River Party 2013

Heading down to the Anabuki River for an almighty par-tay was something that I had done last summer as well, but in the spirit of fun (and to celebrate American Independence Day) some friends and I headed down there again this year (after zorbing) to swim, BBQ and drink on the banks of the river and by our very own bonfire.

Fellow JET Robin was to thank for the huge bonfire and indeed most of the organisation of the event.  So on a Saturday afternoon in early July a group of us gathered at the river and frolicked in the cool, rapidly flowing waters.  Now, July is supposed to be summer and it was in fact quite hot.  But alas, it did also rain a few times and at one point a rolling thunderstorm did pass us directly overhead.  Not that we let that put a dampener on the evening - the bonfire still took off (my favourite part was throwing 2 years worth of useless documents I'd scavenged from home onto the flames!) and we were still able to roast our chicken in the embers.  We drank, we listened to music, we set off (completely legal) fireworks and we chatted long into the night, eventually bunking down in tents for some well-earned zzz's.

Waking up in the tent was predictably stifling and so before heading home and calling it a weekend, we packed up and opted for one last dip in the crystal-clear waters of the beautiful Anabuki River.  Bliss.