Sado

The trip to Sado was magic. It's my third time on the island but the first in summer. Lesson number one, island weather changes FAST! On the last day this was especially evident as a storm blew in before packing up the tent. After boarding the boat and pulling away from port, torrential rain started again. Talk about lucky!

The kodo drummer continued playing in the downpour until we were out of sight. What a send off!


The whole weekend went really well. It's a long haul to the island but well worth it.


The flea market in the park. A welcome sight for tired traveling eyes.


I joined my coworker Jo and her friends for the weekend. They were a lot of fun and play hard. Although we were all the same age, I was always the first to bed. But they were an easy-going, fun group of people. Each morning we cooked up a mad brunch, lounged about at the campsite, dodged jellyfish in the water, and then headed up to the concert.
Camp


The beach



The concert, in a natural amphitheater surrounded by majestic trees is the perfect venue for world music. And we were lucky with the weather-each time we got sprinkled with a bit of rain before the storm moved on.


This year the guest artist was Carlos Nunez from the Basque country. He was a fun performer and a master on the basque pipes and flute. The final concert, where Kodo and Carlos played together was a frenzy of pipes, drums and dancing. Both sides of the venue looked like a mosh pit. And this is to a celtic-taiko blend of music.


I want to go to this festival every year! It's worth the journey.....

The 2005 Group