Tomenko-san: May 2010

Last two weeks were amazing. Thanks to Golden Week here in Japan (long weekend because of national holidays) and my wonderful supervisor who let me take more extra days off I was able to travel around Australia for two weeks. First was Sydney and its surroundings (Blue Mountains), then Melbourne with famous Great Ocean Road, Cairns and two days on boat on Great Coral Reef (including 6 dives). During on of dives I lost all my air due to damage of O-ring seal. However, everything was fine thanks to staying calm and my friend who helped me with slow surfacing. Anyway, Australia is really amazing and beautiful. It's hard to describe how much. On my way I met a lot of cool people who didn't let me get bored at any time. Below are some pictures. Rest of them you can find in Picasa Web Album (http://picasaweb.google.com/tytan2050) which link is placed to the right. At the end of the post is also a movie from one of my dives on Great Coral Reef.

Sydney..

Sydney by night.

Sydney from amazing apartment.

Sydney CBD.

Opera house.

CBD.

Techno party ^_^

Darling Harbour by night.

Beach in Sydeny.

Blue Mountains outside of Sydney.

Melbourne.

Melbourne - on the highest skyscraper (88th flour)..

Melbourne - Great Ocean Road..

^_^

Melbourne - Great Ocean Road..

Twelve Apostles.

Cairns - tropical paradise in the north of Australia.

In the zoo..

Great Coral Reef..

Great Coral Reef diving..

Great Coral Reef..

Tropical forest and waterfall..

Cairns..

Diving on Great Coral Reef..

I spent almost two weeks with my parents and brother in Japan.Where did we go? First was east part of Tokyo including Ueno, Akihabara, Asakusa, Ginza, Tsukiji fish market in the morning.. Then Hakone, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Yokohama and west part of Tokyo: Shibuya, Shinjuku, Odaiba, Harajuku.. Which place was the most interesting for them? Tokyo, Shibuya. What was the fastest one? For sure Shinkansen ^_^ They went also to Okinawa but due to work I couldn't join them. Here are some pictures from that amazing time.