Skiing in Tottori

this a picture on the way back home from the ski grounds
This is at the top of one of the better beginner/intermediate courses. you also have a clear view of what looks like the ocean.
me looking like a skiing gumby, squinting into the sun
classic engrish found at the hotel i crashed at

So, after almost two years, i finally managed to go skiing again in Tottori Prefecture, north west of Hiroshima. This time i went with a few of my primary school kids and their fathers and some people from my BOE and village office! so once again i was taught how to ski all in Japanese. At times it was frustrating but i managed to even get up to the steep intermediate course and give it a go. Unfortunatley it was raining all day on the Saturday after we had spent all night getting there on the bus. And the clothes i rented out did fuck all to stop getting me wet. almost was left with no feeling in my hands and feet and almost broke my mobile fone because it got wet! (a bit of random info for u guys- never put a semi-wet 1000yen note into a vending machine) After the first day of skiing we went back, got warm, had dinner and a few beers with the old boys and then fell asleep from the lack of sleep i got riding on the bus here. got up the next to some perfect weather and skiied for half a day. A couple of the kids who were blatanly better than me, got me to race them and luckily no broken bones, just pride......these kids were like 10. Then we had lunch, got changed and got the bus home. Rain aside, i had a pretty good time and got to know the kids a little better (it doesnt mean i know their names tho).