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The Good, The Bad and the Tugly
... so we took in the “Rope Festival”. The centrepiece of the three day affair is a huge tug-of-war. It is so huge in fact that it is in the Guinness book of records for the largest rope and tug-of-war in the world.
It was announced that there were 24,000 people who participated from children to grandparents.
The rope was so big that it stretched about 300 meters in length and was a meter thick. Strands that were about 10 cm thick flared off the main rope and ...
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
... and signs. While the protest was not funny, some of their signs were the source of great mirth to anyone who speaks English. Instead of posting, “Give back our property.”, they posted signs stating, “Give back our portapotty.” Of course, someone obliged and had a portapotty delivered to them. Today, I had a very special birthday! We had ...
Royalty
... Shuri Castle - home to the Ryūkyū Kingdom. The original castle was built in the 14th century. It was destroyed several times by different events including the end of WWII. They started reconstruction after that. The new castle is elegant and impressive.
It was very hot Sunday, and the heat on the castle stones was overwhelming. Shekar and I decided we needed something to drink. I'm sure we were ...
We flunk at Japanese
It was so nice to see Josh's face in the crowd last night at the Okinawa airport. He quickly made a call to get us a rental car. The car company was so nice...including setting the GPS for our hotel. (Of course, it is only helpful if you speak Japanese, but Josh has a good understanding of the roads here. We made it.)
Our hotel is right in the middle of a neighborhood. It is an older hotel originally built by the ...
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