Simpatično rajski Taketomi, Japonska

Gospod srednjih let, drugače francoz in tako kot kar nekaj drugih potnikov z ribiško palico v roki, mi je že na poti z Ishigakija do Taketomi-ja pojasnil, da je otok Taketomi res nekaj posebnega. Na te otoke se je dopustniško vračal namreč leta. Potem pa mu je nekega dne v Franciji enostavno počil film in odločil se je, da se na Yaeyama otoke kar preseli. 🙂 Obisk otoka Taketomi je super dnevni izlet z le dobrih 10 minut oddaljenega glavnega otoka Ishigaki. Raven otok, ki ne premore praktično nobene resne vzpetine, je najlažje predelati kar s biciklom. Prometa praktično ni in vožnja po tistih s peskom pokritih uličicah, obkroženimi s tradicionalnimi hiškami, je res nepozabna. Edino, na kar je treba paziti so lokalni bivoli, ki jih domačini uporabljajo za prevoz turistov. Mi smo se na otoku zadrževali pol dneva in kljub temu, da smo že konkretno zaplavali v drugo polovico novembra, so bile temperature precej poletne. En kratek klip z galebje perspektive pa tukaj.

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A middle-aged frenchmen with a fishing rod in his hand explained me about the beauty of Taketomi island already on the way from the neighbouring Ishigaki island. He was returning to these Yaeyama islands for years. But one day back in France he just simply decided that he had enough of France and Europe and decided to move to this tropical paradise. 🙂 It’s a great day trip to visit Taketomi island. The island is totally flat and because there is no traffic the best way to explore it is to simply rent a bike. The only thing to watch on it are local water buffaloes used by the locals for transport tourists. We stayed on the island for half a day, and despite the fact that we were traveling in late November, the temperatures were still summer like. And you can see one short clip from the seagull’s perspective here.