Japan part 2

 Hiking Mt Komagatake- A volcano in Akita Prefecture. 

 
 We followed that little trail and went down the side of that mountain

 shrine

This is our rental car

This is shelagh saying "Walk faster!"

 Drove back to Morioka and took the train to Hokkaido.   Food catalog on the train:



Highest mountain in Hokkaido- Daisatsuzan

A harder climb than it looks

More later...

Japan Part 1

Long overdue post from Japan

Wes and Shelagh in Tokyo

Tomato Lemon Ice cream

Shelagh at temple

View from Wes's friends apartment.  They are from Florida.

Tokyo at night- bad picture

200 mph bullet trains we took

 Tokyo park

Hot springs we went to- private spring

There were public ones also but the photo is on shelaghs computer

Lake Tazawako

Lake

Traditional place we stayed at

Dinner cooked in room!

We got very tired of fish and pickled vegetables.  

Place we stayed- our room is 3rd door down.  Very beautiful. 


More to come!

-John

Diving with the Cuttle-Os

Shelagh and I have been getting back into scuba diving after we got certified last year, and this weekend we drove about 4 hours away to dive with the cuttlefish in Whyalla. Every winter, thousands of them come really close to shore to breed and then die. They are completely unafraid of people and are just amazing to see up close. The water in the Gulf St Vincent is really cold but it was totally worth it- I took these photos this weekend over the course of 3 dives.  (They call them cuttles or cuttle-os down here).

Scuba Diving on Saturday

Went Scuba Diving on Saturday-
The scuba club wrote a little blog entry about it.  That's me in the photos!

http://adelaidescuba.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/local-dive-seacliff-reef-20062015.html

Central Australia

A few photos from out latest trip: