Sunrise Kanko Hotel
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The Good, The Bad and the Tugly
... so our only choice was to return to our “favourite” hostel and hope they had space.
Graeme and I jumped in a cab and away we went. The only trouble was that we had relied on Bryan and his GPS guidance system to get us there in the first place so we didn’t know how to direct the driver back to the hostel. In addition he spoke absolutely no English. Luckily, Graeme had remembered it was near a giant pachinko sign and we drove around until we ...
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
... Thankfully, Dibbie was able to help us decide what to order. (No, we have not yet mastered Japanese.) Shekar and Dibbie had the Okinawan delicacy, Taco Rice. I had traditional noodles and rice – served with sea grape salad. (I am starting to get the hang of using chopsticks and slurping noodles!) After we ate, we went into the village to see the history ...
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 ...
We flunk at Japanese
... It is simple but clean and comfortable. Last night, I discovered - to my delight - that their tubs are about 2.5 feet deep with lots of hot water available. After four days of travel, it felt so good to soak and get clean. (Excuse my rudeness, but I am going to include some pictures of the bathroom in our room. It is just fun.) The bed is close to the ground and a hard, firm mattress, but it felt good. I actually got four hours ...
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