First weekend on island, sunny Saturday, rainy Sunday. Rain is to be expected in this season.
Saturday morning, we went to the next village for the primary school festivities, Shirahama.
We cycled there with Kaori
The village has likely not much more than 200 inhabitants, we counted 16 students, but 8 teachers.
The performances by these young kids was just amazing… and that is without understanding the meaning. The school itself was impressive by its size and equipment, for such a small village.
On our way back, we tried to walk along a path in the forest, but could not go too far as Kaori was wearing nice clothes and just sneakers.
Sunday, we tried to reach one of the amazing waterfalls of the island, 6km cycling. But then some 2-3h looking for the start of the walk to go there… we got pretty close with a dead end to a canoe / kayak launch and storage area in the forest… we got tangled in mangroves and soaked wet from rain, but never got near those waterfalls – apparently the locals make it very hard to avoid using the service of a guide.
Still on our way there and around, we did see a few interesting sights.
Like local beef farming, this particular farmer is just breeding cows.
Pineapple fields… too small for now 🙁
Mango trees in greenhouses, also not yet the right season… just barely blooming.
Mango tree Wheelbarrow at its simplest Typhon proof panniers
And after been soaked to the bones, we came to spot local hunters which had coughed some inoshishi (wild boars), apparently doing lots of damage to crops, but good food…
Weekend wouldn’t have been complete without some snorkelling…. (sorry no underwater camera!)
