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The Good, The Bad and the Tugly
... on this weekend and the streets were filled with people who had flown in from all over and a very large number of Americans who are stationed at the huge military base situated here.
THE BAD:
Bryan returns to Canada the day after we were scheduled to fly to Beijing so he returned to the “lousy“ hostel for the single night stay.
Graeme and I bade him a sad farewell and were driven the short trip to the airport by the hostel manager (for ...
Finding Nemo
... br> Our choice of restaurants for dinner was found on the second floor of a building on a laneway that serves as the main street in this village. The fresh fish that was served to me whole was smaller than many fish I have caught and thrown back in Canada. For the same price Graeme had a good feed of raw tuna. We picked up some beer and made an early night of it .
Our host provided breakfast the next morning and also took us out snorkeling on ...
Sayonara, Japan!
... where we went through the shops. At American Village, Shekar had a unique experience – Doctor Fish. These are the little Turkish fish that eat dead skin off your feet. Shekar seemed to enjoy his 15 minutes of fish cleaning – with them nibbling at his feet. (I was content to take pictures!) After that, we rode the huge Ferris wheel found on top of the American Village shops. Just before going to base, ...
Shisa, Bingata, and School Life
... in a non-tourist sort of way. In the evening, we picked up Josh from the base, and went out to dinner at a great Mexican restaurant. There was a protest going on just outside of Josh’s base. Some of local people would like the Marines to leave because their airfield makes too much noise. So, they met at the park just outside the gate of the base. They ...
Royalty
... boss who immediately, and politely, informed us, "Speak English only little but help." From him, we found out that we were still in Ginowin, needed to go to Okinawa City, we were lost and we needed to go "far far -here not ok". Armed with that less than helpful information and well wishes, we headed off. In Okinawa City, once again lost in the now dark city, we stopped at a convenience store. The clerk - not speaking ...
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