Dunes

Sunday, August 6, 2017

Another hot day, perfect day for the beach.  Tottori have Japan’s highest sand dunes, with the biggest coming in just under 50 metres high.  The race to the top had us all gasping for air, and when told that the dunes in Namibia were over four times as high, they were suddenly glad we missed that part of the trip.  Sand boarding is one of the activities at the dunes, but with the heat no one was out and the boys were not interested.  After an hour of checking the dunes out and realizing that sand does not come off a sweating body, all were prepared to return.  Not even any interest in putting their feet into the Sea of Japan as this would require a long climb back up.  Back in Tottori, the afternoon had a street closed for a dance off which was interesting for about 20 minutes.  Typhoon NORU continues to be of some interest, but no one seems too concerned here.  There is to be some rain in Kyoto tomorrow, so this might be all the effect of this storm.  Disappointing, I was hoping for a bit more wind and maybe a bit of destruction.  Selfishly, all for the experience of saying we were in a typhoon.

Even after emptying our shoes, we were knocking sand out of our shoes for hours.  Sand has the amazing ability to get everywhere.