Small weather windows keep appearing and then disappearing so we are still in Akune!! A nice place to be waiting though. Today, another low passes through bringing strong southerly winds and keeping us firmly tied to our floating pontoon. At this stage Monday looks like the day we will leave for Kasasa Ebisu and fingers crossed that the following couple of days will be favourable for continuing southward.
We visited a hot spring on Wednesday which was situated high in the hills along a very winding road along a very steep hillside. The spring was discovered about 250 years ago and was first used by Samurai warriors to relax. The baths are quite small with natural stones on the bottom through which the water bubbles up. There was only one bath per male and female sections and as there was no one else there we managed to get a picture.
A visitor to the boat for a coffee after work has been Yuca, seen here doing the traditional Japanese photo pose for the camera!
Friday was another 'let's go' day with Shoji. Along with Asher we were taken to a 1,067-metre mountain to see the view. It was a relatively clear day but a bit hazy for good pictures.
Lunch was at a country restaurant where we sat around large pieces of hollow logs with a portable charcoal burner in the middle. Chicken pieces, onion and cabbage grilled over the coals were delicious!
We made several detours along the way back calling in on Shoji's in-laws where the morning had been spent making a traditional rice cake. The cake is made from glutinous rice and is wrapped in a bamboo shoot leaf husk and then boiled. It is eaten with a covering of powdered soy bean and brown sugar. Very tasty.
It was a long day but we still had time to stop and view a hillside covered with lily of the valley in flower. The flowers are quite tiny. One section had plants brought in from Germany while the rest were naturally occurring.
Back at the fishing harbour we saw a fish which we think is a type of ray, perhaps called a Rat Fish.
A visitor to the boat for a coffee after work has been Yuca, seen here doing the traditional Japanese photo pose for the camera!
Friday was another 'let's go' day with Shoji. Along with Asher we were taken to a 1,067-metre mountain to see the view. It was a relatively clear day but a bit hazy for good pictures.
Lunch was at a country restaurant where we sat around large pieces of hollow logs with a portable charcoal burner in the middle. Chicken pieces, onion and cabbage grilled over the coals were delicious!
We made several detours along the way back calling in on Shoji's in-laws where the morning had been spent making a traditional rice cake. The cake is made from glutinous rice and is wrapped in a bamboo shoot leaf husk and then boiled. It is eaten with a covering of powdered soy bean and brown sugar. Very tasty.
The home also featured a beautifully-maintained garden.
It was a long day but we still had time to stop and view a hillside covered with lily of the valley in flower. The flowers are quite tiny. One section had plants brought in from Germany while the rest were naturally occurring.
Back at the fishing harbour we saw a fish which we think is a type of ray, perhaps called a Rat Fish.
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