti ympäri korttelia, joten se asia on hyvässä hoidossa. Huomattiin kyllä tuossa kävellessä, että valkoinen auto ei välttämättä ole mikään kauhean hyvä idea täällä! Eikä juuri eilen pesty valkoinen paita tai ...

... en millään pysty nukahtamaan autossa, bussissa, lentokoneessa, veneessä, enkä onneksi edes skootterilla ajaessa! :-) Tämän luotijunan kanssa minulla käy kuitenkin värähtelytaajuudet yhteen ja tässä pystyn jotenkin kummasti aina nukahtamaan. Mutta niin näyttää moni muukin pystyvän! :-) Japanilaiset aina komeasti nukkuvat ihan sikeästi junassa ja sitten yhtäkkiä ponkaisevat oikealla asemalla ylös ja jatkavat matkaa! Häh, miten? Minä heräisin varmaan vasta jossain tuhannen ...

... have English signs. I could ask somebody for directions. I would try to notice more landmarks. I would not panic. I decided to start again with the streets that had English street signs, and to assume that the hotel location was signified by the big black box on the map, and not the circle with the letter T inside it. I was a half-block past where the hotel should have been if the alleys had been shown on my map. Then I ...

... das Geheimnis der schlanken Japanerinnen gelüftet Nämlich selbiges orangenes Aminosäurengetränk - hab jetzt nur die 2000mg variante genommen - die doppelte gabs auch - aber wir wollen doch nicht wie kate moss aussehen oder *hüstel* ebenfalls ein Foto geschossen.

Das Video zeigt ne einfache Straße in Kagoshima (dahin sind wir nach dem einchecken gefahren) und genau dort wo das Video endet (rechts) gibts nen yakitori geschäft - da wo der Hund dannach so laut bellt. Da hab ...

... are waiting to bury you in the sand. All you can see as you make your way to the beach are heads sticking out of the sand wrapped in turbans - very bizarre. As the area is volcanic, the sand can reach temperatures of 50 degrees Celsius so you're only recommended to lie there for 10 minutes. The experience itself was really weird but nothing compared to the baths (known as an Onsen - for bathing not swimming!) when you go back in and which I really hadn't ...

... 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 ...

... was out again we headed as fast as we can to the beach. I was a bit worried about getting down the hill to the beach but was able to make it. Getting in the water was another story and the waves were coming in strong and there is a sharp drop 3feet into the water. A wave hits me and my right knee buckles and I go tumbling in the water. I can't stand up because my knee hurts every time I try so I get wiped out by waves 2 or 3 ...

... awesome onsen on the Sakurajima island with magma heated waters that are supposed to heal cuts and skin problems, improve digestion, and I heard it even makes people taller (unfortunately it didn't work for Matt, he is still only 5'10", or so he claims)!! It was glorious! Matt did do a lot better this time, successfully staying in there for almost an hour. The view is beautiful ...

... cedar, we visited Kigensugi cedar, which was about 3000 years old and it was very easy to access, but impressive enough. Near the cedar, Yakusugiland Park was located. It was a park for everybody including seniors and small children to enjoy seeing some Yaku cedars which lived more than 1000 years. By the way, only the ceders which are more than 1000 years old are called Yakusugi ceders in Yakushima. We stayed in Minshuku Hanasatsuki for 3150 ...

This place is in the mountains. We came here to hunt VOLCANOES and camp out. We hiked up 3 volcanoes and all three of them had lakes in the middle of it. The hike lasted 3 hours and afterward we were tired and hungry. I made ramen in my Nalgene bottle and ate noodles before we headed for the Spring ...