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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!
... 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
... of Okinawa. We saw the bingata dye process, saw the weaving looms, visited the instrument center and watched him giving a music lesson. In the pottery building, we saw many of the Shisha dogs in production. (The Shisa dogs are found on most buildings as a good luck “charm”. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shisa) Then, on our way back, Dibbie gave us a ...
Royalty
... something anyway. They deserved the sale for trying. We found an ice cream store and decided that would work for dinner. I had sweet potato ice cream. (Sweet potatoes are purple here so it looked like grape.) It was very good. After that, we found McDonald's and decided to try that for dessert. I ended up with a coke and a potato burrito-like thing. Shekar and Josh each ended up with a large chicken tender in a bag and ...
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