Hen Chan

So I've been a lazy writer since I went to Iriomote. Which now comes back to haunt me! Damn! I have decided to put some of the days together as to make it more interesting, not to mention that I have already forgotten some of the things. To many impressions stored somewhere in my brain. 05 / 07 - 2010 Tamaki, Yoko and I left Ishigaki around lunchtime departing to Iriomote. The boat fare was around 3.800 yen. We arrived at Iriomote around an hour later and was picked up by Takuma, who drove us to his hotel. After checking in we took the car out for a spin around the island to see its wonders, there are roughly 2300 inhabitants though the second largest of Okinawa prefecture. We rode on a ox driven wagon to ... read more

Hey people! So today the calender say the 10th of July, though I'm writing a bit about my diving trip with manta and other fish! I have taken many pictures, and a lot of video's, though most of them are to big to be uploaded, anyone know of a good way to make them smaller in size? anyway back to the 4th, I woke up haft past 7, took a quick shower and went down to the convinient store to buy some quick breakfast. after swallowing the rice I went over to the diving shop (200 meters from the hostel) and prepared for dives. we where 5 people and 2 instructors. 2 people where taking their licenses while the rest of us went exploring. we started at nizakanzen point and there we dived to around 18 ... read more

30 / 06 - 2010 I really didn't do much today, though I did write some emails, read some in my book, and wrote on my blog. at 15.00 I heard a knock on my door, and saw the owner. He told me that Yumi wouldn't be coming to pick me up, and that she didn't have time to go get Yoko and her American friend (Michelle), who where to arrive at 16.40. I decided to go by myself, and arrived at the airport 16.30. after meeting them, we took a taxi and went to Hotel art box where Michelle is living until tomorrow (the 3rd). We drove into town and placed Yoko sensei's stuff in our room(we share room). Then we went to a Izakaya to drink a couple of beers and and ate some ... read more

27 / 06 - 2010 I woke up around 10 in the morning, feeling well relaxed. I took a shower and cleaned the room a bit. Takuma came by around 11.30 and together we drove down to a “secret” beach, with 2 staff members from the hotel. Fortunately the hotel had plenty of snorkeling equipment to borrow from, so with the trunk full of beverage and equipment, the 3 lads and I rode down to take a swim. It was low tide, so it was somewhat hard to get out into deeper waters due to the poisonous coral, but we managed. There I took some pictures and some movies, which I have posted. Unfortunately the pictures don't show all the multitude of colors, apparently I hadn't set the cameras configuration correct, bummer!. We swam quit a ... read more

24-06 - 2010 So the bird has left it's nest. I flew from Copenhagen yesterday, 23-06, around 16.00, and the flight took around 10 hours. Arrived around 9 o'clock. Luckily I had help from Hiromi-san, with buying the credit card for the trains, as well as an quick intro for dummies in how to go around in Tokyo (it is actually quite big) Hiromi-san was the person I sat next to during the flight from Copenhagen to Narita, probably one of the nicest persons on earth! She took me all the way to Ueno-eki(train station) and from there I had 10 minutes of train ride and walk. Arrived around 11am, so I had 4 hours to burn of before I could check in. I dropped off my stuff and began to explore, to glimpse at what ... read more

17 - 06 - 2010 So this is the first of many posts... I'm currently at home in Denmark where I sit and stare out into the nothingness. my head is hurting from a good night out with the boys, and there's only 7 days to go before I'm leaving for Japan! Yatta! It all began roughly 3 months ago when I saw an add on the internet about an Internship offer in Japan. I immediately began writing a application for it. luckily I got it. Next came the planning of when and where to start. and for how long, I'm starting the 9th of August and the Internship ends the 28th of February. I started collecting all the documents for a one year visa, roughly two months before departure. Due to the many documents needed, ... read more