good morning. woke up at 2:45am and here comes my jetlag. i spent the last 3 hours online at maps and information for my next trip. there’s a lot of things going on in this world and i’m ready for a new experience. where i will go? i still don’t know and won’t know till the day i leave. but i have 2 destinations on my mind now and one is surf, and the other is play. what a tough decision because i want to do both.

remember when the navy ship ran aground on the reef outside sand island in hawaii? well, they had to pay $8M for damaging the reef. then they spent millions on fixing the ship after.

then the recent navy ship that ran aground in the philippines, the navy had to pay $1.5M. then this ship had to get demolished for salvage. a multi billion dollar loss to us poor US taxpayers.

i’ve been keeping track on billabong. their shares just dropped 30% to a record low of 53 cents per share. from $14/share in 2007, to 53 cents a share today. a lot of people lost their life savings as billabong just lost another $93.4 million in the past few days. now the once billion dollar company is worth $256 million now. it probably isn’t a bad time to invest. hopefully will hear some better news next week.
well, better get going. jumping in a taxi to the train station, then a train to shonan, then a car to wakayama, then a ferry to shikoku. i should be in shikoku in 24 hours. the long journey begins!

I want to go somewhere!
Travel and explore.
Experience and remember.
Smile and laugh.
Relax and reset.
Doko ga ii daro?

good evening. wow, it was a pretty chilly day here. i’m not use to wearing so much clothes. took it easy today and was surfing the web. what was i looking for? i’m looking for a new place to go surf. somewhere different, and somewhere good. so sent out a few emails to friends around the world and will wait for their reply. in the meantime, i’m enjoying eating some tasty food here in japan. the yen to dollar is even at 100 yen per 1USD so it’s not as expensive as a few years ago. in fact, it’s a great time to be a tourist in japan. going to wake up early, jump in a taxi, then on a train, then in a car, then drive about 14 hours to shikoku. a long journey surfer style. can’t wait.

i was a the boat ramp in hawaii talking to an old timer fisherman. he’s been doing it since 1960 and still goes out by himself fishing for tako. and being so curious as i am, i asked what he caught.

he opened his cooler and showed me 2 huge tako. i asked him how he caught it.

this is it? he fished for tako? cool! maybe i’ll try it next time. oh, and when we were about to launch my boat, he told me, “hey, there are a lot of whales out there.” and this is the day we seen so many and this is the day a huge whale swam under us. when i get as old as this guy, i hope to still be fishing and teaching the youth how it’s done just like how he was teaching me. thanks old timer! keep on fishing!