Amami

Well, I promised pictures but our internet is so slow here I will wait till we get somewhere further up the track to add them.  So if you are interested keep checking back on this post in the next couple of weeks.  I will say our photos are a disappointment.  This is truly a beautiful island and our pictures don't even come close to showing it.  The pace here is very slow, a bit like the internet, but incredibly charming.  They wouldn't let us rent a car so we bought a bus pass and road it up to Naze and back.  Pretty drive and loaded with tunnels as often it was easier going under the hills.  We leave tomorrow early and will be out of touch for 36 to 48 hours unless we can get a note out to my sister.  We hope to catch the Kuroshio for part of our next trip and hence the big variation in times.  If we catch it we might get as much as four knots of current.  For those not in the know the Kuroshio is the world's second largest current only the Gulf Stream is bigger.  It can be nasty if the wind is the wrong way but we hope that will not be the case.  Our next stop is Yaku Shima.  We hear that is pretty spectacular as well.  It is a world heritage island so others must think so as well.

Those were the views from the boat!