poor phone, it looks very sad if you're about to cut its line :)
even the aluminum can is sad :)
the onsen guides make sense, but they're funny :)
poor phone, it looks very sad if you're about to cut its line :)
even the aluminum can is sad :)
the onsen guides make sense, but they're funny :)
Nice to see the heat concentrator during the flight, again
Airbus had a hybrid-electric plane that could burn fuel to recharge batteries if needed
an experimental heli trainer with a single seat? mmmmh...
prop and engines that retract back inside the glider? cool...
very cool, sky surfing behind a tow plane, what could possibly go wrong ;)
augmented reality glasses would be great if the technology was ready
in the meantime the made up demo looked cool :)
this one will buff right out :)
you can learn how to build your own plane
I was even able to get my global entry card fixed, sweet! :)
I've seen Dick Rutan talk several times, but enjoy it each time
a U2 landing on an aircraft carrier, madness...
pilot of the original U2 vs the newest glass cockpit U2
Patty, nicely signing autographs
that cat was definitely happy to see its first customers of the day :)
weird those cats that keep their ears down
usually, it means they're sad/unhappy, but I guess not with those breeds
the cat carrying a cat, is carrying a cat :)
the original miata, I had the second generation of this
The RX7 gen2 was a beautiful car
Mazda is of course famous for using rotary motors in several of their cars
I didn't know about lock up automatic transmission
but catching pokemon from that fast a train, was not possible :)
Tenmangu Shrine was a bit packed
it's kind of cheating if they use a crane now :)
this very nice bridge was entirely closed off :(
there was a half hidden entrance to a pitch dark tunnel under the temple
the dark tunnel had a few dim lit figurines
the temples at the top were still open for another 15mn when we arrived
closing the free observation point at 16:00, what stupid idea is this?
when the view was quite good from it
and got a few more pictures at night
sadly we didn't get to ride this train
welcome to Hiroshima, this is the famous building that partially survived the blast
graphic display showing how some people actually were after the blast, with their skin half burnt out and hanging
a lot of people don't know the bombs were designed to detonate in the air, for a longer reach
this poor lady got her kimono patterns burnt into her skin
many paper cranes to make those patterns
*Higashi Chaya District, were geishas perform (less so nowadays, but still)
our friend from that morning was back
but we took a nozomi instead of waiting 1h extra for a slow hikari
lots of little birdies living in old street :)
the fuck you olympics, very funny :)
the big door allows for the floats to get in and out a few times a year
we learned about raising silk worms
they make little white cocoons like those, and they are unwrapped to make silk threads
aqueduct that allowed a water stream to cross another water stream, cool :)
this honda fit, did not fit :)
the walking course was very well marked and easy to follow
nice forest walk (although a lot of uphill to the castle ruins, but no animals :(
all houses used to have access to the water, but some just gave it up now
our ryokan had a very old cat that was half deaf and blind
nice view from our Ryokan room
it gets expensive when you add the fees
then we connected to the ropeway after a very quick 10mn stop to take a few pictures
we got lucky and saw a local grouse with 2 little chicks :)
evntually we got to the rest house at 2700m before the trail turned into rock hopping for the last 300m
the peak had a small shrine at 3003m
damn, should have brought my snowboard :)
now we only need to walk back down to the building where our next bus was going to be
sadly we didn't have a lot of time to go check out other parts of the top plateau, like the volcanic section
this was supposed to be the caldera view, mmmh, ok
big waterfall visible from the bus on the way down
we did the short loop, pretty muddy and hilly, but sadly we didn't see any of those birds
multiple trees merged, and some trees seemed to split off into multiple ones
finally arrived in Tsumago after being dropped off by our cab (there were busses but they would have taken too long)
I found this little guy on the ground , turns out it could fly fine
we stopped for hot tea on the route
you're supposed to ring the bell to scare the bears away
Takayama-San, explaining the castle's history to us
turning this takes a long time, almost like watching paint dry :)
oh noes, another one showed up, it'll take a while to turn :)
I wish we got to use those seats
I found some new orangina flavours I didn't know :)
sucks to ride a bullet train like this
after our hike, we arrived at Shoren-in's Seiryu-den with a nice view of Kyoto
and we arrived at Kiyomizu Dera
with a view of Ryozen Kannon next door which had already closed
we were lucky enough to see our first real geishas in the wild :)
then I went to bike back to our room (Jennifer had left earlier)
cruise missile that used a poor kamikaze pilot as pilot
a submarine/torpedo (the pilot took it manually to its target where it would explode)
sadly, this probably contributed to the number of war heroes they had
capsule hotel inside the building, cool :)
it's a small breed, hedgehogs can get much bigger than that
mine was both inquisitive and a bit mischievous
it bit the crap out of my Tshirt but the teeth aren't sharp, so it didn't make a hole
this bunny was so soft and cuddly :)
Jennifer got a crazy hyper active one, so I gave her mine
I shrink wrapped it so that it doesn't short inside my plane
the motor is enough to fly the plane with my extra gear, but not enough power to fly against heavy wind
mobius is leaky and damages RF signals, so I made a small faraday cage for it
So I can put it in the canope without it messing with the radios around it
this is how it looks: front lens from mobius inside, and JooVuu X on top