gosh, i miss this life of just jumping on a bike, heading to the airport, and trying to get to some destination. i always fly standby so nobody knows where i’ll end up. sometimes perfect, sometimes not so perfect. but the way i look at it is “if it happens, it happens. if it doesn’t, it doesn’t.” so no matter what i’ll never be disappointed.
this time it happened. and i was very happy to put my headphones on and fall into a deep sleep.
not even 5 minutes, i was out cold.
but i did wake up to watch a movie and eat ice cream.
arrived to Kansai pretty fast. got out in 5 minutes and jumped on a train.
clean and efficient. Japan has the best transportation system in the world.
arrived in Wakayama at 9pm, then sat down with Kimura-san at our favorite place.
i started off with the freshest oyster!
you wouldn’t believe how creamy it was. after my first bite, i was so satisfied that i could have jumped back on a flight to Hawaii and been totally happy.
Kimura-san knows i like to eat weird things. the kind of things we don’t have back in Hawaii. so i ate some liver.
then ate some eggs. a couple beers and a Jack on the rocks later, i was in heaven.
went to pick up the van, grab my 7 surfboards, say good bye, jumped on the 2:45am ferry, another 2 hour drive, and arrived at a very glassy and clean river mount barrel. got a few barrels, took a nap, and now going back for round 2. cheers!
