滝を登る前に
注意事項を読んだ時、まさか
岩場がヌルヌルで流れが結構激しい滝とは思ってませんでした。膝までズブ濡れになり、四苦八苦しながら30分ほどで
滝つぼに到着。水着を仕込んで来た人々がお湯に使ってました。ガーンッ。水着なんて持って来てないです。湯に入るつもりの無いギャラリーが滝つぼの周りをカメラを抱えて囲んでいたのですが、どうしても入りたかったので私は岩場の陰で隠れて（なかった様にも思いますが）Tシャツとおパンツのみで入浴。イオウを大量に含んだお湯なので滝しぶきが目に痛く、うっかりすると水深2mくらいある所で溺れてお湯を飲んじゃうので注意です。
その後、濡れた靴をズブズブ言わせながら知床五湖へ。ものすごーくキレイな場所なんだけれども（私達も含め）見物人が多すぎるのが、ちょっと。ココでも
エゾシカ大人気。オツカレサマさまです。
テント泊、以外に楽しかったのでこの日も同じテント。隣りのテントの大阪から車で来たという親子に鮭のチャンチャン焼をゴチソウになった直後に雨。テントに移動してコンビニで買った安スパークリングワインで乾杯。テントにパラパラと雨があたる音を聞きながら寝るのもなかなかヨカッタです。
Until I read this
warning sign (it said that this quite a tough
mountain stream, not suitable for kids or old people and people
wearing beach sandals or slippers. etc.), I hadn't realised that the
rocks were very slippery and that the water was quite fast‐flowing (lie down to watch
this movie, please). I got wet up to my knees, but
after about 30min of hard climbing, we reached
the top! There were about 10-15 people
enjoying the hot spa, but all the women were wearing suim suits! No!
I didn't bring it! But I really wanted to take a bath, so I tried to
hide myself behind the tiny rocks, and jumped into the spa wearing
only T-shirt and knickers! There was a big audience with cameras, but
I didn't care! It was a sulphuric hot water, so my eyes hurt from the
waterfall spray. Also, the water was more than 2m depp, so I had to
be careful not to drown in super bitter sulphuric hot water.
My boots were soaking wet, but we walked to the Shiretoko Five Lakes.
They are beautiful, but there were too many people, including
ourselves.
Deer were very popular everywhere. I wonder
how they feel about being photo models.
We enjoyed staying in a tent, so we rented the same tent again. A
family who came from Osaka by car was staying in a tent next to ours.
The father told us that they went salmon fishing and he didn't catch
any, but another fisherman gave him a free salmon. So he offered us
some of his improvised Chan Chan Yaki (a Hokkaido stewed salmon
dish), it was quite nice. After the dinner, we moved to our tent
because it had started raining and we toasted with cheap sparkling
wine (the only one we could find at the local convenience store). It
was great to hear rain drops falling on the tent as we fell asleep.
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