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The Good, The Bad and the Tugly
October 7-9, 2012
THE GOOD:
On the last full day on the island of Zamami we rented kayaks and an obligatory guide to paddle around some islands , stopping to have lunch and snorkel in a couple of places.
It was a far tamer day than we had imagined but still enjoyable. Our guide , K., was a novice guide and was reluctant to let us snorkel without a lifejacket on. Such a joke!! The water here is so buoyant that the day before I had needed 3 lead ...
Sayonara, Japan!
... He will return to the US in a few months, so that makes it a bit easier to say good-bye. It was precious time together this week. Now we are in the room trying to get everything bag into our allotted luggage. Tomorrow morning, it is off to Naha to drop off our little Japanese car and get to the airport. We will fly to Seoul where we will have a three-hour layover. Then, we are on to Beijing to see Shekar’s cousins. ...
Shisa, Bingata, and School Life
... a peanut butter “donut” for breakfast. Then, we drove north to pick up our new Okinawan friend, Dibbie. Dibbie took us to lunch at Ryukyu Mura (http://okinawahai.com/2007/11/ryukyu-m ura.html). To order your lunch, you enter money into a vending machine and punch a button of the item you want to order. Then, you are given a ticket which is given to ...
Royalty
Our Sunday started out with a visit to the Keystone Nazarene Church - Josh's church home for the past two years. What a warm and gracious group of people! We are so grateful that they have been his family while in Japan. This is an English church and seems to largely composed of military families. We got to take a field trip with Josh and his friends to the local FamilyMart (like 7-11) for breakfast. Evidently, this is ...
Okinawa
... without any incidents. The first run of boats was the local fishermen versus the local government officials vs the local "young men's association"-all of which seemed to be aka drinking clubs:) A slow start and some interesting maneuvers didn't deter the YMA and they pulled it off at the last with a big push.
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