tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61884215612499672162024-03-13T12:20:42.027-06:00Zander's MeandersAll who wander are not lost. They may simply be 11 years old and having the time of their life!Debbie Lewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13289952826802693724noreply@blogger.comBlogger458125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188421561249967216.post-37877423211799780722023-07-09T15:14:00.001-06:002023-07-09T15:14:09.638-06:00Vending Machines<p>A big objective of the trip was to see what kind of crazy vending machines they had to eat and drink out of vending machines as much as possible.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOOVT9Y-Lm5zRwoZOticfctBC2GQD8JBVB13iFlpjxKg7crUj2VxV2hqCjoFuK5H45AdliajJHb27voV802drPHH_ErBx-qAQ9ZCf3IS14TBxH_OcRJMrSjusUgNCf5Qr12v6mWDkODmJ0155ShONiQfi8VIl_oGsb53wOcLClpiIbpT-gxr2sTXVlZk5r" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOOVT9Y-Lm5zRwoZOticfctBC2GQD8JBVB13iFlpjxKg7crUj2VxV2hqCjoFuK5H45AdliajJHb27voV802drPHH_ErBx-qAQ9ZCf3IS14TBxH_OcRJMrSjusUgNCf5Qr12v6mWDkODmJ0155ShONiQfi8VIl_oGsb53wOcLClpiIbpT-gxr2sTXVlZk5r=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQH1BHQNL-tbsI40xcTYjtU8XbV5SJLaT-CySCk2DaiRCcIdkqcYMe2x3MsM4oEh25Aaav39CLuyNlCoLbcSq5gyWyTko4gIHD_1Ep6XcOYpEov8pdeufGhE0rGY8cyxM8tOEHM7LQ-IVBMzSW9u8XyCr9UgcCwKszoKO14ufP1C0sMN7bzJc-u9TOsknf" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQH1BHQNL-tbsI40xcTYjtU8XbV5SJLaT-CySCk2DaiRCcIdkqcYMe2x3MsM4oEh25Aaav39CLuyNlCoLbcSq5gyWyTko4gIHD_1Ep6XcOYpEov8pdeufGhE0rGY8cyxM8tOEHM7LQ-IVBMzSW9u8XyCr9UgcCwKszoKO14ufP1C0sMN7bzJc-u9TOsknf=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>This was wild. What are "teeth wipes"?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhp9gcJ9_vR810W95VF0a8BDniXkKXB3YOfeHM_aijystnX1omVjR2mZRHaJ1ir8aJRskxhFCJQrw6-ZFyTSOBKJ8rZsuAFGPqKaQUZoyNioBTZ_CDDpkWynilxdl4GteGmUnuCwMHZQ5XkKO3n0m_s2_XE_34dKql56lO5Dhy336VVNwUnmeV0F15o6S7I" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhp9gcJ9_vR810W95VF0a8BDniXkKXB3YOfeHM_aijystnX1omVjR2mZRHaJ1ir8aJRskxhFCJQrw6-ZFyTSOBKJ8rZsuAFGPqKaQUZoyNioBTZ_CDDpkWynilxdl4GteGmUnuCwMHZQ5XkKO3n0m_s2_XE_34dKql56lO5Dhy336VVNwUnmeV0F15o6S7I=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhg6F_FoxJTMrncZk1N5-3zXmclFp_iTYe0ZguCFcZJbzgd9QUvTeHhStmky3DEndZEdoOLG7Vm8xGg_Iv-qlTMXjZMShO6Ne5ejt1Ar1PzP2pIXbpZ8k3QDLqprFIHf3EdbZcTAcBHYouUM65PSK9b9jdBNg9KZK1r9fiBpHXTaCO6LGpgxyMaN6QV85rA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhg6F_FoxJTMrncZk1N5-3zXmclFp_iTYe0ZguCFcZJbzgd9QUvTeHhStmky3DEndZEdoOLG7Vm8xGg_Iv-qlTMXjZMShO6Ne5ejt1Ar1PzP2pIXbpZ8k3QDLqprFIHf3EdbZcTAcBHYouUM65PSK9b9jdBNg9KZK1r9fiBpHXTaCO6LGpgxyMaN6QV85rA=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrqQgHylyNYJkeqV47fpnCEjI0lmm-v_6w8hxecZk-dxCSfcEBSCu-fqR6zL1vHpZJe6EPvLjlbQ9YbQV8SHKVaPbtnXFmtr6AOjWVO5tYyoD9bvduEjQVegklLJGhM82sukiwQ8BQJV9i0QnW3YPwMjuQmheLFUtqUNKwqD7OelGlaqvcQTnrpEqaSYY-" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrqQgHylyNYJkeqV47fpnCEjI0lmm-v_6w8hxecZk-dxCSfcEBSCu-fqR6zL1vHpZJe6EPvLjlbQ9YbQV8SHKVaPbtnXFmtr6AOjWVO5tYyoD9bvduEjQVegklLJGhM82sukiwQ8BQJV9i0QnW3YPwMjuQmheLFUtqUNKwqD7OelGlaqvcQTnrpEqaSYY-=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>These was the only really healthy drink machine. I got the kiwi/chia drink:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0DubDIHU2KH0GUVf9aqS-ZqZuQ0ihEoweNtjqosvYl8wwceVOEsm9gGiP1NVxVUhlOd5ishIE5MrptY9Pw66i-aHqxM1rykzDDKPWYL9aw2j8p66j1DHh5dqkg5gJd5ln1XLM3UJvdm5mQDyG-5L3IhzFpfYTIvYxZFyRXMyc_FwD1pIcs0iVxs2FotdM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0DubDIHU2KH0GUVf9aqS-ZqZuQ0ihEoweNtjqosvYl8wwceVOEsm9gGiP1NVxVUhlOd5ishIE5MrptY9Pw66i-aHqxM1rykzDDKPWYL9aw2j8p66j1DHh5dqkg5gJd5ln1XLM3UJvdm5mQDyG-5L3IhzFpfYTIvYxZFyRXMyc_FwD1pIcs0iVxs2FotdM=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Apple slices!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-hA0jhhLM-cOphILKvMpIUDp1yPowNhyVvs9Dzluk9GzfiSuCHYicfJJAG_yrQBGjrB06fUDyBejLx3OdHIGRDMEHLrJYahvrkA6sr-jBkDMQItjQqJwUhfQ31nup1wIDJ7pJlo_5ZAyDzoX5IPIpGNE6W3Tg3Tnr1bzupIDrAqo413QGjI1il4mlWhMM" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>T-shirts!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4DQEZs4CUjmRi8bkSX58G56iMx1DuKl1qnLHQvYCPpviHV5cYm8tKAOI3rO5hnZ1Lr375Lt8K5-ARlAKZB28i9WLYzhGEfyt5ztAVYbAxkkexNK5ei3V0ydOiGX7QJKfJJl420hBmzpiQyf36GDmtM7aO6dcBbl7MJLkJzOEkIv4VrdWl5OY7k9LV-c8d" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4DQEZs4CUjmRi8bkSX58G56iMx1DuKl1qnLHQvYCPpviHV5cYm8tKAOI3rO5hnZ1Lr375Lt8K5-ARlAKZB28i9WLYzhGEfyt5ztAVYbAxkkexNK5ei3V0ydOiGX7QJKfJJl420hBmzpiQyf36GDmtM7aO6dcBbl7MJLkJzOEkIv4VrdWl5OY7k9LV-c8d=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>You have to be over 18 for this one. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrTpuId75hpxC8mHHqLpFGn-Av9IOnyu1xUgkv2kozwQNOlM3z27CeNFkQYCMbniXBUJwcp7fVxiV22e-KYDuxxJJVGj1K4B-jYuCViIxb-OY3N4KvrOC2EKauWIwLtOyC8pbcAwnSVJZPoGWlCTdS0tsGEOrnZasFPDuGEjhSZJNax7q1dhqIxue7eueA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrTpuId75hpxC8mHHqLpFGn-Av9IOnyu1xUgkv2kozwQNOlM3z27CeNFkQYCMbniXBUJwcp7fVxiV22e-KYDuxxJJVGj1K4B-jYuCViIxb-OY3N4KvrOC2EKauWIwLtOyC8pbcAwnSVJZPoGWlCTdS0tsGEOrnZasFPDuGEjhSZJNax7q1dhqIxue7eueA=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Pokemon cards:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4T0Gy_wnejmqAFfF6cEQ4CxuHSHnDZQvt7YFNgIbk2waAtu2qR7NPwzyKXJu6-0fHZtQsN0AMYPQDsp8pFjd59gddREv_7LPwqgQ_bLq7M_meI5Zdi32041QSFwNC11MlhxpUf7xDZPXuJczxbmBaXzMfL1ezzkadtFN0nO1djgWSsEqpHdy9hTVPLq6b" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4T0Gy_wnejmqAFfF6cEQ4CxuHSHnDZQvt7YFNgIbk2waAtu2qR7NPwzyKXJu6-0fHZtQsN0AMYPQDsp8pFjd59gddREv_7LPwqgQ_bLq7M_meI5Zdi32041QSFwNC11MlhxpUf7xDZPXuJczxbmBaXzMfL1ezzkadtFN0nO1djgWSsEqpHdy9hTVPLq6b=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Gunpla cards:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWnJRKUXKzksatveA5LWSwRY7XLZBVN2yNPBcNkdXZOneFNFIkEiuyjwhXYyeohtARbJm_K8HOGKJdn3t8v1jY35y7_c1FZb2whStm7gmiha4-6Qc91QzRCBu1BWWztUEdPv5Li99pJjLzjcBh7mhhMAR0ORb4hhIl0fEaXwAzut_yBqZDyG2obaGQTPWN" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWnJRKUXKzksatveA5LWSwRY7XLZBVN2yNPBcNkdXZOneFNFIkEiuyjwhXYyeohtARbJm_K8HOGKJdn3t8v1jY35y7_c1FZb2whStm7gmiha4-6Qc91QzRCBu1BWWztUEdPv5Li99pJjLzjcBh7mhhMAR0ORb4hhIl0fEaXwAzut_yBqZDyG2obaGQTPWN=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>These next machines were photo-printing kiosks. There were a LOT of these. Leo tried it out:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgirCdfs9srZELeeeAK1jnxS9WgvdjnhWWF4IxdbxB1qK-5h6QUoemcRHYmP80pys7YldViJkYVDYwjkWg8YaCTvPjr5k-iMwf875JjOFhVhzx3BGiBDPVeuc_JsAnB498R5XWGR6twRfQZwdQ4LmINfnlDzscfpRCq1bUfZJHjKpkwNxmn-sKv-CmPDu6J" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgirCdfs9srZELeeeAK1jnxS9WgvdjnhWWF4IxdbxB1qK-5h6QUoemcRHYmP80pys7YldViJkYVDYwjkWg8YaCTvPjr5k-iMwf875JjOFhVhzx3BGiBDPVeuc_JsAnB498R5XWGR6twRfQZwdQ4LmINfnlDzscfpRCq1bUfZJHjKpkwNxmn-sKv-CmPDu6J=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiPl7ZIPJjKV18EKDDJ3cNA8gV7oFoskIpFltEHTNdgZbNwivHr0vjVMgIF-cXiQ6_ItLGvBd_GL0r2voJ1wrlUFW-N-KthI2beve5Qs40lEUzTQfVy1zFCZRimlaUVptQRBVU7eYl3KV3Nr5WX-0XjDG0R3pWwabX7eLiHYj9y6PhGYJXgocCH4ocsb31N" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>This is a coffee machine:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhp_RiKnBcAHPwEieimF5rEE0EWZfDLBDrYQjDfDVGCWGoH8eXlI5LdKWIAg15V90ywZOEiFjNZzF7lCaRDCK8ZGg560GM7GRmEi4JEOF_5Eujr8KH9FTCGuW0rcpF_UCBP8tpvh-eXbI5b0sXW5NW56tqPf3nlJxKBwHGKWIsT9bG2T_j_gBQSlxS0itVW" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhp_RiKnBcAHPwEieimF5rEE0EWZfDLBDrYQjDfDVGCWGoH8eXlI5LdKWIAg15V90ywZOEiFjNZzF7lCaRDCK8ZGg560GM7GRmEi4JEOF_5Eujr8KH9FTCGuW0rcpF_UCBP8tpvh-eXbI5b0sXW5NW56tqPf3nlJxKBwHGKWIsT9bG2T_j_gBQSlxS0itVW=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjaQoRZEMgBCJZ6GaOFpri9g5inoJS6ho9pE87z1lEqhlw2DlO1pF3zST6RFjLRZMorxhzBcKF-F8s5Wra3GdUEg319NqjEEdm6hMjDa2N9WILJmdJt1jSeLSyKCYZUXcCJF7FLMLCBT-ZzQ4EaIksiU30EsgdC1Ux7ADgI3vkKfe7hXhluuinyx3iV1uIc" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I'm guessing no Japanese person in their right mind would have taken three trains over 12 hours when they could have easily flown from Kyoto to Hokkaido, but we rode a couple Shinkhansen bullet trains and then the slower train in Hokkaido. The Shinkhansen goes 176 mph! The tunnel to Hokkaido is some 40km long.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEqsT4kHTG9YyXc23EideXAhu1DdxkNolgf6JTMICByE8WysdxKo9zW_OFxJiz1QPqLr5mDut0_S5-Z0O_rMs_MqW_7dGSgynVtf-knDJCmVw5g9yxhv9jae01sC52KjENZwf3TBJhsziTDUHKsGtsi1J7uoLf51gomolDgD4OsjuetGghR25QG26-jC3W/s2556/IMG_2326.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2556" data-original-width="1179" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEqsT4kHTG9YyXc23EideXAhu1DdxkNolgf6JTMICByE8WysdxKo9zW_OFxJiz1QPqLr5mDut0_S5-Z0O_rMs_MqW_7dGSgynVtf-knDJCmVw5g9yxhv9jae01sC52KjENZwf3TBJhsziTDUHKsGtsi1J7uoLf51gomolDgD4OsjuetGghR25QG26-jC3W/s320/IMG_2326.jpg" width="148" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We went to Noboribetsu and stayed at the Dai-Ichi Takimotokan Hotel. In 1991 when I was a student in Japan, I went up to Noboribetsu and got a day pass to use the Dai-Ichi's onsen, which are quite incredible. Over a dozen hot spring pools of different minerals, indoor and outdoor. And that's just the women's side. This was our major splurge for the trip and it was still only some $250/night. Two nights and as much time in the hot springs as we wanted. This was our room, and it was pretty similar to the Wayfarer with the futons on the tatami mats.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xmTHlswwN46w4uMRU_kJU-_9MFOx-zrv6H7BAiUstvLduiP6I6W_NoQsHP3pU6cMrGErIsR0WF9l3Ee-atNx2gsrIKNe5rPTIqR43lr4uSbUSHRTxzFf7iAbRwU_Y0flifNpqwhpvDjIOU5jQGZKo80uIEwNdsAoNIN8widUQrZAWB2Ggl1Pab658s2h/s4032/IMG_2331.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xmTHlswwN46w4uMRU_kJU-_9MFOx-zrv6H7BAiUstvLduiP6I6W_NoQsHP3pU6cMrGErIsR0WF9l3Ee-atNx2gsrIKNe5rPTIqR43lr4uSbUSHRTxzFf7iAbRwU_Y0flifNpqwhpvDjIOU5jQGZKo80uIEwNdsAoNIN8widUQrZAWB2Ggl1Pab658s2h/w640-h480/IMG_2331.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The view out the window was of Hell Valley:</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmRldMH0DyipIyarfE--eXOPtVeplIlCWDUQAa4v3BjRq4uwBh68TQWElMbnw9afZ07--Rh0fmkp8Ild27aHFNSVR7sezVMSolUMdlSgILmFmsoGuMUCrItX1SJ40z5JGSfvMbDJIUaABQghx66yjGKNIlTq6X6TKdiTKhbA34Ej0zmBL_u4RrooGfPw0-" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmRldMH0DyipIyarfE--eXOPtVeplIlCWDUQAa4v3BjRq4uwBh68TQWElMbnw9afZ07--Rh0fmkp8Ild27aHFNSVR7sezVMSolUMdlSgILmFmsoGuMUCrItX1SJ40z5JGSfvMbDJIUaABQghx66yjGKNIlTq6X6TKdiTKhbA34Ej0zmBL_u4RrooGfPw0-=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: center;">They have kaiseki dinners that you can eat in your rooms but I didn't get them because they were expensive and we weren't sure we'd get there in time to eat dinner the first night. I was bummed because they had a hairy crab kaiseki which would have been tasty. Instead we went to the live seafood restaurant Onsen Ichiba and ate live shrimp and clams. The live shrimp were much larger than the live shrimp I'd previously eaten. You couldn't rip their heads off with your fingers. It was pretty hard to eat.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='545' height='453' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxnjIddmbKuYvdfB0yFt1U_KCaNa1ngGEe6AMfhCXF4h05L9t0Iaw6lf68jaRs4rqNQc1tD_p-hywJDUy4jMg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br />The rest of the meal:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVcHQGcU1rji928wjjPJeVCU6HbU1VWoxVMJr4j2eyINEEFF4IWI7QAe5doiIrSIs0_aNgt5vkAEOA4Q48CIkjRGXHrqLDfdJgJnODfkAOV1r0xAapJxEXYkh8tSA1B08R00glko0hMW5D_qbvdjfbi4L6uOKluycxTvMv3Rl-mcrlqhyN-mSB-dubj4-S" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVcHQGcU1rji928wjjPJeVCU6HbU1VWoxVMJr4j2eyINEEFF4IWI7QAe5doiIrSIs0_aNgt5vkAEOA4Q48CIkjRGXHrqLDfdJgJnODfkAOV1r0xAapJxEXYkh8tSA1B08R00glko0hMW5D_qbvdjfbi4L6uOKluycxTvMv3Rl-mcrlqhyN-mSB-dubj4-S=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div>The incredible never-ending breakfast buffet of Japanese, Asian, and western food. The boys are wearing the hotel yukatas. People wore these all over the hotel but also in the town.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJwdSGDh_uI4kEsfOAuoZwt53Zgo25qdoXR7DGPzTpaDUXf3aVKpre5Oa88fnH8UI-R7V461K9aMlO9kp1quupBaQ2jrXCFnbJ8as5aLXoI2-JVB9knp_Iu1YEAjzXjQ_1T_EwQXlC9L0oIj5fGeaEzqWsf3LZW3g2Xbuk51NCbpPjLATcOQfAaXxSBH31" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJwdSGDh_uI4kEsfOAuoZwt53Zgo25qdoXR7DGPzTpaDUXf3aVKpre5Oa88fnH8UI-R7V461K9aMlO9kp1quupBaQ2jrXCFnbJ8as5aLXoI2-JVB9knp_Iu1YEAjzXjQ_1T_EwQXlC9L0oIj5fGeaEzqWsf3LZW3g2Xbuk51NCbpPjLATcOQfAaXxSBH31=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p></div><div>We had a nice walk up Hell Valley. You can see the steam coming from the vents. Would have been fun to cook eggs over them.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1DQ8u9GosKTn1GGSWFgEk55AwT7HJjKWngbPAYTyomRzBRXLR6BrxoJwL8qmzhvogGM3EYspefsi3p1emnXe8CA9KMhL3yflNTi6Q09YtPUEL_fyb_p1GI-R3PKrMEXdmp6ogvjTXZ9aMAkgNg8Kg0xvknQ9uYoc1jwSyKtzVVGmkjkCJ6eN4d2AgdLq-/s4032/IMG_2391.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1DQ8u9GosKTn1GGSWFgEk55AwT7HJjKWngbPAYTyomRzBRXLR6BrxoJwL8qmzhvogGM3EYspefsi3p1emnXe8CA9KMhL3yflNTi6Q09YtPUEL_fyb_p1GI-R3PKrMEXdmp6ogvjTXZ9aMAkgNg8Kg0xvknQ9uYoc1jwSyKtzVVGmkjkCJ6eN4d2AgdLq-/w640-h480/IMG_2391.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_UWuErbFQtkhX1c6Xk9t-XIDbRLv57Xd-2JaMmBpiMVze-K2eKQQdyLkJst8JCGakG2z4uAXnjIlD4o_wSKqENMM7PmGgBBEgP6OMTNFeLNuWSdb3IsM0zMVVkqZvWRjCT2qHrVar1PXM_vZ1HyW0onHhGKXcg2dtyEIGpNWK98nYwHGay1lV3QjpMGyd/s4032/IMG_2409.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_UWuErbFQtkhX1c6Xk9t-XIDbRLv57Xd-2JaMmBpiMVze-K2eKQQdyLkJst8JCGakG2z4uAXnjIlD4o_wSKqENMM7PmGgBBEgP6OMTNFeLNuWSdb3IsM0zMVVkqZvWRjCT2qHrVar1PXM_vZ1HyW0onHhGKXcg2dtyEIGpNWK98nYwHGay1lV3QjpMGyd/w640-h480/IMG_2409.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfUrsUIHz2uCKyr43fG4JxRqvaz2qfOCnbYfeZnLgk7oQiywkEksg9oU7BBJoEkWlj7ytdCG2GoyNkSOP65mxjR-vl7588-GvK8C9F3dh0gHJ5hBPFqUNVenHEzKGMVSgc0CWnQuUfwo_gsMP8sptLx5d1aaH6eA8aWfRJxP753GEUVb1egrmJy2EGzr8-/s4032/IMG_2417.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfUrsUIHz2uCKyr43fG4JxRqvaz2qfOCnbYfeZnLgk7oQiywkEksg9oU7BBJoEkWlj7ytdCG2GoyNkSOP65mxjR-vl7588-GvK8C9F3dh0gHJ5hBPFqUNVenHEzKGMVSgc0CWnQuUfwo_gsMP8sptLx5d1aaH6eA8aWfRJxP753GEUVb1egrmJy2EGzr8-/w640-h480/IMG_2417.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">There was a great footbridge where you can soak your feet in the hot spring water. It was so civilized. They have mats hanging from a hook that you can sit on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnC2Z2ypnRDD1Cy0VTvhh9w1eC5GrsOGUcluLhbD8Nd7m4bZXin7R6rZtotepe2MYqWiqpMTRPvlaq0TrpVax3EOTY1um8AWwnvoZ_Eolx2jgVk7ROIhBPvSW0B7oJnwd9qEqiALCJ25I9rQ0CqR1-s9aMRLJRp7dXmrS-9wDHdZ_UtxD3Ao-0NVv0iQB/s4032/IMG_2433.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnC2Z2ypnRDD1Cy0VTvhh9w1eC5GrsOGUcluLhbD8Nd7m4bZXin7R6rZtotepe2MYqWiqpMTRPvlaq0TrpVax3EOTY1um8AWwnvoZ_Eolx2jgVk7ROIhBPvSW0B7oJnwd9qEqiALCJ25I9rQ0CqR1-s9aMRLJRp7dXmrS-9wDHdZ_UtxD3Ao-0NVv0iQB/w480-h640/IMG_2433.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I had read about KaniTaro, an old disheveled restaurant run by an old man turned hoarder. We had to go get our 500Y hairy crab bento lunch so we walked a few miles to get there (bus service being scarce in this area). The amount of kani was miniscule but it was only 500Y. Later when we paid for an actual hairy crab, did we understand what a bargain we were getting here. The owner was absolutely delightful - a really sweet old man. We wished we could have paid him more. (You can't tip in Japan - in fact people will think you made a mistake and run after you with the money)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVtQ06hud0Q-5LOrQt8jr1RTcEZGIEJa-EdvclG1d_d5huyGWfUJdD-tH8tdtvtQnH32jVeITXTNkURgbx-ZByDDqbz5lb1-94RIWYIGKqe8XoOJMl7dRBjGq8vfP-MvBoyNHgp5izgISd0DWWCZjRDm9E-E2fybt18NYeOWAwK0vRCVgK98JJ19Atlw63/s4032/IMG_2471.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVtQ06hud0Q-5LOrQt8jr1RTcEZGIEJa-EdvclG1d_d5huyGWfUJdD-tH8tdtvtQnH32jVeITXTNkURgbx-ZByDDqbz5lb1-94RIWYIGKqe8XoOJMl7dRBjGq8vfP-MvBoyNHgp5izgISd0DWWCZjRDm9E-E2fybt18NYeOWAwK0vRCVgK98JJ19Atlw63/w640-h480/IMG_2471.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4hKoMhZlfMNDkUPAzgiaU-jwlUVTvhCWFsnoeW8-DdMLz5fuuhAx7y31UdoVCKABZN1nkUPs-BrYXm_4g4E8HZazFmTYY7TRNRt0w4m9qP489ouMAOc0V_aRLFKNAKg0FKZoduqC7BjhN2DsEInIgJadAKPQrHgLLj7CPS0jd3a68yeeQchybem_XFZgE/s4032/IMG_1335.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4hKoMhZlfMNDkUPAzgiaU-jwlUVTvhCWFsnoeW8-DdMLz5fuuhAx7y31UdoVCKABZN1nkUPs-BrYXm_4g4E8HZazFmTYY7TRNRt0w4m9qP489ouMAOc0V_aRLFKNAKg0FKZoduqC7BjhN2DsEInIgJadAKPQrHgLLj7CPS0jd3a68yeeQchybem_XFZgE/w640-h480/IMG_1335.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4KucMZ7U3M7hNa0LH1Zz-Oj4_L7stpI86JhjzkwVkjJBjQVoApiAIlv5j29XLvWYwgZ-POjGLvpiCt_Bl-fH2kMl0xfGkBgeKL-07s-QRB8ftEtCHJxdc_v-4CBIob3P3VDq3ZkLp71wlj0tGsj8EC6avDTF7cMfn_0OR6NG_HsZgZd5jEKaWy4acNyD1/s4032/IMG_2476.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4KucMZ7U3M7hNa0LH1Zz-Oj4_L7stpI86JhjzkwVkjJBjQVoApiAIlv5j29XLvWYwgZ-POjGLvpiCt_Bl-fH2kMl0xfGkBgeKL-07s-QRB8ftEtCHJxdc_v-4CBIob3P3VDq3ZkLp71wlj0tGsj8EC6avDTF7cMfn_0OR6NG_HsZgZd5jEKaWy4acNyD1/w640-h480/IMG_2476.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">We went to Sapporo, the biggest city in Hokkaido. We spent a whole day at Moerenuma Park which was designed by the artist Noguchi. We loved it, so aesthetic and fun. The kiddie playgrounds are dangerous though! Clearly designed by an architect, not a playground designer!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This fountain is on a schedule. Go see it when it's doing a show. It's impressive!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LtY-MKs8aYgrka9IerZLCcxdrEB1vuvUJlXVuFSxIRychuzg3_vLpw04BGjzQFeAllWqA31tyD4zSzRkN06pJLqGAAAIuEE8TyIbXx2f5Ig3GoSYy67ELz7tJXnsRANeCv6kiVV6Qox60zJv3k4-qcI-D-DHDX35E--LkXy_bg86uzpt_wOBvN2KfxJQ/s4032/IMG_2583.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LtY-MKs8aYgrka9IerZLCcxdrEB1vuvUJlXVuFSxIRychuzg3_vLpw04BGjzQFeAllWqA31tyD4zSzRkN06pJLqGAAAIuEE8TyIbXx2f5Ig3GoSYy67ELz7tJXnsRANeCv6kiVV6Qox60zJv3k4-qcI-D-DHDX35E--LkXy_bg86uzpt_wOBvN2KfxJQ/w480-h640/IMG_2583.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwP5oKPPT5SbzyjS5yvac4C9OPHlzunvH_fdp-ghdIP9IvB39esk0yKeEx8VTsThzZgeE1LMRhvK49meS1HrRqFNoP2gEir228bfnh4prH1QvtkOdJ7M0vi9HmixY8IN7KUv_IieiRG6zklt6z-A2mUo8uIWSM9qKjn4DUJwHL8777i6EeFU2cHsyML79d/s4032/IMG_2537.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwP5oKPPT5SbzyjS5yvac4C9OPHlzunvH_fdp-ghdIP9IvB39esk0yKeEx8VTsThzZgeE1LMRhvK49meS1HrRqFNoP2gEir228bfnh4prH1QvtkOdJ7M0vi9HmixY8IN7KUv_IieiRG6zklt6z-A2mUo8uIWSM9qKjn4DUJwHL8777i6EeFU2cHsyML79d/w640-h480/IMG_2537.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xbkoLLxN2YF81E0c9UfbGxmxcolRj1AjX7BpME2-6DVTtkfi--SAXv25pDHkMV4dtg6QnNBdSxls-XNd1lFj7rJ50NbeGAhbnmAxpfefh6SDAkEzYRYuwYkC6Btj2QoWZKF0XQG-JukpkuDZAa4fVK5iHzUUH_EjzlVxcveeacjvC702j_B2nsOVyVs2/s4032/IMG_2544.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xbkoLLxN2YF81E0c9UfbGxmxcolRj1AjX7BpME2-6DVTtkfi--SAXv25pDHkMV4dtg6QnNBdSxls-XNd1lFj7rJ50NbeGAhbnmAxpfefh6SDAkEzYRYuwYkC6Btj2QoWZKF0XQG-JukpkuDZAa4fVK5iHzUUH_EjzlVxcveeacjvC702j_B2nsOVyVs2/w640-h480/IMG_2544.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='555' height='461' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzNiuKCvbWVn-iilmPDQ1KAfnv1IbMiRdcMyhd4I7Frpa37HcvxDeeX0a-OXeMDiMpYogP9cJiakvHwvtzbKw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We stayed at the Vessel Inn (nothing particularly noteworthy about it) in Susukino, the "entertainment" district of Sapporo. That meant we were near the red light district:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhggrJaL9uYWTzNIVmUMSW7rzXu9sQmy6_8JQC9HCj3A5EIdIqz6MpKFVhIHuTWo7f5D4MZU-46fUDgQKuPHsfED_CezDwYQ87bq3X9MoRPsF0UN0UAvK8mPeBTubBYIaQGw7Ep9po04XejcudLC4U96wlJUQVsc7zcN9j6LfuCOo6t-sxPok3O7vfgYiXs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhggrJaL9uYWTzNIVmUMSW7rzXu9sQmy6_8JQC9HCj3A5EIdIqz6MpKFVhIHuTWo7f5D4MZU-46fUDgQKuPHsfED_CezDwYQ87bq3X9MoRPsF0UN0UAvK8mPeBTubBYIaQGw7Ep9po04XejcudLC4U96wlJUQVsc7zcN9j6LfuCOo6t-sxPok3O7vfgYiXs=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This "depato" (department stores are a big thing here) is called Mega-Donkey! Depatos usually have grocery stores in the basement and can have really good food (like the sushi in the Daimaru in Kyoto) but Mega-Donkey was pretty disappointing. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgja8Uc6FWI0jck7BDQWRb4Le4WSZ0DqGJM37XCrKwdGJQHIxEh-5Gh8_cdcnvfIfgmkcT52Fflx1u97jTr1AyUclIAzKN7x3VRlkufi8HczjR3Pznyyk7QvQGEEu970C1r_Ii3tah5NwXLJwQgaqIwedvnAZkDDBDAcpaZooVqzOON3a6VUfINVaAigTtv" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgja8Uc6FWI0jck7BDQWRb4Le4WSZ0DqGJM37XCrKwdGJQHIxEh-5Gh8_cdcnvfIfgmkcT52Fflx1u97jTr1AyUclIAzKN7x3VRlkufi8HczjR3Pznyyk7QvQGEEu970C1r_Ii3tah5NwXLJwQgaqIwedvnAZkDDBDAcpaZooVqzOON3a6VUfINVaAigTtv=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br />There are nearby ski resorts in teh hills surrounding Sapporo. We took a ropeway and then mini cable car up Mt Moiwa. It was a nice view:</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXqLk0MImRmEGXaiYyeGDSneKcZ4SIkvYECjTKRtW76y5FTxj3Z7cMjbRGnJAXGNGDYSv1wtZB-fx_LKoc-ngI2B6W0OuFQNj9S0KoqS6J0t5UVhvc7cw36ToKGAul6PvxR47CuFQ_M-Q1CsLGnLvmUv8SQxW8vb2gDPtvze8TbFhap6S6mH7wqI_-Dqsc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2378" data-original-width="6729" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXqLk0MImRmEGXaiYyeGDSneKcZ4SIkvYECjTKRtW76y5FTxj3Z7cMjbRGnJAXGNGDYSv1wtZB-fx_LKoc-ngI2B6W0OuFQNj9S0KoqS6J0t5UVhvc7cw36ToKGAul6PvxR47CuFQ_M-Q1CsLGnLvmUv8SQxW8vb2gDPtvze8TbFhap6S6mH7wqI_-Dqsc=w640-h226" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLqMnRa64pQmpfu-pV393mobeOBbOxaNvaq8vnIUzzCN-DPuk3uemHAZ99wAwoqhv8DLc-raBZ3v4c9dnltWtAGf6tfRdoDHubyxJlg7xYndP_RlTVIOC9moMhe78PTTYzfHSnSBHOi6Iomvbmxt85X6lOiv8LNvYzKKhEHmo8PGoqRf0cwcEBod8LlTbb" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLqMnRa64pQmpfu-pV393mobeOBbOxaNvaq8vnIUzzCN-DPuk3uemHAZ99wAwoqhv8DLc-raBZ3v4c9dnltWtAGf6tfRdoDHubyxJlg7xYndP_RlTVIOC9moMhe78PTTYzfHSnSBHOi6Iomvbmxt85X6lOiv8LNvYzKKhEHmo8PGoqRf0cwcEBod8LlTbb=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br />Sapporo has a fish market called the Curb market that had all kinds of crab including hairy crab. The hairy crab is pretty expensive ($40). The market was closed by the time we got there at 3:30p but there was one open restaurant and I had a magnificent crab, uni, scallop donburi:</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHXPay5wAMMaDnS7wcbgv24zAYSGrkAcDEk2HRGXKm4UuBF143aQWU4CWEZ04wEG76CJhP6WRaNP3B6z5QCJTJNXNYTc3nRGr6t-1G1ERUWL7DLtUzFGg-U-dTniUZXou7OWmHWwWnlh9Oe2vu_F5sso_1l2JT5cX5s00shiCess9_rznr8XJcKPepEctK" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHXPay5wAMMaDnS7wcbgv24zAYSGrkAcDEk2HRGXKm4UuBF143aQWU4CWEZ04wEG76CJhP6WRaNP3B6z5QCJTJNXNYTc3nRGr6t-1G1ERUWL7DLtUzFGg-U-dTniUZXou7OWmHWwWnlh9Oe2vu_F5sso_1l2JT5cX5s00shiCess9_rznr8XJcKPepEctK=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div>Leo and I also had a great time playing the taiko drum game. We saw some real experts playing this game. Super fun. Wish I had one at home!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='514' height='428' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzhtgQaYWwJEhmGxrZiC5L8DEF45C2P6UqX5A-ItQP5FIZphF3cEKnhmumEocqJ2a_yUOuQMhXONv9kByBVyA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div>Debbie Lewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13289952826802693724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188421561249967216.post-23192885548215115032023-07-08T07:32:00.007-06:002023-07-08T17:07:02.471-06:00Japan!<p>Leo graduated from high school and is heading off to Northeastern University. For his graduation gift we were going to take him scuba diving, but the ear issues were risky so the boys decided Japan would be the destination of choice. Paul and I used to travel very cheaply as young adults and we thought we'd show Leo how to do it in the modern age.</p><p><u>Logistics</u></p><p>Japan is inexpensive, contrary to what most people think. And the US has seen such incredible inflation over the last couple years - Japan doesn't seem to have suffered as badly. We had a $50/night hotel in Kyoto that suited our needs. We got $3 breakfasts at the 24-hour restaurants since we were waking up so early anyway.</p><p>It was really hot and humid. Hokkaido wasn't so bad, but Tokyo is pretty miserable in July. Suggest going in the spring or fall if you can.</p><p>We started in Kyoto, took 3 trains up to Hokkaido, and then ended in Tokyo. We got JR <br />rail passes because Paul wanted to ride the trains ($1140 for 3 of us). You can pick up the rail pass at the Osaka airport. We should have reserved the shinkhansen bullet train seats a month in advance when the reservations open up on the website, because by the time we did reserve seats, a lot were already taken.</p><p>Verizon's travel pass would have enabled us to use our cell phones for $10/day each which is pretty pricey. Instead we rented a pocket wifi hotspot for $80 from the same website as the JR railpass. It was mailed to our hotel directly and the day we left, we mailed it back at the airport.</p><p>You need cash for the fish markets, little shops and artisan places, fancy restaurants. The ubiquitous 7-11's have ATMs. You spend a lot of time managing change because you need coins for the vending machines. Buses and subways will take bills and give you change.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Japan opened up to foreigners in April, I believe, and the place was CRAWLING with foreigners, especially Chinese. <br /><p></p><p><u>Kyoto</u></p><p>Here's our Wayfarer Hotel room ($50). We slept on futons on tatami mats. You have to fold them up to have room to do other stuff during the day. Japanese style. We had a small balcony. We were in a quiet neighborhood southwest of Shijo station. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicITyxcdbjVCrsZOMnk8ReMnKiy3wKtyXYd2v0Ywdp9KxYwgkhgvTx5E_jHgIoR7KaczimszOdke3Gb8R06jFyMgxXU27WPGYWpx6uqp2LTQFJHWaSMzS1G2ViB8TumTVTQzfbmoKvIozgNJqvFDci3Ax_ogpDOieQaAxrsKvn0Xoo3L4A6pEsRHs-IQuN" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicITyxcdbjVCrsZOMnk8ReMnKiy3wKtyXYd2v0Ywdp9KxYwgkhgvTx5E_jHgIoR7KaczimszOdke3Gb8R06jFyMgxXU27WPGYWpx6uqp2LTQFJHWaSMzS1G2ViB8TumTVTQzfbmoKvIozgNJqvFDci3Ax_ogpDOieQaAxrsKvn0Xoo3L4A6pEsRHs-IQuN=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLqe5GFMHK5uclcaJHnQmymiB3_dV4-F3LXEuGBOc3rJT75tOpz-eZlIc2fP4NsaQGhfvnQ7wtgJczDUTHUxLKy91Zzrg8qk78N5EP6SGKUCttvAZDBSbzWHKo7zN3Ua5338R_lPylawSHT6s22ScUwO5iitSDFs6cP-VwPR3cc6F3oshXXCbkqRh4Ly50" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLqe5GFMHK5uclcaJHnQmymiB3_dV4-F3LXEuGBOc3rJT75tOpz-eZlIc2fP4NsaQGhfvnQ7wtgJczDUTHUxLKy91Zzrg8qk78N5EP6SGKUCttvAZDBSbzWHKo7zN3Ua5338R_lPylawSHT6s22ScUwO5iitSDFs6cP-VwPR3cc6F3oshXXCbkqRh4Ly50=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Here's one of those $3-5 breakfasts at a 24-hour chain. Leo wanted to try ALL the chains. You order at a kiosk (most have English and pictures now), get a ticket, and exchange the ticket for food.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjR5Py6vM84LI0ZzHbzeqWif4H_2oaKdtYfDSfpkJfhSvLjLK857W9B-V4GEvzi14JYmEFNSUOhoHRf69ZLv6fYaf8jvO9bm-4paTVq-_D1bO7jg3vUwzaI5O1dzkx812gK2TqK-S_7oyIvEI0oljrsPHF9E7zWProOzw1SlHKHihV9CIrASjf8s4shh_Nq" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjR5Py6vM84LI0ZzHbzeqWif4H_2oaKdtYfDSfpkJfhSvLjLK857W9B-V4GEvzi14JYmEFNSUOhoHRf69ZLv6fYaf8jvO9bm-4paTVq-_D1bO7jg3vUwzaI5O1dzkx812gK2TqK-S_7oyIvEI0oljrsPHF9E7zWProOzw1SlHKHihV9CIrASjf8s4shh_Nq=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>We visited my grad school friend Alfred in Kobe which was great since I hadn't seen Alfred since the early 90's. He's been in Japan for 25 years building a couple beam lines at the synchrotron. We spent the day at a pottery village, Tamba Sasayama. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzUo0lwxymaoCxqiDxfZZ1j25LZXLhQWCt21xw2dzwrnjNiY3erIxhGW3S2Ax7WIz0B9mGhavfIIgEb-UW1pNF-o_q5wXFlLyY4rvwcBRAxHVUGuZYrLzIQkBuay1iJrEl032ka8gmK-LfPvA2jvSbjV-kD-78mPglHf7nTNucD1VuaZ8wHFcmLwRkAz3O" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzUo0lwxymaoCxqiDxfZZ1j25LZXLhQWCt21xw2dzwrnjNiY3erIxhGW3S2Ax7WIz0B9mGhavfIIgEb-UW1pNF-o_q5wXFlLyY4rvwcBRAxHVUGuZYrLzIQkBuay1iJrEl032ka8gmK-LfPvA2jvSbjV-kD-78mPglHf7nTNucD1VuaZ8wHFcmLwRkAz3O=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><p>There's a little park where they display each potter's work (about 3 dozen artists). Then you can walk to each potter's store and buy from them. There is a special clay in the area. The gorgeous pottery art below is Alfred's favorite potter.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj88ED90H_MKvFgvr1U1Qd8rmovm3rc8P6Dc6m6jp8-fXhFXe6j4oeaF645uyzxlQ-yLKabKHMEoV8GnAmZiBsTc-Hor30On2ZUgseLlxWkzRr6YH8YhyZSkePq_g1WLHXHRdbuW7grQZhnfb4DbFGDVIR5rAFzH8Zr1yCwGCbk7s5U3CzmwPeF1ZuvB4vy" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj88ED90H_MKvFgvr1U1Qd8rmovm3rc8P6Dc6m6jp8-fXhFXe6j4oeaF645uyzxlQ-yLKabKHMEoV8GnAmZiBsTc-Hor30On2ZUgseLlxWkzRr6YH8YhyZSkePq_g1WLHXHRdbuW7grQZhnfb4DbFGDVIR5rAFzH8Zr1yCwGCbk7s5U3CzmwPeF1ZuvB4vy=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="text-align: left;">We saw one of the climbing kilns - they're very long and on a steep part of the hillside. We guessed that this architecture allowed for different temperatures in different parts of the kiln.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhemZCuKRPPMehhEVgAaeC7i7xhJ2vK3RCuWmhG1J3rgUuTxuDgZN0Hr4BtyXPq7r6Dhjp44dAuTMsknJHT2r4Jhek0VFYg0wEFYS5vOHw90XXI25qogqjYaygISG868HMln3qGc3OJu5VKGDKXp-N1rHqhsDPzEHL0AFh6i955uuzt5jtGw8Myr_bntT4U" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhemZCuKRPPMehhEVgAaeC7i7xhJ2vK3RCuWmhG1J3rgUuTxuDgZN0Hr4BtyXPq7r6Dhjp44dAuTMsknJHT2r4Jhek0VFYg0wEFYS5vOHw90XXI25qogqjYaygISG868HMln3qGc3OJu5VKGDKXp-N1rHqhsDPzEHL0AFh6i955uuzt5jtGw8Myr_bntT4U=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div></div><p></p><p>We had a kaiseki lunch at Bishoku Daidokoro Miyama which was very fancy and a great experience for the boys. It's 4000Y for a set course of like 10 small dishes. Usually focuses on what is in season at the time and it had some meat, some fish, some veggies, some soups. The meat (which I don't think was Wagyu or Kobe or anything like that) was amazingly good. The soup was divine.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7K5hzkW-vC7Q-9-pxJitxhKwZufYyXiCjCO8MYladloK-mj6PVW48Mmc_O0t34uJ9SvRh01Mrf7DNKkY-619YqSYJZVqEak8sJnYJPyDlvV_CGzhKtVCYxRBF-jaSTzJ-zxdAjsWvQkhSOMjzd_0OnAty4lChdxMtceLhSzLoYY1c1uyKP2V6GWFoUsAg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7K5hzkW-vC7Q-9-pxJitxhKwZufYyXiCjCO8MYladloK-mj6PVW48Mmc_O0t34uJ9SvRh01Mrf7DNKkY-619YqSYJZVqEak8sJnYJPyDlvV_CGzhKtVCYxRBF-jaSTzJ-zxdAjsWvQkhSOMjzd_0OnAty4lChdxMtceLhSzLoYY1c1uyKP2V6GWFoUsAg=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmOK0xssSoe5mNE01JXPkMPDnFsUKgEmJLu2dVRmfTq_LpQShGIyEgxkvnU6eTagAB_C0IGJGYJx-aPvRrLRQpz_zJEvYYK_RVougoWFCkvxXzeAWBRpahj1Us49qmlVoYYJseRQXYeqHWrvxeqdbyKua2p_XxCdwG5GvidDiiEB-9L1OxvhqZ3x9WVtkU" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I had sent pictures back from my visit there this spring. We did the shrine hike and it was hot. The torii gates are so photogenic. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPhKKmErornkM-eXKthLaj1cpqgLb_f7m2SFQ-oy_pcHp976AQdL_gE3aDYfZ_UwjYwihFejZVc2jB76gO4_Ks07O3ETKakgudLRyyo7hJMcfLAaNsNsHEyqjSM14zWz-ecxXvlxkR6DDetCDuJcNqI__ihmO-ng0bYPrxdjoE8VFuWv39vwxxQcfVSTgk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPhKKmErornkM-eXKthLaj1cpqgLb_f7m2SFQ-oy_pcHp976AQdL_gE3aDYfZ_UwjYwihFejZVc2jB76gO4_Ks07O3ETKakgudLRyyo7hJMcfLAaNsNsHEyqjSM14zWz-ecxXvlxkR6DDetCDuJcNqI__ihmO-ng0bYPrxdjoE8VFuWv39vwxxQcfVSTgk=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8zdjl67DjHVO78hi4ZcQItloppWfUDhR8QnTmjP8bWlon5j0PYNAtafia_vs2lZDsxLeS2pOq8zsOos0FMz6MOkui0GCSBbL_tISFdlQJ0NfU2rgbLtUVa80vl2H9mrlLqiHJTx412sW7N4tgLagb10Dys-gCaZuwZ164G2mLdt4mr1YwoJPJYW4sTNKR" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8zdjl67DjHVO78hi4ZcQItloppWfUDhR8QnTmjP8bWlon5j0PYNAtafia_vs2lZDsxLeS2pOq8zsOos0FMz6MOkui0GCSBbL_tISFdlQJ0NfU2rgbLtUVa80vl2H9mrlLqiHJTx412sW7N4tgLagb10Dys-gCaZuwZ164G2mLdt4mr1YwoJPJYW4sTNKR=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKhPAAkzcLrzUxVfE9IDj-jIWXkGCxbsiUtcwwSSZkJiURq_rnxkXjYm2xlwyfTtqjyB4t9ApAK8N-KZrUYgol5XVVnzH9EVi-m9_tFuPYD0TylfLEHFrAa9XBp9msNjKRlJ63fWjWvT6zNA2rhD7f8T-a67dDvJkXG4nX031zo-RL8Qag8sLDEnZjnt-Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKhPAAkzcLrzUxVfE9IDj-jIWXkGCxbsiUtcwwSSZkJiURq_rnxkXjYm2xlwyfTtqjyB4t9ApAK8N-KZrUYgol5XVVnzH9EVi-m9_tFuPYD0TylfLEHFrAa9XBp9msNjKRlJ63fWjWvT6zNA2rhD7f8T-a67dDvJkXG4nX031zo-RL8Qag8sLDEnZjnt-Q=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>A wacky building</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvXs8IL3v66qVi28_WZCwrHFEOUSayQfTHs-ajaEkTSRbTvJ7RjXtI7GLEQOKRuGG0FfMQcaBMvKY-oi0Sh6t777GQWRv2f8lFbDOVeoLDzQg73LijW_KOJfSKAy7kc_q-hZabTVT8qCeZ4NL35PU0cDKx8PPHSHVgXezeTYHDbacFzAVYzX_engBX0XBP" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvXs8IL3v66qVi28_WZCwrHFEOUSayQfTHs-ajaEkTSRbTvJ7RjXtI7GLEQOKRuGG0FfMQcaBMvKY-oi0Sh6t777GQWRv2f8lFbDOVeoLDzQg73LijW_KOJfSKAy7kc_q-hZabTVT8qCeZ4NL35PU0cDKx8PPHSHVgXezeTYHDbacFzAVYzX_engBX0XBP=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><p>We went to the fish market, the first of many. Leo and I ate fresh uni which was delightful, and fresh abalone which would have been better grilled, I think. We also had fried fugu (pufferfish, the one that can be toxic if you don't cut it correctly). We didn't die.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaNK1N2eU2hJBO1qVeyjsuOQa5BbGifw5wNS7719_OpU_kJP4sujareU_ApSj4SSr7AY8q1S3lDGp3ugYAeJp3waFvUUlZr2aNQG-e93dW1IOhYQUvaBx96unBZoOKIfhkn92WMvIlP4vVrcLzBPX6T2so8o3GT912aV-ws5n6MIqN4FTEm-flTDfOrFan" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaNK1N2eU2hJBO1qVeyjsuOQa5BbGifw5wNS7719_OpU_kJP4sujareU_ApSj4SSr7AY8q1S3lDGp3ugYAeJp3waFvUUlZr2aNQG-e93dW1IOhYQUvaBx96unBZoOKIfhkn92WMvIlP4vVrcLzBPX6T2so8o3GT912aV-ws5n6MIqN4FTEm-flTDfOrFan=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcEDwfyzYZd6yUNt2dFrmOIBtwSbbVoz0jxWZrwCln3T7jWluHX2_D5xpOwETpE4Zse7PNUOIBJdJG3CgqxejST_vyWy5knfs58rgc41fZyHUW7d5PpU3qGjFq4rAlHAmt-OQp5dCIcDGDqeuYYk5IUbJtPFjjzyw_TYCgiqdY7fRUTsQFp8INnI35Vmb1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcEDwfyzYZd6yUNt2dFrmOIBtwSbbVoz0jxWZrwCln3T7jWluHX2_D5xpOwETpE4Zse7PNUOIBJdJG3CgqxejST_vyWy5knfs58rgc41fZyHUW7d5PpU3qGjFq4rAlHAmt-OQp5dCIcDGDqeuYYk5IUbJtPFjjzyw_TYCgiqdY7fRUTsQFp8INnI35Vmb1=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiR6P1O-BIRXyelsvdqyLodl1FQLumziMMVq0OASzTBiEpJiHtlYgNcHzk0AsXxJeKsDKUk7VW0ICDhe-GMAd8Zk6JOjef0CH3TKpRoFElbuwuylsK2v0YWNBJ8VXgsJY1ZZFcO7aGHWImoD5tgAxnKyyQpP8gbjx22X7mQUUT7IwBaY7omM2oK0-TliRZI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiR6P1O-BIRXyelsvdqyLodl1FQLumziMMVq0OASzTBiEpJiHtlYgNcHzk0AsXxJeKsDKUk7VW0ICDhe-GMAd8Zk6JOjef0CH3TKpRoFElbuwuylsK2v0YWNBJ8VXgsJY1ZZFcO7aGHWImoD5tgAxnKyyQpP8gbjx22X7mQUUT7IwBaY7omM2oK0-TliRZI=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijzuTHPJxPKw7E7JaYZXokCSR3iS6ZSGj1CDMFwXJpN1U9cbm9dYXMbUhYnXYU4WNmFC2y_GGsZgoXgQSBtvqIUbs_tRW_N-HS5GDFYUz-dgulqnUkfJrLzzQbG32G77UGzN8mx-7chrKEBzTFd-Fc2oCF_Jsqzw3iI3um5nZZMzSxnbXeHG_o_7Ox9aoe" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijzuTHPJxPKw7E7JaYZXokCSR3iS6ZSGj1CDMFwXJpN1U9cbm9dYXMbUhYnXYU4WNmFC2y_GGsZgoXgQSBtvqIUbs_tRW_N-HS5GDFYUz-dgulqnUkfJrLzzQbG32G77UGzN8mx-7chrKEBzTFd-Fc2oCF_Jsqzw3iI3um5nZZMzSxnbXeHG_o_7Ox9aoe=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br />I thought their adverts for crab were hilarious:<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiueBj1pGjy3ogxaH56VN0HfpZa_fiy1YpjapuQ6ziZoruX6Lhpv-GCHRwvFPvGnWfuk7khboUNgyGy0YSgyIWZKUW_VWsn_MmLGSlJ3fmpMfwsEkO79XmME7AqNZMXwdg2lbxHW_oA8aTiliKBUAMOuBtLs9MgQkruv9OJX_LUzHiJWqSEoYrNj3TjB0d0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiueBj1pGjy3ogxaH56VN0HfpZa_fiy1YpjapuQ6ziZoruX6Lhpv-GCHRwvFPvGnWfuk7khboUNgyGy0YSgyIWZKUW_VWsn_MmLGSlJ3fmpMfwsEkO79XmME7AqNZMXwdg2lbxHW_oA8aTiliKBUAMOuBtLs9MgQkruv9OJX_LUzHiJWqSEoYrNj3TjB0d0=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br />Ah this was a positively disgusting breakfast. I ordered spicy raw tuna over rice at one of those chains. It's a tuna paste. It's inedible, even with a raw egg on top.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrrV-hlqKUEeAxvuW6NQNWky9q-yndEO4THRyUZFWC4zNUuN5uT_Sn_pkcLJy_USFa-JCGtzW4WFxKpA5jIJ6L2T5jZ0LEleG-fjZTeM0cw_UzZQRZfzBhMTQBr2rNIu2ijynzvHRPbtVl6CwaLL0qtC1yeuOA1oL1JdWKR-svp368U1H_Tcl8fI0PeDoK" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgrrV-hlqKUEeAxvuW6NQNWky9q-yndEO4THRyUZFWC4zNUuN5uT_Sn_pkcLJy_USFa-JCGtzW4WFxKpA5jIJ6L2T5jZ0LEleG-fjZTeM0cw_UzZQRZfzBhMTQBr2rNIu2ijynzvHRPbtVl6CwaLL0qtC1yeuOA1oL1JdWKR-svp368U1H_Tcl8fI0PeDoK=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br />I noticed minimum wage at the chain restaurant was similar to what kids make here.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCeN4E6Hfgj9_S5u5xmR1hlTfpzrqW9buiVpfx7mG1CO53nNPd-05_Z90Q4J0Waz4iXQ-AsPpfeZS9bP1Xb26kvGE-u7gH2Mo2mPB_XScjgH96rchUletL_S9W8P7aHjEcBeRateN9V9kjlNwqCjqOZaQH3dQg_7Dj532Q8kX3VQ_9T5sr-01uwLpVs-_-" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCeN4E6Hfgj9_S5u5xmR1hlTfpzrqW9buiVpfx7mG1CO53nNPd-05_Z90Q4J0Waz4iXQ-AsPpfeZS9bP1Xb26kvGE-u7gH2Mo2mPB_XScjgH96rchUletL_S9W8P7aHjEcBeRateN9V9kjlNwqCjqOZaQH3dQg_7Dj532Q8kX3VQ_9T5sr-01uwLpVs-_-=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>I had wanted to eat at Nishi-shin sushi in the spring but they close on Wednesdays, so this time we made sure to get there. Dinner is likely $100pp but lunch was relatively cheap. In retrospect, it's worth saving the sushi meals for the fish markets in Hokkaido and Tokyo, which are a much better value. But it was fun, super tasty, and cool to sit at the counter and watch.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSwKY12Ty0i1lEGel3L7EC7cm2-GAIY-HF5wtvYIf2403qjAiP5O0aO-mSygsVvYbyOW9ORSkhab_2XPmR4SQpKB0Stz0dVijqGNK7M7GMVsE7eeZ-6G21BM1wiXTg2sSxnaL3j2465ls_yBo44vLYu-dmAfSBbH5S17Z7QRYzseZAE4RJSclWzLUGWXkM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSwKY12Ty0i1lEGel3L7EC7cm2-GAIY-HF5wtvYIf2403qjAiP5O0aO-mSygsVvYbyOW9ORSkhab_2XPmR4SQpKB0Stz0dVijqGNK7M7GMVsE7eeZ-6G21BM1wiXTg2sSxnaL3j2465ls_yBo44vLYu-dmAfSBbH5S17Z7QRYzseZAE4RJSclWzLUGWXkM=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br />I couldn't get the boys to figure out what they wanted to do so I started dragging them to the famous temples. 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We came to San Cristobal to see the Hammerhead sharks. These are the scuba diving signals for hammerheads:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 18px;">On the boat ride home we saw some manta rays so we chased them a bit and they swam around our boat. They often put one black fin up in the air so they look like a black shark. And they flop about in the water too, splashing.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 18px;">The next day began our arduous journey home. We took a plane from San Cristobal to a coastal city in Ecuador and then to Quito where we were from 5:30 pm to 2 am because our flight got delayed. We just barely made it into our connection in Houston and home arriving the next morning and Debbie went straight to work, landing in Denver in time to take conference calls. Sigh.</span>Debbie Lewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13289952826802693724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188421561249967216.post-5146481809964659242018-08-03T22:13:00.001-06:002018-08-03T22:13:35.154-06:00Galapagos part 3 - Tintoreras, Isabela<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 18px;">Last day on Isabela, Paul was sick so Leo and I went to Tintoreras by ourselves. This is very close to the pier. There were pointing out sea lions and penguins and eagle rays. We boated a short distance to lava flow that was covered with marine iguanas and sea lions. We also saw a Great Blue Heron! The iguanas were juveniles and abundant and cute. Penguins too! We then snorkeled, again in cold water so Leo opted out. There was one spot where at least a dozen sea turtles were sleeping. We saw some eagle rays, seahorses, snake, eel.</span><br />
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Sequence of Great Blue Heron taking off:<br />
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This cactus was really cool. The leaves are vertical to avoid overheating at the equator:</div>
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Sally Light Footed crab (endless pix of these too):<br />
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View of Isabela's beach. Our hotel is down there:<br />
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<br />Debbie Lewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13289952826802693724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188421561249967216.post-80714795398287098872018-08-03T21:08:00.007-06:002018-08-03T21:08:58.139-06:00Galapagos part 2 - Los Tuneles and Cabo Rosa, Isabela<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 18px;">We took a speedboat from Santa Cruz Island to Isabela island. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 18px;">Isabela was the least developed of the three inhabited islands we visited. It was actually a bit of a dump. The main road was dirt and we lived near the end of it, with some broken down shacks. We were a few houses from this rooster that cock-a-doodled from 12:30 am to 8:30am every night. It sounded like it was in our backyard. Earplugs did nothing to block this sound.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 18px;">That night Paul had food poisoning too, and it ended up being worse than what we had on the boat. He was sick for three days. The next day we were supposed to go on our highlight day tour to Los Tuneles. Leo was recovering from being sick and paul couldn’t hold down water so they stayed in bed. I went alone and it was jaw dropping. It was like being in a zoo but without the cages. We boated out to the Cabo Rosa lava tunnel area which is not very deep, snorkeled and saw several caves where White tipped sharks sleep. It feels like invading their living room. We’d dive down and The guide Eduardo would hold us down (because our wetsuits were so buoyant). We swam with 5ft white tips and especially smaller black tips that were curious about people. There were some giant sea turtles, a seahorse at the bottom attached to a branch of old mangroves. It was incredible to see this many megafauna in one dive/snorkel trip. The water was cold even though we had wetsuits and when we got back in the boat for a ten minute ride to Los Tuneles, I shivered, teeth chattering the whole time.</span><br />
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White tips sleeping in their cave:<br />
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Black tips coming to check us out:<br />
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Sea snake:<br />
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Seahorse:<br />
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Galapagos penguins<br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 18px;">At Los Tuneles it’s skittle colder but clearer. A penguin swam with us when I jumped in. We swam in some flooded lava tunnels and caves. Then we dried off and walked on the lava. A’a lava, which is what the Hawaiians call the lava that’s hard to walk on. The Spanish adopted Hawaiian terms. We walked to where the blue footed boobies were nesting and saw a tiny baby under its mom, about four days old. We saw two boobies doing their mating call. The males whistle and show off their tail feathers and wingspan and then stomp their blue feet.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 18px;">The boys decided that night that they’d try the same tour. We had originally been scheduled to climb the Sierra Negra volcano but it was erupting a bit so all tours were cancelled. I could have done some hike or trip by myself or do the same tour again with the boys so I opted to hang with the family.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 18px;">Second day tour was amazingly the same. The boys froze to death too and paul opted out of the Los Tuneles snorkeling because he was so cold. But the seahorses were where left them and the white tips sleeping in their caves and the tortoises still in the shallows. This time we dove into Los Tuneles and swam through the tunnels which was cool. And cold. And we didn’t get a good view of the baby booby. I keep telling Leo you have to pee to keep the wetsuit warm.</span><br />
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Leo and I are the two on the right:<br />
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Leo and I had a great time with the sea turtles. This is me checking him out:<br />
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And posing while everyone sticks a GoPro at the guy:<br />
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Leo taught the turtle how to dab:<br />
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Family at Los Tuneles:<br />
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Yellow pufferfish:<br />
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Leo at Los Tuneles:<br />
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<br />Debbie Lewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13289952826802693724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188421561249967216.post-73200828223451096612018-08-03T21:03:00.000-06:002018-08-03T21:03:12.694-06:00The Galapagos! part 1We started off in Quito, arriving very late. Quito is at 9000 feet, so even though it's on the equator, it was 60-70F and cold at night, and had an arid climate. It's quite a lovely city, surrounded by mountaints. We stayed in the new town area but hung out mostly in the old downtown area. Here's the main plaza<br />
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Of course, no trip to the tropics is complete unless you eat the fantastic fruit available. I don't even know what these giant green things were, but they were very sweet.<br />
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Here's what they look like on the inside:<br />
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Quito had some great murals:<br />
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Ecuador is famous for its chocolate and the Republic del Cacao is an awesome (albeit pricey, $10/bar) place to taste different types of chocolate:<br />
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Since we're not big museum folks, we did an obligatory stop at the fancy cathedral (Basilica del Voto) with the gorgeous stained glass:<br />
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The next morning, we left Quito at 4:30am to catch an early flight to Baltra island in the Galapagos with our cruise group. There's wind turbines at the airport on Baltra!<br />
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Getting from Baltra airport to Puerto Ayora where the cruise boat depart is tricky so we went with the tour group. Interestingly, the buses were old Chinese buses. We first did a tour to see the Galapagos Tortoises at Reserva El Chato. The tortoises are huge; they're old; and they can live a year upside down without food or water (sounds awful to me, but pirates used to do this for food).<br />
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These are real shells. They are huge!<br />
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As we left the reserve, we saw a large male tortoise trying to mate with a tiny female tortoise. He walked really fast (for a tortoise) and finally caught her. If you can't see the video, you can go to: <a href="https://youtu.be/UfIenfyHLiw" target="_blank">Galapagos Tortoises mating</a><br />
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Cactuses in the Galapagos look like trees:<br />
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The Galapagos has manzanillo trees. I remember similar trees in Grand Cayman. The fruit is poisonous, the bark and sap are irritants and if you take shelter under one of these trees in the rain, it'll 'burn' and blister your skin. Unfortunately, they look just like ordinary trees.<br />
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Then we boarded our super fancy (and super expensive) yacht - the Natural Paradise:<br />
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We had one super fancy deluxe room on the upper deck:<br />
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with its own balcony:<br />
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Here's Leo on the top sundeck:<br />
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They also had a jacuzzi which had warm (not hot) water in it. Still it was nice, because the Galapagos water is COLD! The Humboldt (El Nino) current comes up from the southern tip of South America. That's why there are penguins there. We had a champagne toast on the boat, met the rest of the passengers (16 of us), and motored to Genovesa Island overnight. The beauty of the cruise is that you travel overnight so you don't waste your days on boats and are sleeping during potentially rough open water crossings. Genovesa is one of the three 'highlights' of the Galapagos - the others being Espanola island and Isabela island.<br />
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At Genovesa we saw frigate birds (the males have red chests that they fill with air to attract females):<br />
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Here's a Nazca booby:<br />
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This is the red-footed booby:<br />
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We also saw a short-eared owl, but it was too far away to get a good picture. We had a nice dinghy ride in the bay and did some snorkeling. We had what I thought was a great lunch of ceviche. Then visited huge numbers of boobies and frigate birds and sea lions and Sally light foot crabs. The boys crashed out after:<br />
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I had felt pretty ill all afternoon and finally lost my cookies at dinner and was down with food poisoning for the next day. Pretty miserable to get sick off the lunch on a fancy cruise. Leo also got food poisoning from the ceviche, but it wasn't as bad.<br />
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That evening, the boat generator broke. The emergency lights went on in the rooms, making it difficult to sleep. There were no emergency lights in the bathrooms, making it difficult to be as sick as I was. Our second cabin was in the lower deck and had no operable windows, making it hard to sleep without air conditioning. So it was a miserable night, but in the morning, they got the generator going a little bit, just enough to make breakfast. By this time we were on Santiago island. We had a nice, cold snorkel. Some people saw a shark. I saw a blue footed booby dive into the water very deep, grab a fish and torpedo out of the water like a rocket. It was pretty cool.<br />
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Unfortunately, the boat generator broke again and they determined we'd have to stop the cruise and get the boat fixed back at the airport. Without power, there was no running water and you couldn't flush the toilets. This was a real problem for someone with food poisoning. We spent the rest of the day heading back to Baltra. I will note that I complained to the cruise company and they gave us a partial refund. There were some frigate birds who kept circling the boat. I was convinced someone on the upper deck must be feeding them because they kept slowing down when they reached the upper deck. Turns out they were perching on various parts of the boat:<br />
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We got to the Ikala Hotel late that evening. It's a really nice hotel although the shower had that warm (not hot) feeling of solar water heating and sure enough:<br />
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We had a fancy dinner - most of us got lobster which was spiny lobster (not like Maine lobster) but still tasty. They took the group to a forest hike very early the next morning. We had been scheduled to do a beach trip and see crabs and flamingos and so were a bit disappointed and skipped the forest hike to sleep in and recover from our illnesses. We had lunch in Puerto Ayora at a nice restaurant and Paul got either food poisoning from the fish soup or had some contaminated water in his drink. Either way, he got really sick for the next three days.<br />
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We boarded an afternoon ferry to Isabela Island. It was really just a speedboat with 35 people crammed into it. The open water crossing had some big swells. Leo got seasick and barfed his entire lunch, which was quite a lot. The 35 people all moved away from him.<br />
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<br />Debbie Lewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13289952826802693724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188421561249967216.post-2600527111622443072018-07-05T22:14:00.000-06:002018-07-05T22:16:10.322-06:00Joylin in Colorado! 2017We had an awesome visit from my niece Joylin. The cousins had a great time and Leo wanted to show Joylin EVERYTHING, which is hard to do in a week.<br />
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To get into Maroon Bells these days, you need to take a shuttle, which sort of doubles as a tour guide. We went to Maroon Lake which is gorgeous:<br />
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And hiked up to Crater Lake (about 3.6 miles round trip):<br />
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Where we successfully searched for caddisfly larvae - the larvae make cocoon-like structures to protect themselves from fish and other predators:<br />
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The weather was starting to turn a bit when we hiked down but we got to the shuttle bus dry!<br />
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That night, Brothers Keeper and John Popper played a free show on the slope next to our condo:<br />
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Being a big Blues Traveler fan, I thought it was really cool. Plus I could walk right to the front of the stage and hear a howling harmonica solo. But the kids were not as impressed.<br />
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We told Joylin the story of how we had to cut a backpacking trip short because we started craving kitfo (raw beef) at Ras Kassas (Ethiopian restaurant). Just telling the story made us hungry. So when we got home, the first place we went was of course:<br />
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We ate ALL of it.<br />
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My friend Chris was getting married in a Scottish wedding so we all went to see what men look like in kilts!<br />
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<br />Debbie Lewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13289952826802693724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188421561249967216.post-811465002786191522016-09-18T16:09:00.005-06:002016-09-18T16:09:58.097-06:00Middle schoolThe jump from 5th to 6th grade and this new school has been huge. Leo has been working day and night on projects and homework. Here's how he feels about it:<br />
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<br />Debbie Lewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13289952826802693724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188421561249967216.post-59555497376653822292016-09-17T22:03:00.003-06:002016-09-17T22:03:53.295-06:00Burning Man pix 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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The kids shooting lollipops with the lollipop gun. Stuns at 20 feet. They are on the roof deck of the Armadillo, the art car that Dave and Boris (our Campmates) helped design and build for some billionaire.</div>
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Leo in the cupcake at night:<br />
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The cupcake at Center Camp<br />
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Another nice art car with a view<br />
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Jousting. It looked scarier and more out of control than it actually was<br />
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Sunset!<br />
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Boris' art piece for our camp:<br />
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Therm made a fantastic piece - moths. Some of the Therm folks were in our camp this year, too. The moths are really loud and can be played like musical instruments. They are very percussive. They shoot colored flames - green and orange and yellow and red and bits of turquoise.<br />
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Leo in some 'evil' chair.<br />
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Zap! and Leo getting zapped.<br />
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The medusa head during the day<br />
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You spin the wheel and it rotates the whole contraption which sends umbrellas through this poor guy's body.<br />
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The poor guy being speared by umbrellas.<br />
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A friend of the octopus creator, with a great matching hat:<br />
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And the octopus, made out of tons of concrete and tiles. I think they were looking for a buyer. Anyone?<br />
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The boyz on the Boar.<br />
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Leo dismounting the Boar.<br />
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Talk to God phone booth. People lined up for this. And they were on the phone for hours.<br />
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The 747 on the playa:<br />
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Leo getting cleared at the Insecurity Checkpoint so he can board the 747:<br />
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This guy was brilliant. He cleaned and fixed up a porta-potty and had a line of women waiting for the Lady's Room experience (far better than the normal porta-potty experience here)<br />
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We ate multi-colored gecko pancakes from these friendly folks on a daily basis. Sure beats instant oatmeal in the camper.<br />
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Paul deciding on the scenic or psycho path:<br />
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This art car that sat outside the Lighthouse must have been made by the same guy. I love this art car, complete with outhouse:</div>
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Our camp mate Jacob getting painted for the day:<br />
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Leo in his cupcake watching some stiltwalkers on the playa. Here's a video of the stilts and cupcake party:<br />
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Stairs to nowhere<br />
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Burning Man's version of Santa Monica's Muscle Beach has very high hammocks to swing in while watching the trapeze artists<br />
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Leo the Snufflupagus<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">We loved this Glowscilloscope. Controls of frequency and amplitude on the right. Results from the UV laser trace on the left.</span><br />
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This is Thunderdome! From Mad Max. This particular fight was a father-son fight. They hang in bungees and attack each other with foam-covered bats. Here's the video:<br />
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Leo loves his cupcake! Other kids did too! People chased him around the playa wanting to eat him.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">The Da Vinci Tank. Leo got to run the remote controls. They were very sophisticated- you could control each jet of fire individually or hit the all jets at once button or hit the each jet in a row button. </span><br />
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Virus. You spun the cube and the gears all spun as well. We watched this burn.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">So it said Phish was playing. I left my job (making French fries) to Paul and Leo and biiked over to see. Of course it was a cover band. And they made me wince a lot. The first weird thing was that there was a packed audience but no dancers. Not sure what the point of that is. The second weird thing was my camp mate who went and swore up and down that she'd seen phish before and that this really was them.</span><br />
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the cupcake gathering<br />
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One of the cupcake guys had a birthday so we celebrated by baking a giant cupcake. They had to bake a dozen chocolate sheet cakes and cover in frosting.<br />
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Here's the actual birthday party on the playa. Free cupcake for everyone. The cupcake is a little hard to see but it is in the center of the picture.<br />
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Have to have a fire hydrant if you're going to burn anything ;-)<br />
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This was the candy store. And Leo looked like a kid in it.<br />
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Family self-portrait<br />
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At camp, we burn our trash in this burn barrel. We get the barrel started with this flamethrower.<br />
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Leo right after a shower.<br />
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You could ride this teacup art car. They had five teacups pulled by a truck.<br />
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The TV art car<br />
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the man - the gears never worked<br />
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El Pulpo Mecanico. Best flaming art car ever.<br />
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Jean and Leo<br />
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A fun tightrope<br />
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Leo and Paul riding a cool trike. It's made from three unicycles. The middle wheel spins freely and there is a strobe light that syncs up to it.<br />
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We rode the Zander Lander into school:<br />
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Leo and his friend Isa getting ready to head into the newly remodeled building<br />
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Leo cleaned his desk for the occasion. Poppop - he put your screwdriver set right in the middle of it all! I'm anxious to see what he makes with it!</div>
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Basalt with some gorgeous coloring. Would make a great countertop. Well, if it weren't glass.</div>
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Hot spring. Brown/orange coloring is common from thermophilic micro-organisms.<br />
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Not sure what green goo this is, but it grows in the hot springs and is a beautiful, alien, lime green with funny 'hairs'<br />
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More of the orange/brown thermophiles.Debbie Lewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13289952826802693724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188421561249967216.post-13547591277022178912016-07-13T15:35:00.002-06:002016-07-13T15:35:49.809-06:00Laugavegur trek<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">We got up early and took the four hour bus ride from the capital Reykjavik to Landmannalaugar. They must have gotten new 4WD buses because we didn't have to change buses. After 3 hours on the highway, you drive over gnarly lava spit up - the kind of lava that the Hawaiians would call ah-ah because that the sound you make when you walk on it. The bus drove a twisty road trying to avoid the larger lava balls. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Landmannalaugar is a backpacker base camp. It looks like Everest base camp, and many folks camp here before the trek or for day hikes. It was a bit of a zoo: the campers are so excited to start their trek.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">There are hot springs in the area and lots of stinky fumaroles (steam vents) with their various colorings of gray, blue, pink, orange, etc. Think Yellowstone. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The colors are amazing on the first leg of the trek, from the thermophilic microorganisms and the mosses to the black volcanic sand and the weird plants. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was about 7 miles and a lot of uphill. The first hut, Hrafntinnusker (yeah that spelling is correct), is "rustic" which means the pit toilets smell terrible. Tour groups get their own rooms with bunk beds and dining tables. There were about 18 of us individual trekkers sleeping in the attic on mattresses on the floor. That turned out to be "good" accommodations because we actually had space between mattresses and places to put our packs. Luckily we didn't have any snorers that night. Here's Leo, thrilled to have reached that first hut (little red roof behind him):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Outside there were at least thirty tents of campers. They keep stats on where folks come from. Looked like at least 80% of folks were Americans. We had been previously told that Iceland tourists tend to be older Europeans who sightsee or younger Americans who trek and/or do adventure sports. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some of the big snow fields: They can be dangerous as you can see from this snow field overhang (with streams typically running underneath). The good thing about snow fields is that at least you aren't doing a river crossing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">No one in the US would ever cut a trail straight up or down a steep slope - we'd have switchbacks. But I guess Icelanders don't believe in switchbacks so we dealt with some sandy, rocky steeps, fell a bunch, even with our poles, and generally slipped and slid our way down a hung of slopes. Would have been great skiing! The second day wasn't the colorful rhyolite rocks but the high dark mountains and lots of snow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were some river crossings, one of which was pretty harrowing. We had to change into water shoes and shorts and wade across two big rivers. The second river had a deep section, up to Leo's hips and the current was strong. I had a hard time getting across myself. The water is glacial melt, so it's freezing and painful. Normal practice appears to be running fast while cursing as loudly and colorfully as you can. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It rained on and off and it was quite windy, sometimes windy enough to push us around. We kept thinking the next huts were around the next bend but they inevitably were not. The Emstrur Botnar huts were three small old huts that had ten double mattresses, bunk bed style. This means they could shove twenty people into a hut, and for the most part, they did. We were literally crawling over each other in cramped quarters and it was raining so we were all inside. We got to know the tour group who had taken up most of the cabin. As soon as Leo arrived, looking wasted from over ten miles of backpacking, they fed him chocolate and cookies. We met a lot of young Americans in their late 20's/early 30's. That particular tour group had carried their own food but most tour groups had support vehicles that brought their gear (and cooks that made their food) so the trekkers only carried water and day packs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and spent much of days 3 and 4 eyeing the rock formation that we affectionately nicknamed "the rhino".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leo was apprehensive about the last stream crossing because it was known to be the widest. Luckily, it wasn't deep at all, so he didn't get his swim shorts wet this time:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We trudged over ten miles the fourth day to the Volcano Huts at Thorsmork. Khiem said the other hut at Thorsmork is better and I'm sure he's right because we paid $200 to stay in a cottage and share a bathroom, and the hot pool was lukewarm and the sauna was a giant rain barrel with an electric heater. That being said, we were THRILLED to have completed 36.7 miles and Leo jumped into bed immediately:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Got there in time to have a beer with a standing-room-only crowd at the restaurant which was streaming Russian TV so we could watch the Euro 2016 soccer finals. Oh, other cool thing about the hut was the resident arctic fox Kari:</span><br />
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When you get towards Vik on the southern tip of the island, there's a black sand beach and at Reynisfjara, there are some amazing basalt columns. First off, don't go into the water at Reynifjara - they have dangerous sneaker waves:<div>
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Basalt is a volcanic rock. When the magma cools, the basalt contracts. If it contracts evenly on all sides, such as from water flow, it forms hexagons. The hexagons propagate all the way down to form the columns:<br />
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There is also the jagged sharp basalt - must be a different type of cooling pattern. Wouldn't want a shard of this to fall on your head.<br />
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But the main glacier is pristine and we wanted to see it better so we took a very steep 4WD road - F985 - up 2700 feet and 16 km to see it. The road is very steep but we had a 2WD diesel, stick-shift compact car, and a guy who was willing to use it:<br />
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At top there is a cabin that serves lunch:<br />
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And at 7pm, we were playing on the edge of the main glacier:<br />
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A big highlight in Iceland is the brilliant blue ice in the Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon. They have amphibian (duck boat) and zodiac tours that are very popular. We opted for the fast boats that can get up close to the glaciers quickly. Here's the boys in their fancy Icelandic water flotation suits:</div>
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The glaciers are made by snow deposited at the top of the mountain. The snow compresses and moves downhill. Various eruptions layer ash and rocks on the glaciers. As the glaciers melt, the ash and rocks darken the bottom part of the glacier that hasn't melted. The blue ice is what everyone comes to see - the ice that has been incredibly compressed, like 1200-to-1 ratios.</div>
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The glacier had calved about an hour before we got out on the water. The boat driver said he had to throw the boat into reverse so they wouldn't be impacted by the icebergs falling into the water. You can see the fresh blue cleavage marks in the ice:<br />
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Here's some of the fresh calved glacier in the water. It's a really dark blue. With time, it'll turn white like the ice in front of it:</div>
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The ice is constantly turning and moving in the water. This piece has rolled over and is showing its blue underside:<br />
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The glaciers are huge. Here's a zodiac boat in front of one, for scale:<br />
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The layers of black are the various eruptions. The brown sand that we were slipping and sliding on yesterday was apparently from some big eruption in the 1700's. I guess you could take an ice core and date it with the eruptions.<br />
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This is Skaftafell in Vatnajokull National Park. We really wanted to see the Vatnajokull glacier which covers about a tenth of Iceland and is one of the largest glaciers in Iceland. There are tongues of the glacier that flow out between the mountain ridges. This one is Skftafellsjokull: the glacier ends in a lagoon and pieces of ice break off and float around in the lagoon:</div>
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The guide explained to us that there are sometimes holes in the ice that fill with black sand. The black sand insulates the ice so that it doesn't melt underneath, while all the ice around it melts. This causes the black sand to become cone shaped. So there are all these weird black sand cones covering the glaciers. Here's one that has partially melted as it moved into the lagoon:<br />
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We later went to the Svinafellsjokull glacier. Leo had the time of his life jumping on floating glaciers: </div>
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We walked to the edge of the lagoon, jumped from a sand/mudpile to a glacier and hiked about, but it was really dicey. At one point, I thought I was stepping over a little bit of mud but it ended up being a quicksand type mud that dragged me in a bit:<br />
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We visited <span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 1;">Seljalandsfoss </span><span style="text-align: center;">which is one of the more famous waterfalls in Iceland. There are waterfalls everywhere here. Big green cliffs and melting glaciers atop.</span></div>
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You can walk behind the waterfall. Here's Leo trying not to get wet<br />
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They have weird plants growing here. The black flies which are thick here (one flew into my eye and I screamed for a while, until we could get it out) love this plant:<br />
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Then we went to the sólheimajökull glacier and took a glacier tour. We all geared up in crampons and ice-axes.<br />
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This is how Paul drinks from the glacier:<br />
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The guide offered to hold each of us at the edge of the crevasse so we could look in. Paul was like, yeah, I trust you like I trust my cat. He just sort of stood at the edge and looked down:<br />
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An event center on the waterfront<br />
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We didn't see any whales, despite their 92% success rate. We did encounter a lot of wind and waves which left the boat passengers looking really green. Leo has special little bands that keep him ok, and at the very end of the trip, he saved me by giving me one. I ended up wearing it all night, just to keep my cookies down.<br />
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Then we celebrated by eating raw reindeer! It was super tasty.<br />
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Family portrait through some art project next to the Hallgrimskirkja church:<br />
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I'm bad with history. Didn't know Leif Erikson discovered the US or that it was called Vineland:<br />
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Leo showing off the crazy fire hydrant:<br />
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Not sure what he's doing but it involves ducks:<br />
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Hey, a rock just fell on this statue's head!<br />
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<br />Debbie Lewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13289952826802693724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6188421561249967216.post-27095092636153133392016-06-27T14:18:00.001-06:002016-06-27T14:18:18.670-06:00Fermented shark!<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-FenXUtXu0E" width="560"></iframe><br />
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Fresh Greenland shark is poisonous when fresh, because of high levels of urea and trimethylamine oxide. So you have to let the shark fully rot to get rid of the toxins. You dig a hole in the sand and bury the shark for a couple months and then you dry it. Hákarl has a lot of ammonia and thus smells like floor cleaner. I wish I had known beforehand that I was supposed to wash it down with the local grain alcohol.<br />
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