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The Good, The Bad and the Tugly
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Stepping into the small international flights terminal a helpful security person informed us that there were no flights to China that evening. She pointed to a sign printed in Japanese and English that stated Hainan Airlines had cancelled all their flights to and from Okinawa for a month. Apparently it had to do with the current dispute between China and Japan concerning ownership of a couple of islands .
The Rope Festival had all the rooms in Naha ...
Finding Nemo
... to walk the bikes up many of the steeper stretches.
The fast descent revealed that our brakes were less than adequate to stop the bikes if need be. It’s a good thing that there are only a couple of dozen vehicles on the island. Graeme ended up in a drainage ditch after one descent and later on we reached a point in the road completely blocked with trees downed in the typhoon earlier this week.
A road crew was there cleaning up the ...
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
... in a non-tourist sort of way. In the evening, we picked up Josh from the base, and went out to dinner at a great Mexican restaurant. There was a protest going on just outside of Josh’s base. Some of local people would like the Marines to leave because their airfield makes too much noise. So, they met at the park just outside the gate of the base. They ...
Royalty
... of English - tried so hard to help. He finally drew us a map with landmarks drawn in. (He realized street names are not helpful to us as we can't read.) We were relieved to see our hotel. We ate some nuts we had in our suitcase and were soon sound asleep. Monday will be a quiet day of study and rest. We will pick up Josh for dinner in the evening but are planning nothing more than figuring out how to get some food on our own. ...