Well... it was another wonderful (and tasty) weekend here in beautiful Southern Japan. This weekend's action sports consisted of a paddle around lake Ikeda with my good bud Ben and a speedboat ride.
Despite some early setbacks trying to figure out how to build the kayak... it comes in a bag and fits in the trunk... yeah its an overpopulated island alright!... there's just no room for a solid state boat... luckily we had an obachan (grandmother) staring at us for the entire build which gave us some inspiration to actually get this thing floating... we could tell that she was really excited and kept on laughing and yelling something in kagoshima dialect that i could not quite make out. The yak as I will call her hence forth was borrowed from my good friend Sunada-san and he had given me a quick lesson on yak building the night before... turns out that its missing a few pieces, nevertheless it floated!
The day was beautiful and we even took some time out for some swan dives off the rocks along the side. Water temp was perfect and I'm happy that I was not eaten by the giant eels... oh yeah, no one really swims in this lake because of the giant eels and rumoured loch ness type monster who lives in the lake... the giant eels can be up to 10 feet long!
Later in the day we were invited out for some relaxing time on a barge (see pics). This man named Aki (who will further be called the godfather) has a barge where he throws parties in the summer, and a speed and sailboat for cruizin up and down the coast. This guy is quite the character... he also runs a private kindergarten. The afternoon on the ocean was a good ol time. We went for a spin in the speed boat... and got to drive through this awsome rock (see pic). The temperature here in Kagoshima is still around 28 degrees during the day cooler at night so I'm lovin it.
That night, the girls who live in Ibusiki (a city near my town) were throwing a Canadian Thanksgiving party at the Godfathers giant cabin. The food was amazing! complete with tofurkey and 12 or so pumpkin pies! some of the godfather's friends were in attendance too which added a little something to the festivities.
Sunada-san and his wacky yak in my living room
Really, who owns a party barge?
Da barge
The Godfather and some pirates, luckily we were not the target of the birds overhead.. but the next group was not so fortunate and there was a direct hit on one lady... oh yeah... why do you think the rock is white?
A joyful party guest and the Godfather entertaining the crowd
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