Finally. It's been years since I've been in the ocean!!! Visiting Peter in Maine was probably the last time, and then Okinawa before that.
Cindy and Shin picked me up and off we went - north to Fukui prefecture and the town of Tsuruga. We stopped for lunch in Tsuruga at a place inside a big fish market.
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| Lunch! With gold leaf no less. |
Then on to a little, very overcrowded ferry. I think there were way too many people on this boat but since it would have been possible to swim to the island I wasn't too worried.
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| Shin and Cindy |
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| The little island / sand spit we were going to. |
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| The over crowded boat. |
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| Putting up our little shelter was made difficult by the wind. |
The water was so clear but very shallow. And it was hard, impossible, to stand if you went a few feet from shore because of the coral/slippery rocks and seaweed. I wished I'd bought a mask and snorkel. There were some fish here and there and some other pretty underwater sights. The prettiest sight was the sun lines dancing over the rocks and sand under water. The water was very warm, at least 80, maybe more, although cooler in spots. And it was VERY salty. I don't know if it's just been such a long time since I've been in the ocean or if this water was more salty than usual.
After a delightful couple of hours we took the ferry back and drove to another beach - just to see it since we didn't want to drive home wet.... Too bad though. It looked like it would be better for swimming as it was much deeper and much less crowded.
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| That's a nuclear power plant in the background. |
Next time!
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