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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 ...
Finding Nemo
... night. This one is probably the poorest accommodation we’ve had so far. It’s four flights of stairs to our room and the shared bathroom is on the first floor . The proprietors are friendly and helpful but chain smoke just outside of an open sliding door in the common room. The beds are creaking wooden bunks with dodgy ladders to climb up. Thankfully this is just an overnight.
By 8 a.m. we are up and getting a lift to the ferry docks ...
Sayonara, Japan!
... over to take some pictures at the nearby beach. On the way back to the car, I snapped a picture of the restaurant that Josh said was “off limits” – its main “dish” was a water pipe. We spent our last evening with Josh eating Nepalese food (similar to Indian). It was good food, and a good evening together. We dropped Josh off at the base about 8:30 with all of us trying to put on a ...
Shisa, Bingata, and School Life
... the Okinawa Christian School. (I have always thought I had a great view from my school office, but I’m a bit jealous of their view. They look out over the brilliantly blue China Sea and nearby islands from the top of the hill.) We so appreciate Dibbie taking the time to spend with us and for making the day so special. In the evening, we picked up our Marine ...
Okinawa
If you were following you noticed the travel blog has been lacking a bit. I got out of the habit while in China so I'm going to add a whole bunch of entries at once-and hopefully consolidate well:) Did you really expect any different:)
Left Tokyo and after 2 hours I was on the tropical island of Okinawa-taking ...