BIG IN JAPAN

I didn't get to share with you my little get away to Niijima!

So Elma, and that would be me, really wanting to get away from all the Tokyo madness...
With a huge longing for the sea, a desire of not being squashed in the metro, wanting a tan and basically wanting to do nothing...
I managed to convince some friends to go to Niijima! In true female style, I did it in a way that they thought it was all their idea :D

And it went more or less like this:

Leave Tokyo at 23h00

Pretty, huh? :)

On a boat PACKED full of people... Can you remember the facilities for the less forntunate on Titanic? Well that was pure luxury compared to this.

After more than 9 hours of this... Dry land was a blessing.

In Niijima the weather was... Crap. But... Who cares? :D
Discovering the island, beach, Onsen... All this while trying not to fall off my bike!

The island was full of statues made of stone...

And this scenery? Almost looks like Madeira :D Ah, não. back home the sun always shines :P

The Pacific... With a few islands blocking the view.

I would take a daily retreat to the hot springs, or as they are called in Japanese: ONSEN!
This one was open 24h a day, it was free :D and right by the sea... Looks really fancy :D But, there were a few insects lingering about :x

But after my huge sun burn... I could only manage to be in the cool water pool :(

And this is where I got an EPIC sunburn in less than 3 hours! Habushiura beach! One of Japan's hot spots for surfing! I just limited myself to toasting under the sun and looking at the surfers... Hot stuff.

And yes, I DID CAMP! I was very useful and gave moral support to the people who actually knew what they were doing :)

And that was it, so close to Tokyo... yet, so far...!