Shuumi's Travelogue

Announcement of Merge!

2006-03-26T17:30:00.000+08:00

Announcement!!!

Merger of Shuumi's Squiggles and Shuumi's Travelogue is confirmed!

Too much of a bother to maintain 2 blogs... My travelogue didnt get as many hits as Squiggles did, so will consolidate everything into Squiggles and I think... It's gonna to be mainly a travelogue... All photos and ramblings from my les voyages will be posted here.

Will be transferring posts from the travelogue over the next few days, so please keep a look out for my travel photos at Shuumi's Squiggles!

Paranomic View from the Top of the Lighthouse

2005-12-21T00:32:00.000+08:00

Dunno why so small leh... Think you can click on it to see it clearer.

Shionomisaki Lighthouse 潮岬灯台

2005-12-21T00:26:00.000+08:00

Overlooking the Shionomisaki Lighthouse

2005-12-20T00:12:00.000+08:00

This view is rated the top 100 hundred evening spots in Japan, but... we didn't manage to catch the sunset... all because of the bus system that ends at 4pm. Here's how it looks during sunset. Taken from the top sunrise/sunsets in japan.

Overlooking into the Pacific Ocean

2005-12-19T23:22:00.000+08:00

see the roundish horizon? the earth is not flat...

Shionomisaki

2005-12-18T03:52:00.000+08:00

Shionomisaki... located at longitude 135.46 east and latitude 33.26 north in the southernmost tip of Honshu.

The visitor centre against heavy cloud cover, taken across from the shiba-grassland.... The sun was horrendous that day, and both of us got sun-tanned...

Hashikui-iwa Rocks II

2005-12-17T14:16:00.000+08:00

More photos from Hashikui-iwa Rocks...

Hashikui-iwa Rocks

2005-10-29T22:39:00.000+08:00

From the seashore of Kushimoto toward Oshima, various sizes of over 40 strangely shaped rocks rise up in a row of about 850m, as if only bridge piles have been left, Hashikui-iwa is one of the best place of scenic beauty in Nanki designated as a national natural treasure.

Kino-Matsushima Cruise II

2005-10-11T22:38:00.000+08:00

Camel Rock...
Lion Rock....

Kino-Matsushima Cruise

2005-10-10T01:16:00.000+08:00

"Kino-Matsushima", scattered around 17km in the vicinity of Katsuura Port, shows a beauty of the seashore that nature has created. Among all-sized islands floating on the blue ocean, there is a camel rock, a lion island, "Tsurushima" of a cave, and "Yamanari-jima" where lieutenant general Taira no Koremori is said to have committed suicide into the water after his defeat by Genji in the fighting of Yashima. This place is famous for its scenic beauty of Kumano.

Tsurushima...

The view from Taichi...

Heavy Cloud Cover over Port of Kii-Katsuura

2005-10-04T00:13:00.000+08:00

Nachi Waterfall II

2005-10-03T23:46:00.000+08:00

Nachi Waterfall

2005-10-03T20:15:00.000+08:00

Quiet town of Kii-Katsuura

2005-10-02T23:54:00.000+08:00

On the way to Kii-Katsuura, by the Pacific Ocean

2005-10-02T23:51:00.000+08:00

Wakayama

2005-10-02T19:10:00.000+08:00

A main highlight of our trip was to go to Wakayama and visit some of the national heritages in Japan and to also go to the southern-most tip of Honshu, Japan. We made an overnight trip and visited 3 places:-

1. The fishing port and onsen town of Kii-Katsuura
-> Nachi-mountain and Nachi waterfall, the tallest waterfall in Japan.
-> Kino-Matsushima cruise, among the naturally formed islands.

2. Kushimoto
-> Hashikui-iwa rocks, Japan's national natural treasure and top 100 evening scenic spots.

3. Shionomisaki
-> Located at longitude 135.46 east and latitude 33.26 north in the southernmost tip of Honshu.
-> Japan's top 100 evening scenic spots.
-> Shionomisaki lighthouse, with more than 100 yrs of history.

Although we didnt manage to capture any pictures of sunsets at these spots becos last bus and train ends before 6pm, the experience was still good and we also were able to appreciate the nature in these areas. (Psst! We were the only non-Japanese there!)

Hep Five Ferris Wheel, Osaka

2005-10-02T18:32:00.000+08:00

Word Verification Turned On

2005-10-02T03:51:00.000+08:00

Received advice from Moozilla to turn on word verification in my comments to stop automated anonymous comments. I have done so and everyone can start leaving me comments again!

Thanks, Moozilla!

Anonymous Comments Disabled

2005-09-30T02:26:00.000+08:00

Have been receiving many spam comments... Sick of deleting them... Have disabled anonymous comments... please register with blogspot before making comments... Sorry for any conveniences...

Maybe I will edit my blog code to put my email address in...

But if anyone knows of a way to stop the spam comments and still let non-bloggers to leave their comments, please let me know...

Maiko-san in Kyoto

2005-09-29T00:47:00.000+08:00

Butterfly at Kinkaku-ji Kyoto

2005-09-29T00:07:00.000+08:00

Grandparents and Grandchild

2005-09-29T00:00:00.000+08:00

Kids at Biwa-ko Valley

2005-09-28T23:57:00.000+08:00

This girl very sweet and gung-ho... Trying to slam dunk the ball into the basket... Caught this while she was distracted and looking at the activities that was going on...

This boy very cute and sweet... He was very protective of his mum and took care of her all the time.... Kawaii!!!

Kansai Airport

2005-09-26T00:20:00.000+08:00

I'm back!

2005-09-25T21:32:00.002+08:00

Hallo! I'm back from my Kansai trip... Will start uploading my photos onto the travelogue soon! Have already started posting some of my thoughts during the trip on my blog... Take a look!