Is it because I lied when I was 17? I can actually say that now, being 18 and all. The last two days on my "supposed" tropical island paradise has been bucketing cats, dogs and small children constantly. Now, the thing with these islands are they are the most amazing places in the world with infinite possibilities of the most euphoric fun known ...

After arriving back from Taketomi, we happy to find that there was some sort of festival going on that night. It turned out to be the Orion Beer Festival and Fireworks Show (Orion is like Coors to Colorado or Lone Star to Texas) and they had all kinds of bands playing and vendors selling food and, of course, Orion beer. As we're walking around w...

I just returned from Iriomote yesterday afternoon. After three and a half days of gusting winds, occasional torrential downpours, and a less-than-warm air temperature, I figured it was time to go somewhere new. Also, the ****** weather put a quick end to my plans of camping on the beach and saving some significant money so I thought it was best ...