bushpig 0 Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 OK, so you may have already seent the prelude to CB and my trip over here. If so, you'll know we started out charging, and that really set the scene for the main event: Shikoku. We set out from Hiroshima early Monday morning and drove out along the Shimanami Highway which goes from Onomichi to Imabari, connecting Honshu and Shikoku. Beautiful drive. We then drove through the middle of the Shikoku mountains, again beautiful, and then hit the Pacific Ocean down in Kochi. Another couple of hours along the coast and we finally arrived at Oki Beach, down on the Ashizuri Peninsular. By this time, between the two of us (and care of some dodgy food along the way) my car was in desperate need of a steam clean and airing out. It may even have beat Muikabochi's funkified car! We spent the next three days on the beach battling the sun, salt, hornets (which attacked the shit outta cb! ), humid nights, hordes of mosquittos, and general patheticness. The general bad atmosphere and conditions we were forced to endure, gave us plenty of reason for the customary Japanese "Hanseikais". (For those who don't know, Japanese love to have these after sporting events or any other undertaking. It is literally a "Reflection Meeting" where they hansei everything that went wrong. And 99% of the time it onvolves beer ) So naturally, everyday we made sure to find something to complain about or judge that we could have done better It was bloody hot on the beach, adn I would not recommend sleeping in a tent on the beach in that heat! The second night I ended up outside from about 1am. I told CB that it was cos the tent was too hot, but in actual fact, CB's arse was emmitting such a putrid gas, that I was getting sick of the smell of my own singed nostril hairs! The last day of our trip, we did a day of white water rafting on the Yoshino river, which was Awesome! I'll post those pics later. But for now, enough talking. I'll let the pics explain... The Pacific Ocean The waves were huge! (another reason for hansei) Here is CB thrashing a monster! Me doing the same! A few more reasons for hansei... Nice little shorey. Hold the comments for a few minutes. More pics coming... Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 Oki Beach CB and me enjoying a well-deserved Ebisu over a hansei One day we drove up the Shimanto River. Amazing views all the way up. We stopped and had a swim. My superman impression CB's pray-to-Mecca pose Our hansei-worthy campsite more coming... Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 Oki Beach Sunrise The water temp was so nice we stayed in for ages. Beautifully clear too. And here is one more glassy reason for a hansei OK, that's all for now, but the rafting pics are still to come. Ger came and met up with us for a cameo appearance there. Watch this space... Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 nics pics BP. i really like that first one of the rocky bay. glad to see you got some waves too Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 Yeah that coastline is pretty sweet spook. The waves were small though. But we mostly bodysurfed. Was a crap week really, and I think we need to Hansei some more when I'm up in Kyoto in a few weeks CB... Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 good TR. Love to have a sun rises on the beach. Just so refreshing. Link to post Share on other sites
gerard 6 Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 I like the fish shots! Link to post Share on other sites
gerard 6 Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Come to think of it, my alvatar is another shot from Oki beach last Golden week. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 nice Can't view that CD on my pc ger, so am gonna have to take it to work and see if the school pcs can read it. Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 love ya work boys Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Originally Posted By: Mantas love ya work boys agreed, makes me really appreciate who I am and what I do in my spare time. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 not sure if that's a compliment or a jibe there thursday Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 yeah, do we want to know what you do in your spare time...? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Originally Posted By: Bushpig not sure if that's a compliment or a jibe there thursday yeah. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 Alright, on Friday Ger drove out from his little island and met up with us for a day of rafting on the Yoshino River. An amazingly beautiful place, with some sweet rapids to hit. Thanks FT for the heads up and putting us in touch with Happy Raft. The two guides were great. A lot of fun and did an awesome job. Anyway, here are just a few of the many pics we got. Ger and CB doing some floating Hitting some rapids More jumping (me) Ger Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 Ger, CB and me scoffing lunch CB in Hansei pose... River surfing (me getting 10 gallons off water force-fed through the nose at the front!) Ger getting the same treatment More fun Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 BP, did any of those vids come up? Especially the last rapids we swam down where we were all drowning? Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted August 1, 2007 Author Share Posted August 1, 2007 yeah there were a few. That last one that I tried to hold while we got completely dunked under isn't all that great. Some of the ones the guide took turned out a little clearer. Link to post Share on other sites
gerard 6 Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Originally Posted By: Bushpig I wonder what we're all looking at.... makes for an interesting shot. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted August 1, 2007 Author Share Posted August 1, 2007 the big mother of a rapid we are about to go over? Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 now you can try that in a kayak Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted August 1, 2007 Author Share Posted August 1, 2007 um, not quite. The dude in the kayak who was guiding us looked like he was having a ball, but it was tough work on a lot of those sections. Definitely need to train and work up to those. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 just need a bomber roll for the holes Link to post Share on other sites
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