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  In this blog, I am going to be writing on the third day of my school residential trip to Moriumius, Oshika and Kinkasan. After an amazing two days at Moriumius, we rose up early in the morning and bed a fond farewell to the Moriumius staff and thanked them for the wonderful time we had there. Half-dragging, half-lifting our suitcases behind us, we somehow managed to hop onto our buses and headed out to our next destination, Kinkasan !!. In our three hour drive from Moriumius to Kinkasan, we passed through many mountains situated right next to the sparkling coastline. These mountains contain a variety of flora and fauna. As I casually glanced out of the window, I gasped in awe as I saw a spotted deer with huge antlers running away from us. Though I was sad that the deer did not come any closer, little did I know that I was in for a treat later on in the day.  Kinkasan is a small mountainous island off the coast of Japan. In Japanese, Kinkasan means " The Gold Mou

Belinda the Goat The rooster crowed as I slowly stretched my way to wakefulness. It was five in the morning, and I was looking forward to my second day in my school residential trip to Moriumius, Oshika and Kinkasan after an amazing first one (Check out the link!!).  A chilly breeze blew alongside us as we commenced our first activity  for the day, cleaning . It was a wholehearted experience as we used brooms and mops to make the activities centre squeaky clean. Whilst cleaning, we spotted Belinda the goat , who was to my surprise, gigantic !! As she slowly made her way around chewing both grass and cud, we could see an expression of peace and contentment on her face, even allowing us to touch and pat her. After a hearty and sumptuous breakfast made by the Moriumius staff, we grabbed our jackets and towels and headed out to do kayaking in the sea!! I was  very excited as, though I had done kayaking before, this was the first time I was going to do it in the sea

The month of september was a very busy one for me. My sincere apologies for the delay in posting the blog. I had commenced my new school after a five month break; and in the space of four weeks, I have taken part in many activities, the highlight of them being my week long trip to  Moriumiu s , Oshika and Kinkasan . In this series of four blogs, I will be writing on my experience of my first residential trip in Japan. In my school, each residential trip has a unique theme. Each trip focuses on its theme but brings light to it in a fun way. This time the focus of my residential was giving back to the nature . Moriumius, Oshika and Kinkasan are all situ ated in Miyagi prefecture, which is high up in the north of Japan. These places are situated in the area where the 2011 Tohuku Tsunami unleashed its fury. As a class, we were to start our trip on Tuesday and reach back home on Friday. As I am a new student in my school, I did not know what to expect out of this jaunt and was a