Making Friends: People, Spiders and Geckoes

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October 29th 2006

Published: October 29th 2006

This update is long overdue and as such will probably be very long… My morale has sky-rocketed since my last blog entry. The fact that I haven’t written in 20 days is a good indication that I’ve been keeping busy with other things. In fact, I’ve been keeping so busy that the time has been flying by! It would probably take a long time to enumerate every weekend activity I’ve done so I... Read Full Entry

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Ladders up the Mountain

Robin and Gemma treck upwards

How you know you've reached the top

Chilling at the Peak

Claire, Me, Nathaniel and Zach (blonde hair)

Proof that I reached the top

View at Udo Shrine

Imagine driving along an entire coast that looks like this!

Udo Shrine

Protecting the Shrine?

Shrine within a cave

Actually, most of the shrine in this area was within a dimly lit cave, setting a really spiritual mood.

Within a Stone's Throw

The wishing well

Interesting rock formation

Shrine door

Gateways (Torii)

Wash Basin

You use the wooden spoons to scoop water over your hands to purify yourself before you pray.

Quasi-National Park

Peace Monument at Heiwanaida Park

Protecting the Monument

Mother and Child

Haniwa

Traditional statues usually found near Emperors' tombs

Tower Door

Sunset near Nejime

Mt. Kaimon is the cone-shaped mountain on the left

Taiko Drummers

Kicking off the festival on race day

29th October 2006

Dana
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The bathing resort sounds awesome!!! Having only a shower in my suite, I would definitely enjoy a nice long bath, especially in a place like that! The gecko story is hillarious! :-)))

7th November 2006

Orion
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Spiders are good luck
I don't know about geckos... Those are great pics. So have you settled into the place now that you've got the place furnished the way you like it? By the way I shot you an email through this web site, did you receive that? Cheers, Orion

13th November 2006

Aunt Val
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what an exotic answering machine!!
A belated birthday wish little Golden Pear - tried calling, and will try again - kind of a "oh hell, it's the 12th, and she's left for school" effort, but figured out that Kagoshima's city code was different from the number in your e-mail, so took a shot... so if you get a message then I'm in the right part of the universe. Couldn't really tell from that message - sounded like the PA announcements in gateway air terminals! Ikaga desu ka? Otanjou-bi Omedetou Gozaimasu! Ahhh, to google the universe! Dewa kore de. XOXOXOX Valerie

13th November 2006

Valerie
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PS
Kul sana wa inta tayeba! Don't forget your roots little Golden Pear V

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