Shiranamiso Ibusuki

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Eikä pelottanut yhtään, vaikka Sakurajima-vuori tuossa uhkaavasti koko ajan tupruttelikin! Jos se päättäisi nyt posahtaa, niin tulisipa ainakin tosi komea loppu! :-) Paljon enemmän olen huolissani Suomen harmauteen, pimeyteen, kylmyyteen, kateuteen ja totaaliseen luovuuden kadottamiseen hajoamisesta! Siinä on todellinen pelko!

Minä ainakin sain nyt Kagoshimasta ihan uutta energiaa ja tästä jatketaan mahtavilla mielillä eteenpäin! Näitä päiviä lisää kiitos...

... 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 ...

... the staff is keeping track and will bring out another one as soon as it's taken.

SAKURAJIMA VOLCANO

On my first day in Kagoshima, I took the ferry to the Sakurjima volcano, which used to be an island, but the last eruption turned it into a peninsula connected to the other side of Kyushu. The ferry runs 24 hours a day! After reaching Sakurajima, I took a walk along the Nagisa Lava Trail. The first thing ...

... auf die Bahn zurück gewartet haben, haben wir am Hauptplatz nochmal unsere Füße in echt brennend heißes Wasser getaucht... Des kann net gsund sein...
Die Handtücher durften wir uns mitnehmen, hab extra noch gefragt. Und Andi meinte, die japanischen Burschen schauen sogar mit einen häßlichen Handtuch aufn Kopf gut aus, im Zimmer haben wir dann herausgefunden, dass es eben dieses Handtuch ist, das so gutaussehend macht ^_^
So aber ich lass jetzt lieber Fotos/Videos sprechen.

... nearly 2 hours in there compared to my 15 minutes. The following day we crossed to an island called Sakurajima which is dominated by an active volcano. In the volcano museum we got talking to a French mother and daughter and ended up spending the whole afternoon with them just chatting and dipping our feet in scorching hot foot spas overlooking Kagoshima. The best moment was when Fernet (the 80 year old mother) told us that her first lover was English and she'd ...

... w*s *ctu*lly the only thing th*t kept me from gn*wing off my own leg out of st*rv*tion. The rest of the time we were served cr*zy fish served in 1,000 different w*ys, *long with equ*lly str*nge side dishes like octopus *nd qu*il egg noodles. Every once in * while something decent would come *long like miso or curry soup with something resembling chicken nuggets but, they were not close enough to e*ch other to keep me from feeling the hunger p*ins. Anyw*y, I digress. On shore, str*ight ...

... I finally get a wave which I use to stand up and immediately dive into the water. My knee is throbbing but after floating in the water for about 10 minutes the throbbing starts to subside. The ocean in Yakushima is just beautiful. I want to stay longer but know getting out is going to be tough so decide to face the challenge earlier than later. I manage to get out despite the pain and that's when I notice my bathing suit ...

... we took pictures as well. I have to reason being here just the fact that we have JR Railpass and we are trying to milk it!!!! There she blows (and I don't mean Francis!) We were on the ferry to head out to Sakurajima island, when the volcano erupted! I am not kidding, we saw it all! That has to be one of the coolest natural sites we have seen since New Zealand. We went to ...

... per night in Abo where was comfortable to stroll around in the morning. Because it was difficult to visit many attractions by public transportation, we decided to rent a car for the second day and then, went round the island anticlockwise. We visited Shitogo Gajumaru-en Banyan Garden, Nagata Inakahama Shore, Okonotaki Waterfall, Hirauchi Shore Hotspring. On our way, we met wild Yaku monkeys sitting on the road. We had a trouble in finding ...

... headed out into the As the light had already begun to fade with didn't get to see Mt Kaimon in all its glory until the following morning. Anna's book says that it is 920 meters high. We weren't too worried about the mountain as what we were after were the sand baths at Surigahama beach. Here, along with about fifteen other people we changed into a Yukata and lay down in the ...