Beach and a Busted Toe.....

A couple of my friends and I decided to wander around the coastline of Sasebo. We walked about 10km total by the end of the day. it gave me the chance to get off the ship, and experiment with my brand new lenses.... Here is a little of what we saw....

Umm.... A butterfly.

Niko munching on a snickers bar. That's Karl in the reflection in Niko's shades.

Karl's face.... Yeah. I'm not much for captions at the moment.

A bird of prey. Eagle? Hawk? I'm not sure. I may need to hire a raptor specialist when my site gets a bit bigger.... 

The sandstone along the shore was AMAZING! It brought back memories of slot canyons deep in the deserts of the Southwestern United States. 

Blake's feet. 

My Feet. 

More sandstone.

So I decided towards the end of the day to go for a swim... I decided also by default to be a total knuckle head while entering the water, and step on some sharp coral and slice my big toe wide open. Nothing a little super glue can't fix (really. I did). 

The Sunset 

Ai Shite Imasu Koibito. =)

Kiyono and her great smile.

On top of Mt. Sufuri

Sasebo Bridge at night. 

LONG OVERDUE......

As the title of this post suggests, this is long overdue. It has been nearly 2 months since my last photo post, and it is way past time to show you what I have been up to. Enjoy!

A Heron hunts for fish along the shores of a lake in Fukuoka Park, Fukuoka, Japan.

A friend holding a crab on the coast of Japan somewhere.

A Kelly Slater signed surf board in the Quicksilver shop in Tokyo!

Blake mowing down on some sushi.

Kumamoto Castle

A street in Sasebo.

Karatsu Castle flower garden/grounds.

The view of the coast from Karatsu Castle.

Karatsu gardens. 

Trees that are anything but straight growing near the coast of Japan.

Guess Who..

An amazingly perfect Cedar forest at the base of Mt. Sefuri which Kiyono and I hiked.

The trail up Sefuri.

Life outside "The Fence"..... This tree made me feel like I was missing out on a lot.