Well we have made it home safe and sound but I wanted to share our last few days with everyone.
I'm pretty sure we left off with our visit to the beach. To our great surprise we went down to the water the following morning to find that the tide had surely come in. All of the area where we had walked the day before to see the amazing sea life living in the coral, had been completely covered with the beautiful East China Sea. Was an amazing site.
There was also a small farmer's market being held in the downstairs lobby of the hotel. Many interesting and fruits and vegetables to try out.
goya (bitter gourd) in the upper left
the striped melons are actually watermelon
fresh ginger (we believe)
passion fruit
fresh pineapple and nusamaa (yellow oranges)
fresh seaweed (yum!!)
We traveled back to Naha and spent the day searching out Okinawan pottery and the random souvenir. Since my time in Naha they have installed a monorail system that links the airport all the way to Shuri Castle. Was a great opportunity to quickly navigate between places considering it used to always require city bus, taxi, or simply walking.
The day was highlighted by Kristie and I going out in the evening with some old friends from my days at Naha Nishi Senior High School. What a great trip down memory lane seeing Manae, Keiko, Hibiki, Masumi, Nobu, Saemi, and meeting significant others - Tatsuro (Saemi) and Kotane (Nobu). Additionally, we had the great pleasure of meeting Manae's daughter, Momoka.
I'm pretty sure we left off with our visit to the beach. To our great surprise we went down to the water the following morning to find that the tide had surely come in. All of the area where we had walked the day before to see the amazing sea life living in the coral, had been completely covered with the beautiful East China Sea. Was an amazing site.
There was also a small farmer's market being held in the downstairs lobby of the hotel. Many interesting and fruits and vegetables to try out.
goya (bitter gourd) in the upper left
the striped melons are actually watermelon
fresh ginger (we believe)
passion fruit
fresh pineapple and nusamaa (yellow oranges)
fresh seaweed (yum!!)We traveled back to Naha and spent the day searching out Okinawan pottery and the random souvenir. Since my time in Naha they have installed a monorail system that links the airport all the way to Shuri Castle. Was a great opportunity to quickly navigate between places considering it used to always require city bus, taxi, or simply walking.
The day was highlighted by Kristie and I going out in the evening with some old friends from my days at Naha Nishi Senior High School. What a great trip down memory lane seeing Manae, Keiko, Hibiki, Masumi, Nobu, Saemi, and meeting significant others - Tatsuro (Saemi) and Kotane (Nobu). Additionally, we had the great pleasure of meeting Manae's daughter, Momoka.
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