No More Monkeys
Sorry I was not able to finish my blog yesterday. However, this is the remaining events of Monday afternoon. After we saw a few horses up close in a wooded area, we headed toward a lighthouse on the cape. It is a large, white plain lighthouse. Nothing too amazing. However, there was a wonderful view of ocean to either side of the cape. Laura mentioned that it was a bit strange that they have the lighthouse so far inland though even if it is up high. We did not go into the lighthouse because we really didn't feel the need. There was a quirky little gift stand including lots of horse figurines and some vulgar key chains of horses mating (at small children's eye level -- think cigarette ads in the States 10 years ago). In any case, I resisted the urge to buy the key chain and bought a cola-flavored sno cone instead. We resturned to the car and headed to nearby Koujima Island where there were supposed to be monkeys.
We drive some 20 minutes to the island. When we get there, it is an island that is densely wooded about 1/4 mile off the mailand. There is no way that you would be able to see monkeys from where we were at. However, there were other people there nonetheless. Now whether they were in the search for monkeys or not, I do not know.
We decided to return back to our side of the road by means of some secluded mountain road. I will have to say that we were a bit afraid at times that we were not heading in the right direction, but as you can probably guess we got home quite alright. The mountains we traversed were covered in Obi trees that are these pines that are very straight and tall with not too much foilage. There were several areas were they were being cut and prepared for exporting. (Just felt like mentioning -- I heard enough times while being over here.)
We had dinner near Laura's town in a place called Live Kitchen MoMA. It was neat. The place looked like a beach/Japanese bar where you sit on tatami, but played some rock for music. We had some real good food. The menu was in a hard to read calligraphy so Jill did what she could to order an amazing meal for us, but when it came to the salad we had to do some random pointing. The surprise salad ended up being tuna which was delicious. We returned to Laura's house and had some ice cream and watched a movie.
Yesterday, I went to Uchinoura Elementary. The students are getting more and more excited about English and at the fact that I am learning their names. The teachers are thanking me because of how enthusiastic the children are. In one particular class, I had to partner up with a student for a phone skit because his partner was absent. We practiced and performed the skit and the teacher said that it was the first time that the child spoke in English in front of the class. Reason being is that he does not know how to read in English. I think that this is usually the case with the 3-5 students that are always trying to make the other students laugh during class.
Well, I know that you are probably still anxious to read some more; unfortunately (for you), duty calls and I must drive on a cliff side road with a stunning view of the Pacific to Kishira Elementary.
We drive some 20 minutes to the island. When we get there, it is an island that is densely wooded about 1/4 mile off the mailand. There is no way that you would be able to see monkeys from where we were at. However, there were other people there nonetheless. Now whether they were in the search for monkeys or not, I do not know.
We decided to return back to our side of the road by means of some secluded mountain road. I will have to say that we were a bit afraid at times that we were not heading in the right direction, but as you can probably guess we got home quite alright. The mountains we traversed were covered in Obi trees that are these pines that are very straight and tall with not too much foilage. There were several areas were they were being cut and prepared for exporting. (Just felt like mentioning -- I heard enough times while being over here.)
We had dinner near Laura's town in a place called Live Kitchen MoMA. It was neat. The place looked like a beach/Japanese bar where you sit on tatami, but played some rock for music. We had some real good food. The menu was in a hard to read calligraphy so Jill did what she could to order an amazing meal for us, but when it came to the salad we had to do some random pointing. The surprise salad ended up being tuna which was delicious. We returned to Laura's house and had some ice cream and watched a movie.
Yesterday, I went to Uchinoura Elementary. The students are getting more and more excited about English and at the fact that I am learning their names. The teachers are thanking me because of how enthusiastic the children are. In one particular class, I had to partner up with a student for a phone skit because his partner was absent. We practiced and performed the skit and the teacher said that it was the first time that the child spoke in English in front of the class. Reason being is that he does not know how to read in English. I think that this is usually the case with the 3-5 students that are always trying to make the other students laugh during class.
Well, I know that you are probably still anxious to read some more; unfortunately (for you), duty calls and I must drive on a cliff side road with a stunning view of the Pacific to Kishira Elementary.
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