Terrace Garden Mihama Resort Okinawa

... the snake-like journey up to the northern part of the island. This could have been a boring experience but it turned out to be quite an enlightening one as the tour guide provided a lot of commentary that provided context on all of the places that we were about to visit. Of interest during the journey was passing by (and through) the large U.S. military bases that still cover the landscape of Okinawa. I could comment on this in a politically sensitive manner but I will not ...

... been conscripted to work as nurses for the military hid in caves during the U.S. assault on the island. Unfortunately, these young girls were told by the Japanese military at the time that they should be wary of surrendering to the U.S. forces. The girls would not come out of their cave hiding place and the U.S. soldiers were unfortunately forced to gas them out, killing them.<br><br>Taking a tour like this is a very sobering experience. On the one hand, you ...

... it became very clear that our stay here on Okinawa will be a hot and humid one. The weather conditions are pleasant though and we are clearly enjoying this a lot more than than the current conditions on the Canadian Prairies. <br><br>Naha is a typical large Japanese city but it is evident that Okinawa is one of the poorer prefectures in the country. I had read about this in my travel research. If I had not read ...

... did all of our shopping in fast forward. On our way home, we stopped at the military exchange, the small American-style mall on base. My mom and I went inside to buy silk robes, like the one Julia gave me for Christmas. We also got books for our respective plane rides, and then went to dinner at Macaroni Grill nearby. It was absolutely delicious, and Riley was very funny. While Julia packed at home, my mom and I took Riley ...

... other fish was definitely a favorite. There was a diver in scuba gear cleaning the inside of the glass, so that was funny. Riley did not particularly care for the exhibits, but she did like running around.<br><br>Outside, we visited the turtle pools and the manatees, which were interesting because they were spacious and had cartoon character mascots (like most Japanese advertisements!) Our next stop was the native Okinawan village ...

... that I dont have a camera yet! Man, I really hope we can get one soon so I can start posting pictures. I think we are going to get our cell phones today and hopefully they will be bomb diggity and have cameras included in them.<br>Cant wait till this jet lag passes! I have had the worst neck head ache since this morning, Must be a mixture of lack of sleep and weird sleeping positions on the late night flight we had.<br>will be writing more later-cheers!

... me in the process. I greatly appreciated it. Anyway, we had our first visitors come and visit. My parents came in for almost a month. They arrived on November 5 and left on December 2. Ava and Sam tried their hardest to stay awake while they waited but didn't make it. They did wake up in the car. The next day I had to work, so my ...

So, he is finally back!!! When we walked in the door Noah was running to me saying "mommy mommy" then he saw Jonathon standing there and he slowly stepped around the couch as if he wasn't sure if Daddy was real, and slowly walked over to him. Then Jonathon pulled out the lightening McQueen and Mack truck that he had ...

Well, we finally have our stuff! I am not too sure if that is a good thing or not, but it is here. I can definetly say that we have way too much stuff. Moving from a beautiful new 4 bedroom house with garage and inside storage in Dover to an old 3 bedroom with, waht they call, storage in Okinawa. It is a beautiful ...

... sityskyvyn ulkopuolella ja aina pitää olla tasaraha kolikoina! Kuljettajan yläpuolella on joku helvatin taulu johon syttyilee summia ja numeroita kuin jossain eläkeläisten bingossa ja sitten sydänkohtauksen partaalla jännitetään nitrot suussa, että mikäs summa se meidän pysäkillä näyttöön pärähtääkään? Ei siinä mitään, mutta kun nämä summat on vielä jotain täysin järjettömiä tyylin 1460 ja pitäisi vähintään olla joku siwan muovikassillinen erilaisia kolikoita, että tuosta selvi ...