Day 9 - The beach in the morning

The beach in front of our accommodations was a little heaven on earth. I would have loved to spend a few days there, basking in the sun, swimming, and relaxing in general, but we had to get to the next hotel. We were not in a hurry because we only had to go 10 kilometers to the next hotel. The one after that was 36 kilometers from this beach. That was a bit far for us, so we took in two days - 10 km and then 26 km.

As we followed the road away from the beach and over a very low hill, we found an interesting traffic sign. The next picture shows all the signs on the post. The top one is pictorial and is shown in detail in the following photo. The middle sign say "Caution crabs" in Japanese. And the bottom sign is more or less scientific and gives the name of the crabs and their description.


The road paralleled the shore. At the beaches it followed the line between the beach and the woods, and in between it passed of the hills that on our left formed the headlands between the beaches. One of the first beaches that we came to after leaving the hotel had been turned into a fishing port. The above picture shows a large dredging barge that was deepening the entry to the dock area.
At the top of one of the rises, we discovered a shelter that was specifically made for Henro Pilgrims. The sign says that it was newly built with funds provided by the National Lottery.My walking stick is leaning against the wall beside the sign.