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Asia » Japan » Kagoshima » Yakushima October 1st 2016

Yakushima szykuje się na 18 w tym roku pacyficzny tajfun. Głośniki w mieście nadają, z pewnością bardzo ważne, komunikaty w języku japońskim, z pewnością nakazujące kupić dodakowe 10 kg ryżu i zabić wszystkie okna gwoździami. Nadchodzi Chaba. My natomiast zakładamy nowe pampersy i szybko pakujemy plecaki, aby zdążyć na ostatni przed nim prom, który zawiezie nas na ląd. Trzymamy tym samym kciuki za naszego kolegę Sebastiana, który z poświęceniem godnym prawdziwego franciszkanina pognał dziś rano po bilety. Japonia nazywana jest Krainą Tajfunów. Lecąc tu na wakacje należy się liczyć z tym, że spotka się przynajmniej jeden z nich. Płynąc na Yakushime wiedzieliśmy, że otrzemy się o czoło Chaby (tajfun nr 18). Dzisiejsze prognozy dają nam jeszcze około 12 godzin czasu na opuszczenie wyspy. Wyspy, która jest prawdziwym rajem. Wielkim japońskim ogrodem, w którym parki narodowe, ciągnące ... read more
Park Shiratani
Park Shiratani
Park Shiratani

Asia » Japan » Kagoshima » Yakushima April 25th 2015

Day 10 Yakushima Today was another day of surprises with a bonus of a beach Onsen’ at a third of our way around the island. Since the Onsen pools were quite small, with males and females separated by a flimsy fence we retained our modesty in our shorts and bikinis. The hottest part was the pebbles leading to the Onsen. Martin set off with a will out of town first thing and a breakaway of four soon dropped the group and with a tail wind, despite some steep little hills, we averaged 15mph until the Boulangerie at 11am. The roads after this point were very traffic free and we encountered several deer and some macaques doing their ablutions in the shade. As usual for the coastline of Japan the road was rather lumpy and we soon ... read more
Turtle beach
Sika deer
Macaques

Asia » Japan » Kagoshima » Yakushima April 24th 2015

Day 9 The island of Yakushima A short bus ride to the ferry terminal and we were on the Surf Jet to the island of Yakushima at full speed. We were amazed as it blazed into the harbour leaning over into the corner like a motorcycle. We had to strap in like on an aircraft as we sped across the Pacific Ocean to clear water to the south. The weather was good to us again, as it has been for most of the trip, with a clear sky and the sun lifting the spirits on this beautiful spring day. As we landed in Miyanoura Port we could see a road zig zagging up the mountain and this was the road our bus took for 9 km to the start of our walk in the Shiratani Unsuikyo ... read more
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Asia » Japan » Kagoshima » Yakushima January 5th 2009

Wednesday I was awoken by the 6am train going past my hostel the next morning and moved around in the slight darkness to find and stuff all my things into my backpack before heading out into the morning light. Walked up to the station taxi stand and rode off into the dawn to get to the ferry terminal before the 7:45am ferry took off. Since I had made a reservation the day before I had to go back and get my ticket and pick where my seat would be. Still feeling a little green around the edges from the day before, I decided to play it safe and sit away from the windows and tried to take a short nap during the 2 hour trip. Yakushima is a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of the huge ... read more
Yakushima
Yakushima
Yakushima




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