Our next stop after Korea was Okinawa. It was a great week experiencing island lifestyle again and the laid back culture and food the island is known for.
I still have hundreds of pictures on my phone needing to be uploaded to my computer. They'll be posted over time here and there on the blog. In the meantime, here's a few;
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| Under the sun at Motobu. It was 88 degrees when I took this picture |
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| Soki Soba |
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| From Shuri Castle looking west towards Naha |
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| Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum |
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| Okinawa Hibiscus |
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| Chatan/Sunset Beach Day |
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| Luna and Sabani (Okinawa sailboat) |
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| Great place to eat |
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| Seaside Restaurant (Kadena Marina) view |
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| Sunset on American Village 'boardwalk' |
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| Chatan Manhole Cover (A thing in Japan to have art on them) |
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| Morning view at breakfast |
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| Something I found humorous. A magnetic 'sign' was placed on our rental car when we picked it up. At first, I was puzzled on why it was placed on the car as I was doing the walk-around, and I just got a smile from the rental agent saying it was something required - no other explanation. By the next day, I figured out it denoted that I was a foreign driver. I saw magnetic signs of varying designs similar to this on quite a few vehicles with non-SOFA (American Forces) plates, in addition to the sticker on the car where they were rented from. Sort of like being in Hawaii; you know when a car is a rental and being driven by someone 'not from the area.' On Okinawa, I suppose it's a way to warn local drivers that you might turn on your windshield wipers instead of turn signal, or inadvertently turn into the oncoming lane after entering the roadway. IYKYK, lol. Still, like it says, 'I Love Driving in Japan' and it was great to be driving on the left side again. ML was actually keeping count of how many times I hit the windshield wiper lever, but I didn't care. I was having fun! |
