Summer!

This summer we decided to stay in Japan for a variety of reasons... August is so humid that it sometimes made me dream of a better place to be at this time, but we were able to do a few fun things to enjoy the heat!

Very close to Kobe is an island called Awaji. That was were the earthquake stroke in 1995. From Awaji, you can get a 10 min. boat ride to a small island called Nushima. There seems to be around 700 people living there today. For the very first time, we visited Nushima. It had a lot of fishing boats and tons of tourists who went to enjoy this tiny beach, which is much cleaner than the ones in Kobe. The day trip was great. We even had a picnic on the sand. Below are a few shots!

Mansur in the water with a few high school students we met!!!

Mansur and Hamid try to teach Abi how to swim... I think all he did was swallow a whole lot of water!

I think Mansur came out of the water only to eat, drink or go to the bathroom. He LOVES the sea!

The girls were having fun too!

This is a shot of us eating at a terrace of an onsen! The Akashi bridge behind us is the one that links Kobe to Awaji island. The moon can also be seen on the top right! It was a beautiful night...