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Archive for October 2009

Surfing in Kochi!

Posted by: lizzystravels on: October 22, 2009

Last month I went surfing for the first time in my life, and let me tell you it was hard!
A friend of mine is really into surfing and he let us use his equipment while he went on a sailing trip for the weekend. We totally took advantage of the situation and made it a [...]

Typhoon Update…

Posted by: lizzystravels on: October 8, 2009

Hello everyone!
Some of you have been trying to reach me to make sure that I’m doing ok as Typhoon Melor makes its way through Japan. To all of you, thank you for keeping an eye out for me!
I’m doing fine and everyone here is fine as well. We actually didn’t get hit as bad as [...]

Crossing the Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge

Posted by: lizzystravels on: October 1, 2009

A few weekends ago, two of the girls I work with and I decided to bike across the Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge.
The Kurushima bridge is the world’s longest suspension bridge structure that spans a series of islands, and joins Shikoku Island (where I live) to Honshu Island, where one finds Hiroshima.
The bridge was completed in 1999, [...]



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  • Audra: hey girl! i had no idea kindergarten was so hard for you! i know the best part of my day is little 5 and 6 yr old kids staring at me with bright, spar
  • ohiokimono: VERY CUTE! I wish we had kimono parties around here!
  • Paul Armstrong: Lizzy, Your pictures look fantastic. I would love to see a larger version of IMG_0253 (second last picture in this blog entry). Looks stunning! Tha