Bye-bye Holly and Kieona
Woke up with no hangover and a sketchy recollection of what happened last night. In teh course of getting ready to leave the cabin, I'd been filled in on most of the blanks.
After I'd left school and bought the presents, I met with Annie, Aimee, Holly and Kieona. We bought drinks and snacks for teh evening and went to the BBQ place near Jusci for dinner. Then we stopped at my place to pick up my things before setting off for Belnatio. Thanks to a sketchy map and a lack of signs we almost got lost, but we found the place in the end. The cottages were these fantastic log cabins. They reminded me of Center Parcs.
The others, Kate in one car and Debs in Eric's car, had trouble finding Belnatio too but I managed to give directions. Once we'd all got in and had a few drinks Aimee gave Annie her birthday cake (Annie's birthday is in Thursday when Annie will be in Tokyo seeing off Holly and Keiona). Then we went for an onsen. Afterwards we all wore the cabin's yukata and continued drinking. I rather stupidly started on the shochu and was mixing it quite strongly. I lasted til around 4am before deciding to crash in one of the beds. Then I woke at 10am to find Eric, Kate, Annie and Kieona had left to got to an elementry school Christmas party in Muikamachi (Eric was Santa). Debs, Aimee, Holly and I tidied the cabin, checked out and took a walk around the grounds to build up an appeitite for lunchtime ramen.
After ramen, Aimee and Holly left to pick up Kieona. Debs and I said our final goodbyes to Holly and headed upto the skyline to look at the mountains. We were amazed to see so many landslides in Nate's valley. At certains points new road had been laid to repair the damage parts. At one point an entire road had ben re-routed around where a landslide had blocked the road and taken out a house.
The view at the top was still amazing. The colours of have changed though from greens to browns. There was snow on top of some mountains in the distance. So the cold weather is coming and I guess it won't be long before the snow falls and the roads up to this skyline will be blocked.
After I'd left school and bought the presents, I met with Annie, Aimee, Holly and Kieona. We bought drinks and snacks for teh evening and went to the BBQ place near Jusci for dinner. Then we stopped at my place to pick up my things before setting off for Belnatio. Thanks to a sketchy map and a lack of signs we almost got lost, but we found the place in the end. The cottages were these fantastic log cabins. They reminded me of Center Parcs.
The others, Kate in one car and Debs in Eric's car, had trouble finding Belnatio too but I managed to give directions. Once we'd all got in and had a few drinks Aimee gave Annie her birthday cake (Annie's birthday is in Thursday when Annie will be in Tokyo seeing off Holly and Keiona). Then we went for an onsen. Afterwards we all wore the cabin's yukata and continued drinking. I rather stupidly started on the shochu and was mixing it quite strongly. I lasted til around 4am before deciding to crash in one of the beds. Then I woke at 10am to find Eric, Kate, Annie and Kieona had left to got to an elementry school Christmas party in Muikamachi (Eric was Santa). Debs, Aimee, Holly and I tidied the cabin, checked out and took a walk around the grounds to build up an appeitite for lunchtime ramen.
After ramen, Aimee and Holly left to pick up Kieona. Debs and I said our final goodbyes to Holly and headed upto the skyline to look at the mountains. We were amazed to see so many landslides in Nate's valley. At certains points new road had been laid to repair the damage parts. At one point an entire road had ben re-routed around where a landslide had blocked the road and taken out a house.
The view at the top was still amazing. The colours of have changed though from greens to browns. There was snow on top of some mountains in the distance. So the cold weather is coming and I guess it won't be long before the snow falls and the roads up to this skyline will be blocked.
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