OKO-NO-TAKI Waterfall

So ... here we are, at the last day on Youth Hostel 'cos l've decided to leave anyway the next morning for the mountains ... with rain or no rain and with wet tent or dry tent! eh come on,
l cannot postpone forever but it was tremendously good that l walked following what the moment was bringing to me instead to stick to the original plan ...
At the dinner of the previous day, after l went to the fabulous spot l met again the australian guy, A, that he just came back from the Hiking to Jomon-sugi and he expected me to leave together in the morning at the 5 o'clock bus but he didn't know that l changed the plan because of no food ... anyway we decided, however, to go together to OKO-NO-TAKI waterfall in the next morning, because A ... you know what he was doing? he lives in Osaka (you can type in google map and see where it is) and he traveled to Yakushima by bicycle!!! (go and see where Osaka is) and not only this, l was sharing that l've been in Ishinami beach before coming here and he said "me toooo!!! l just camped there on the beach for a night and couldn't sleep 'cos of many mosquitoes!!!!" LOL!
So it was the last day for him too to stay in Youth Hostel, in fact he was leaving it and so he planned to stop on the norther beach and so he had to pass by to the biggest waterfall ... l took the chance to rent a bicycle and moreover the day was windy and hotty and sunny ... it took half an hour to reach to Oko-no-taki waterfall ... see from the ball 4 to the ball 6 in the polaroid shot ... it was fantastic to go by bicycle on the coast enjoying the superb view .... then we arrived there and it just rained right? so the water was powerful and thundering .... just give a look

and here too

l heard from N, the YH receptionist, that foreigners people swim inside there while japanese people don't. But then l also heard just in that dinner, that a japanese papa jumped in ... ooooohhh a daring one! (but not from the top! eeeeeeehh come on ... u were thinking that? no way!)
and so l said to A, lets jump in! ... he was looking here and there while l took off the clothes (l had already the costume hehehe) and then said OK! and l jumped in ... and trying to reach as close as possible to the waterfall ... guys .... i-m-p-o-s-s-i-b-l-e! as u enter in the water and while coming up on the surface, the current of the waterfall is so powerful that you are just helpless, you have just to let go and the current itself bring u back to the rocks and l jumped 4~5 times!!!
and people were shooting at me, for free!, also A jumped twice and he told me that there was even a japanese guy making a movie on me while jumping ... HELOOOO where did u disappear? l would love to see it!!! .... l also tried to ask A to shoot me a picture, but there was too much water around in the air that wasn't good for the camera ... never mind ... sorry.

But then u know what? ... after we had the jumping time and were ready to go away, who we met? N the receptionist! and she wanted to see me jumping ... OK once more l'll jump for ya but take a picture! and l jumped again (also because l really loved it!!!!) but then she said
"once more please" .... BUT SURE and PLOF and CLIC!
She has the pictures ... when she will manage to give me l'll post it ;)
ciao ciao now l gotta go to eat!

T T T

The Third Ticket (^-^)
Yes l gave u 2 tickets before ... well l have one more for
the time machine
"Back to finish updating!"
so lets make 3 to complete right?
Ok fly on this one!
l'm enjoyng a lot making movies!!!
and to finish, go inside the time machine and push this button!

Now don't worry ... it is finished with the time machine =)
we'll meet this fella u see up here, in live,
from the next post
'night (^-^)/

Updating and ...

... going to sleep.
But first l wanna show u my yesterday dinner made by Nunu, it was simple and good, one of those rare moment when she really want to cook with love ... thats why l'm posting it.
lt is called Oden, kinda of overcooked veggie in a soup with tofus and whatnot ...
very healthy food!

And here is the final dinner set with brown rice ... and one red plum ...
very sour but works wonder to the body ...

Did u see that kind of bag with that small stick inserted to stop the aperture? (how do you call that mini wooden stick to "clean" momentarily in the middle of ur teeth?) well, in that bag there was the famous egg u'll see right away ...

simple uh? but know lets talk about the Odissey ... actually there is nothing to talk about, l'm giving u free tickets to go to see movies! here is the first ticket then u gotta move to Kyoto (and clic it) and finally lets go to my favorite place and drown in it!

Oh, so you are back?
ok so here is the second ticket ...
enjoy
and
goodnight

360 View

Ok here is my first movie to post here ... just checking out and meanwhile enjoy the 360 view of the Fabulous Spot l was talking about in the previous post ... Alright the pictures are much more juicy ... so l'm starting to shoot on the path where l came from ...

The Fabulous Spot

So l went on that path that was bringing me to the spot that N, the receptionist of YH, told me to go that day ... remeber? well, l was entering in this kind of very vaaaaast park ... l mean there was only one path straight to the cliff and along the path on either sides there were acres and acres of grass, not the british type, but they were well taken care and around there were all kind of trees, tropical trees ... l don't wanna exaggerate, l mean not many but few exemplars that one never thinks that could find it in japan and l forgot to take pictures to all of'em ... also because l was in a state of awe for the sheer beauty and l found few places to camp ... next time l go ... such as inside this very big tree with very long branches ... not like the body tree but much bigger! l could make an house inside there ... and funny thing, do you know what came to my mind when l saw this tree? ... l dont know its name and who care, just to see it is enough ... that it looks liked a right shelter for a Master to sit with his disciples under its shade and it is big enough for hundreds!!! you can see with your eyes .... it is huge!


and here down is from the inside of this beautiful tree, l fell in love with it ... l felt so at home inside there ... and the shot of the following image represent my ideal position to place a tent ... just visualize: you wake up early morning ... hallo? still sleeping? su cm'on .... open the zipper of the tent door and the first thing u see is this kind of tree "door" ... u'll see the light because the camera couldn't do more than that and l was hoping to get also ... the ocean ... yeasss through that opening u see a very sweet view of the ocean ... what more can one dream? the dream is gone ... just need to get out and jump in the Ocean .... oooohhh if u can get the feel of what l mean, cool ... otherwise just go on dreaming it ;) ... it is perfect!

then l gotta move on because l didn't have much time to go on dreaming!
and so then l found the fabulous spot, nothing special about it but still .... how can l describe it?
it was such ... ... ... fabulous.
There was a very old "home-made" bench, practically it was even broken ... l had to adjust it a little bit to keep the 65 kg of my body ... then l shot a 360 degree movie from this spot ... damn, l should post the movies too!!! ok l'll do it ... at the right time uh.
Then l sat down silently just looking ... get the feel please because how can l say more? ...
Suddenly in my right pocket my phone started to vibrate like a maniac ... there were few mails that were coming all at once ... because in this island the connection for the mobile was practically nil and so on that spot, being on the top of the cliff ... well l got the chance to shoot back few answers quickly warning that l will not be able to answer any further mails during my following permanence in Yakushima ... ok ... on the left side you see:


and on the right side ... tie` l didn't shoot haha ... but just in front of me down, there was that kind of pool that somehow l loved it and l was feeling to have a little swim just inside there ... isn't fantastico?

Tamagawa Sunrise - part 2

well ... you gotta go to my photos to see the second part of the morning shooting
(^-^) ciao

Tamagawa Sunrise - part 1

Here l am!
my fellow travelers, l've been pretty busy these days and now l wanna go on here, but first l'd love to share more about one morning of Saturday 6 Oct. 2007 ... suddenly l woke up at 4:30 like a lightening immediately fresh! it was impossible to go back to sleep, it was all gone!
And it wasn't even possible to stay under the blanket for the usual prolonged coziness of the warmth ... impossible!
l thought to do DYNAMIC ... hehehe ... not even that was possible.
But then ... it came to my mind all the sunrises that Cha put on her flickr and it tempted me so much that l said "allright! lets go for a morning shooting and give some glorious respect to this land of sunrise" ... Now l let the images speak by itself, l'm posting in a chronological way starting from 5 o'clock AM and from my garden towards the Tamagawa River ...