Awa Odori

Yep, I know its been ages since i left for good old Awa Odori but once again we had the bestest time! This year we made it even better though by making the journey a road trip... to remember!!

For those of you who don`t know what Awa Odori (or dance of the fools) is, its a festival held in Tokushima, Shikoku- where i used to live. For 4 days tiny Tokushima has the population of Tokyo. The city streets are closed and grandstands are put up and people dance and drink on the streets! It really is the best festival in Japan!

After leaving Komatsu i headed to good old Nagoya to pic up Josh and Bec... then the looonngg Journey began... No traffic jams my a## ... Josh. Yep, it was one traffic jam after another and I swear that if we walked there we would have made it in half the time! There were even people pretending to die outside their car windows it was that long..... no kidding!

We found a really cool service area though... with a cool ferris wheel and an awsome veiw of the bridge that connects the mainland to the island... (expensive bridge at that)

heres a pic. >>

Two Mr donuts and a couple of litres of coffee later (that i have now been forbidden to drink) we were on the road again and made it to Tokushima by 8:30. 11 hour drive is not bad!

It was sooo great to see mum and Miho again! They havnt changed a bit since last time i seen them. (a whole 4 years ago) Once again we were treated like royalty and mum cooked us the bestest most yummiest meals! We even had our own drink fridge :)

The next week was filled with the excitment of getting dressed in Yukata and going to see fireworks and of course.... Awa odori!
Don`t we look pweety.... :)

For lesley and Shannon, yep we did go and see Ingrid! She has a new bar now and there are more aliens there then ever before! The bar is bigger and there are no such thing as free drinks anymore.... but it was heaps fun! Heres a pic>

The next week went really quickly with festival-ing and playing with Miho and mum and dad! And trying to find Josh :S
Cheers to these champions who i met along my awa odoring way :)

By the end of the week it was time to go home :( Unfortunately I couldnt take Miho with me! :(

Thanks heaps mum, dad and Miho! We had a blast! :)