good morning. wow, going to mentawai tomorrow and finally have the time to get excited. the swell forecast looking good and so is the diving forecast. went to the 100 store to buy wasabi and shoyu. i’m going to try to chance taking one gun through malaysia and padang. if it gets taken away, oh well. at least i tried. since i got to japan, the weathers been crazy. hot, cold, hot, cold. i was wearing a tshirt two days ago and yesterday, i was wearing a thick winter jacket. what’s going on with our planet?
well, got a long day of packing and stuff. my baggage should weight around 55 kilos. wish me luck in getting it all the way to the mentawai’s without paying thousands of dollars in excess baggage. have a great day!!!
yoron style barbecue is awesome. ti-leaf for plates? the setup, the barbecue, and the good company can’t be beat. i brought that bottle of jacksan and guess what? it was gone in 2 rounds….
in yoron, you eat what you catch. there’s no such thing as going shopping for seafood. the store is in the ocean so you dive and catch what you feel like eating. cool yeah….
the yoron locals with big hearts!!! oh, see that girl on the left? that is sayo-san who lives in okinawa. sayo-san free dives 40 meters or 120 feet. and she can hold her breath for 4.5 minutes. amazing… i asked her how she learned to free dive and guess what she told me? youtube… you got to be kidding….
and last, when you go somewhere, i advise everybody to maximize your time there. even though your nights go all night long, wake up early and go see what mother nature has to offer. this day, the sunrise was freaking insane. i would have kicked myself in the ass if i missed it….
