Kelly visited my island this weekend and I certainly had a rip roaring good time! I think she enjoyed herself too! Definitely took my mind of the impending departure of my Izenian friends. On Saturday we went out to collect shellfish (at low tide on the exposed coral rock) with Teru and Yoshiaki-san and I saw my first Octopus being caught. I helped a little but who am I kidding, it was Teru who did all the work. The little eight armed beastie as very tenacious and took a lot of getting out of the little hole he had wedged himself in. But we finally succeeded and it would later prove a tasty addition to our barbeque later that night. There were also a lot of shakugau about (a kind of clam) and we collected quite a few. I am proud to have found the largest one by some measure but then proceeded to gash my finger while getting it out, woops. I had planned some sea kayaking but the weather took a turn for the worse on Sunday and that plan had to be abandoned. I am still determined to kayak out to the uninhabited island which lies perhaps a few Kilometres North West of Izena Beach. It will just take the right combination of time, weather and company. The islanders thought I was crazy when I mentioned it a while back.