Photo Finish
So I was heading back from lunch at Baronne — a nice little Italian restaurant here in Karatsu, home of the second best pizza in Saga-ken (after my own, of course) — cruising along on my granny bike (now with both tires fully inflated!) when I decided to do something rather stupid: coast along with my feet stuck out in front of me.Somehow in doing this, I managed to catch the toe of my left shoe in the front wheel of the bike, which quickly brought the proceedings to a rather rapid halt. I had a good couple seconds to contemplate how much this was gonna suck when I hit pavement, and sure enough it did: I swiftly proceeded to make a leisurely fall to the side, made all the more graceless on account of my foot still being stuck behind me in the bike. I've got a lovely bruise along the length of my left shin and managed to sprain both my wrists (I'm hoping it's just a sprain; the left is worse off than the right, which is mostly fine by now), which — despite liberal applications of ice packs and strange dermal adhesive pads that make my whole hand feel burning hot, instead of just my wrist — are still hurtin' this morning.
The upshot of this is that extensive typing is kind of out for the moment if I can help it, so instead I'm going to finish off my week with a sampling of photos that I've taken during my adventures here in Japan thus far.
Train, Onizuka Town, Karatsu. March 2006.
Onoura Falls, Outside Hiroshima City. October 2005.
Culture Day, Onizuka Junior High School, Karatsu. October 2005.
Stone Buddhas, Imari Pottery Mountain. December 2005.
Gulls, Shimabara-to-Kumamoto Ferry. December 2005.
Freezing Fountain, Sapporo, Hokkaido. February 2006.
Abandoned Loader, Fukushima Island, Nagasaki-ken. June 2006.
Offerings, Karakuni-dake, Kirishima National Park. July 2006.
So concludes my turn at blogging. Thanks to Sarah for the opportunity, and you for reading. If you're interested in more stuff, I do have a blog of my own, which is updated sporadically as the mood strikes me. There are also plenty more photos at my flickr site.
Have a great weekend and to all the new arrivals, welcome to our little corner of Kyushu!
-- Colin out.
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