Monday, June 25, 2007

Japan at last

I have wanted to live in Japan for a long time and it has been a really difficult journey to get here. But I'm here at last and I'm going to enjoy every moment of it. My camera is broken so I can't post any pictures but maybe that's good because I already have a lot of photos on this blog and I haven't said much about them. So here's an opportunity for me to express my thoughts.

I must admit that I feel reaIly lonely. I don't have any friends yet and I can't speak any Japanese. All I can say is "hello" "good morning" "excuse me" "thank you" and "wait a minute." I have a wonderful but when I det home from work at night there is nobody to speak to.

I found some beautiful Katakana on the web. I decided to learn Katakana first because it's used for foriegn words, so it's more rewarding once you've learned it to pronounce and reconise foreign words rather than Japanesse words.


SHINGU, WAKAYAMA
Shingū-shi 新宮市 was founded on October 1, 1933. It is located in Wakayama prefecture and has an estimated population of 32,500, a density of 407 people per km² and a total area is 79.66 km². It is famouse for it's top quality Aikido school and it is the sister city to Santa Cruz, California.

THINGS TO DO IN THE SHINGU AREA:
1. White water Rafting (Kitayama-mura)
2. Rafting (Kitayama-mura)
3. Charcoal Burning Experience (Hongu-cho)
4. Kumano Hongu Grand Shrine (Hongu-cho)
5. Hongu Onsen-kyo
6. Autumn Leaves of Dorokyo Gorge (Kumanogawa-cho)
7. Kumano Hayatama Grand Shrine (Shingu City)
8. Kamikura Shrine (Shingu City)
9. Nachi-san and its surroundings
10. Katsuura Onsen
11. Kino-Matsushima Cruise (Nachikatsuura-cho)
12. Dolphin Swimming (Taiji-cho)
13. Whale Museum (Taiji-cho)
14. Whale Watching (Nachikatsuura-cho, Koza-cho



MY TOP PRIORITY THIS YEAR IS TO GO DOLPHIN SWIMMING. I can't wait to touch, "shake hands" and swim by holding the back-fin of dolphins. There is no season and this can be done all-year. The places I can do this are:

DOLPHIN WAVE
448-1 Rinkai, Shirahama-co, Nishimuro-gun
Tel:0739-43-7978 Fax:0739-42-3261
Get off at "Shirahama Sta." of JR Kinokuni Line, "Rinkai" of Meiko Bus, 3 minutes walk.
Charges: Swim - 6,000 yen, Communication - 2,200 yen

WORLD DOLPHIN RESORT
703-15 Moriura, Taiji-cho, Higashimuro-gun
Tel:0735-59-3952 Fax:0735-59-3682
Get off at "Kii Katsuura Sta." of JR Kinokuni Line, "Hon-ura" of Kumano Kotsu Bus.
Charges: Swim - 6,000 yen, Communication - 2,000 yen

DOLPHIN BAY
686-17 Taiji-cho, Higashimuro-gun
Tel:0735-59-3514 Fax:0735-59-2810
Get off at "Taiji Sta." of JR Kinokuni Line, "Moto-ura" of Kumano Kotsu Bus.
Charges: Swim - 7,000 yen, Communication - 2,000 yen

KICC PARTY
We went to a goodbye party for Nataly and Jeremy and a welcome for clayton and myself. Afterwards Karaoke and sake.

Saturday, June 02, 2007

SOUTH AFRICA






I went home for a month