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4 months have passed now since our arrival to this Island. 24 hour boat ride from a very busy port in Tokyo and after packing our "bento" we got on without knowing what was waiting for us on the other side. I had a job sort out or kind of sort out with a friend of my boyfriend working in one of the nicest restaurants in town. An Italian restaurant with an awesome view. Nervous I was :-} but looking forward to living a balanced life, working but at the same time enjoying life's gifts. On arrival my new boss was waiting to have a quick interview and get me started. For the first days without home we camped in our friends train house's terrace. I must say that camping has been not a very good experience in my life and this one wasn't going to be a good one either. Hot, Humid! mosquitos everywhere and bed bugs. Nothing else could go wrong except for it started raining on our roofless tent. There were moments though, when the clouds were gone and the stars would shine to its fullest through the tree branches in that pitch black sky. The smell of nature was welcoming and securing.

Since then 4 months. Today I woke up with a cup of coffee next to my bed in our lovely home. Had a chat about my dream; some friends and I were swimming in an indoor pool with a big whale. A pet whale, HUGE and we danced and swam with it in the transparent water, oxygen wasn't a problem in there. We kissed the whale good bye and took a nice shower. Weather has been gloomy this days and there is a stagnant air in the Island. Clothes don't dry and going out is more difficult than usual. If it rains than you have to stay home but if its sunny you have to go out; so what do you do when its gloomy? Grab a book, bake, sleep, google etc. Time is slowing down so much since we came. It seems like we have been here for a year now but it is just the incredible amount of free time, the scarce amount of human beings and cars, it is unreal. So cleaned the closet did some yoga, went to work for an hour and had dinner out. Walked around town and checked the 20 or so restaurants, half of them owned by friends or people we knew. You walk down the dark streets and you feel like you might know that person because we are only 2000 people in here. Faces start to look similar and SO WHAT! You just start saying hello to everybody you see just in case you know them. Friendly Island Chichijima.