Archive for the 'Japan' Category

Paragliding

Went paragliding with Itoh-san and the gang. After disasterous (but fun) first and second paragliding trips, we had an excellent weekend on our third attempt. The weather was perfect (I got sunburnt again). After a quick explaination by the instructor, we climbed up the hill and started jumping. The wind wasn’t all that strong so [...]

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Slacking!

Ack! No updates since August 99??? Damn Everquest! Went windsurfing with Itoh-san and friends. No photos Gotta get a waterproof camera!

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Shikinejima

22 of us went to Shikinejima for the weekend. The weather was good for a change. Santa Belgica organised a trip to Shikinejima island. We met at Hamamatsu harbour on Friday evening and hopped on the ship at 11pm. Sebastian’s and Eddie’s love songs kept the girls away. We landed at 7am in the middle [...]

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Fireworks

We had a picnic down by the river and watched the Fireworks. There were fireworks in Ireland when Meath and Dublin met in the Gaelic football Leinster championship final and Cormac got his photo in the e-papers like the Independant and even in the Denver Gaels. BATTLE ROYALE . . . Dublin’s Ian Robertson is [...]

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Holidays

Went back to Ireland for two weeks summer holidays. Saw Mike Oldfield in concert in Wembley Arena, and then again in the Point in Dublin. We went back to Ireland for the summer holidays. On the way we stopped in Wales to visit Fiachra and family for a few days. The weather was great – [...]

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